# 2008–09 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup

The 2008–09 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 18 October 2008 and ended on 15 February 2009. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

## Calendar
### Men
#### United States

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 18 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 1000m | Kwak Yoon-gy | Lee Ho-suk | Lee Jung-su |
| 18 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 1500m (1) | Sung Si-bak | Charles Hamelin | Jeff Simon |
| 19 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 500m | Sung Si-bak | Charles Hamelin | François-Louis Tremblay |
| 19 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 1500m (2) | Lee Jung-su | Lee Ho-suk | Apolo Ohno |
| 19 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 5000m relay | South Korea | United States | Canada |

#### Canada

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 25 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 1000m (1) | Charles Hamelin | Anthony Lobello | François Hamelin |
| 25 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 1500m | Lee Jung-su | Sung Si-bak | Jeff Simon |
| 26 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 500m | Lee Ho-suk | François-Louis Tremblay | Kwak Yoon-gy |
| 26 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 1000m (2) | Lee Jung-su | Michael Gilday | Rémi Beaulieu-Tinker |
| 26 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 5000m relay | United States | Canada | Great Britain |

#### China

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 29 November 2008 | Beijing | 500m (1) | Charles Hamelin | François-Louis Tremblay | Wang Hong Yang |
| 29 November 2008 | Beijing | 500m (2) | Olivier Jean | Sung Si-bak | Sui Bao Ku |
| 29 November 2008 | Beijing | 1500m | Sung Si-bak | Olivier Jean | Park Jin-hwan |
| 30 November 2008 | Beijing | 1000m | Lee Ho-suk | Kwak Yoon-gy | Charles Hamelin |
| 30 November 2008 | Beijing | 5000m relay | United States | Canada | China |

#### Japan

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 6 December 2008 | Nagano | 1000m | Lee Ho-suk | Kwak Yoon-gy | Charles Hamelin |
| 6 December 2008 | Nagano | 1500m (1) | Lee Jung-su | Sung Si-bak | François-Louis Tremblay |
| 7 December 2008 | Nagano | 500m | Sung Si-bak | Han Jialiang | Thibaut Fauconnet |
| 7 December 2008 | Nagano | 1500m (2) | Lee Ho-suk | Charles Hamelin | Olivier Jean |
| 7 December 2008 | Nagano | 5000m relay | Canada | South Korea | China |

#### Bulgaria

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 7 February 2009 | Sofia | 1000m (1) | Kwak Yoon-gy | Lee Jung-su | François-Louis Tremblay |
| 7 February 2009 | Sofia | 1500m | Lee Ho-suk | Sung Si-bak | Charles Hamelin |
| 8 February 2009 | Sofia | 500m | François-Louis Tremblay | Jon Eley | Jeff Simon |
| 8 February 2009 | Sofia | 1000m (2) | Lee Ho-suk | Jordan Malone | Lee Jung-su |
| 8 February 2009 | Sofia | 5000m relay | Canada | China | Germany |

#### Germany

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 14 February 2009 | Dresden | 500m (1) | Lee Ho-suk | Kwak Yoon-gy | Nicola Rodigari |
| 14 February 2009 | Dresden | 1500m | J. R. Celski | Yuri Confortola | Rémi Beaulieu-Tinker |
| 15 February 2009 | Dresden | 500m (2) | Anthony Lobello Jr. | Jon Eley | Satoshi Sakashita |
| 15 February 2009 | Dresden | 1000m | Lee Ho-suk | J. R. Celski | Yuri Confortola |
| 15 February 2009 | Dresden | 5000m relay | China | South Korea | Germany |

### Women
#### United States

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 18 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 1500m (1) | Zhou Yang | Jung Ba-ra | Yang Shin-young |
| 18 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 1500m (2) | Shin Sae-bom | Zhou Yang | Sun Linlin |
| 19 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 500m | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Jessica Gregg |
| 19 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 1000m | Wang Meng | Shin Sae-bom | Kimberly Derrick |
| 19 October 2008 | Salt Lake City | 3000m relay | China | South Korea | Canada |

#### Canada

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 25 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 1000m (1) | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Yang Shin-young |
| 25 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 1500m | Zhou Yang | Jung Eun-ju | Shin Sae-bom |
| 26 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 500m | Wang Meng | Marianne St-Gelais | Yang Shin-young |
| 26 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 1000m (2) | Shin Sae-bom | Zhou Yang | Allison Baver |
| 26 October 2008 | Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver | 3000m relay | China | South Korea | Canada |

#### China

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 29 November 2008 | Beijing | 1500m | Jung Eun-ju | Zhou Yang | Allison Baver |
| 29 November 2008 | Beijing | 500m (1) | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Tatiana Borodulina |
| 30 November 2008 | Beijing | 500m (2) | Liu Qiuhong | Fu Tianyu | Zhao Nannan |
| 30 November 2008 | Beijing | 1000m | Wang Meng | Zhou Yang | Shin Sae-bom |
| 29 October 2008 | Beijing | 3000m relay | China | South Korea | Italy |

#### Japan

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 6 December 2008 | Nagano | 1000m | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Yang Shin-young |
| 6 December 2008 | Nagano | 1500m (1) | Kim Min-jung | Shin Sae-bom | Allison Baver |
| 7 December 2008 | Nagano | 500m | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Fu Tianyu |
| 7 December 2008 | Nagano | 1500m (2) | Shin Sae-bom | Katherine Reutter | Kim Min-jung |
| 7 December 2008 | Nagano | 3000m relay | China | South Korea | Canada |

#### Bulgaria

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 7 February 2009 | Sofia | 1000m (1) | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Kalyna Roberge |
| 7 February 2009 | Sofia | 1500m | Jung Eun-ju | Katherine Reutter | Zhou Yang |
| 8 February 2009 | Sofia | 500m | Jessica Gregg | Arianna Fontana | Meng Xiaoxue |
| 8 February 2009 | Sofia | 1000m (2) | Kim Min-jung | Liu Qiuhong | Kimberly Derrick |
| 8 February 2009 | Sofia | 3000m relay | Canada | Italy | United States |

#### Germany

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 14 February 2009 | Dresden | 500m (1) | Tatiana Borodulina | Fu Tianyu | Arianna Fontana |
| 14 February 2009 | Dresden | 1500m | Kim Min-jung | Katherine Reutter | Zhang Hui |
| 15 February 2009 | Dresden | 500m (2) | Tatiana Borodulina | Arianna Fontana | Evgenia Radanova |
| 15 February 2009 | Dresden | 1000m | Kimberly Derrick | Katherine Reutter | Jung Eun-ju |
| 15 February 2009 | Dresden | 3000m relay | United States | Italy | South Korea |

## Overall standings
### Men

| Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 500m | François-Louis Tremblay | Sung Si-bak | Jon Eley |
| 1000m | Lee Ho-suk | Kwak Yoon-gy | Lee Jung-su |
| 1500m | Sung Si-bak | Lee Jung-su | Lee Ho-suk |
| 5000m relay | Canada | United States | South Korea |

### Women

| Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 500m | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Tatiana Borodulina |
| 1000m | Wang Meng | Liu Qiuhong | Kimberly Derrick |
| 1500m | Zhou Yang | Shin Sae-bom | Kim Min-jung |
| 3000m relay | China | South Korea | Canada |