2008 World Speed ​​Skating Sprint Championship

The 39th World Speed ​​Skating Sprint Championship was held from January 19-20, 2008 in Heerenveen ( Thialf ), the Netherlands .

competition

• 78 athletes from 18 nations came to the mecca of speed skaters to determine the sprint world champion among themselves

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

500 m specialist Jenny Wolf with a surprise victory

The sprint world championship covers the 500 and 1,000 m distance, each on two days. If an athlete starts on the inside track on the first day, he starts on the outside track on the second day.

• The following example shows how the all-around points of the individual runs can be calculated

route	elapsed time	500 m average
500 m (1st day)	37.64 s	37.64 / 1 0= 037.640 points
1,000 m (1st day)	1: 17.06 min = 77.06 s	77.06 / 2 0= 038.530 points
500 m (2nd day)	37.60 s	37.60 / 1 0= 037.600 points
1,000 m (2nd day)	1: 17.09 min = 77.09 s	77.09 / 2 0= 038.545 points
Total:		152.315 points

Women

The Chinese Wang Beixing was unlucky at this World Cup. Her skates were lost on the way to Heerenveen. A replacement organized at short notice could only serve as a replacement and was not convincing due to a lack of fit. Wang started with the temporarily laced and glued shoes. After a shaky 500 and 1,000 m, with correspondingly bad times, she broke off the competition and started the journey home. The German Jenny Wolf started the race with expected best times over 500 m. As a short-distance sprinter, however, she had to approach the 1,000 m very carefully. Despite places 6 and 7 over 1,000 m, it paid off in the end. She won with a 0.845 point lead in second place. Weakened by an illness, the favorite Anni Friesinger could not prevail in the sprint. In her favorite discipline, the 1,000 m, she ran after her best performance and could not match the times over 500 m given by Jenny Wolf.

Final score

• Shows the twelve most successful athletes of the Sprint World Cup

rank	Surname	1st run 500 meters	Pt.	1st run 1,000 meters	Pt.	2nd run 500 meters	Pt.	2nd run 1,000 meters	Pt.	Total pts.
1	Jenny Wolf	37.64 (1)	37.64	1: 17.06 (6)	38.53	37.60 (1)	37.60	1: 17.09 (7)	38.55	152.315
2	Anni Friesinger	38.70 (7)	38.70	1: 15.58 (1)	37.79	38.76 (7)	38.76	1: 15.82 (2)	37.91	153.160
3	Annette Gerritsen	38.36 (2)	38.36	1: 17.51 ​​(8)	38.75	38.44 (3)	38.44	1: 15.91 (3)	37.95	153.510
4th	Chiara Simionato	38.94 (9)	38.94	1: 16.89 (5)	38.45	38.75 (6)	38.75	1: 16.00 (4)	38.00	154.135
5	Marianne Timmer	38.91 (8)	38.91	1: 16.75 (3)	38.37	38.64 (5)	38.64	1: 16.72 (6)	38.36	154.285
6th	Ireen Wüst	39.47 (19)	39.47	1: 15.64 (2)	37.82	39.56 (19)	39.56	1: 15.59 (1)	38.36	154.645
7th	Shannon Rempel	38.95 (10)	38.95	1: 17.32 (7)	38.66	39.02 (12)	39.02	1: 16.55 (5)	38.28	154.905
8th	Zhang Shuang	38.49 (4)	38.49	1: 18.03 (11)	39.01	38.61 (4)	38.61	1: 18.66 (14)	39.33	155.445
9	Heike Hartmann	38.96 (11)	38.96	1: 17.75 (9)	38.88	38.89 (10)	38.89	1: 17.86 (9)	38.93	155.655
10	Lee Sang-hwa	38.46 (3)	38.46	1: 20.00 (22)	40.00	38.27 (2)	38.27	1: 18.22 (10)	39.11	155.840
11	Svetlana Kajkan	38.64 (6)	38.64	1: 18.58 (12)	39.29	38.81 (8)	38.81	1: 18.55 (13)	39.27	156.015
12	Paulien van Deutekom	39.63 (21)	39.63	1: 16.79 (4)	38.40	39.56 (19)	39.56	1: 17.11 (8)	38.55	156.140

