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

The 1500 metres distance for men 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.
Shani Davis of the United States defended his title from the previous season, while fellow American Trevor Marsicano came second, and Håvard Bøkko of Norway came third.
On the last competition weekend of the season, Davis set a new world record of 1:41.80.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Shani Davis | 470 | 1st |
| Silver | Trevor Marsicano | 374 | 25th |
| Bronze | Håvard Bøkko | 363 | 9th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 8 November | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 1:45.69 | Erben Wennemars Netherlands | 1:45.85 | Simon Kuipers Netherlands | 1:45.95 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 14 November | Shani Davis United States | 1:45.23 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:45.84 | Mark Tuitert Netherlands | 1:45.90 |
| 3 | Moscow, Russia | 22 November | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:45.46 | Mark Tuitert Netherlands | 1:45.81 | Enrico Fabris Italy | 1:46.00 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 31 January | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:45.32 | Trevor Marsicano United States | 1:46.00 | Shani Davis United States | 1:46.25 |
| 8 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 February | Shani Davis United States | 1:45.40 | Enrico Fabris Italy | 1:45.88 | Trevor Marsicano United States | 1:46.09 |
| 9 | Salt Lake City, United States | 6 March | Shani Davis United States | 1:41.80 WR | Trevor Marsicano United States | 1:42.31 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:42.56 |

## Final standings

Standings as of 7 March 2009 (end of the season).
| # | Name | BER | HVN1 | MOS | ERF | HVN2 | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Shani Davis | 50 | 100 | – | 70 | 100 | 150 | 470 |
| 2 | Trevor Marsicano | 24 | 40 | 40 | 80 | 70 | 120 | 374 |
| 3 | Håvard Bøkko | 45 | 60 | 100 | 50 | 18 | 90 | 363 |
| 4 | Enrico Fabris | 18 | 36 | 70 | 45 | 80 | 45 | 294 |
| 5 | Mark Tuitert | 60 | 70 | 80 | 6 | 36 | 40 | 292 |
| 6 | Chad Hedrick | 40 | 45 | – | 40 | 60 | 75 | 260 |
| 7 | Denny Morrison | 36 | 6 | – | 100 | – | 105 | 247 |
| 8 | Sven Kramer | 100 | 24 | – | 60 | 45 | – | 229 |
| 9 | Stefan Groothuis | 28 | 80 | 36 | 24 | 50 | – | 218 |
| 10 | Erben Wennemars | 80 | 50 | 60 | – | – | – | 190 |
| 11 | Simon Kuipers | 70 | 32 | 45 | – | 28 | – | 175 |
| 12 | Lucas Makowsky | 21 | 16 | 32 | 36 | 21 | 16 | 142 |
| 13 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | 32 | 18 | 50 | – | – | 21 | 121 |
| 14 | Christoffer Fagerli Rukke | 14 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 102 |
| 15 | Wouter olde Heuvel | – | – | – | 25 | 40 | 36 | 101 |
| 16 | Steven Elm | 4 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 97 |
| 17 | Teruhiro Sugimori | 25 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 92 |
| 18 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 16 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 32 | – | 91 |
| 19 | Lee Jong-woo | 15 | 21 | 24 | – | – | 28 | 88 |
| 20 | Robert Lehmann | 6 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 79 |
| 21 | Ivan Skobrev | – | 28 | 28 | – | – | 18 | 74 |
| 22 | François-Olivier Roberge | 12 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 72 |
| 23 | Daniel Friberg | 19 | 8 | – | 14 | 25 | – | 66 |
| 24 | Sverre Haugli | – | 4 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 61 |
| 25 | Samuel Schwarz | 5 | 19 | – | 11 | 8 | – | 43 |
| 26 | Mo Tae-bum | 8 | 25 | – | – | – | – | 33 |
| 27 | Jörg Dallmann | 11 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | – | 31 |
| 28 | Jan Friesinger | – | – | – | 19 | 8 | – | 27 |
| 29 | Matteo Anesi | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | – | 26 |
| 30 | Jay Morrison | – | – | 6 | – | 19 | – | 25 |
| 31 | Mikael Flygind-Larsen | 8 | 15 | – | – | – | – | 23 |
| 32 | Tobias Schneider | 10 | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | 21 |
| 33 | Stefan Heythausen | 0 | – | – | 15 | 5 | – | 20 |
| 34 | Choi Kwun-won | – | 0 | 19 | – | – | – | 19 |
| 35 | Dmitry Babenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | – | 16 |
| 36 | Pascal Briand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | – | 15 |
| 37 | Song Xingyu | 6 | 0 | 6 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 38 | Jeff Kitura | 0 | 0 | 11 | – | – | – | 11 |
| 39 | Aleksey Yesin | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | 10 |
| 40 | Aleksandr Lebedev | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | – | 9 |
| 41 | Johan Röjler | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 8 |
| 42 | Hiroki Hirako | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | 0 | – | 8 |
| 43 | Denis Kuzin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 6 |
| 44 | Jonathan Kuck | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| 45 | Marco Weber | – | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 45 | Timofey Skopin | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 47 | Mathieu Giroux | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |