2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 5

The fifth competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a two-day event focusing on the shorter distances, held at the M-Wave arena in Nagano, Japan, from Saturday, 13 December, until Sunday, 14 December 2008. It was the second and last World Cup in Asia of this season.

Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is stands below.

Date	Time	Events
13 December	14:00 JST	500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men
14 December	14:00 JST	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	9.60	Yu Fengtong China	9.79	Lee Kang-seok South Korea	9.85
500 m	1	Keiichiro Nagashima Japan	34.81	Yu Fengtong China	34.91	Joji Kato Japan	35.06
	2	Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea	34.92	Yu Fengtong China	34.95	Joji Kato Japan	34.96
1000 m	1	Shani Davis United States	1:09.21	Denny Morrison Canada	1:09.40	Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea	1:09.43
	2	Shani Davis United States	1:08.92	Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea	1:09.16	Denny Morrison Canada	1:09.23

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
100 m		Jenny Wolf Germany	10.40	Xing Aihua China	10.42	Sayuri Osuga Japan	10.81
500 m	1	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.71	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.39	Sayuri Yoshii Japan	38.66
	2	Yu Jing China	38.63	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	38.72	Xing Aihua China	38.78
1000 m	1	Jennifer Rodriguez United States	1:16.34	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:16.39	Kristina Groves Canada	1:16.65
	2	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:16.38	Yu Jing China	1:17.37	Jin Peiyu China	1:17.60