# 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres

The 5000 and 10000 metres distances for men in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were 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.
Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won the cup, while the defending champion, Håvard Bøkko of Norway, came second, and Bob de Jong of the Netherlands came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Sven Kramer | 550 | 2nd |
| Silver | Håvard Bøkko | 485 | 1st |
| Bronze | Bob de Jong | 425 | 4th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Distance | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 7 November | 5000 metres | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:15.74 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 6:20.03 | Carl Verheijen Netherlands | 6:20.87 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 November | 5000 metres | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:14.32 | Carl Verheijen Netherlands | 6:20.18 | Enrico Fabris Italy | 6:20.20 |
| 3 | Moscow, Russia | 23 November | 10000 metres | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 12:59.21 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 13:00.65 | Enrico Fabris Italy | 13:11.98 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 30 January | 5000 metres | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:16.02 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 6:22.37 | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 6:23.45 |
| 8 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 February | 10000 metres | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 13:03.51 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 13:07.93 | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 13:09.16 |
| 9 | Salt Lake City, United States | 7 March | 5000 metres | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:06.64 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 6:09.94 | Carl Verheijen Netherlands | 6:13.17 |

## Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).
| # | Name | BER | HVN1 | MOS | ERF | HVN2 | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Sven Kramer | 100 | 100 | – | 100 | 100 | 150 | 550 |
| 2 | Håvard Bøkko | 80 | 45 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 120 | 485 |
| 3 | Bob de Jong | 60 | 50 | 100 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 425 |
| 4 | Carl Verheijen | 70 | 80 | 35 | 50 | 50 | 105 | 390 |
| 5 | Enrico Fabris | 50 | 70 | 70 | 28 | 60 | 90 | 368 |
| 6 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | 36 | 40 | 60 | – | 45 | 36 | 217 |
| 7 | Øystein Grødum | 32 | 24 | 50 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 191 |
| 8 | Trevor Marsicano | 15 | 32 | 15 | 45 | 30 | 40 | 177 |
| 9 | Wouter olde Heuvel | 40 | 36 | – | 60 | – | 32 | 168 |
| 10 | Sverre Haugli | – | 19 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 140 |
| 11 | Marco Weber | 18 | 18 | 30 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 140 |
| 12 | Lucas Makowsky | 16 | 16 | 21 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 138 |
| 13 | Roger Schneider | 12 | 28 | 45 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 132 |
| 14 | Chad Hedrick | 45 | 60 | – | 24 | – | – | 129 |
| 15 | Sławomir Chmura | 25 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 121 |
| 16 | Hiroki Hirako | 24 | 14 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 107 |
| 17 | Ivan Skobrev | 0 | 25 | 20 | 16 | – | 45 | 106 |
| 18 | Tobias Schneider | 21 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 78 |
| 19 | Moritz Geisreiter | 14 | 10 | 25 | 6 | – | 18 | 73 |
| 20 | Robert Lehmann | 1 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 68 |
| 21 | Mark Ooijevaar | – | – | 30 | – | 35 | – | 65 |
| 22 | Tore Solli | 10 | 6 | 18 | 8 | – | – | 42 |
| 23 | Johan Röjler | 0 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 41 |
| 24 | Ryan Bedford | 0 | 15 | 15 | 10 | – | – | 40 |
| 25 | Kwun-Won Choi | 19 | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | 30 |
| 26 | Dmitry Babenko | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | – | 29 |
| 27 | Jay Morrison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | – | 29 |
| 28 | Shani Davis | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | 28 |
| 29 | Kris Schildermans | 11 | 5 | – | 11 | 0 | – | 27 |
| 30 | Shigeyuki Dejima | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 5 | – | 26 |
| 31 | Luca Stefani | – | 0 | 7 | 1 | 15 | – | 23 |
| 32 | Ben Jongejan | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | 19 |
| 33 | Steven Elm | – | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | – | 18 |
| 34 | Song Xingyu | 6 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | 14 |
| 35 | Shane Dobbin | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 13 |
| 36 | Artyom Belousov | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 11 |
| 37 | Brigt Rykkje | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | 10 |
| 38 | Henrik Christiansen | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | 9 |
| 39 | Matteo Anesi | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 39 | Fredrik van der Horst | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 39 | Aleksandr Rumyantsev | – | – | 8 | 0 | – | – | 8 |
| 42 | Jordan Belchos | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 8 |
| 43 | Mathieu Giroux | – | – | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 |
| 44 | Denny Morrison | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 45 | Andrey Burlyayev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 |
| 46 | Alexej Baumgartner | – | – | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 |
| 47 | Justin Warsylewicz | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 48 | Paul Dyrud | – | – | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 |
| 49 | Stian Elvenes | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| 50 | Patrick Beckert | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 51 | Andrew Godbout | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |