2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
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The 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Thialf
, Heerenveen
on 19 and 20 January 2008. They were the 37th World Championships.
Source: ISU
Source: ISU
Thialf
Thialf is an ice arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The stadium is used for long track speed skating, short track speed skating, ice hockey, figure skating, and non-sports events. The outdoor rink was opened in 1967, and the indoor stadium was opened in 1986. Several world records were set in the...
, Heerenveen
Heerenveen
Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...
on 19 and 20 January 2008. They were the 37th World Championships.
Women
| Rank | Name | Nation | 500 m (1) | 1000 m (1) | 500 m (2) | 1000 m (2) | >- | Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf is a German ice speed skater who is the current world record holder, at 37.00 seconds, for the women's 500 m and, 74.42 seconds for women's 500 m x 2 in long track speed skating... |
37.64 (1) | 1:17.06 (6) | 37.60 (1) | 1:17.09 (7) | >- | Anni Friesinger Anni Friesinger Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too... |
38.70 (7) | 1:15.58 (1) | 38.76 (7) | 1:15.82 (2) | >- | Annette Gerritsen Annette Gerritsen Annette Gerritsen is a Dutch speed skater. She specialises in the 500 m and 1000 m distances, and won a silver medal in the 1000 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She is the current Dutch Junior record holder in the 500 m and her personal best used to be the World Junior record... |
38.36 (2) | 1:17.51 (8) | 38.44 (3) | 1:15.91 (3) | >- | Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato is an Italian long-track speed skater who competed in 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is set compete for Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the women's 500m, 1000m, and 1500m.... |
38.94 (9) | 1:16.89 (5) | 38.75 (6) | 1:16.00 (4) | >- | Marianne Timmer Marianne Timmer Maria Aaltje Timmer is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the middle distances . At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.- Personal life :... |
38.91 (8) | 1:16.75 (3) | 38.64 (5) | 1:16.72 (6) | >- | Ireen Wüst Ireen Wüst Ireen Wüst is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event... |
39.47 (19) | 1:15.64 (2) | 39.56 (19) | 1:15.59 (1) | >- | Shannon Rempel Shannon Rempel Shannon Rempel is a Canadian speed skater. Most notably, Rempel is known for her win as the 2003 World Junior Speed Skating Championships and participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics which won her team a silver in the team pursuit.Rempel was a silver medalist in the 1000m at the 2004 World Cup in... |
38.95 (10) | 1:17.32 (7) | 39.02 (12) | 1:16.55 (5) | >- | Zhang Shuang Zhang Shuang Zhang Shuang is a Chinese long-track speed-skater. She is set to compete for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Women's 500m.-References:... |
38.49 (4) | 1:18.03 (11) | 38.61 (4) | 1:18.66 (14) | >- | Heike Hartmann | 38.96 (11) | 1:17.75 (9) | 38.89 (10) | 1:17.86 (9) | >- | Lee Sang-hwa Lee Sang-Hwa Lee Sang-Hwa is a South Korean long track speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. She is an Olympic gold medalist and a World Championships medalist on the 500 metres, and on this distance she has also placed in the top three in World Cup events four times... |
38.46 (3) | 1:20.00 (22) | 38.27 (2) | 1:18.22 (10) | >- | Svetlana Kajkan | 38.64 (6) | 1:18.58 (12) | 38.81 (8) | 1:18.55 (13) | >- | Paulien van Deutekom Paulien van Deutekom Paulien van Deutekom is a Dutch speed skater who is specialised in the middle long distances, over 1000 and 1500 metres.... |
39.63 (21) | 1:16.79 (4) | 39.56 (19) | 1:17.11 (8) | >- | Elli Ochowicz Elli Ochowicz Elli Ochowicz is an Olympic speed skater who has competed in the three Winter Olympics.Ochowicz was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to Jim Ochowicz and Sheila Young. After beginning her training in the Milwaukee area, she moved to Salt Lake City to continue training... |
