# 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Berlin, Germany, on 9 and 10 February 2008. The Dutch skaters Paulien van Deutekom and Sven Kramer became world champions.

## Women's championships
### Day 1

| 500 metres PlaceAthleteCountryTime Christine Nesbitt Canada39.03 Ireen Wüst Netherlands39.28 Wang Fei China39.57 4Kristina Groves Canada39.64 5Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands39.65 6Yekaterina Lobysheva Russia39.70 7Marrit Leenstra Netherlands39.72 8Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany39.98 9Claudia Pechstein Germany40.01 Yekaterina Abramova Russia40.01 | 3000 metres PlaceAthleteCountryTime Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands4:03.33 Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic4:05.69 Kristina Groves Canada4:06.36 4Ireen Wüst Netherlands4:06.62 5Christine Nesbitt Canada4:07.34 6Diane Valkenburg Netherlands4:09.49 7Clara Hughes Canada4:11.21 8Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany4:11.43 9Claudia Pechstein Germany4:12.09 10Katrin Mattscherodt Germany4:12.98 |

### Day 2

| 1500 metres PlaceAthleteCountryTime Ireen Wüst Netherlands1:57.59 Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands1:57.83 Christine Nesbitt Canada1:58.57 4Kristina Groves Canada1:58.67 5Wang Fei China1:59.31 6Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany1:59.44 7Marrit Leenstra Netherlands1:59.51 8Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic1:59.62 9Claudia Pechstein Germany1:59.77 10Diane Valkenburg Netherlands1:59.82 | 5000 metres PlaceAthleteCountryTime Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic6:59.26 BR Kristina Groves Canada7:06.22 Paulien van Deutekom Netherlands7:07.10 4Ireen Wüst Netherlands7:09.54 5Clara Hughes Canada7:09.55 6Claudia Pechstein Germany7:11.45 7Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Germany7:11,88 8Katrin Mattscherodt Germany7:15.61 9Christine Nesbitt Canada7:15.92 10Diane Valkenburg Netherlands7:18.25 |

