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 timeschedule of the event stands below.

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	[1]
500 m	1	Yu Fengtong  China	34.97	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	35.08	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	35.27	[2]
	2	Dmitry Lobkov  Russia	35.07	Yu Fengtong  China	35.09	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	35.20	[3]
1000 m	1	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	1:09.68	Stefan Groothuis  Netherlands	1:10.15	Shani Davis  United States	1:10.32	[4]
	2	Simon Kuipers  Netherlands	1:09.83	Shani Davis  United States	1:09.99	Stefan Groothuis  Netherlands	1:10.01	[5]

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	[6]
500 m	1	Jenny Wolf  Germany	38.09	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.71	Annette Gerritsen  Netherlands	38.86	[7]
	2	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.98	Annette Gerritsen  Netherlands	38.52	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.56	[8]
1000 m	1	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:18.18	Shannon Rempel  Canada	1:18.20	Laurine van Riessen  Netherlands	1:18.48	[9]
	2	Laurine van Riessen  Netherlands	1:17.25	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:17.80	Shannon Rempel  Canada	1:18.27	[10]

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