World Speed ​​Skating Individual Distance Championships 2008

Sven Kramer - with 3 × gold and
1 × silver, the most successful athlete in the individual distance World Championship

The 11th Single Distance World Championships were from 6 to 9 March 2008 at the Japanese Nagano ( M-Wave discharged).

Participating Nations

• 137 athletes from 21 nations took part in the championship

Participating Nations
People's Republic of China Denmark Germany Finland	France Italy Japan Canada	Kazakhstan Netherlands Norway Austria	Poland Romania Russia Sweden	Switzerland South Korea Czech Republic	United States of Belarus

winner

• Shows the three medal places of the individual distances

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Jenny Wolf	Wang Beixing	Annette Gerritsen
1,000 meters	Anni Friesinger	Kristina Groves	Annette Gerritsen
1,500 meters	Anni Friesinger	Paulien van Deutekom	Kristina Groves
3,000 meters	Kristina Groves	Paulien van Deutekom	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
5,000 meters	Martina Sáblíková	Clara Hughes	Kristina Groves
Team competition (6 rounds)	Netherlands Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst Paulien van Deutekom	Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	Germany Claudia Pechstein Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Lee Kyu-hyeok	Jōji Katō
1,000 meters	Shani Davis	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Denny Morrison
1,500 meters	Denny Morrison	Shani Davis Sven Kramer
5,000 meters	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	Wouter Olde Heuvel
10,000 meters	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	Bob de Jong
Team competition (8 rounds)	Netherlands Sven Kramer Wouter Olde Heuvel heirs of Wennemar	Italy Enrico Fabris Matteo Anesi Luca Stefani	Germany Jörg Dallmann Stefan Heythausen Marco Weber

Competitions

Women

2 × 500 meters

• The times of both 500 m runs in seconds are added up and give the total number of points

space	Surname	country	1st run 500 meters	2nd run 500 meters	Total points
1	Jenny Wolf	Germany	37.88 (1)	37.74 (1)	75.62
2	Wang Beixing	People's Republic of China	38.18 (2)	38.10 (2)	76.28
3	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	38.72 (5)	38.48 (4)	77.20
4th	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	38.85 (7)	38.37 (3)	77.22
5	Sayuri Yoshii	Japan	38.68 (3)	38.62 (5)	77.30
6th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	38.77 (6)	38.66 (6)	77.43
7th	Zhang Shuang	People's Republic of China	38.71 (4)	38.77 (7)	77.48
8th	Sayuri Ōsuga	Japan	38.93 (8)	38.83 (8)	77.76
9	Svetlana Kaikan	Russia	39.01 (9)	38.94 (10)	77.95
10	Shannon Rempel	Canada	39.11 (11)	38.95 (11)	78.06
11	Judith Hesse	Germany	39.19 (13)	38.93 (9)	78.12
17th	Heike Hartmann	Germany	39.85 (20)	39.64 (19)	79.49

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1: 15.37
2	Kristina Groves	Canada	1: 16.01
3	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	1: 16.35
4th	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1: 16.44
5	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	1: 16.89
6th	Wang Beixing	People's Republic of China	1: 17.20
7th	Shannon Rempel	Canada	1: 17.21
8th	Sayuri Yoshii	Japan	1: 17.23
9	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 17.29
10	Chiara Simionato	Italy	1: 17.36
13	Monique Angermüller	Germany	1: 17.97
19th	Pamela Zoellner	Germany	1: 18.84

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1: 56.06
2	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	1: 57.36
3	Kristina Groves	Canada	1: 57.63
4th	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	1: 58.81
5	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1: 58.85
6th	Brittany Schussler	Canada	1: 59.40
7th	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 59.52
8th	Katarzyna Wójcicka	Poland	2: 00.04
9	Chiara Simionato	Italy	2: 00.09
10	Maki Tabata	Japan	2: 00.28
12	Monique Angermüller	Germany	2: 01.09

3,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Kristina Groves	Canada	4: 05.03
2	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	4: 05.49
3	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	4: 05.76
4th	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	4: 05.92
5	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	4: 08.40
6th	Clara Hughes	Canada	4: 09.88
7th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	4: 10.68
8th	Diane Valkenburg	Netherlands	4: 11.49
9	Masako Hozumi	Japan	4: 11.74
10	Maki Tabata	Japan	4: 13.15
11	Katrin Mattscherodt	Germany	4: 14.34
18th	Anna Rokita	Austria	4: 19.44

