2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres distance for men in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six 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 final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6–7 March 2009.^[1]

Shani Davis of the United States defended his title from the previous season, while fellow American Trevor Marsicano came second, and Håvard Bøkko of Norway came third.

On the last competition weekend of the season, Davis set a new world record of 1:41.80.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Shani Davis	470	1st
Silver	Trevor Marsicano	374	25th
Bronze	Håvard Bøkko	363	9th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	8 November	Sven Kramer Netherlands	1:45.69	Erben Wennemars Netherlands	1:45.85	Simon Kuipers Netherlands	1:45.95	^[2]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 November	Shani Davis United States	1:45.23	Stefan Groothuis Netherlands	1:45.84	Mark Tuitert Netherlands	1:45.90	^[3]
3	Moscow, Russia	22 November	Håvard Bøkko Norway	1:45.46	Mark Tuitert Netherlands	1:45.81	Enrico Fabris Italy	1:46.00	^[4]
7	Erfurt, Germany	31 January	Denny Morrison Canada	1:45.32	Trevor Marsicano United States	1:46.00	Shani Davis United States	1:46.25	^[5]
8	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 February	Shani Davis United States	1:45.40	Enrico Fabris Italy	1:45.88	Trevor Marsicano United States	1:46.09	^[6]
9	Salt Lake City, United States	6 March	Shani Davis United States	1:41.80 WR	Trevor Marsicano United States	1:42.31	Denny Morrison Canada	1:42.56	^[7]

Final standings

Standings as of 7 March 2009 (end of the season).^[8]^[9]

#	Name	BER	HVN1	MOS	ERF	HVN2	SLC	Total
1	Shani Davis	50	100	–	70	100	150	470
2	Trevor Marsicano	24	40	40	80	70	120	374
3	Håvard Bøkko	45	60	100	50	18	90	363
4	Enrico Fabris	18	36	70	45	80	45	294
5	Mark Tuitert	60	70	80	6	36	40	292
6	Chad Hedrick	40	45	–	40	60	75	260
7	Denny Morrison	36	6	–	100	–	105	247
8	Sven Kramer	100	24	–	60	45	–	229
9	Stefan Groothuis	28	80	36	24	50	–	218
10	Erben Wennemars	80	50	60	–	–	–	190
11	Simon Kuipers	70	32	45	–	28	–	175
12	Lucas Makowsky	21	16	32	36	21	16	142
13	Yevgeny Lalenkov	32	18	50	–	–	21	121
14	Christoffer Fagerli Rukke	14	12	12	16	24	24	102
15	Wouter olde Heuvel	–	–	–	25	40	36	101
16	Steven Elm	4	11	18	18	14	32	97
17	Teruhiro Sugimori	25	10	8	21	16	12	92
18	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	16	5	10	28	32	–	91
19	Lee Jong-woo	15	21	24	–	–	28	88
20	Robert Lehmann	6	8	21	32	12	0	79
21	Ivan Skobrev	–	28	28	–	–	18	74
22	François-Olivier Roberge	12	14	16	10	6	14	72
23	Daniel Friberg	19	8	–	14	25	–	66
24	Sverre Haugli	–	4	25	12	10	10	61
25	Samuel Schwarz	5	19	–	11	8	–	43
26	Mo Tae-bum	8	25	–	–	–	–	33
27	Jörg Dallmann	11	2	14	4	0	–	31
28	Jan Friesinger	–	–	–	19	8	–	27
29	Matteo Anesi	1	0	15	8	2	–	26
30	Jay Morrison	–	–	6	–	19	–	25
31	Mikael Flygind-Larsen	8	15	–	–	–	–	23
32	Tobias Schneider	10	6	5	–	–	–	21
33	Stefan Heythausen	0	–	–	15	5	–	20
34	Choi Kwun-won	–	0	19	–	–	–	19
35	Dmitry Babenko	3	0	0	2	11	–	16
36	Pascal Briand	0	0	0	0	15	–	15
37	Song Xingyu	6	0	6	–	–	–	12
38	Jeff Kitura	0	0	11	–	–	–	11
39	Aleksey Yesin	1	1	–	8	–	–	10
40	Aleksandr Lebedev	2	–	1	6	–	–	9
41	Johan Röjler	–	–	8	–	–	–	8
42	Hiroki Hirako	4	0	4	–	0	–	8
43	Denis Kuzin	0	0	0	0	6	–	6
44	Jonathan Kuck	–	–	–	–	4	–	4
45	Marco Weber	–	0	2	–	–	–	2
45	Timofey Skopin	2	0	–	–	–	–	2
47	Mathieu Giroux	–	–	–	1	1	–	2