### Allround results

| Place | Athlete | Country | 500 m | 3000 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | Points |
| | Paulien van Deutekom | Netherlands | 39.65 (5) | 4:03.33 (1) | 1:57.83 (2) | 7:07.10 (3) | 162.191 |
| | Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 39.28 (2) | 4:06.62 (4) | 1:57.59 (1) | 7;09.54 (4) | 162.533 |
| | Kristina Groves | Canada | 39.64 (4) | 4:06.36 (3) | 1:58.67 (4) | 7:06.22 (2) | 162.878 |
| 4 | Christine Nesbitt | Canada | 39.03 (1) | 4:07.34 (5) | 1:58.57 (3) | 7:15.92 (9) | 163.368 |
| 5 | Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | 40.92 (15) | 4:05.69 (2) | 1:59.62 (8) | 6:59.26 (1) | 163.667 |
| 6 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | Germany | 39.98 (8) | 4:11.43 (8) | 1:59.44 (6) | 7:11.88 (7) | 164.886 |
| 7 | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 40.01 (9) | 4:12.09 (9) | 1:59.77 (9) | 7:11.45 (6) | 165.093 |
| 8 | Diane Valkenburg | Netherlands | 40.28 (11) | 4:09.49 (6) | 1:59.82 (10) | 7:18.25 (10) | 165.626 |
| 9 | Wang Fei | China | 39.57 (3) | 4:13.75 (11) | 1:59.31 (5) | 7:23.83 (11) | 166.014 |
| 10 | Katrin Mattscherodt | Germany | 41.21 (20) | 4:12.98 (10) | 2:00.56 (12) | 7:15.61 (8) | 167.120 |
| 11 | Clara Hughes | Canada | 42.10 (22) | 4:11.21 (7) | 2:01.63 (15) | 7:09.55 (5) | 167.466 |
| 12 | Marrit Leenstra | Netherlands | 39.72 (7) | 4:14.85 (12) | 1:59.51 (7) | 7:35.98 (12) | 167.629 |
| NQ13 | Maki Tabata | Japan | 40.48 (13) | 4:15.44 (14) | 2:00.70 (13) | | 123.286 |
| NQ14 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | Russia | 39.70 (6) | 4:19.92 (21) | 2:01.45 (14) | | 123.503 |
| NQ15 | Brittany Schussler | Canada | 40.75 (14) | 4:16.93 (16) | 2:00.11 (11) | | 123.607 |
| NQ16 | Galina Likhachova | Russia | 40.45 (12) | 4:18.00 (18) | 2:02.23 (18) | | 124.193 |
| NQ17 | Katarzyna Wójcicka | Poland | 40.93 (16) | 4:17.47 (17) | 2:02.03 (16) | | 124.517 |
| NQ18 | Mari Hemmer | Norway | 41.07 (17) | 4:15.11 (13) | 2:03,05 (20) | | 124.604 |
| NQ19 | Yekaterina Abramova | Russia | 40.01 (9) | 4:22.54 (23) | 2:03.77 (21) | | 125.022 |
| NQ20 | Lucille Opitz | Germany | 41.19 (19) | 4:18.10 (19) | 2:02.47 (19) | | 125.029 |
| NQ21 | Lee Ju-youn | South Korea | 41.14 (18) | 4:19.67 (20) | 2:02.19 (17) | | 125.148 |
| NQ22 | Catherine Raney | United States | 41.74 (21) | 4:15.87 (15) | 2:04.72 (22) | | 125.958 |
| NQ23 | Eriko Ishino | Japan | 42.10 (22) | 4:21.14 (22) | 2:05.53 (23) | | 127.466 |
| NQ24 | Anna Ringsred | United States | 42.30 (24) | 4:32.58 (24) | 2:08.72 (24) | | 130.636 |
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified) DQ = disqualified

## Men's championships
### Day 1

| 500 metres PlaceAthleteCountryTime Denny Morrison Canada35.81 Shani Davis United States35.85 Sven Kramer Netherlands36.22 4Yevgeny Lalenkov Russia36.27 5Håvard Bøkko Norway36.54 Ivan Skobrev Russia36.54 7Chad Hedrick United States36.55 8Konrad Niedźwiedzki Poland36.57 9Steven Elm Canada36.70 10Enrico Fabris Italy36.72 | 5000 metres PlaceAthleteCountryTime Sven Kramer Netherlands6:13.35 Håvard Bøkko Norway6:17.64 Chad Hedrick United States6:18.90 4Shani Davis United States6:23.92 5Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands6:25.06 6Carl Verheijen Netherlands6:29.39 7Sverre Haugli Norway6:29.64 8Hiroki Hirako Japan6:33.17 9Denny Morrison Canada6:33.53 10Enrico Fabris Italy6:33.61 |

### Day 2

| 1500 metres PlaceAthleteCountryTime Shani Davis United States1:45.93 Denny Morrison Canada1:45.98 Yevgeny Lalenkov Russia1:46.39 4Sven Kramer Netherlands1:46.47 5Chad Hedrick United States1:46.82 6Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands1:47.32 7Håvard Bøkko Norway1:47.93 8Enrico Fabris Italy1:48.12 9Ben Jongejan Netherlands1:48.17 10Lucas Makowsky Canada1:48.46 | 10000 metres PlaceAthleteCountryTime Sven Kramer Netherlands13:09.06 BR Håvard Bøkko Norway13:10.87 Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands13:20.97 4Carl Verheijen Netherlands13:23.86 5Shani Davis United States13:27.13 6Chad Hedrick United States13:32.69 7Ivan Skobrev Russia13:37.72 8Ben Jongejan Netherlands13:43.73 9Enrico Fabris Italy13:45.23 10Sverre Haugli Norway13:46.63 |

