2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4

The fourth competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a two-day event focusing on the shorter distances, held at the Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink in Changchun, China, from Saturday, 6 December, until Sunday, 7 December 2008. It was the first World Cup competition at this rink, which was also used during the 2007 Asian Winter Games.

Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is below.

Date	Time	Events
6 December	14:00 UTC+8	500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men
7 December	14:00 UTC+8	500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men 100 m women 100 m men

Medal winners

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
100 m		Yuya Oikawa Japan	9.45	Lee Kang-seok South Korea	9.61	Yu Fengtong China	9.89
500 m	1	Yu Fengtong China	34.97	Keiichiro Nagashima Japan	35.08	Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea	35.27
	2	Dmitry Lobkov Russia	35.07	Yu Fengtong China	35.09	Keiichiro Nagashima Japan	35.20
1000 m	1	Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea	1:09.68	Stefan Groothuis Netherlands	1:10.15	Shani Davis United States	1:10.32
	2	Simon Kuipers Netherlands	1:09.83	Shani Davis United States	1:09.99	Stefan Groothuis Netherlands	1:10.01

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
100 m		Jenny Wolf Germany	10.23	Xing Aihua China	10.27	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	10.67
500 m	1	Jenny Wolf Germany	38.09	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.71	Annette Gerritsen Netherlands	38.86
	2	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.98	Annette Gerritsen Netherlands	38.52	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.56
1000 m	1	Kristina Groves Canada	1:18.18	Shannon Rempel Canada	1:18.20	Laurine van Riessen Netherlands	1:18.48
	2	Laurine van Riessen Netherlands	1:17.25	Kristina Groves Canada	1:17.80	Shannon Rempel Canada	1:18.27