2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Richmond Olympic Oval (Richmond)
Venue	Richmond Olympic Oval (Richmond)
Dates	12, 13, 14 and 15 March 2009
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The 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 March and 15 March 2009 in the Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC, Canada.

Schedule

Date	Time	Events
March 12	12:30	1500 m men
		3000 m women
March 13	12:30	1000 m men
		1500 m women
		5000 m men
March 14	12:30	1000 m women
		10000 m men
		5000 m women
March 15	12:30	500 m women (1st)
		500 m men (1st)
		500 m women (2nd)
		500 m men (2nd)
		Team pursuit women
		Team pursuit men

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 500 m details	Lee Kang-seok   South Korea	69.730 34.80 34.93	Lee Kyou-hyuk   South Korea	69.920 34.90 35.02	Yu Fengtong   China	69.970 35.06 34.91
1000 m details	Trevor Marsicano   United States	1:08.96 TR	Denny Morrison   Canada	1:09.00	Shani Davis   United States	1:09.02
1500 m details	Shani Davis   United States	1:46.17 TR	Trevor Marsicano   United States	1:46.30	Denny Morrison   Canada	1:47.05
5000 m details	Sven Kramer   Netherlands	6:16.20 TR	Håvard Bøkko   Norway	6:18.02	Trevor Marsicano   United States	6:20.06
10000 m details	Sven Kramer   Netherlands	12:55.32 TR	Håvard Bøkko   Norway	13:03.95	Bob de Jong   Netherlands	13:13.16
Team pursuit details	Netherlands Sven Kramer Wouter olde Heuvel Carl Verheijen	3:41.26	Sweden Joel Eriksson Daniel Friberg Johan Röjler	3:45.73	United States Ryan Bedford Brian Hansen Trevor Marsicano	3:46.07

Note: TR = Track record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 500 m details	Jenny Wolf   Germany	75.750 38.03 37.72	Wang Beixing   China	75.870 37.78 38.09	Lee Sang-hwa   South Korea	76.390 38.23 38.16
1000 m details	Christine Nesbitt   Canada	1.16,28 TR	Anni Friesinger   Germany	1.16,32	Margot Boer   Netherlands	1.16,44
1500 m details	Anni Friesinger   Germany	1.58,66 TR	Ireen Wüst   Netherlands	1.58,83	Christine Nesbitt   Canada	1.58,88
3000 m details	Renate Groenewold   Netherlands	4.05,43 TR	Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic	4.05,50	Kristina Groves   Canada	4.06,46
5000 m details	Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic	6.57,84 TR	Clara Hughes   Canada	7.00,54	Kristina Groves   Canada	7.02,91
Team pursuit details	Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	2:58.25	Netherlands Jorien Voorhuis Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst	3:02.02	Japan Maki Tabata Masako Hozumi Hiromi Otsu	3:04.06

Note: TR = Track record

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands  (NED)	4	2	2	8
2	Canada  (CAN)	2	2	4	8
3	United States  (USA)	2	1	3	6
4	Germany  (GER)	2	1	0	3
5	South Korea  (KOR)	1	1	1	3
6	Czech Republic  (CZE)	1	1	0	2
7	Norway  (NOR)	0	2	0	2
8	China  (CHN)	0	1	1	2
9	Sweden  (SWE)	0	1	0	1
10	Japan  (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		12	12	12	36

References

• Official results