39.10 (17) | 1:18.67 (13) | 38.88 (9) | 1:18.47 (12) | >- | Joelia Nemaja | 38.96 (11) | 1:19.08 (16) | 39.19 (16) | 1:18.87 (17) | >- | Svetlana Radkevitsj | 39.20 (18) | 1:19.06 (15) | 39.13 (14) | 1:18.71 (16) | >- | Shihomi Shinya | 38.96 (11) | 1:19.16 (18) | 39.09 (13) | 1:19.32 (19) | >- | Sayuri Yoshii Sayuri Yoshii is a Japanese speed skater. She won silver in the 1000m and bronze in the 500m during the 2008-09 World Cup season. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and became 5th in the 500m of the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :... |
38.97 (14) | 1:19.00 (14) | 39.55 (17) | 1:19.28 (18) | >- | Jekaterina Malysjeva | 39.55 (20) | 1:19.23 (19) | 39.65 (21) | 1:18.33 (11) | >- | Bo-Ra Lee | 39.05 (16) | 1:20.06 (23) | 39.17 (15) | 1:19.62 (20) | >- | Maki Tabata Maki Tabata Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m... |
40.01 (25) | 1:17.85 (10) | 40.22 (27) | 1:18.68 (15) | >- | Kerry Simpson | 39.65 (22) | 1:19.57 (21) | 39.55 (17) | 1:19.64 (21) | >- | Xing Aihua Xing Aihua Xing Aihua is Chinese long-track speed-skater. She is set to represent China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Women's 500m and 1000m.-References:... |
39.00 (15) | 1:20.15 (24) | 38.93 (11) | 1:22.01 (28) | >- | Danielle Wotherspoon | 39.75 (23) | 1:20.49 (26) | 39.98 (22) | 1:20.55 (25) | >- | Tamara Oudenaarden Tamara Oudenaarden Tamara Oudenaarden is a Canadian long track speed skater.She was an alternate skater at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's 500 metre competition, but did not race in the event since all other qualifying Canadian skaters competed.-External links:*... |
39.86 (24) | 1:21.15 (29) | 40.01 (23) | 1:20.52 (24) | >- | Heather Richardson Heather Richardson Heather Richardson is an American speed skater who has competed since 2006. She represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished 6th in 500 metres, 9th in the 1000 metres, and 16th in the 1500 metres.At the 2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating... |
40.53 (28) | 1:20.51 (27) | 40.11 (25) | 1:19.85 (22) | >- | Bianca Anghel Bianca Anghel Bianca Anghel is a Romanian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:World Single Distance Championships... |
40.66 (29) | 1:19.44 (20) | 40.44 (28) | 1:20.07 (23) | >- | Yekaterina Lukoanova | 40.18 (27) | 1:20.38 (25) | 40.21 (26) | 1:21.03 (27) | >- | Natalya Rybakova | 40.75 (31) | 1:20.55 (28) | 40.86 (30) | 1:20.89 (26) | >- | Anna Badayeva | 40.73 (30) | 1:22.81 (32) | 40.72 (29) | 1:22.09 (29) | >- | Paulina Wallin | 40.09 (26) | 1:24.94 (34) | 40.04 (24) | 1:23.27 (32) | >- | Yelena Myagkikh Yelena Myagkikh Olena Vasylivna Myahkikh is a Ukrainian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games... |
41.74 (36) | 1:22.64 (31) | 41.44 (32) | 1:22.66 (30) | >- | Daniela Oltean Daniela Oltean Daniela Oltean is a Romanian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games... |
41.59 (33) | 1:23.02 (33) | 41.60 (33) | 1:22.77 (31) | >- | Susanna Potka | 41.73 (35) | 1:24.97 (35) | 41.90 (34) | 1:24.18 (33) | >- | Claudia Wallin Claudia Wallin Claudia Stephania Wallin is a speed skater, specialised in short distances, 500m and 1000m. She represented Sweden in international competitions until 2009/2010. For the 2010 - 2011 season she represents Poland.... |
41.61 (34) | 1:27.65 (36) | 41.02 (31) | 1:26.41 (34) | >- | Wang Beixing Wang Beixing Wang Beixing is a Chinese long track speed skater, specializing in short distances . She is coached by Canadian former skater Kevin Crockett.Wang Beixing first competed in 2003... |
38.49 (4) | 1:19.10 (17) | DNS | >- | Lana Gehring Lana Gehring Lana Gehring is an American short track speed skater.-Career:At the 2010 Winter Olympics, in Vancouver, Gehring won a bronze medal as part of the 3000 m relay team.-External links:*... |
41.22 (32) | 1:21.67 (30) | DQ | 82.055 |