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	6: 58.22
2	Clara Hughes	Canada	7: 04.79
3	Kristina Groves	Canada	7: 04.94
4th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7: 05.44
5	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	7: 07.23
6th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	7: 07.64
7th	Masako Hozumi	Japan	7: 12.05
8th	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	7: 12.77
9	Diane Valkenburg	Netherlands	7: 14.18
10	Katrin Mattscherodt	Germany	7: 18.16
13	Anna Rokita	Austria	7: 22.02

Team competition

• The team competition goes over six laps (inner lane only, approx. 2,310 m)

space	Surname	country	time
1	Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	3: 02.19
2	Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	Canada	3: 02.87
3	Claudia Pechstein Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz	Germany	3: 07.57
4th	Maki Tabata Masako Hozumi Hiromi Ōtsu	Japan	3: 09.57
5	Catherine Raney Maria Lamb Nancy Swider-Peltz Jr.	United States	3: 10.41
6th	Katarzyna Wójcicka Karolina Ksyt Luiza Złotkowska	Poland	3: 12.28
7th	Bianca Elena Anghel Andreea Lăzărescu Daniela Oltean	Romania	3: 15.66

Men

2 × 500 meters

• The times of both 500 m runs in seconds are added up and give the total number of points

space	Surname	country	1st run 500 meters	2nd run 500 meters	Total points
1	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	34.78 (1)	34.68 (1)	69.46
2	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	35.11 (2)	34.9 (2)	70.01
3	Jōji Katō	Japan	35.25 (5)	35.07 (3)	70.32
4th	Mun Jun	South Korea	35.14 (3)	35.21 (6)	70.35
5	Dmitri Lobkov	Russia	35.21 (4)	35.17 (5)	70.38
6th	Keiichirō Nagashima	Japan	35.35 (6)	35.1 (4)	70.45
7th	Mika Poutala	Finland	35.35 (6)	35.26 (8)	70.61
8th	Mike Ireland	Canada	35.44 (8)	35.21 (6)	70.65
9	Yu Fengtong	People's Republic of China	35.6 (11)	35.37 (9)	70.97
10	Kip Carpenter	United States	35.66 (13)	35.48 (10)	71.14
20th	Anton Hahn	Germany	36.55 (21)	36.29 (19)	72.84
22nd	Nico Ihle	Germany	38.46 (23)	36.4 (21)	74.86

1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Shani Davis	United States	1: 08.99
2	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Russia	1: 09.39
3	Denny Morrison	Canada	1: 09.42
4th	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1: 09.67
5	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1: 09.71
6th	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	1: 09.77
7th	Simon Kuipers	Netherlands	1: 09.82
8th	Kip Carpenter	United States	1: 09.89
9	Mika Poutala	Finland	1: 09.91
10	Mun Jun	South Korea	1: 09.97
20th	Samuel Black	Germany	1: 11.32

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Denny Morrison	Canada	1: 45.22
2	Sven Kramer Shani Davis	Netherlands United States	1: 45.32
4th	Enrico Fabris	Italy	1: 45.83
5	Simon Kuipers	Netherlands	1: 46.34
6th	Mark Tuitert	Netherlands	1: 47.02
7th	Chad Hedrick	United States	1: 48.19
8th	Steven Elm	Canada	1: 48.34
9	Trevor Marsicano	United States	1: 48.74
10	Samuel Black	Germany	1: 49.05
17th	Robert Lehmann	Germany	1: 51.57

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6: 17.24
2	Enrico Fabris	Italy	6: 20.22
3	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Netherlands	6: 24.05
4th	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	6: 29.41
5	Shani Davis	United States	6:30.00
6th	Arne Dankers	Canada	6: 31.76
7th	Marco Weber	Germany	6: 32.96
8th	Øystein Grødum	Norway	6: 33.54
9	Ivan Skobrew	Russia	6: 33.55
10	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	6: 34.18
16	Roger Schneider	Switzerland	6: 40.63
20th	Tobias Schneider	Germany	6: 44.67

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	12: 57.71
2	Enrico Fabris	Italy	13: 18.81
3	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	13: 25.01
4th	Øystein Grødum	Norway	13: 28.09
5	Mark Ooijevaar	Netherlands	13: 31.34
6th	Marco Weber	Germany	13: 32.88
7th	Arne Dankers	Canada	13: 34.68
8th	Hiroki Hirako	Japan	13: 41.31
9	Roger Schneider	Switzerland	13: 43.39
10	Chad Hedrick	United States	13: 44.99

