2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, in Obihiro, Japan, were held on the weekend of 14–16 November 2014.[1]

Race one was won by Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands, while Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia came second, and Ruslan Murashov of Russia came third.[2] Aleksey Yesin of Russia won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two.

In race two, Kulizhnikov ended ahead of Smeekens, with Ryohei Haga of Japan in third place.[3] Artyom Kuznetsov of Russia won Division B of race two.

Race 1 edit

Race one took place on Friday, 14 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:13, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:47.[4]

Division A edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points
  Jan Smeekens   9 i 35.06 100 50
  Pavel Kulizhnikov   8 i 35.16 80 40
  Ruslan Murashov   2 o 35.246 70 35
4 Hein Otterspeer   10 i 35.248 60 30
5 Nico Ihle   5 o 35.316 50 25
6 Laurent Dubreuil   8 o 35.319 45
7 Ryohei Haga   5 i 35.32 40
8 Denis Koval   6 o 35.48 36
9 Gilmore Junio   4 o 35.50 32
10 Keiichiro Nagashima   4 i 35.54 28
11 Espen Aarnes Hvammen   2 i 35.58 24
12 William Dutton   1 i 35.63 21
13 Gerben Jorritsma   7 i 35.71 18
14 Mo Tae-bum   9 o 35.72 16
15 Yūya Oikawa   6 i 35.76 14
16 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi   1 o 35.82 12
17 Daichi Yamanaka   3 o 35.83 10
18 Pim Schipper   10 o 35.90 8
19 Artur Nogal   3 i 36.07 6
20 Shani Davis   7 o 36.27 5

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Division B edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points
1 Aleksey Yesin   5 i 35.25 25
2 Artyom Kuznetsov   12 i 35.30 19
3 Kim Jun-ho   12 o 35.31 15
4 Mu Zhongsheng   4 i 35.58 11
5 Lee Kang-seok   9 i 35.68 8
6 Kai Verbij   8 i 35.77 6
7 Richard Maclennan   8 o 35.83 4
8 Tsubasa Hasegawa   7 o 35.85 2
9 Xie Jiaxuan   6 o 35.90 1
10 Wang Nan   6 i 35.95
11 Denny Ihle   10 i 35.98
12 Samuel Schwarz   5 o 36.01
13 Vincent De Haître   11 o 36.03
14 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen   2 i 36.08
15 Fyodor Mezentsev   4 o 36.17
16 Piotr Michalski   7 i 36.18
17 Denis Kuzin   9 o 36.26
18 Sung Ching-Yang   11 i 36.34
19 David Bosa   10 o 36.36
20 Luca Zanghellini   1 i 36.77
21 Armin Hager   3 i 37.11
22 Benjamin Macé   2 o 37.20
23 Haralds Silovs   3 o DNS

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Race 2 edit

Race two took place on Sunday, 16 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:49, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:40.[4]

Division A edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points
  Pavel Kulizhnikov   9 o 34.96 100 50
  Jan Smeekens   10 o 35.09 80 40
  Ryohei Haga   6 o 35.17 70 35
4 Ruslan Murashov   10 i 35.23 60 30
5 Mo Tae-bum   5 i 35.261 50 25
6 Espen Aarnes Hvammen   4 o 35.267 45
7 Yūya Oikawa   1 o 35.35 40
8 Laurent Dubreuil   8 i 35.38 36
9 Keiichiro Nagashima   5 o 35.39 32
10 Denis Koval   7 i 35.45 28
11 Nico Ihle   9 i 35.46 24
12 Aleksey Yesin   7 o 35.48 21
13 Gilmore Junio   6 i 35.49 18
14 Gerben Jorritsma   2 o 35.61 16
15 William Dutton   3 o 35.63 14
16 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi   4 i 35.65 12
17 Hein Otterspeer   8 o 35.75 10
18 Pim Schipper   2 i 35.79 8
19 Artur Nogal   1 i 35.940 6
20 Daichi Yamanaka   3 i 35.944 5

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Division B edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points
1 Artyom Kuznetsov   10 o 34.47 25
2 Kim Jun-ho   10 i 34.67 19
3 Lee Kang-seok   8 o 34.75 15
4 Mu Zhongsheng   9 o 34.82 11
5 Tsubasa Hasegawa   8 i 34.89 8
6 Kai Verbij   7 o 34.91 6
7 Richard Maclennan   9 i 34.923 4
8 Denny Ihle   5 o 34.925 2
9 Xie Jiaxuan   7 i 34.928 1
10 Vincent De Haître   6 i 34.99
11 Denis Dressel   2 i 35.03
12 David Bosa   4 i 35.05
13 Wang Nan   6 o 35.06
14 Piotr Michalski   4 o 35.15
15 Fyodor Mezentsev   5 i 35.193
16 Luca Zanghellini   2 o 35.194
17 Sung Ching-Yang   3 o 35.22
18 Aleksandr Zhigin   1 i 35.35
19 Benjamin Macé   3 i 35.38

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References edit

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  2. ^ "ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Obihiro (JPN) Day 1". International Skating Union. 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-17. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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