# 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres

The 3000 and 5000 metres distances for women 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.
Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Daniela Anschütz-Thoms of Germany came second, and Kristina Groves of Canada came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Martina Sáblíková | 610 | 1st |
| Silver | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 375 | 5th |
| Bronze | Kristina Groves | 375 | 4th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Distance | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 8 November | 3000 metres | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:03.70 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany | 4:07.08 | Masako Hozumi Japan | 4:07.92 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 14 November | 3000 metres | Renate Groenewold Netherlands | 4:04.85 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:05.54 | Diane Valkenburg Netherlands | 4:05.70 |
| 3 | Moscow, Russia | 22 November | 5000 metres | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 6:49.92 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:57.18 | Stephanie Beckert Germany | 7:01.72 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 31 January | 3000 metres | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:03.65 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany | 4:05.14 | Renate Groenewold Netherlands | 4:06.60 |
| 8 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 February | 5000 metres | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:59.08 | Stephanie Beckert Germany | 7:01.33 | Kristina Groves Canada | 7:05.08 |
| 9 | Salt Lake City, United States | 6 March | 3000 metres | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 3:58.62 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany | 3:59.88 | Kristina Groves Canada | 4:00.00 |

## Final standings

Standings as of 7 March 2009 (end of the season).
| # | Name | BER | HVN1 | MOS | ERF | HVN2 | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Martina Sáblíková | 100 | 80 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 150 | 610 |
| 2 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | 80 | 50 | 45 | 80 | – | 120 | 375 |
| 3 | Kristina Groves | 60 | 40 | 60 | 40 | 70 | 105 | 375 |
| 4 | Stephanie Beckert | 32 | 36 | 70 | 32 | 80 | 90 | 340 |
| 5 | Renate Groenewold | 45 | 100 | – | 70 | 45 | 45 | 305 |
| 6 | Claudia Pechstein | 50 | 60 | 100 | 45 | – | – | 255 |
| 7 | Masako Hozumi | 70 | 0 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 28 | 238 |
| 8 | Jorien Voorhuis | 18 | 32 | – | 60 | 40 | 75 | 225 |
| 9 | Maren Haugli | 25 | 18 | 35 | 21 | 60 | 36 | 195 |
| 10 | Diane Valkenburg | 40 | 70 | – | 36 | 25 | 18 | 189 |
| 11 | Brittany Schussler | 36 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 35 | 40 | 180 |
| 12 | Clara Hughes | 28 | 45 | 50 | 18 | – | 32 | 173 |
| 13 | Elma de Vries | 21 | – | 21 | – | 35 | 21 | 98 |
| 14 | Gretha Smit | 24 | 10 | 30 | – | 30 | – | 94 |
| 15 | Katarzyna Wójcicka | 10 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 93 |
| 16 | Shiho Ishizawa | 5 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 78 |
| 17 | Hiromi Otsu | 8 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 78 |
| 18 | Christine Nesbitt | 12 | 24 | 25 | 16 | – | – | 77 |
| 19 | Lucille Opitz | 16 | 16 | – | – | 18 | 24 | 74 |
| 20 | Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr | 6 | 8 | – | 19 | 30 | 10 | 73 |
| 21 | Catherine Raney | 19 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 72 |
| 22 | Paulien van Deutekom | – | 28 | – | 24 | – | – | 52 |
| 23 | Eriko Ishino | – | – | 25 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 48 |
| 24 | Katrin Mattscherodt | 14 | 6 | 18 | – | 9 | – | 47 |
| 25 | Lee Ju-yeon | 15 | 12 | 9 | – | – | – | 36 |
| 26 | Noh Seon-yeong | 8 | 19 | 5 | – | – | – | 32 |
| 27 | Fu Chunyan | 3 | 15 | 4 | 10 | – | – | 32 |
| 28 | Park Do-yeong | 11 | 8 | 13 | – | – | – | 32 |
| 29 | Anna Rokita | 4 | 6 | 7 | – | 13 | – | 30 |
| 30 | Maki Tabata | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | – | 25 |
| 31 | Lisette van der Geest | – | – | 0 | 25 | – | – | 25 |
| 32 | Svetlana Vysokova | – | – | 10 | 15 | – | – | 25 |
| 33 | Nicole Garrido | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 15 | – | 21 |
| 34 | Galina Likhachova | 6 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 18 |
| 35 | Luiza Złotkowska | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 10 | – | 18 |
| 36 | Marja Vis | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | 15 |
| 37 | Isabell Ost | – | – | – | 11 | 4 | – | 15 |
| 38 | Andrea Jirků | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | – | 15 |
| 39 | Alexandra Lipp | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | – | 12 |
| 40 | Annouk van der Weijden | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 11 |
| 41 | Maria Lamb | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 7 |
| 42 | Risa Takayama | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 43 | Dong Feifei | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 6 |
| 44 | Xu Jinjin | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 45 | Cathrine Grage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 3 |
| 46 | Andrea Lazarescu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 47 | Gao Yang | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| 48 | Daniela Oltean | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 |