2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Sportforum Hohenschönhausen (Berlin)
LocationBerlin, Germany
VenueSportforum Hohenschönhausen
Dates9 and 10 February
Competitors48
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Håvard Bøkko  NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shani Davis  USA
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paulien van Deutekom  NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  NED
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristina Groves  CAN

The 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Berlin, Germany, on 9 and 10 February 2008. The Dutch skaters Paulien van Deutekom and Sven Kramer became world champions.

Women's championships

Day 1

500 metres

Place Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christine Nesbitt  Canada 39.03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 39.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Fei  China 39.57
4 Kristina Groves  Canada 39.64
5 Paulien van Deutekom  Netherlands 39.65
6 Yekaterina Lobysheva  Russia 39.70
7 Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands 39.72
8 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany 39.98
9 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 40.01
Yekaterina Abramova  Russia 40.01

3000 metres

Place Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paulien van Deutekom  Netherlands 4:03.33
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 4:05.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristina Groves  Canada 4:06.36
4 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 4:06.62
5 Christine Nesbitt  Canada 4:07.34
6 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 4:09.49
7 Clara Hughes  Canada 4:11.21
8 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany 4:11.43
9 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 4:12.09
10 Katrin Mattscherodt  Germany 4:12.98

Day 2

1500 metres

Place Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 1:57.59
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paulien van Deutekom  Netherlands 1:57.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christine Nesbitt  Canada 1:58.57
4 Kristina Groves  Canada 1:58.67
5 Wang Fei  China 1:59.31
6 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany 1:59.44
7 Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands 1:59.51
8 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 1:59.62
9 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 1:59.77
10 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 1:59.82

5000 metres

Place Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 6:59.26 BR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kristina Groves  Canada 7:06.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paulien van Deutekom  Netherlands 7:07.10
4 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 7:09.54
5 Clara Hughes  Canada 7:09.55
6 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 7:11.45
7 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany 7:11,88
8 Katrin Mattscherodt  Germany 7:15.61
9 Christine Nesbitt  Canada 7:15.92
10 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 7:18.25

Allround results

Place Athlete Country 500 m 3000 m 1500 m 5000 m Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paulien van Deutekom  Netherlands 39.65 (5) 4:03.33 (1) 1:57.83 (2) 7:07.10 (3) 162.191
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 39.28 (2) 4:06.62 (4) 1:57.59 (1) 7;09.54 (4) 162.533
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristina Groves  Canada 39.64 (4) 4:06.36 (3) 1:58.67 (4) 7:06.22 (2) 162.878
4 Christine Nesbitt  Canada 39.03 (1) 4:07.34 (5) 1:58.57 (3) 7:15.92 (9) 163.368
5 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 40.92 (15) 4:05.69 (2) 1:59.62 (8) 6:59.26 (1) 163.667
6 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Germany 39.98 (8) 4:11.43 (8) 1:59.44 (6) 7:11.88 (7) 164.886
7 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 40.01 (9) 4:12.09 (9) 1:59.77 (9) 7:11.45 (6) 165.093
8 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 40.28 (11) 4:09.49 (6) 1:59.82 (10) 7:18.25 (10) 165.626
9 Wang Fei  China 39.57 (3) 4:13.75 (11) 1:59.31 (5) 7:23.83 (11) 166.014
10 Katrin Mattscherodt  Germany 41.21 (20) 4:12.98 (10) 2:00.56 (12) 7:15.61 (8) 167.120
11 Clara Hughes  Canada 42.10 (22) 4:11.21 (7) 2:01.63 (15) 7:09.55 (5) 167.466
12 Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands 39.72 (7) 4:14.85 (12) 1:59.51 (7) 7:35.98 (12) 167.629
NQ13 Maki Tabata  Japan 40.48 (13) 4:15.44 (14) 2:00.70 (13) 123.286
NQ14 Yekaterina Lobysheva  Russia 39.70 (6) 4:19.92 (21) 2:01.45 (14) 123.503
NQ15 Brittany Schussler  Canada 40.75 (14) 4:16.93 (16) 2:00.11 (11) 123.607
NQ16 Galina Likhachova  Russia 40.45 (12) 4:18.00 (18) 2:02.23 (18) 124.193
NQ17 Katarzyna Wójcicka  Poland 40.93 (16) 4:17.47 (17) 2:02.03 (16) 124.517
NQ18 Mari Hemmer  Norway 41.07 (17) 4:15.11 (13) 2:03,05 (20) 124.604
NQ19 Yekaterina Abramova  Russia 40.01 (9) 4:22.54 (23) 2:03.77 (21) 125.022
NQ20 Lucille Opitz  Germany 41.19 (19) 4:18.10 (19) 2:02.47 (19) 125.029
NQ21 Lee Ju-youn  South Korea 41.14 (18) 4:19.67 (20) 2:02.19 (17) 125.148
NQ22 Catherine Raney  United States 41.74 (21) 4:15.87 (15) 2:04.72 (22) 125.958
NQ23 Eriko Ishino  Japan 42.10 (22) 4:21.14 (22) 2:05.53 (23) 127.466
NQ24 Anna Ringsred  United States 42.30 (24) 4:32.58 (24) 2:08.72 (24) 130.636

NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified

Men's championships

Day 1

500 metres

Place Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denny Morrison  Canada 35.81
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shani Davis  United States 35.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sven Kramer  Netherlands 36.22
4 Yevgeny Lalenkov  Russia 36.27
5 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 36.54
Ivan Skobrev  Russia 36.54
7 Chad Hedrick  United States 36.55
8 Konrad Niedźwiedzki  Poland 36.57
9 Steven Elm  Canada 36.70
10 Enrico Fabris  Italy 36.72

5000 metres

Place Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer  Netherlands 6:13.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Håvard Bøkko  Norway 6:17.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chad Hedrick  United States 6:18.90
4 Shani Davis  United States 6:23.92
5 Wouter olde Heuvel  Netherlands 6:25.06
6 Carl Verheijen  Netherlands 6:29.39
7 Sverre Haugli  Norway 6:29.64
8 Hiroki Hirako  Japan 6:33.17
9 Denny Morrison  Canada 6:33.53
10 Enrico Fabris  Italy 6:33.61

Day 2

1500 metres

Place Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shani Davis  United States 1:45.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denny Morrison  Canada 1:45.98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yevgeny Lalenkov  Russia 1:46.39
4 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 1:46.47
5 Chad Hedrick  United States 1:46.82
6 Wouter olde Heuvel  Netherlands 1:47.32
7 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 1:47.93
8 Enrico Fabris  Italy 1:48.12
9 Ben Jongejan  Netherlands 1:48.17
10 Lucas Makowsky  Canada 1:48.46

10000 metres

Place Athlete Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer  Netherlands 13:09.06 BR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Håvard Bøkko  Norway 13:10.87
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wouter olde Heuvel  Netherlands 13:20.97
4 Carl Verheijen  Netherlands 13:23.86
5 Shani Davis  United States 13:27.13
6 Chad Hedrick  United States 13:32.69
7 Ivan Skobrev  Russia 13:37.72
8 Ben Jongejan  Netherlands 13:43.73
9 Enrico Fabris  Italy 13:45.23
10 Sverre Haugli  Norway 13:46.63

Allround results

Place Athlete Country 500 m 5000 m 1500 m 10.000 m Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer  Netherlands 36.22 (3) 6:13.35 (1) 1:46.46 (4) 13:09.06 (1) 148.494
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Håvard Bøkko  Norway 36.54 (5) 6:17.64 (2) 1:47.93 (7) 13:10.87 (2) 149.823
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shani Davis  United States 35.85 (2) 6:23.92 (4) 1:45.93 (1) 13:27.13 (5) 149.908
4 Chad Hedrick  United States 36.55 (7) 6:18.90 (3) 1:46.82 (5) 13:32.69 (6) 150.680
5 Wouter olde Heuvel  Netherlands 36.98 (12) 6:25.07 (5) 1:47.32 (6) 13:20.97 (3) 151.308
6 Denny Morrison  Canada 35,81 (1) 6:33.53 (9) 1:45.98 (2) 14:11.76 (11) 153.077
7 Enrico Fabris  Italy 36.72 (10) 6:33.61 (10) 1:48.12 (8) 13:45.23 (9) 153.382
8 Ivan Skobrev  Russia 36.54 (5) 6:34.72 (11) 1:50.00 (19) 13:37.72 (7) 153.564
9 Carl Verheijen  Netherlands 38.07 (23) 6:29.39 (6) 1:49.23 (13) 13:23.86 (4) 153.612
10 Ben Jongejan  Netherlands 37.24 (14) 6:34.94 (12) 1:48.17 (9) 13:43.73 (8) 153.976
11 Sverre Haugli  Norway 37.83 (20) 6:29.64 (7) 1:49.31 (15) 13:46.63 (10) 154.561
12 Yevgeny Lalenkov  Russia 36.27 (4) 6:37.96 (15) 1:46.39 (3) 14:22.09 (12) 154.633
NQ13 Lucas Makowsky  Canada 36.85 (11) 6:37.30 (14) 1:48.46 (10) 112.733
NQ14 Tobias Schneider  Germany 37.27 (15) 6:36.32 (13) 1:48.96 (12) 113.222
NQ15 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 37.35 (16) 6:38.75 (16) 1:49.28 (14) 113.651
NQ16 Robert Lehmann  Germany 37.07 (13) 6:41.80 (17) 1:49.40 (16) 113.716
NQ17 Steven Elm  Canada 36.70 (9) 6:48.37 (21) 1:48.80 (11) 113.803
NQ18 Konrad Niedźwiedzki  Poland 36.57 (8) 6:47.83 (20) 1:49.69 (17) 113.916
NQ19 Hiroki Hirako  Japan 37.83 (20) 6:33.17 (8) 1:51.35 (21) 114.263
NQ20 Trevor Marsicano  United States 37.82 (19) 6:42.24 (18) 1:49.84 (18) 114.657
NQ21 Justin Warsylewicz  Canada 38.02 (22) 6:49.29 (22) 1:50.57 (20) 115.805
NQ22 Justin Stelly  United States 37.71 (18) 6:51.97 (23) 1:53.84 (23) 116.853
DQ1 - Xingyu Song  China DQ () 6:45.94 (19) 1:53.29 (22)
NQ24- Kwun-Won Choi  South Korea 37.40 (17) DNS

NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)
DQ = disqualified

Rules

All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

  1. Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
  2. To make up a total of 12, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over the longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.

References