# 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 19 and 20 January 2008. They were the 37th World Championships.

## Men

| Rank | Skater | 500 m (1) | 1000 m (1) | 500 m (2) | 1000 m (2) | Total |
| | Lee Kyou-hyuk | 34.99 (2) | 1:09.84 (6) | 34.85 (1) | 1:08.82 (1) | 139.170 |
| | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 34.81 (1) | 1:09.47 (3) | 34.95 (2) | 1:09.54 (7) | 139.265 |
| | Mun Joon | 35.62 (15) | 1:09.72 (4) | 35.00 (3) | 1:09.20 (3) | 140.080 |
| 4 | Simon Kuipers | 35.53 (14) | 1:09.46 (2) | 35.23 (4) | 1:09.28 (6) | 140.130 |
| 5 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 35.24 (6) | 1:10.51 (9) | 35.25 (5) | 1:10.01 (9) | 140.750 |
| 6 | Mika Poutala | 35.14 (4) | 1:10.65 (11) | 35.28 (6) | 1:10.07 (10) | 140.780 |
| 7 | Denny Morrison | 35.82 (19) | 1:09.72 (4) | 35.66 (14) | 1:09.22 (4) | 140.950 |
| 8 | Jacques de Koning | 35.36 (12) | 1:10.55 (10) | 35.40 (8) | 1:10.20 (11) | 141.135 |
| 9 | Lars Elgersma | 35.98 (21) | 1:10.84 (13) | 35.56 (12) | 1:09.22 (4) | 141.570 |
| 10 | Lee Kang-seok | 35.13 (3) | 1:11.03 (16) | 35.33 (7) | 1:11.25 (20) | 141.600 |
| 11 | An Weijiang | 35.24 (6) | 1:11.01 (15) | 35.67 (16) | 1:11.02 (18) | 141.925 |
| 12 | Håvard Bøkko | 36.00 (22) | 1:10.11 (7) | 36.19 (26) | 1:09.93 (8) | 142.210 |
| 13 | Tadashi Obara | 35.74 (17) | 1:11.28 (19) | 35.62 (13) | 1:10.95 (17) | 142.475 |
| 14 | Samuel Schwarz | 36.07 (23) | 1:10.45 (8) | 35.98 (18) | 1:10.42 (12) | 142.485 |
| 15 | Tucker Fredricks | 35.41 (13) | 1:11.88 (27) | 35.66 (14) | 1:11.07 (19) | 142.545 |
| 16 | Maciej Ustynowicz | 35.94 (20) | 1:10.98 (14) | 35.99 (19) | 1:10.55 (15) | 142.695 |
| 17 | Vincent Labrie | 35.64 (16) | 1:11.54 (23) | 35.68 (17) | 1:11.33 (21) | 142.755 |
| 18 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 36.34 (30) | 1:11.11 (17) | 36.10 (25) | 1:10.47 (13) | 143.230 |
| 19 | Takaharu Nakajima | 35.79 (18) | 1:11.60 (24) | 36.02 (22) | 1:11.46 (23) | 143.340 |
