# 2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

The 2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 6 March and 9 March 2008 in the M-Wave, Nagano, Nagano.

## Schedule

| Date | Events |
| 6 March | 1500 m women |
| 6 March | 5000 m men |
| 7 March | 500 m men (1st) |
| 7 March | 3000 m women |
| 7 March | 500 m men (2nd) |
| 8 March | 500 m women (1st) |
| 8 March | 1000 m men |
| 8 March | 500 m women (2nd) |
| 8 March | 10000 m men |
| 8 March | Team pursuit women |
| 9 March | 1000 m women |
| 9 March | 1500 m men |
| 9 March | 5000 m women |
| 9 March | Team pursuit men |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m details | Jeremy Wotherspoon Canada | 69.460 34.78 34.68 TR | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 70.010 35.11 34.90 | Joji Kato Japan | 70.320 35.25 35.07 |
| 1000 m details | Shani Davis United States | 1:08.99 TR | Yevgeni Lalenkov Russia | 1:09.39 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:09.43 |
| 1500 m details | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:45.22 TR | Sven Kramer Netherlands Shani Davis United States | 1:45.32 | | |
| 5000 m details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:17.24 TR | Enrico Fabris Italy | 6:20.22 | Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands | 6:24.05 |
| 10000 m details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 12:57.71 TR | Enrico Fabris Italy | 13:18.81 | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 13:25.01 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Sven Kramer Wouter olde Heuvel Erben Wennemars | 3:41.69 | Italy Enrico Fabris Matteo Anesi Luca Stefani | 3:46.76 | Germany Jörg Dallmann Stefan Heythausen Marco Weber | 3:47.71 |
    Note: TR = Track record

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m details | Jenny Wolf Germany | 75.630 37,89 37,74 TR | Wang Beixing China | 76,260 38,18 38,10 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 77,200 38,72 38,48 |
| 1000 m details | Anni Friesinger Germany | 1:15.37 TR | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:16.01 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 1:16.35 |
| 1500 m details | Anni Friesinger Germany | 1:56.06 TR | Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands | 1:57.36 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:57.63 |
| 3000 m details | Kristina Groves Canada | 4.05,03 TR | Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands | 4.05,49 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany | 4.05,76 |
| 5000 m details | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:58.22 TR | Clara Hughes Canada | 7:04.79 | Kristina Groves Canada | 7:04.94 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Paulien van Deutekom Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst | 3.02,19 | Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler | 3.02,87 | Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Claudia Pechstein Lucille Opitz | 3.07,57 |
    Note: TR = Track record

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 12 | 13 | 11 | 36 |