2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres

The 500 metres distance for men in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven 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 final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6–7 March 2009.^[1]

Yu Fengtong of China won the cup, while Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan came second, and Tucker Fredricks of the United States came third. Defending champion Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada suffered an arm injury in race 2 of the first occasion, which stopped him from participating in the rest of the World Cup season.^[2]

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Yu Fengtong	1086	14th
Silver	Keiichiro Nagashima	957	9th
Bronze	Tucker Fredricks	642	8th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	7 November	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	34.92	Pekka Koskela  Finland	34.99	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	35.01	[3]
		8 November	Joji Kato  Japan	34.70	Yu Fengtong  China	35.07	Mika Poutala  Finland	35.13	[4]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 November	Pekka Koskela  Finland	34.88	Dmitry Lobkov  Russia	35.16	Yu Fengtong  China	35.18	[5]
		15 November	Joji Kato  Japan	34.82	Yu Fengtong  China	35.05	Pekka Koskela  Finland	35.09	[6]
4	Changchun, China	6 December	Yu Fengtong  China	34.97	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	35.08	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	35.27	[7]
		7 December	Dmitry Lobkov  Russia	35.07	Yu Fengtong  China	35.09	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	35.20	[8]
5	Nagano, Japan	13 December	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	34.81	Yu Fengtong  China	34.91	Joji Kato  Japan	35.06	[9]
		14 December	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	34.92	Yu Fengtong  China	34.95	Joji Kato  Japan	34.96	[10]
6	Kolomna, Russia	24 January	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	34.85	Yu Fengtong  China	34.89	Yuya Oikawa  Japan	34.96	[11]
		25 January	Tucker Fredricks  United States	34.81	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	34.87	Yu Fengtong  China	34.89	[12]
7	Erfurt, Germany	30 January	Yu Fengtong  China	35.03	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	35.04	Tucker Fredricks  United States	35.12	[13]
		31 January	Tucker Fredricks  United States	34.91	Yu Fengtong  China	35.00	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.26	[14]
9	Salt Lake City, United States	6 March	Yu Fengtong  China	34.37	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	34.38	Tucker Fredricks  United States	34.51	[15]

Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).^[16][17]

#	Name	Nat.	BER1	BER2	HVN1	HVN2	CHA1	CHA2	NAG1	NAG2	KOL1	KOL2	ERF1	ERF2	SLC	Total
1	Yu Fengtong		36	80	70	80	100	80	80	80	80	70	100	80	150	1086
2	Nagashima, KeiichiroKeiichiro Nagashima		100	60	45	32	80	70	100	60	100	80	80	60	90	957
3	Fredricks, TuckerTucker Fredricks		50	32	40	40	–	–	21	40	60	100	70	100	105	642
4	Poutala, MikaMika Poutala		45	70	60	60	45	50	40	45	50	60	16	12	40	593
5	Lee Kyou-hyuk		70	40	50	36	70	45	50	100	–	–	–	–	120	581
6	Kato, JojiJoji Kato		3	100	6	100	36	60	70	70	8	32	6	6	45	542
7	Oikawa, YuyaYuya Oikawa		15	19	32	21	50	36	6	32	70	28	50	24	75	458
8	Lobkov, DmitryDmitry Lobkov		60	36	80	45	0	100	0	40	36	0	–	–	2	399
9	Koskela, PekkaPekka Koskela		80	45	100	70	–	–	60	5	–	–	0	–	–	360
10	Zhang Zhongqi		25	25	36	18	40	32	32	16	45	50	–	–	21	340
11	Smeekens, JanJan Smeekens		10	21	18	50	16	14	16	14	16	14	45	70	24	328
12	Kuipers, SimonSimon Kuipers		2	16	25	25	60	18	–	–	32	36	60	40	14	328
13	Lee Kang-seok		32	50	21	24	21	40	45	50	–	–	–	–	28	311
14	Obara, TadashiTadashi Obara		12	5	0	0	25	25	36	36	40	40	36	10	18	283
15	Gregg, JamieJamie Gregg		14	8	–	–	19	15	24	21	28	45	40	36	32	282
16	Davis, ShaniShani Davis		6	15	24	6	18	21	18	12	5	–	28	50	36	239
17	Tuitert, MarkMark Tuitert		24	14	0	14	28	24	–	–	24	18	14	14	3	177
18	Zhang Yaolin		–	–	–	–	11	11	4	25	14	24	32	45	10	176
19	Groothuis, StefanStefan Groothuis		21	10	14	10	14	16	–	–	21	16	12	32	6	172
20	Mo Tae-bum		4	18	28	16	32	12	28	28	–	–	–	–	–	166
21	Ouardi, MuncefMuncef Ouardi		8	11	8	15	8	10	14	10	12	12	24	16	10	158
22	Labrie, VincentVincent Labrie		28	28	16	0	–	–	–	–	19	15	18	21	12	157
23	Lee Ki-ho		8	12	19	15	24	8	12	18	–	–	–	–	16	132
24	Nijenhuis, BeornBeorn Nijenhuis		18	6	10	12	–	–	–	–	11	8	15	25	5	110
25	Koskela, PasiPasi Koskela		11	4	15	19	6	6	10	6	0	0	25	–	4	106
26	Chadayev, SergeySergey Chadayev		0	0	0	0	8	6	25	0	18	21	8	18	–	104
27	Ioriatti, ErmannoErmanno Ioriatti		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	25	21	28	–	99
28	An Weijiang		16	24	12	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	80
29	Ihle, NicoNico Ihle		2	1	11	4	0	0	2	15	4	11	4	15	–	69
30	Parrott, KyleKyle Parrott		–	–	–	–	4	8	11	2	–	–	19	19	–	63
31	Aussprung, BrentBrent Aussprung		6	4	1	0	–	–	0	19	10	10	0	8	–	58
32	Shimizu, HiroyasuHiroyasu Shimizu		19	8	8	8	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	55
33	Mun Jun		–	–	–	–	10	28	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	50
34	Liu Fangyi		–	–	–	–	15	19	8	8	–	–	–	–	–	50
35	Needham, ChristopherChristopher Needham		0	0	6	2	–	–	8	11	0	2	11	6	–	46
36	Ustynowicz, MaciejMaciej Ustynowicz		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	19	10	8	–	45
37	Morrison, DennyDenny Morrison		–	2	0	6	0	2	15	4	15	–	–	1	–	45
38	Wotherspoon, JeremyJeremy Wotherspoon		40	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	40
39	Blumel, MikeMike Blumel		0	0	0	1	–	–	19	0	6	8	–	–	–	34
40	Nieminen, TuomasTuomas Nieminen		4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	8	0	–	26
41	Steiner, FrankFrank Steiner		0	2	4	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	6	2	–	22
42	Roberge, Francois-OlivierFrançois-Olivier Roberge		–	–	0	8	2	4	1	1	0	4	0	–	–	20
43	Puolakka, MarkusMarkus Puolakka		0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	11	–	11
44	Was, ArturArtur Waś		5	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
45	Lebedev, AleksandrAleksandr Lebedev		0	–	0	0	6	1	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	7
46	Lee Jong-woo		–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
47	Whitmore, MitchellMitchell Whitmore		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	–	6
48	Schwierz, MatthiasMatthias Schwierz		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	3
49	Friesinger, JanJan Friesinger		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
	Nakajima, TakaharuTakaharu Nakajima		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	–	–	–	1
	Lalenkov, YevgenyYevgeny Lalenkov		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Nan Minghao		–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	1

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