2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit
| ISU Speed Skating World Cup |
| 2008–09 |
| Men |
| Women |
| World Cup weekends |
|
Berlin |
Heerenveen (1) |
Moscow |
Changchun |
Nagano |
The men's team pursuit in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three 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 last occasion involving the event taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 30 January – 1 February 2009.[1]
Canada won the cup, while Italy came second, and Japan came third. The defending champions, the Netherlands, ended up in seventh place.
Top three
| Medal | Country | Points | Previous season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Canada | 310 | 2nd |
| Silver |  Italy | 220 | 7th |
| Bronze |  Japan | 210 | 9th |
Race medallists
| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 9 November | Canada Denny Morrison Lucas Makowsky Steven Elm | 3:47.29 |  GermanyJörg Dallmann Robert Lehmann Marco Weber | 3:47.37 | Japan Teruhiro Sugimori Hiroki Hirako Shigeyuki Dejima | 3:48.02 | [2] |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 16 November |  NetherlandsSven Kramer Simon Kuipers Carl Verheijen | 3:42.29 |  United StatesShani Davis Chad Hedrick Trevor Marsicano | 3:43.48 |  SwedenJoel Eriksson Daniel Friberg Johan Röjler | 3:47.20 | [3] |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 1 February | Canada Denny Morrison Lucas Makowsky Jay Morrison | 3:46.03 | Italy Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Luca Stefani | 3:46.56 |  NorwayHåvard Bøkko Sverre Haugli Stian Elvenes | 3:48.39 | [4] |
Final standings
Standings as of 1 February 2009 (end of the season).[5][6]
| # | Nation | BER | HVN1 | ERF | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Canada | 100 | 60 | 150 | 310 |
 | Italy | 60 | 40 | 120 | 220 |
 | Japan | 70 | 50 | 90 | 210 |
| 4 | Germany | 80 | 16 | 75 | 171 |
| 5 | United States | 45 | 80 | 45 | 170 |
| 6 | Norway | – | 45 | 105 | 150 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 0 | 100 | 40 | 140 |
| 8 | Sweden | 32 | 70 | 28 | 130 |
| 9 |  Poland | 50 | 32 | 36 | 118 |
| 10 |  Russia | 40 | 36 | 32 | 108 |
| 11 |  Romania | 24 | 21 | 21 | 66 |
| 12 |  South Korea | 36 | 28 | – | 64 |
| 13 |  Czech Republic | 21 | 18 | 24 | 63 |
| 14 |  China | 28 | 0 | – | 28 |
| 15 |  France | – | 24 | – | 24 |
| 16 |  Kazakhstan | – | – | 18 | 18 |
References
- ↑ 2008/2009 ISU World Cup
- ↑ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ↑ 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ↑ 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
- ↑ Standings Team Pursuit men
- ↑ Classification of the 2008-09 World Cup Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
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