# 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

The 500 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 13 races on seven 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.
Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title, while Margot Boer of the Netherlands came second. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea repeated her third place from the previous season.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Jenny Wolf | 1205 | 1st |
| Silver | Margot Boer | 642 | 13th |
| Bronze | Lee Sang-hwa | 635 | 3rd |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 7 November | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.75 | Wang Beixing China | 37.75 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.12 |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 8 November | Wang Beixing China | 37.91 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.95 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.26 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 14 November | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.60 | Wang Beixing China | 37.63 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.22 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 November | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.64 | Wang Beixing China | 37.74 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.13 |
| 4 | Changchun, China | 6 December | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.09 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.71 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 38.86 |
| 4 | Changchun, China | 7 December | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.98 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 38.52 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.56 |
| 5 | Nagano, Japan | 13 December | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.71 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.39 | Sayuri Yoshii Japan | 38.66 |
| 5 | Nagano, Japan | 14 December | Yu Jing China | 38.63 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.72 | Xing Aihua China | 38.78 |
| 6 | Kolomna, Russia | 24 January | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.51 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 38.02 | Yu Jing China | 38.17 |
| 6 | Kolomna, Russia | 25 January | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.67 | Jin Peiyu China | 38.01 | Yu Jing China | 38.13 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 30 January | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.58 | Yu Jing China | 38.18 | Jin Peiyu China | 38.30 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 31 January | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.85 | Yu Jing China | 38.00 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 38.28 |
| 9 | Salt Lake City, United States | 7 March | Wang Beixing China | 37.25 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.39 | Yu Jing China | 37.62 |

## Final standings

Standings as of 8 March 2009 (end of the season).
| # | Name | BER1 | BER2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | CHA1 | CHA2 | NAG1 | NAG2 | KOL1 | KOL2 | ERF1 | ERF2 | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Jenny Wolf | 100 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 1205 |
| 2 | Margot Boer | 40 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 36 | 24 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 32 | 50 | 90 | 642 |
| 3 | Lee Sang-hwa | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 80 | | | | | 45 | 635 |
| 4 | Annette Gerritsen | 50 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 70 | 80 | | | 80 | 50 | 60 | 70 | | 630 |
| 5 | Yu Jing | | | | | 25 | 25 | 50 | 100 | 70 | 70 | 80 | 80 | 105 | 605 |
| 6 | Sayuri Yoshii | 60 | 45 | 36 | 40 | 32 | 28 | 70 | 45 | 40 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 517 |
| 7 | Wang Beixing | 80 | 100 | 80 | 80 | | | | | | | | | 150 | 490 |
| 8 | Tomomi Okazaki | 16 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 12 | 50 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 75 | 425 |
| 9 | Sayuri Osuga | 32 | 28 | 40 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 16 | 36 | 45 | 28 | 423 |
| 10 | Ren Hui | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 32 | 36 | 18 | 50 | 24 | 50 | 60 | 16 | 382 |
| 11 | Xing Aihua | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 40 | 60 | 32 | 70 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 40 | | 370 |
| 12 | Yuliya Nemaya | 25 | 25 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 40 | 21 | 32 | 45 | 60 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 355 |
| 13 | Jin Peiyu | | | | | 19 | 19 | 60 | 24 | 16 | 80 | 70 | 36 | | 324 |
| 14 | Yekaterina Malysheva | 21 | 12 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 21 | 45 | 40 | 24 | 36 | | | 18 | 293 |
| 15 | Marianne Timmer | 24 | 36 | 6 | 36 | 14 | 24 | | 21 | | | 45 | | 32 | 238 |
| 16 | Lee Bo-ra | 36 | 32 | 28 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 28 | | | | | 21 | 215 |
| 17 | Thijsje Oenema | 8 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 36 | 196 |
| 18 | Shihomi Shinya | | | | | 15 | 15 | | | 36 | 45 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 191 |
| 19 | Shannon Rempel | 28 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 10 | | 14 | | | 10 | 180 |
| 20 | Monique Angermüller | | 21 | 19 | | 24 | 16 | 28 | 14 | 28 | 12 | | 14 | | 176 |
| 21 | Elli Ochowicz | 10 | 16 | 21 | 36 | | | 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 161 |
| 22 | Svetlana Kaykan | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | | | | | 10 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 140 |
| 23 | Yukari Watanabe | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 133 |
| 24 | Nao Kodaira | 45 | 50 | 5 | | | | 8 | 12 | | | | | | 120 |
| 25 | Christine Nesbitt | 19 | 19 | 24 | | | | 18 | 16 | | | 12 | | | 108 |
| 26 | Zhang Shuang | 6 | 5 | | 19 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 25 | | | | | | 100 |
| 27 | Anzhelika Kotyuga | 1 | | | 1 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | | 82 |
| 28 | Heather Richardson | 2 | | 1 | 6 | | | 8 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 12 | | 75 |
| 29 | Sheng Xiaomei | 11 | 11 | 25 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | 72 |
| 30 | Judith Hesse | 5 | 6 | | 11 | | | | | 15 | 25 | | 8 | | 70 |
| 31 | Heike Hartmann | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | | | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 | | 69 |
| 32 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 15 | 2 | | | 6 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 5 | | | | | 68 |
| 33 | Chiara Simionato | | | | | | | | | 2 | 15 | 19 | 19 | | 55 |
| 34 | Tamara Oudenaarden | 4 | 4 | | | 6 | 6 | | 2 | | 8 | 15 | 6 | | 51 |
| 35 | Jennifer Rodriguez | | | 4 | | | | 11 | 11 | 6 | | 11 | 4 | | 47 |
| 36 | Natasja Bruintjes | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 8 | | 35 |
| 37 | Mayon Kuipers | | | | | | | | | 25 | 6 | | | | 31 |
| 38 | Pamela Zoellner | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 39 | Paulina Wallin | | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | 4 | | | | 24 |
| 40 | Kim Weger | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 15 | | 21 |
| 41 | Yekaterina Shikhova | | | | | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 42 | Rebekah Bradford | 1 | | | | | | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 9 |
| 43 | Laurine van Riessen | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 44 | Danielle Wotherspoon | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 7 |
| 45 | Kerry Dankers | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
| 46 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | | | | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | | | 5 |
| 47 | Ko Hyon-Suk | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 48 | Yekaterina Abramova | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | 3 |
| 49 | Lauren Cholewinski | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 3 |
| 50 | Jennifer Plate | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 51 | Svetlana Radkevich | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| 52 | Anna Badayeva | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |