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

The 500 metres distance for men 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.
Yu Fengtong of China won the cup, while Keiichiro Nagashima of Japan came second, and Tucker Fredricks of the United States came third. Defending champion Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada suffered an arm injury in race 2 of the first occasion, which stopped him from participating in the rest of the World Cup season.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Yu Fengtong | 1086 | 14th |
| Silver | Keiichiro Nagashima | 957 | 9th |
| Bronze | Tucker Fredricks | 642 | 8th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 7 November | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 34.92 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 34.99 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 35.01 |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 8 November | Joji Kato Japan | 34.70 | Yu Fengtong China | 35.07 | Mika Poutala Finland | 35.13 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 14 November | Pekka Koskela Finland | 34.88 | Dmitry Lobkov Russia | 35.16 | Yu Fengtong China | 35.18 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 November | Joji Kato Japan | 34.82 | Yu Fengtong China | 35.05 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 35.09 |
| 4 | Changchun, China | 6 December | Yu Fengtong China | 34.97 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.08 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 35.27 |
| 4 | Changchun, China | 7 December | Dmitry Lobkov Russia | 35.07 | Yu Fengtong China | 35.09 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.20 |
| 5 | Nagano, Japan | 13 December | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 34.81 | Yu Fengtong China | 34.91 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.06 |
| 5 | Nagano, Japan | 14 December | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 34.92 | Yu Fengtong China | 34.95 | Joji Kato Japan | 34.96 |
| 6 | Kolomna, Russia | 24 January | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 34.85 | Yu Fengtong China | 34.89 | Yuya Oikawa Japan | 34.96 |
| 6 | Kolomna, Russia | 25 January | Tucker Fredricks United States | 34.81 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 34.87 | Yu Fengtong China | 34.89 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 30 January | Yu Fengtong China | 35.03 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.04 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.12 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 31 January | Tucker Fredricks United States | 34.91 | Yu Fengtong China | 35.00 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.26 |
| 9 | Salt Lake City, United States | 6 March | Yu Fengtong China | 34.37 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 34.38 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 34.51 |

## 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 | Yu Fengtong | 36 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 70 | 100 | 80 | 150 | 1086 |
| 2 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 100 | 60 | 45 | 32 | 80 | 70 | 100 | 60 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 60 | 90 | 957 |
| 3 | Tucker Fredricks | 50 | 32 | 40 | 40 | – | – | 21 | 40 | 60 | 100 | 70 | 100 | 105 | 642 |
| 4 | Mika Poutala | 45 | 70 | 60 | 60 | 45 | 50 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 60 | 16 | 12 | 40 | 593 |
| 5 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | 70 | 40 | 50 | 36 | 70 | 45 | 50 | 100 | – | – | – | – | 120 | 581 |
| 6 | Joji Kato | 3 | 100 | 6 | 100 | 36 | 60 | 70 | 70 | 8 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 542 |
| 7 | Yuya Oikawa | 15 | 19 | 32 | 21 | 50 | 36 | 6 | 32 | 70 | 28 | 50 | 24 | 75 | 458 |
| 8 | Dmitry Lobkov | 60 | 36 | 80 | 45 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 40 | 36 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 399 |
| 9 | Pekka Koskela | 80 | 45 | 100 | 70 | – | – | 60 | 5 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 360 |
| 10 | Zhang Zhongqi | 25 | 25 | 36 | 18 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 45 | 50 | – | – | 21 | 340 |
| 11 | Jan Smeekens | 10 | 21 | 18 | 50 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 45 | 70 | 24 | 328 |
| 12 | Simon Kuipers | 2 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 60 | 18 | – | – | 32 | 36 | 60 | 40 | 14 | 328 |
| 13 | Lee Kang-seok | 32 | 50 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 40 | 45 | 50 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 311 |
| 14 | Tadashi Obara | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 36 | 10 | 18 | 283 |
| 15 | Jamie Gregg | 14 | 8 | – | – | 19 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 28 | 45 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 282 |
| 16 | Shani Davis | 6 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | – | 28 | 50 | 36 | 239 |
| 17 | Mark Tuitert | 24 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 24 | – | – | 24 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 177 |
| 18 | Zhang Yaolin | – | – | – | – | 11 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 10 | 176 |
| 19 | Stefan Groothuis | 21 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 16 | – | – | 21 | 16 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 172 |
| 20 | Mo Tae-bum | 4 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 28 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | 166 |
| 21 | Muncef Ouardi | 8 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 158 |
| 22 | Vincent Labrie | 28 | 28 | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 157 |
| 23 | Lee Ki-ho | 8 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 132 |
| 24 | Beorn Nijenhuis | 18 | 6 | 10 | 12 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 110 |
| 25 | Pasi Koskela | 11 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | – | 4 | 106 |
| 26 | Sergey Chadayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 18 | – | 104 |
| 27 | Ermanno Ioriatti | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 25 | 21 | 28 | – | 99 |
| 28 | An Weijiang | 16 | 24 | 12 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 80 |
| 29 | Nico Ihle | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 15 | – | 69 |
| 30 | Kyle Parrott | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | – | – | 19 | 19 | – | 63 |
| 31 | Brent Aussprung | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | – | 58 |
| 32 | Hiroyasu Shimizu | 19 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 55 |
| 33 | Mun Jun | – | – | – | – | 10 | 28 | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 |
| 34 | Liu Fangyi | – | – | – | – | 15 | 19 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 |
| 35 | Christopher Needham | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | – | 46 |
| 36 | Maciej Ustynowicz | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 19 | 10 | 8 | – | 45 |
| 37 | Denny Morrison | – | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 15 | – | – | 1 | – | 45 |
| 38 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 40 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 |
| 39 | Mike Blumel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 0 | 6 | 8 | – | – | – | 34 |
| 40 | Tuomas Nieminen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | – | 26 |
| 41 | Frank Steiner | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | – | 22 |
| 42 | François-Olivier Roberge | – | – | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 20 |
| 43 | Markus Puolakka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | – | 11 |
| 44 | Artur Waś | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 45 | Aleksandr Lebedev | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 46 | Lee Jong-woo | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 47 | Mitchell Whitmore | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | – | 6 |
| 48 | Matthias Schwierz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 |
| 49 | Jan Friesinger | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 49 | Takaharu Nakajima | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 49 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 49 | Nan Minghao | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |