2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

The 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2009–2010, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 6 November 2009 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 14 March 2010 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.^[1][2] Compared to previous seasons, fewer competition weekends were held; the season was restricted due to the 2010 Winter Olympics, which were arranged in Vancouver, Canada, during February 2010. In total, seven competition weekends were held at six different locations, ten cups were contested (five for men, and five for women), and 70 races took place.

ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Dates	6 November 2009 – 14 March 2010
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The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Calendar

WC #	City	Venue	Date	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m	5000 m	10000 m	Team pursuit
1	Berlin	Sportforum Hohenschönhausen	6–8 November	2m, 2w	m, w	m, w	w	m
2	Heerenveen	Thialf	13–15 November	2m, 2w	m, w	m, w	w	m		m, w
3	Hamar	Vikingskipet	21–22 November			m, w		w	m
4	Calgary	Olympic Oval	4–6 December	2m, 2w	m, w	m, w	w	m		m, w
5	Salt Lake City	Utah Olympic Oval	11–13 December	2m, 2w	m, w	m, w	w	m		m, w
	Obihiro	Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval	9–10 January	2010 Asian Speed Skating Championships
	Hamar	Vikingskipet	9–10 January	2010 European Speed Skating Championships
	Obihiro	Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval	16–17 January	2010 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
	Vancouver	Richmond Olympic Oval	13–27 February	Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics
6	Erfurt	Gunda-Niemann-Stirnemann-Halle	6–7 March	2m, 2w	2m, 2w
7	Heerenveen	Thialf	12–14 March	2m, 2w	m, w	m, w	w	m		m, w
	Heerenveen	Thialf	19–21 March	2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Total				12m, 12w	7m, 7w	6m, 6w	5w	5m, 1w	1m	4m, 4w

Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.

World records

World records going into the 2009–10 season.

Men

Distance	Time	Nat.	Holder	Date	Venue	Reference
500 m	34.03		Jeremy Wotherspoon	9 November 2007	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	[3]
1000 m	1:06.42		Shani Davis	7 March 2009	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	[4]
1500 m	1:41.80		Shani Davis	6 March 2009	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	[5]
5000 m	6:03.32		Sven Kramer	17 November 2007	Olympic Oval, Calgary	[6]
10000 m	12:41.69		Sven Kramer	10 March 2007	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	[7]
Team pursuit (8 laps)	3:37.80		Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars	11 March 2007	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	[8]

At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 11 December 2009, Shani Davis of the United States set a new world record on the men's 1500 metres with a time of 1:41.04.^[5]

Women

Distance	Time	Nat.	Holder	Date	Venue	Reference
500 m	37.02		Jenny Wolf	16 November 2007	Olympic Oval, Calgary	[9]
1000 m	1:13.11		Cindy Klassen	25 March 2006	Olympic Oval, Calgary	[10]
1500 m	1:51.79		Cindy Klassen	20 November 2005	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	[11]
3000 m	3:53.34		Cindy Klassen	18 March 2006	Olympic Oval, Calgary	[12]
5000 m	6:45.61		Martina Sáblíková	11 March 2007	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	[13]
Team pursuit (6 laps)	2:56.04		Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein	12 November 2005	Olympic Oval, Calgary	[14]

At the World Cup stop in Calgary on 6 December 2009, the Canadian team – consisting of Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt and Brittany Schussler – set a new world record on the women's team pursuit with a time of 2:55.79.^[14]

At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 11 December 2009, Jenny Wolf of Germany set a new world record on the women's 500 metres with a time of 37.00 seconds.^[9]

Men's standings

500 m

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres

Rank	Name	Points
1	Tucker Fredricks	788
2	Jan Smeekens	742
3	Mika Poutala	702

1000 m

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres

Rank	Name	Points
1	Shani Davis	750
2	Mark Tuitert	425
3	Stefan Groothuis	355

1500 m

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres

Rank	Name	Points
1	Shani Davis	630
2	Håvard Bøkko	395
3	Denny Morrison	338

5000 and 10000 m

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres

Rank	Name	Points
1	Håvard Bøkko	455
2	Ivan Skobrev	430
3	Bob de Jong	416

Team pursuit

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit

Rank	Name	Points
1	Norway	380
2	Netherlands	350
3	Canada	306

Women's standings

500 m

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

Rank	Name	Points
1	Jenny Wolf	1260
2	Margot Boer	700
3	Wang Beixing	680

1000 m

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres

Rank	Name	Points
1	Christine Nesbitt	472
2	Margot Boer	395
3	Monique Angermüller	351

1500 m

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

Rank	Name	Points
1	Kristina Groves	560
2	Christine Nesbitt	374
3	Martina Sáblíková	348

3000 and 5000 m

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres

Rank	Name	Points
1	Martina Sáblíková	610
2	Stephanie Beckert	535
3	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	435

Team pursuit

Main article: 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit

Rank	Name	Points
1	Canada	430
2	Russia	320
3	Germany	310