* The Chinese Wang Beixing broke off the World Championships after the first two distances
* The American Lana Gehring was disqualified in the second 500 m run and was therefore out of the ranking

1st run 500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Jenny Wolf	Germany	37.64	37.64
2	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	38.36	38.36
3	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	38.46	38.46
4th	Zhang Shuang	People's Republic of China	38.49	38.49
5	Wang Beixing	People's Republic of China	38.49	38.49
6th	Svetlana Kajkan	Russia	38.64	38.64
7th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	38.70	38.70
8th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	38.91	38.91
9	Chiara Simionato	Italy	38.94	38.94
10	Shannon Rempel	Canada	38.95	38.95
11	Heike Hartmann	Germany	38.96	38.96

1st run 1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1: 15.58	37.79
2	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 15.64	37.82
3	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1: 16.75	38.37
4th	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	1: 16.79	38.40
5	Chiara Simionato	Italy	1: 16.89	38.45
6th	Jenny Wolf	Germany	1: 17.06	38.53
7th	Shannon Rempel	Canada	1: 17.32	38.66
8th	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	1: 17.51	38.75
9	Heike Hartmann	Germany	1: 17.75	38.88
10	Maki Tabata	Japan	1: 17.85	38.93

2nd run 500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Jenny Wolf	Germany	37.60	37.60
2	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	38.27	38.27
3	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	38.44	38.44
4th	Zhang Shuang	People's Republic of China	38.61	38.61
5	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	38.64	38.64
6th	Chiara Simionato	Italy	38.75	38.75
7th	Anni Friesinger	Germany	38.76	38.76
8th	Svetlana Kajkan	Russia	38.81	38.81
9	Elli Ochowicz	United States	38.88	38.88
10	Heike Hartmann	Germany	38.89	38.89

2nd run 1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 15.59	37.79
2	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1: 15.82	37.91
3	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	1: 15.91	37.95
4th	Chiara Simionato	Italy	1: 16.00	38.00
5	Shannon Rempel	Canada	1: 16.55	38.28
6th	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1: 16.72	38.36
7th	Jenny Wolf	Germany	1: 17.09	38.55
8th	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	1: 17.11	38.55
9	Heike Hartmann	Germany	1: 17.86	38.93
10	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	1: 18.22	39.11

Men

The Dutchman Jan Bos (sprint world champion 1998) was the fastest man over 1,000 m on the first day. It became apparent that he would win another medal. A fall in the 500 m run on the second day broke this dream.

Final score

• Shows the twelve most successful athletes of the Sprint World Cup

rank	Surname	1st run 500 meters	Pt.	1st run 1,000 meters	Pt.	2nd run 500 meters	Pt.	2nd run 1,000 meters	Pt.	Total pts.
1	Lee Kyu-hyeok	34.99 (2)	34.99	1: 09.84 (6)	34.92	34.85 (1)	34.85	1: 08.82 (1)	34.41	139.170
2	Jeremy Wotherspoon	34.81 (1)	34.81	1: 09.47 (3)	34.74	34.95 (2)	34.95	1: 09.54 (7)	34.77	139.265
3	Mun Jun	35.62 (15)	35.62	1: 09.72 (4)	34.86	35.00 (3)	35.00	1: 09.20 (3)	34.60	140.080
4th	Simon Kuipers	35.53 (14)	35.53	1: 09.46 (2)	34.73	35.23 (4)	35.23	1: 09.28 (6)	34.64	140.130
5	Keiichirō Nagashima	35.24 (6)	35.24	1: 10.51 (9)	35.26	35.25 (5)	35.25	1: 10.01 (9)	35.00	140.750
6th	Mika Poutala	35.14 (4)	35.14	1: 10.65 (11)	35.32	35.28 (6)	35.28	1: 10.07 (10)	35.03	140.780
7th	Denny Morrison	35.82 (19)	35.82	1: 09.72 (4)	34.86	35.66 (14)	35.66	1: 09.22 (4)	34.61	140.950
8th	Jacques de Koning	35.36 (12)	35.36	1: 10.55 (10)	35.28	35.40 (8)	35.40	1: 10.20 (11)	35.10	141.135
9	Lars Elgersma	35.98 (21)	35.98	1: 10.84 (13)	35.42	35.56 (12)	35.56	1: 09.22 (4)	34.61	141.570
10	Lee Kang-seok	35.13 (3)	35.13	1: 11.03 (16)	35.51	35.33 (7)	35.33	1: 11.25 (20)	35.63	141,600
11	To Weijiang	35.24 (6)	35.24	1: 11.01 (15)	35.50	35.67 (16)	35.67	1: 11.02 (18)	35.51	141.925
12	Håvard Bøkko	36.00 (22)	36.00	1: 10.11 (7)	35.06	36.19 (26)	36.19	1: 09.93 (8)	34.97	142.210

