2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

The 500 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7–9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6–7 March 2009.^[1]

Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title, while Margot Boer of the Netherlands came second. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea repeated her third place from the previous season.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Jenny Wolf	1205	1st
Silver	Margot Boer	642	13th
Bronze	Lee Sang-hwa	635	3rd

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	7 November	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.75	Wang Beixing  China	37.75	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.12	[2]
		8 November	Wang Beixing  China	37.91	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.95	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.26	[3]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 November	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.60	Wang Beixing  China	37.63	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.22	[4]
		15 November	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.64	Wang Beixing  China	37.74	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.13	[5]
4	Changchun, China	6 December	Jenny Wolf  Germany	38.09	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.71	Annette Gerritsen  Netherlands	38.86	[6]
		7 December	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.98	Annette Gerritsen  Netherlands	38.52	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.56	[7]
5	Nagano, Japan	13 December	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.71	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.39	Sayuri Yoshii  Japan	38.66	[8]
		14 December	Yu Jing  China	38.63	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.72	Xing Aihua  China	38.78	[9]
6	Kolomna, Russia	24 January	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.51	Annette Gerritsen  Netherlands	38.02	Yu Jing  China	38.17	[10]
		25 January	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.67	Jin Peiyu  China	38.01	Yu Jing  China	38.13	[11]
7	Erfurt, Germany	30 January	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.58	Yu Jing  China	38.18	Jin Peiyu  China	38.30	[12]
		31 January	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.85	Yu Jing  China	38.00	Annette Gerritsen  Netherlands	38.28	[13]
9	Salt Lake City, United States	7 March	Wang Beixing  China	37.25	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.39	Yu Jing  China	37.62	[14]

Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).^[15][16]

#	Name	Nat.	BER1	BER2	HVN1	HVN2	CHA1	CHA2	NAG1	NAG2	KOL1	KOL2	ERF1	ERF2	SLC	Total
01 !	Wolf, JennyJenny Wolf		100	80	100	100	100	100	100	5	100	100	100	100	120	1205
2	Boer, MargotMargot Boer		40	40	50	60	60	36	24	60	60	40	32	50	90	642
3	Lee Sang-hwa		70	70	70	70	80	70	80	80	–	–	–	–	45	635
4	Gerritsen, AnnetteAnnette Gerritsen		50	60	60	50	70	80	–	–	80	50	60	70	0	630
5	Yu Jing		–	–	–	–	25	25	50	100	70	70	80	80	105	605
6	Yoshii, SayuriSayuri Yoshii		60	45	36	40	32	28	70	45	40	32	21	28	40	517
7	Wang Beixing		80	100	80	80	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	150	490
8	Okazaki, TomomiTomomi Okazaki		16	14	45	45	45	50	12	50	21	18	18	16	75	425
9	Osuga, SayuriSayuri Osuga		32	28	40	24	21	45	40	36	32	16	36	45	28	423
10	Ren Hui		14	8	8	16	50	32	36	18	50	24	50	60	16	382
11	Xing Aihua		18	18	16	14	40	60	32	70	12	10	40	40	–	370
12	Nemaya, YuliyaYuliya Nemaya		25	25	14	21	12	40	21	32	45	60	28	24	8	355
13	Jin Peiyu		–	–	–	–	19	19	60	24	16	80	70	36	–	324
14	Malysheva, YekaterinaYekaterina Malysheva		21	12	32	28	16	21	45	40	24	36	–	–	18	293
15	Timmer, MarianneMarianne Timmer		24	36	6	36	14	24	0	21	–	–	45	–	32	238
16	Lee Bo-ra		36	32	28	18	28	18	6	28	–	–	–	–	21	215
17	Oenema, ThijsjeThijsje Oenema		8	15	10	10	8	8	6	19	18	21	16	21	36	196
18	Shinya, ShihomiShihomi Shinya		–	–	–	–	15	15	–	–	36	45	24	32	24	191
19	Rempel, ShannonShannon Rempel		28	24	18	12	36	14	14	10	–	14	–	–	10	180
20	Angermuller, MoniqueMonique Angermüller		–	21	19	–	24	16	28	14	28	12	–	14	–	176
21	Ochowicz, ElliElli Ochowicz		10	16	21	36	–	–	16	6	6	6	14	18	12	161
22	Kaykan, SvetlanaSvetlana Kaykan		4	4	15	15	–	–	–	–	10	28	25	25	14	140
23	Watanabe, YukariYukari Watanabe		12	10	12	8	18	12	10	8	14	5	8	10	6	133
24	Kodaira, NaoNao Kodaira		45	50	5	–	–	–	8	12	–	–	–	–	–	120
25	Nesbitt, ChristineChristine Nesbitt		19	19	24	–	–	–	18	16	–	–	12	–	–	108
26	Zhang Shuang		6	5	0	19	10	10	25	25	–	–	–	–	–	100
27	Kotyuga, AnzhelikaAnzhelika Kotyuga		1	–	0	1	11	11	15	8	8	8	8	11	–	82
28	Richardson, HeatherHeather Richardson		2	0	1	6	–	–	8	6	11	19	10	12	–	75
29	Sheng Xiaomei		11	11	25	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	72
30	Hesse, JudithJudith Hesse		5	6	0	11	–	–	–	–	15	25	0	8	–	70
31	Hartmann, HeikeHeike Hartmann		3	2	8	4	5	5	0	–	19	11	6	6	–	69
32	Lobysheva, YekaterinaYekaterina Lobysheva		15	2	–	–	6	6	19	15	5	–	–	–	–	68
33	Simionato, ChiaraChiara Simionato		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	15	19	19	–	55
34	Oudenaarden, TamaraTamara Oudenaarden		4	4	0	0	6	6	0	2	0	8	15	6	–	51
35	Rodriguez, JenniferJennifer Rodriguez		–	0	4	–	–	–	11	11	6	–	11	4	–	47
36	Bruintjes, NatasjaNatasja Bruintjes		6	8	2	8	–	–	–	–	0	2	1	8	–	35
37	Kuiper, MayonMayon Kuiper		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	6	–	–	–	31
38	Zoellner, PamelaPamela Zoellner		8	3	11	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	24
39	Wallin, PaulinaPaulina Wallin		0	6	6	0	–	–	–	–	8	4	0	0	–	24
40	Weger, KimKim Weger		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	6	15	–	21
41	Shikhova, YekaterinaYekaterina Shikhova		–	–	–	–	4	8	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	12
42	Bradford, RebekahRebekah Bradford		1	0	0	0	–	–	4	4	0	0	0	0	–	9
43	Riessen, LaurineLaurine van Riessen		–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
44	Wotherspoon, DanielleDanielle Wotherspoon		–	–	–	–	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	–	7
45	Dankers, KerryKerry Dankers		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	–	5
46	Hirschbichler, GabrieleGabriele Hirschbichler		–	–	–	–	1	0	0	–	4	0	0	0	–	5
47	Ko Hyon-Suk		–	–	–	–	0	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
48	Abramova, YekaterinaYekaterina Abramova		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	3
49	Cholewinski, LaurenLauren Cholewinski		0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	2	–	3
50	Plate, JenniferJennifer Plate		2	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	2
51	Radkevich, SvetlanaSvetlana Radkevich		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	2
52	Badayeva, AnnaAnna Badayeva		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	1

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