2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Introduction The '''2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup''', officially the ''Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2009–2010'', was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 6 November 2009 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 14 March 2010 in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Compared to previous seasons, fewer competition weekends were held; the season was restricted due to the 2010 Winter Olympics, which were arranged in Vancouver, Canada, during February 2010.In total, seven competition weekends were held at six different locations, ten cups were contested (five for men, and five for women), and 70 races took place.The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).
Calendar   City Venue Date        1 Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen  2m, 2w m, w m, w w m 2 Heerenveen Thialf  2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 3 Hamar Vikingskipet  m, w w m 4 Calgary Olympic Oval  2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 5  Utah Olympic Oval  2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w  Obihiro Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval  2010 Asian Speed Skating Championships  Hamar Vikingskipet  2010 European Speed Skating Championships  Obihiro Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval  2010 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships  Vancouver Richmond Olympic Oval  Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics 6 Erfurt Gunda-Niemann-Stirnemann-Halle  2m, 2w 2m, 2w 7 Heerenveen Thialf  2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w  Heerenveen Thialf  2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships Total    5w  1m Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.
World records World records going into the 2009–10 season.===Men=== Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference 500 m 34.03  Jeremy Wotherspoon 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City  1000 m 1:06.42  Shani Davis 7 March 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City  1500 m 1:41.80  Shani Davis 6 March 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City  5000 m 6:03.32  Sven Kramer 17 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary  10000 m 12:41.69  Sven Kramer 10 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City  Team pursuit  (8 laps) 3:37.80  Sven Kramer  Carl Verheijen  Erben Wennemars 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 11 December 2009, Shani Davis of the United States set a new world record on the men's 1500 metres with a time of 1:41.04.===Women=== Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference 500 m 37.02  Jenny Wolf 16 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary  1000 m 1:13.11  Cindy Klassen 25 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary  1500 m 1:51.79  Cindy Klassen 20 November 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City  3000 m 3:53.34  Cindy Klassen 18 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary  5000 m 6:45.61  Martina Sáblíková 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City  Team pursuit  (6 laps) 2:56.04  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  Anni Friesinger  Claudia Pechstein 12 November 2005 Olympic Oval, Calgary At the World Cup stop in Calgary on 6 December 2009, the Canadian team – consisting of Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt and Brittany Schussler – set a new world record on the women's team pursuit with a time of 2:55.79.At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 11 December 2009, Jenny Wolf of Germany set a new world record on the women's 500 metres with a time of 37.00 seconds.
Men's standings ===500 m===RankNamePoints 1   '''Tucker Fredricks'''  788 2   Jan Smeekens  742 3   Mika Poutala  702===1000 m===RankNamePoints 1   '''Shani Davis'''  750 2   Mark Tuitert  425 3   Stefan Groothuis  355===1500 m===RankNamePoints 1   '''Shani Davis'''  630 2   Håvard Bøkko  395 3   Denny Morrison  338===5000 and 10000 m===RankNamePoints 1   '''Håvard Bøkko'''  455 2   Ivan Skobrev  430 3   Bob de Jong  416===Team pursuit===RankNamePoints 1   '''Norway'''  380 2   Netherlands  350 3   Canada  306
Women's standings ===500 m===RankNamePoints 1   '''Jenny Wolf'''  1260 2   Margot Boer  700 3   Wang Beixing  680===1000 m===RankNamePoints 1   '''Christine Nesbitt'''  472 2   Margot Boer  395 3   Monique Angermüller  351===1500 m===RankNamePoints 1   '''Kristina Groves'''  560 2   Christine Nesbitt  374 3   Martina Sáblíková  348===3000 and 5000 m===RankNamePoints 1   '''Martina Sáblíková'''  610 2   Stephanie Beckert  535 3   Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  435===Team pursuit===RankNamePoints 1   '''Canada'''  430 2    320 3    310
References
External links * International Skating Union