The 2007–08
Speed Skating World Cup The ISU Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised annually by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86. Every year during the winter season, a number of competitions on different ...
was a multi-race tournament over a season of
speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skati ...
. The season began on 9 November 2007 and lasted until 22 February 2008. The World Cup was organised by the
ISU, who also run world cups and championships in
short track speed skating
Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as ...
and
figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
.
Races
WC 1, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 11–13 November
The first World Cup meet of the season was held in the
Utah Olympic Oval
The Utah Olympic Oval is an indoor speed skating oval located southwest of Salt Lake City, in Kearns, Utah. The Oval was built for the 2002 Winter Olympics and it hosted the long track speed skating events for the 2002 games. Inside the facili ...
, which last staged an international meet in March, the
2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between March 8 and March 11, 2007, in the Utah Olympic Oval. Twelve events were held, and world records were broken in five events.
Schedule
Medal summary Men's events
Wom ...
. The meet resulted in three world records and one equalled world record in the first four races for men, like in the meet held here during the 2005–06 season, when six races resulted in four world records.
Race results
WC 2, Calgary, Canada, 16–18 November
Race results
WC 3, Kolomna, Russia, 1–2 December
The meet was originally scheduled to be held in Moscow, in the
Krylatskoye Ice Rink, but Krylatskoye has been closed due to safety issues and the event moved to the
Kolomna Speed Skating Center
The Kolomna Speed Skating Center (Russian: Коломенский центр конькобежного спорта) is a 6,150-seat indoor speed skating oval in Kolomna, Russia, also known as the Kometa Ice Rink. It opened in May 2006.
It cost ...
in
Kolomna
Kolomna ( rus, Колóмна, p=kɐˈlomnə) is a historical city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers, (by rail) southeast of Moscow. Population:
History
Mentioned for the first time in 1177, Ko ...
.
Race results
WC 4, Heerenveen, Netherlands, 7–9 December
Race results
WC 5, Erfurt, Germany, 15–16 December
Race results
WC 6, Hamar, Norway, 25–27 January
Race results
WC 7, Baselga di Piné, Italy, 2–3 February
Race results
WC 8, Inzell, Germany, 16–17 February
Race results
WC 9, Heerenveen, Netherlands, 22–24 February
Race results
Men's overall results
100 m
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500 m
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1000 m
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1500 m
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5000/10 000 m
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Team pursuit
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Women's overall results
100 m
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500 m
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1000 m
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1500 m
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3000/5000 m
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Team pursuit
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References
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