### Allround results

| Place | Athlete | Country | 500 m | 5000 m | 1500 m | 10.000 m | Points |
| | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 36.22 (3) | 6:13.35 (1) | 1:46.46 (4) | 13:09.06 (1) | 148.494 |
| | Håvard Bøkko | Norway | 36.54 (5) | 6:17.64 (2) | 1:47.93 (7) | 13:10.87 (2) | 149.823 |
| | Shani Davis | United States | 35.85 (2) | 6:23.92 (4) | 1:45.93 (1) | 13:27.13 (5) | 149.908 |
| 4 | Chad Hedrick | United States | 36.55 (7) | 6:18.90 (3) | 1:46.82 (5) | 13:32.69 (6) | 150.680 |
| 5 | Wouter olde Heuvel | Netherlands | 36.98 (12) | 6:25.07 (5) | 1:47.32 (6) | 13:20.97 (3) | 151.308 |
| 6 | Denny Morrison | Canada | 35,81 (1) | 6:33.53 (9) | 1:45.98 (2) | 14:11.76 (11) | 153.077 |
| 7 | Enrico Fabris | Italy | 36.72 (10) | 6:33.61 (10) | 1:48.12 (8) | 13:45.23 (9) | 153.382 |
| 8 | Ivan Skobrev | Russia | 36.54 (5) | 6:34.72 (11) | 1:50.00 (19) | 13:37.72 (7) | 153.564 |
| 9 | Carl Verheijen | Netherlands | 38.07 (23) | 6:29.39 (6) | 1:49.23 (13) | 13:23.86 (4) | 153.612 |
| 10 | Ben Jongejan | Netherlands | 37.24 (14) | 6:34.94 (12) | 1:48.17 (9) | 13:43.73 (8) | 153.976 |
| 11 | Sverre Haugli | Norway | 37.83 (20) | 6:29.64 (7) | 1:49.31 (15) | 13:46.63 (10) | 154.561 |
| 12 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | Russia | 36.27 (4) | 6:37.96 (15) | 1:46.39 (3) | 14:22.09 (12) | 154.633 |
| NQ13 | Lucas Makowsky | Canada | 36.85 (11) | 6:37.30 (14) | 1:48.46 (10) | | 112.733 |
| NQ14 | Tobias Schneider | Germany | 37.27 (15) | 6:36.32 (13) | 1:48.96 (12) | | 113.222 |
| NQ15 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 37.35 (16) | 6:38.75 (16) | 1:49.28 (14) | | 113.651 |
| NQ16 | Robert Lehmann | Germany | 37.07 (13) | 6:41.80 (17) | 1:49.40 (16) | | 113.716 |
| NQ17 | Steven Elm | Canada | 36.70 (9) | 6:48.37 (21) | 1:48.80 (11) | | 113.803 |
| NQ18 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | Poland | 36.57 (8) | 6:47.83 (20) | 1:49.69 (17) | | 113.916 |
| NQ19 | Hiroki Hirako | Japan | 37.83 (20) | 6:33.17 (8) | 1:51.35 (21) | | 114.263 |
| NQ20 | Trevor Marsicano | United States | 37.82 (19) | 6:42.24 (18) | 1:49.84 (18) | | 114.657 |
| NQ21 | Justin Warsylewicz | Canada | 38.02 (22) | 6:49.29 (22) | 1:50.57 (20) | | 115.805 |
| NQ22 | Justin Stelly | United States | 37.71 (18) | 6:51.97 (23) | 1:53.84 (23) | | 116.853 |
| DQ1 - | Xingyu Song | China | DQ | 6:45.94 (19) | 1:53.29 (22) | | |
| NQ24- | Kwun-Won Choi | South Korea | 37.40 (17) | DNS | | | |
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified) DQ = disqualified

## Rules

All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:
* Skaters among the top 12 on both lists are qualified.
* To make up a total of 12, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over the longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.