2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
M-Wave (Nagano)
Venue	M-Wave (Nagano)
Dates	6–9 March 2008
«2007 Salt Lake City	2009 Vancouver»

The 2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 6 March and 9 March 2008 in the M-Wave, Nagano, Nagano.

Schedule

Date	Events
6 March	1500 m women
	5000 m men
7 March	500 m men (1st)
	3000 m women
	500 m men (2nd)
8 March	500 m women (1st)
	1000 m men
	500 m women (2nd)
	10000 m men
	Team pursuit women
9 March	1000 m women
	1500 m men
	5000 m women
	Team pursuit men

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m	Jeremy Wotherspoon  Canada	69.460 34.78 34.68 TR	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	70.010 35.11 34.90	Joji Kato  Japan	70.320 35.25 35.07
1000 m	Shani Davis  United States	1:08.99 TR	Yevgeni Lalenkov  Russia	1:09.39	Denny Morrison  Canada	1:09.43
1500 m	Denny Morrison  Canada	1:45.22 TR	Sven Kramer  Netherlands Shani Davis  United States	1:45.32
5000 m	Sven Kramer  Netherlands	6:17.24 TR	Enrico Fabris  Italy	6:20.22	Wouter olde Heuvel  Netherlands	6:24.05
10000 m	Sven Kramer  Netherlands	12:57.71 TR	Enrico Fabris  Italy	13:18.81	Bob de Jong  Netherlands	13:25.01
Team pursuit	Netherlands Sven Kramer Wouter olde Heuvel Erben Wennemars	3:41.69	Italy Enrico Fabris Matteo Anesi Luca Stefani	3:46.76	Germany Jörg Dallmann Stefan Heythausen Marco Weber	3:47.71

Note: TR = Track record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m	Jenny Wolf  Germany	75.630 37,89 37,74 TR	Wang Beixing  China	76,260 38,18 38,10	Annette Gerritsen  Netherlands	77,200 38,72 38,48
1000 m	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:15.37 TR	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:16.01	Annette Gerritsen  Netherlands	1:16.35
1500 m	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:56.06 TR	Paulien van Deutekom  Netherlands	1:57.36	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:57.63
3000 m	Kristina Groves  Canada	4.05,03 TR	Paulien van Deutekom  Netherlands	4.05,49	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany	4.05,76
5000 m	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	6:58.22 TR	Clara Hughes  Canada	7:04.79	Kristina Groves  Canada	7:04.94
Team pursuit	Netherlands Paulien van Deutekom Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst	3.02,19	Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	3.02,87	Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Claudia Pechstein Lucille Opitz	3.07,57

Note: TR = Track record

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	4	3	4	11
2	Canada	3	3	3	9
3	Germany	3	0	3	6
4	United States	1	1	0	2
5	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
6	Italy	0	3	0	3
7	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
	China	0	1	0	1
10	Japan	0	0	1	1
Total		12	13	11	36

References

• Official results