Team competition

• The team competition lasts eight laps (only inner lane, approx. 3,080 m)

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sven Kramer Wouter Olde Heuvel heirs of Wennemar	Netherlands	3: 41.69
2	Enrico Fabris Matteo Anesi Luca Stefani	Italy	3: 46.76
3	Jörg Dallmann Stefan Heythausen Marco Weber	Germany	3: 47.71
4th	Denny Morrison Steven Elm Arne Dankers	Canada	3: 47.77
5	Hiroki Hirako Shigeyuki Dejima Teruhiro Sugimori	Japan	3: 48.54
6th	Mikael Flygind Larsen Sverre Haugli Henrik Christiansen	Norway	3: 48.61
7th	Ivan Skobrew Yevgeny Lalenkov Alexei Junin	Russia	3: 48.93
8th	Konrad Niedźwiedzki Sebastian Druszkiewicz Robert Kustra	Poland	4: 19.52

total

The medals in the team competition are included as an individual medal in the nation ranking and in the ranking list as one medal per starter

• Place: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals
• Name: gives the name of the athlete
• Country: Name the country for which the athlete started
• Gold: states the number of gold medals won
• Silver: states the number of silver medals won
• Bronze: states the number of bronze medals won
• Total: states the number of all medals won

Top ten

• The top ten shows the ten most successful athletes (women / men)

space	Surname	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	3	1	0	4th
2.	Anni Friesinger	Germany	2	0	0	2
3.	Kristina Groves	Canada	1	2	2	5
4th	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	1	2	0	3
5.	Shani Davis	United States	1	1	0	2
6th	Denny Morrison	Canada	1	0	1	2
6th	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
8th.	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
8th.	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
8th.	Jenny Wolf	Germany	1	0	0	1

Nations ranking

• The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (women / men)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	4th	3	4th	11
2.	Canada	3	3	3	9
3.	Germany	3	0	3	6th
4th	United States	1	1	0	2
5.	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
6th	Italy	0	3	0	3
7th	People's Republic of China	0	1	0	1
7th	Russia	0	1	0	1
7th	South Korea	0	1	0	1
10.	Japan	0	0	1	1

Women

Ranking list

• The ranking shows the most successful athletes of the individual distance World Championships

space	Surname	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Anni Friesinger	Germany	2	0	0	2
2.	Kristina Groves	Canada	1	2	2	5
3.	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	1	2	0	3
4th	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
4th	Jenny Wolf	Germany	1	0	0	1
4th	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
4th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
8th.	Wang Beixing	People's Republic of China	0	1	0	1
8th.	Brittany Schussler	Canada	0	1	0	1
8th.	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	0	1	0	1
8th.	Clara Hughes	Canada	0	1	0	1
12.	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
12.	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	0	0	2	2
14th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	0	0	1	1
14th	Lucille Opitz	Germany	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

• The nations ranking shows the most successful nations (women)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	3	0	2	5
2.	Canada	1	3	2	6th
3.	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
4th	People's Republic of China	0	1	0	1
5.	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1

Men

Ranking list

• The ranking shows the most successful athletes of the individual distance World Championships

space	Surname	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	3	1	0	4th
2.	Shani Davis	United States	1	1	0	2
3.	Denny Morrison	Canada	1	0	1	2
3.	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
5.	Wennemar's heirs	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
5.	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1	0	0	1
7th	Enrico Fabris	Italy	0	3	0	3
8th.	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Russia	0	1	0	1
8th.	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	0	1	0	1
8th.	Luca Stefani	Italy	0	1	0	1
8th.	Matteo Anesi	Italy	0	1	0	1
12.	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
12.	Jōji Katō	Japan	0	0	1	1
12.	Jörg Dallmann	Germany	0	0	1	1
12.	Marco Weber	Germany	0	0	1	1
12.	Stefan Heythausen	Germany	0	0	1	1

Nations ranking

• The nation ranking shows the most successful nations (men)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Netherlands	3	1	2	6th
2.	Canada	2	0	1	3
3.	United States	1	1	0	2
4th	Italy	0	3	0	3
5.	Russia	0	1	0	1
5.	South Korea	0	1	0	1
7th	Germany	0	0	1	1
7th	Japan	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results overview on speedskatingnews.info