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2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit

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The women's team pursuit in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three 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 last occasion involving the event taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 30 January – 1 February 2009.[1]

The Czech Republic won the cup, while the United States came second, and the Netherlands came third. The defending champions, Canada, ended up in eighth place.

Top three

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Medal Country Points Previous season
Gold  Czech Republic 235
Silver  United States 205 7th
Bronze  Netherlands 200 6th

Race medallists

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Occasion # Date Location Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report
1 Berlin, Germany 9 November  Netherlands
Renate Groenewold
Ireen Wüst
Diane Valkenburg
3:04.34  Germany
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Claudia Pechstein
Lucille Opitz
3:04.51  United States
Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr
Catherine Raney
Mia Manganello
3:05.68 [2]
2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 16 November  Netherlands
Renate Groenewold
Marrit Leenstra
Ireen Wüst
3:01.32  Canada
Kristina Groves
Christine Nesbitt
Brittany Schussler
3:02.34  Germany
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Lucille Opitz
Claudia Pechstein
3:02.51 [3]
7 Erfurt, Germany 1 February  Czech Republic
Karolína Erbanová
Andrea Jirků
Martina Sáblíková
3:05.32  Russia
Galina Likhachova
Alla Shabanova
Yekaterina Shikhova
3:05.80  Poland
Natalia Czerwonka
Katarzyna Wójcicka
Luiza Złotkowska
3:06.26 [4]

Final standings

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Standings as of 1 February 2009 (end of the season).[5][6]

# Nation BER HVN ERF Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Czech Republic 45 40 150 235
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 70 60 75 205
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands 100 100 0 200
4  Germany 80 70 40 190
5  Poland 32 36 105 173
6  Japan 36 45 90 171
7  Russia 28 0 120 148
8  Canada 50 80 130
9  China 40 32 45 117
10  South Korea 60 50 110
11  Romania 24 24 36 84
12  Belarus 21 21 42
13  Norway 28 28

References

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  1. ^ "2008/2009 ISU World Cup". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  2. ^ 2008-09 World Cup #1 - Results Team pursuit Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  3. ^ 2008-09 World Cup #2 - Results Team pursuit Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  4. ^ 2008-09 World Cup #7 - Results Team pursuit Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  5. ^ Standings Team Pursuit women
  6. ^ Classification of the 2008-09 World Cup Team pursuit Women, SpeedSkatingStats.com.