2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit

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

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Medal Country Points Previous season
Gold   Canada 310 2nd
Silver   Italy 220 7th
Bronze   Japan 210 9th

Race medallists

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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   Germany
Jörg Dallmann
Robert Lehmann
Marco Weber
3:47.37   Japan
Teruhiro Sugimori
Hiroki Hirako
Shigeyuki Dejima
3:48.02 [2]
2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 16 November   Netherlands
Sven Kramer
Simon Kuipers
Carl Verheijen
3:42.29   United States
Shani Davis
Chad Hedrick
Trevor Marsicano
3:43.48   Sweden
Joel 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   Norway
Håvard Bøkko
Sverre Haugli
Stian Elvenes
3:48.39 [4]

Final standings

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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

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  1. ^ "2008/2009 ISU World Cup". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  2. ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  3. ^ 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  4. ^ 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  5. ^ Standings Team Pursuit men
  6. ^ Classification of the 2008-09 World Cup Team pursuit Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.