2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six 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]

Kristina Groves of Canada successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Daniela Anschütz-Thoms of Germany came second, and Christine Nesbitt of Canada, the previous season's runner-up, came third.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Kristina Groves	526	1st
Silver	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	355	6th
Bronze	Christine Nesbitt	335	2nd

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	7 November	Kristina Groves Canada	1:57.65	Brittany Schussler Canada	1:57.74	Shannon Rempel Canada	1:58.04	^[2]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 November	Kristina Groves Canada	1:57.22	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany	1:57.91	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:58.08	^[3]
3	Moscow, Russia	23 November	Claudia Pechstein Germany	1:55.96	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:56.40	Kristina Groves Canada	1:56.76	^[4]
7	Erfurt, Germany	30 January	Anni Friesinger Germany	1:56.90	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany	1:58.13	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:58.54	^[5]
8	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 February	Anni Friesinger Germany	1:57.48	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:57.58	Kristina Groves Canada	1:58.40	^[6]
9	Salt Lake City, United States	7 March	Kristina Groves Canada	1:54.08	Maki Tabata Japan	1:54.79	Brittany Schussler Canada	1:54.91	^[7]

Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).^[8]^[9]

#	Name	BER	HVN1	MOS	ERF	HVN2	SLC	Total
1	Kristina Groves	100	100	70	36	70	150	526
2	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	60	80	60	80	–	75	355
3	Christine Nesbitt	45	70	80	60	80	–	335
4	Brittany Schussler	80	32	21	50	40	105	328
5	Shannon Rempel	70	36	36	21	–	90	253
6	Ireen Wüst	36	40	–	70	60	24	230
7	Maki Tabata	32	10	14	28	14	120	218
8	Laurine van Riessen	28	50	45	18	32	32	205
9	Anni Friesinger	–	–	–	100	100	–	200
10	Claudia Pechstein	–	60	100	40	–	–	200
11	Marrit Leenstra	24	45	18	24	45	21	177
12	Katarzyna Wójcicka	8	6	25	6	50	40	135
13	Masako Hozumi	21	21	32	10	28	18	130
14	Elma de Vries	40	16	24	–	–	36	116
15	Yekaterina Lobysheva	12	28	28	16	–	28	112
16	Martina Sáblíková	50	–	10	45	–	–	105
17	Monique Angermüller	18	24	–	12	–	45	99
18	Maren Haugli	25	12	6	14	24	14	95
19	Alla Shabanova	15	8	19	32	–	16	90
20	Jorien Voorhuis	–	–	50	25	–	–	75
21	Lisette van der Geest	–	–	–	19	36	12	67
22	Clara Hughes	10	19	16	5	–	10	60
23	Lucille Opitz	16	14	8	–	10	6	54
24	Paulien van Deutekom	6	25	–	–	12	–	43
25	Diane Valkenburg	–	–	40	–	–	–	40
26	Noh Seon-yeong	8	15	12	–	–	–	35
27	Dong Feifei	3	8	15	8	–	–	34
28	Maria Lamb	–	–	–	–	25	8	33
29	Hiromi Otsu	4	0	4	6	18	–	32
30	Jennifer Rodriguez	14	18	–	–	–	–	32
31	Katrin Mattscherodt	19	6	5	–	–	–	30
32	Galina Likhachova	6	11	1	11	–	–	29
33	Yekaterina Shikhova	–	–	11	15	–	–	26
34	Luiza Złotkowska	–	0	–	2	21	–	23
35	Lee Ju-yeon	11	4	6	–	–	–	21
36	Karolína Erbanová	0	–	–	0	19	–	19
37	Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr	2	0	–	0	16	–	18
38	Nicole Garrido	–	–	–	–	15	–	15
39	Yuri Obara	1	0	–	8	6	–	15
40	Xu Jinjin	5	–	8	–	–	–	13
41	Isabell Ost	–	–	–	4	8	–	12
42	Anna Rokita	0	0	0	–	11	–	11
43	Eriko Ishino	–	–	0	0	8	–	8
44	Stephanie Beckert	–	–	0	–	6	–	6
45	Fu Chunyan	4	2	0	0	–	–	6
46	Alexandra Lipp	–	–	–	–	4	–	4
47	Yang Gao	2	0	2	0	–	–	4
48	Natalya Rybakova	0	0	0	0	2	–	2
49	Daniela Dumitru	–	–	–	0	1	–	1
50	Yekaterina Abramova	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
50	Yuliya Yasenok	0	1	–	0	–	–	1