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Source: ISU
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | 500 m (1) | 1000 m (1) | 500 m (2) | 1000 m (2) | >- | Lee Kyu-hyuk Lee Kyu-Hyuk Lee Kyou-Hyuk is a South Korean long track speed skater who specializes in the 500 and 1,000 meters... |
34.99 (2) | 1:09.84 (6) | 34.85 (1) | 1:08.82 (1) | >- | Jeremy Wotherspoon Jeremy Wotherspoon Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time.... |
34.81 (1) | 1:09.47 (3) | 34.95 (2) | 1:09.54 (7) | >- | Mun Joon | 35.62 (15) | 1:09.72 (4) | 35.00 (3) | 1:09.20 (3) | >- | Simon Kuipers Simon Kuipers Simon Kuipers is a Dutch speed skater. He won a 1,500 meters World Cup competitions on 3 December 2005. It was his first World Cup victory... |
35.53 (14) | 1:09.46 (2) | 35.23 (4) | 1:09.28 (6) | >- | Keiichiro Nagashima Keiichiro Nagashima Keiichiro Nagashima is a Japanese long track speed skater specialising in the sprint distances 500 and 1000 metres... |
35.24 (6) | 1:10.51 (9) | 35.25 (5) | 1:10.01 (9) | >- | Mika Poutala Mika Poutala Mika Poutala is a Finnish speed skater who held a Finnish record in the sport. He finished 22nd at Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres. He has a business education and is set to represent Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :... |
35.14 (4) | 1:10.65 (11) | 35.28 (6) | 1:10.07 (10) | >- | Denny Morrison Denny Morrison Denny Morrison is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. His best distance, so far in his career, is the 1500-m, where he held the world record time of 1:42.01 from 14 March 2008 to 6 March 2009... |
35.82 (19) | 1:09.72 (4) | 35.66 (14) | 1:09.22 (4) | >- | Jacques de Koning | 35.36 (12) | 1:10.55 (10) | 35.40 (8) | 1:10.20 (11) | >- | Lars Elgersma Lars Elgersma Lars Elgersma is a Dutch speed skater, specialising in short and middle distances.At the 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships Elgersma finished fifth over 500 metres and eighth over 1000 metres, which gave him the opportunity to skate in several Speed Skating World Cup meetings throughout... |
35.98 (21) | 1:10.84 (13) | 35.56 (12) | 1:09.22 (4) | >- | Lee Kang-seok Lee Kang-Seok Lee Kang-Seok is a speed skater from South Korea. He is the 2007 and 2009 World Champion for 500m. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 500 m... |
35.13 (3) | 1:11.03 (16) | 35.33 (7) | 1:11.25 (20) | >- | An Weijiang An Weijiang An Weijiang is a speed skater. He has participated in the 2006 Olympics for China.-Achievements:*World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men :** 2006, 2008... |
35.24 (6) | 1:11.01 (15) | 35.67 (16) | 1:11.02 (18) | >- | Håvard Bøkko Håvard Bøkko Håvard Bøkko is a Norwegian speedskater, widely considered to be one of the most promising talents for many years, with junior results similar to those of Sven Kramer, Gianni Romme and Eric Heiden. He is the older brother of Hege Bøkko.-Speed skating career:In 2006, Bøkko was the Junior World... |
36.00 (22) | 1:10.11 (7) | 36.19 (26) | 1:09.93 (8) | >- | Tadashi Obara | 35.74 (17) | 1:11.28 (19) | 35.62 (13) | 1:10.95 (17) | >- | Samuel Schwarz | 36.07 (23) | 1:10.45 (8) | 35.98 (18) | 1:10.42 (12) | >- | Tucker Fredricks Tucker Fredricks Tucker Fredricks is an American speed skater who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.Tucker is a 2002 graduate of Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville. He began skating in 1994 when a friend of his father's took him skating in lieu of playing hockey... |
35.41 (13) | 1:11.88 (27) | 35.66 (14) | 1:11.07 (19) | >- | Maciej Ustynowicz Maciej Ustynowicz Maciej Ustynowicz is a Polish speedskater. He competed for Poland at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.-References:... |
35.94 (20) | 1:10.98 (14) | 35.99 (19) | 1:10.55 (15) | >- | Vincent Labrie Vincent Labrie Vincent Labrie is a Canadian speedskater.Labrie made his Speed Skating World Cup debut in November 2005, at Salt Lake City... |