| 19 | Joji Kato | 35.27 (9) | 1:12.34 (31) | 35.40 (8) | 1:13.00 (34) | 143.340 |
| 21 | Aleksey Yesin | 36.11 (24) | 1:11.31 (20) | 36.00 (20) | 1:11.51 (24) | 143.520 |
| 22 | Dag-Erik Kleven | 36.25 (27) | 1:11.69 (26) | 36.01 (21) | 1:10.92 (16) | 143.565 |
| 23 | Mikael Flygind-Larsen | 36.41 (31) | 1:11.25 (18) | 36.38 (29) | 1:10.50 (14) | 143.665 |
| 24 | Tuomas Nieminen | 36.22 (26) | 1:11.67 (25) | 36.03 (23) | 1:11.55 (25) | 143.860 |
| 25 | Nico Ihle | 36.19 (25) | 1:12.00 (29) | 36.08 (24) | 1:12.16 (29) | 144.350 |
| 26 | Nick Pearson | 36.27 (28) | 1:12.10 (30) | 36.55 (33) | 1:11.64 (26) | 144.690 |
| 27 | Joel Eriksson | 36.84 (37) | 1:11.36 (22) | 36.64 (34) | 1:11.42 (22) | 144.870 |
| 28 | Aleksandr Lebedev | 36.59 (35) | 1:11.96 (28) | 36.49 (32) | 1:11.82 (27) | 144.970 |
| 29 | Pasi Koskela | 36.43 (32) | 1:12.37 (32) | 36.24 (27) | 1:12.31 (30) | 145.010 |
| 30 | Aleksey Proshin | 36.48 (33) | 1:12.52 (34) | 36.46 (31) | 1:12.03 (28) | 145.215 |
| 31 | Ermanno Ioriatti | 36.28 (29) | 1:12.91 (35) | 36.43 (30) | 1:12.32 (31) | 145.325 |
| 32 | Yu Fengtong | 35.20 (5) | 1:14.77 (39) | 35.51 (11) | 1:14.56 (38) | 145.375 |
| 33 | Chris Needham | 36.50 (34) | 1:12.91 (35) | 36.34 (28) | 1:12.65 (33) | 145.620 |
| 34 | Aleksandr Zhigin | 36.93 (39) | 1:12.44 (33) | 36.73 (35) | 1:12.62 (32) | 146.190 |
| 35 | Daniel Friberg | 36.88 (38) | 1:13.31 (37) | 37.12 (36) | 1:13.08 (36) | 147.195 |
| 36 | Pascal Briand | 37.00 (40) | 1:13.40 (38) | 37.47 (37) | 1:13.03 (35) | 147.685 |
| 37 | Vladimir Sherstyuk | 36.64 (36) | 1:15.07 (40) | 52.33 (39) | 1:14.17 (37) | 163.590 |
| 38 | Aleksandr Komar | 37.30 (41) | 1:15.14 (41) | 51.70 (38) | 1:14.66 (39) | 163.900 |
| 39 | Jan Bos | 35.24 (6) | 1:09.13 (1) | 1:07.48 (40) | 1:08.94 (2) | 171.755 |
| DQ1 | Kip Carpenter | DQ | 1:10.79 (12) | 35.41 (10) | | 70.805 |
| NS3 | Pekka Koskela | 35.29 (11) | 1:11.32 (21) | NS | | 70.950 |
| NS2 | Dmitry Lobkov | 35.27 (9) | NS | | | 35.270 |
DQ = disqualified NS = Not started
Source: ISU

