The World Championship in individual speed skating was held from March 6 to 9, 2008 at the M-Wave indoor ice skating rink in Nagano .
| 2008 World Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Championship Details | |
| Location |  M-wave , Nagano ( Japan ) |
| Tournament Dates | March 6 to 9, 2008 |
| Prizes among men | |
| Prizes among women | |
| Championship Statistics | |
Content
Medalists
Men
| Distance | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2 × 500 m | Jeremy Waterspoon Canada | 69.460 34.78 34.68 | Lee Gang-suk The Republic of Korea | 70.010 35.11 34.90 | Joji kato Japan | 70.320 35.25 35.07 |
| 1000 m | Shani Davis USA | 1: 08.99 | Evgeny Lalenkov Russia | 1: 09.39 | Danny Morrison Canada | 1: 09.43 |
| 1,500 m | Danny Morrison Canada | 1: 45.22 | Sven Kramer Netherlands Shani Davis USA | 1: 45.32 | - | |
| 5000 m | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6: 17.24 | Enrico Fabris Italy | 6: 20.22 | Wouter Olde Heuvel Netherlands | 6: 24.05 |
| 10 000 m | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 12: 57.71 | Enrico Fabris Italy | 13: 18.81 | Bob de jong Netherlands | 13: 25.01 |
| Team race | Netherlands Sven Kramer Wouter Olde Heuvel Erben Vennemars | 3: 41.69 | Italy Enrico Fabris Matteo Anesi Luca Stephanie | 3: 46.76 | Germany Jörg Dallmann Stefan Heithausen Marco Weber | 3: 47.71 |
Women
| Distance | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2 × 500 m | Jenny wolf Germany | 75.630 37.89 37.74 | Van beisin China | 76,260 38.18 38.10 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 77,200 38.72 38.48 |
| 1000 m | Annie Friesinger Germany | 1: 15.37 | Christina Groves Canada | 1: 16.01 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 1: 16.35 |
| 1,500 m | Annie Friesinger Germany | 1: 56.06 | Pauline van Dötekom Netherlands | 1: 57.36 | Christina Groves Canada | 1: 57.63 |
| 3000 m | Christina Groves Canada | 4.05.03 | Pauline van Dötekom Netherlands | 4.05.49 | Daniela Anschutz-Toms Germany | 4.05.76 |
| 5000 m | Martina Sablikova Czech | 6: 58.22 | Clara Hughes Canada | 7: 04.79 | Christina Groves Canada | 7: 04.94 |
| Team race | Netherlands Pauline van Dötekom Renate Grunevold Irene Wust | 2/3/19 | Canada Christina Groves Kristin Nesbitt Brittany shussler | 3.02.87 | Germany Daniela Anschutz-Toms Claudia Pechstein Lucille Opitz | 3.07.57 |
Team Event
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Netherlands | four | 3 | four | eleven |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| four | USA | one | one | 0 | 2 |
| five | Czech | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| 6 | Italy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | The Republic of Korea | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Russia | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| China | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| ten | Japan | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Total | 12 | 13 | eleven | 36 |