* The American Kip Carpenter was disqualified in the first run over 500 m and thus fell out of the classification
* Pekka Koskela (Finland) and Dmitri Lobkow (Russia) did not compete on the second day and were therefore out of the classification

1st run 500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	34.81	34.81
2	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	34.99	34.99
3	Lee Kang-seok	South Korea	35.13	35.13
4th	Mika Poutala	Finland	35.14	35.14
5	Yu Fengtong	People's Republic of China	35.20	35.20
6th	Keiichirō Nagashima To Weijiang Jan Bos	Japan People's Republic of China Netherlands	35.24	35.24
9	Jōji Katō Dmitri Lobkow	Japan Russia	35.27	35.27
23	Samuel Black	Germany	36.07	36.07
25th	Nico Ihle	Germany	36.19	36.19

1st run 1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1: 09.13	34.56
2	Simon Kuipers	Netherlands	1: 09.46	34.73
3	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1: 09.47	34.74
4th	Mun Jun	South Korea	1: 09.72	34.86
4th	Denny Morrison	Canada	1: 09.72	34.86
6th	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	1: 09.84	34.92
7th	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	1: 10.11	35.06
8th	Samuel Black	Germany	1: 10.45	35.22
9	Keiichirō Nagashima	Japan	1: 10.51	35.26
10	Jacques de Koning	Netherlands	1: 10.55	35.28
29	Nico Ihle	Germany	1: 12.00	36.00

2nd run 500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	34.85	34.85
2	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	34.95	34.95
3	Mun Jun	South Korea	35.00	35.00
4th	Simon Kuipers	Netherlands	35.23	35.23
5	Keiichirō Nagashima	Japan	35.25	35.25
6th	Mika Poutala	Finland	35.28	35.28
7th	Lee Kang-seok	South Korea	35.33	35.33
8th	Jacques de Koning Jōji Katō	Netherlands Japan	35.40	35.40
10	Kip Carpenter	United States	35.41	35.41
18th	Samuel Black	Germany	35.98	35.98
24	Nico Ihle	Germany	36.08	36.08

2nd run 1,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Lee Kyu-hyeok	South Korea	1: 08.82	34.41
2	Jan Bos	Netherlands	1: 08.94	34.47
3	Mun Jun	South Korea	1: 09.20	34.60
4th	Lars Elgersma	Netherlands	1: 09.22	34.61
4th	Denny Morrison	Canada	1: 09.22	34.61
6th	Simon Kuipers	Netherlands	1: 09.28	34.64
7th	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1: 09.54	34.77
8th	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	1: 09.93	34.97
9	Keiichirō Nagashima	Japan	1: 10.01	35.00
10	Mika Poutala	Finland	1: 10.07	35.03
12	Samuel Black	Germany	1: 10.42	35.21
29	Nico Ihle	Germany	1: 12.16	36.08

Web links

• Result lists and pictures from the Sprint World Championship 2008 (DESG)