## Women

| Rank | Skater | 500 m (1) | 1000 m (1) | 500 m (2) | 1000 m (2) | Total |
| | Jenny Wolf | 37.64 (1) | 1:17.06 (6) | 37.60 (1) | 1:17.09 (7) | 152.315 |
| | Anni Friesinger | 38.70 (7) | 1:15.58 (1) | 38.76 (7) | 1:15.82 (2) | 153.160 |
| | Annette Gerritsen | 38.36 (2) | 1:17.51 (8) | 38.44 (3) | 1:15.91 (3) | 153.510 |
| 4 | Chiara Simionato | 38.94 (9) | 1:16.89 (5) | 38.75 (6) | 1:16.00 (4) | 154.135 |
| 5 | Marianne Timmer | 38.91 (8) | 1:16.75 (3) | 38.64 (5) | 1:16.72 (6) | 154.285 |
| 6 | Ireen Wüst | 39.47 (19) | 1:15.64 (2) | 39.56 (19) | 1:15.59 (1) | 154.645 |
| 7 | Shannon Rempel | 38.95 (10) | 1:17.32 (7) | 39.02 (12) | 1:16.55 (5) | 154.905 |
| 8 | Zhang Shuang | 38.49 (4) | 1:18.03 (11) | 38.61 (4) | 1:18.66 (14) | 155.445 |
| 9 | Heike Hartmann | 38.96 (11) | 1:17.75 (9) | 38.89 (10) | 1:17.86 (9) | 155.655 |
| 10 | Lee Sang-hwa | 38.46 (3) | 1:20.00 (22) | 38.27 (2) | 1:18.22 (10) | 155.840 |
| 11 | Svetlana Kaykan | 38.64 (6) | 1:18.58 (12) | 38.81 (8) | 1:18.55 (13) | 156.015 |
| 12 | Paulien van Deutekom | 39.63 (21) | 1:16.79 (4) | 39.56 (19) | 1:17.11 (8) | 156.140 |
| 13 | Elli Ochowicz | 39.10 (17) | 1:18.67 (13) | 38.88 (9) | 1:18.47 (12) | 156.550 |
| 14 | Yuliya Nemaya | 38.96 (11) | 1:19.08 (16) | 39.19 (16) | 1:18.87 (17) | 157.125 |
| 15 | Svetlana Radkevich | 39.20 (18) | 1:19.06 (15) | 39.13 (14) | 1:18.71 (16) | 157.215 |
| 16 | Shihomi Shinya | 38.96 (11) | 1:19.16 (18) | 39.09 (13) | 1:19.32 (19) | 157.290 |
| 17 | Sayuri Yoshii | 38.97 (14) | 1:19.00 (14) | 39.55 (17) | 1:19.28 (18) | 157.660 |
| 18 | Yekaterina Malysheva | 39.55 (20) | 1:19.23 (19) | 39.65 (21) | 1:18.33 (11) | 157.980 |
| 19 | Lee Bo-ra | 39.05 (16) | 1:20.06 (23) | 39.17 (15) | 1:19.62 (20) | 158.060 |
| 20 | Maki Tabata | 40.01 (25) | 1:17.85 (10) | 40.22 (27) | 1:18.68 (15) | 158.495 |
| 21 | Kerry Simpson | 39.65 (22) | 1:19.57 (21) | 39.55 (17) | 1:19.64 (21) | 158.805 |
| 22 | Xing Aihua | 39.00 (15) | 1:20.15 (24) | 38.93 (11) | 1:22.01 (28) | 159.010 |
| 23 | Danielle Wotherspoon | 39.75 (23) | 1:20.49 (26) | 39.98 (22) | 1:20.55 (25) | 160.250 |
| 24 | Tamara Oudenaarden | 39.86 (24) | 1:21.15 (29) | 40.01 (23) | 1:20.52 (24) | 160.705 |
| 25 | Heather Richardson | 40.53 (28) | 1:20.51 (27) | 40.11 (25) | 1:19.85 (22) | 160.820 |
| 26 | Bianca Anghel | 40.66 (29) | 1:19.44 (20) | 40.44 (28) | 1:20.07 (23) | 160.855 |
| 27 | Yekaterina Lukoanova | 40.18 (27) | 1:20.38 (25) | 40.21 (26) | 1:21.03 (27) | 161.095 |
| 28 | Natalya Rybakova | 40.75 (31) | 1:20.55 (28) | 40.86 (30) | 1:20.89 (26) | 162.330 |
| 29 | Anna Badayeva | 40.73 (30) | 1:22.81 (32) | 40.72 (29) | 1:22.09 (29) | 163.900 |
| 30 | Paulina Wallin | 40.09 (26) | 1:24.94 (34) | 40.04 (24) | 1:23.27 (32) | 164.235 |
| 31 | Yelena Myagkikh | 41.74 (36) | 1:22.64 (31) | 41.44 (32) | 1:22.66 (30) | 165.830 |
| 32 | Daniela Oltean | 41.59 (33) | 1:23.02 (33) | 41.60 (33) | 1:22.77 (31) | 166.085 |
| 33 | Susanna Potka | 41.73 (35) | 1:24.97 (35) | 41.90 (34) | 1:24.18 (33) | 168.205 |
| 34 | Claudia Wallin | 41.61 (34) | 1:27.65 (36) | 41.02 (31) | 1:26.41 (34) | 169.660 |
| NS3 | Wang Beixing | 38.49 (4) | 1:19.10 (17) | NS | | 78.040 |
| DQ3 | Lana Gehring | 41.22 (32) | 1:21.67 (30) | DQ | | 82.055 |
DQ = disqualified NS = Not started
Source: ISU

## Rules

All participating skaters are allowed to skate all races.