35.64 (16) | 1:11.54 (23) | 35.68 (17) | 1:11.33 (21) | >- | Konrad Niedźwiedzki Konrad Niedzwiedzki Konrad Niedźwiedzki is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games... |
36.34 (30) | 1:11.11 (17) | 36.10 (25) | 1:10.47 (13) | >- | Takaharu Nakajima | 35.79 (18) | 1:11.60 (24) | 36.02 (22) | 1:11.46 (23) | >- | Joji Kato Joji Kato is a Japanese speedskater specialised in the sprinting distance 500 metres. At the age of 17 he became the first junior speedskater to skate the 500 metres below 35 seconds.... |
35.27 (9) | 1:12.34 (31) | 35.40 (8) | 1:13.00 (34) | >- | Aleksey Yesin | 36.11 (24) | 1:11.31 (20) | 36.00 (20) | 1:11.51 (24) | >- | Dag-Erik Kleven | 36.25 (27) | 1:11.69 (26) | 36.01 (21) | 1:10.92 (16) | >- | Mikael Flygind-Larsen | 36.41 (31) | 1:11.25 (18) | 36.38 (29) | 1:10.50 (14) | >- | Tuomas Nieminen Tuomas Nieminen Tuomas Nieminen is a Finnish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-External links:**... |
36.22 (26) | 1:11.67 (25) | 36.03 (23) | 1:11.55 (25) | >- | Nico Ihle | 36.19 (25) | 1:12.00 (29) | 36.08 (24) | 1:12.16 (29) | >- | Nick Pearson Nick Pearson Nick Pearson is an American speed skater who has competed since 1997. He was named to the U.S. team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.... |
36.27 (28) | 1:12.10 (30) | 36.55 (33) | 1:11.64 (26) | >- | Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:World Sprint ChampionshipsEuropean Allround Championships... |
36.84 (37) | 1:11.36 (22) | 36.64 (34) | 1:11.42 (22) | >- | Aleksandr Lebedev | 36.59 (35) | 1:11.96 (28) | 36.49 (32) | 1:11.82 (27) | >- | Pasi Koskela | 36.43 (32) | 1:12.37 (32) | 36.24 (27) | 1:12.31 (30) | >- | Aleksej Prosjin | 36.48 (33) | 1:12.52 (34) | 36.46 (31) | 1:12.03 (28) | >- | Ermanno Ioriatti | 36.28 (29) | 1:12.91 (35) | 36.43 (30) | 1:12.32 (31) | >- | Yu Fengtong Yu Fengtong Yu Fengtong is a speed skater who has participated in the Olympics for the nation of China.He is the national recordholder of China on the 500 and 1,000 meters.-Achievements:... |
35.20 (5) | 1:14.77 (39) | 35.51 (11) | 1:14.56 (38) | >- | Chris Needham Chris Needham Chris Needham is best known for his 1992 BBC Teenage Video Diary In Bed With Chris Needham in which he and his school friends formed a thrash metal band called 'Manslaughter' .-External links:Wordwrites - In Bed with Chris Needham... |
36.50 (34) | 1:12.91 (35) | 36.34 (28) | 1:12.65 (33) | >- | Aleksej Zjigin | 36.93 (39) | 1:12.44 (33) | 36.73 (35) | 1:12.62 (32) | >- | Daniel Friberg | 36.88 (38) | 1:13.31 (37) | 37.12 (36) | 1:13.08 (36) | >- | Pascal Briand Pascal Briand Pascal Briand is a French long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround Championships-External links:* *... |
37.00 (40) | 1:13.40 (38) | 37.47 (37) | 1:13.03 (35) | >- | Vladimir Sjerstjuk | 36.64 (36) | 1:15.07 (40) | 52.33 (39) | 1:14.17 (37) | >- | Aleksandr Komar | 37.30 (41) | 1:15.14 (41) | 51.70 (38) | 1:14.66 (39) | >- | Jan Bos Jan Bos Jan Bos is a Dutch speedskater and sprint cyclist.In 1998 he became world champion sprint and he won the silver medal that year on the 1000 meter sprint during the Winter Olympics in Nagano.... |
35.24 (6) | 1:09.13 (1) | 1:07.48 (40) | 1:08.94 (2) | >- | Kip Carpenter Kip Carpenter Kip Carpenter is an American speedskater who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the 500 meter race at the 2002 games, while also skating the fastest lap in Olympic history in the 500 meter race with a time of 24.87 for a 400 meter... |
DQ | 1:10.79 (12) | 35.41 (10) | >- | Pekka Koskela Pekka Koskela Pekka Koskela is a Finnish speedskater, specialising on the sprint distances 500-m and 1000-m. He is the former world record holder on the 1000-m with the time 1.07.00. In December 2001 he set a junior world record on the 500-m with the time 35.89... |
35.29 (11) | 1:11.32 (21) | DNS | >- | Dmitri Lobkov | 35.27 (9) | DNS |
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Source: ISU
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...