2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's Grand World Cup

The men's Grand World Cup of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was the season overall competition, for which all individual races and distances over the entire season counted, with points awarded to the top five competitors of each race.[1]

Shani Davis of the United States was the defending champion. Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won the Grand World Cup. Davis ended up in 11th place.

Rules edit

All races and distances that were competed individually, including the mass start, counted.[1]

Points system edit

In order to determine an overall World Cup winner, a special points system was used, awarding points for the top five skaters in each individual event.[1]

Points table for Grand World Cup
Rank World Cup 1–6 World Cup 7
1 100 150
2 80 120
3 70 106
4 60 90
5 50 76
Note: half points were awarded in distances that were skated twice in the same competition.

Prize money edit

The Grand World Cup winner was awarded $20000.[1]

Standings edit

Standings as of 22 March 2015 (end of the season).[2]

Obihiro Seoul Berlin Heerenveen (1) Hamar Heerenveen (2) Erfurt
# Name Nat. Total 500 500 1000 1500 5000 MS 500 500 1000 1500 10 k MS 500 500 1000 1500 5000 MS 500 500 1000 1500 5000 MS 1500 5000 MS 500 500 1000 1000 500 500 1000 1500 5000 MS Total
1 Pavel Kulizhnikov   985 40 50 100 50 50 100 50 50 50 100 50 50 40 40 75 90 985
2 Bart Swings   806 70 80 60 50 70 60 70 106 90 150 806
3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen   786 100 60 80 80 50 70 120 120 106 786
4 Kjeld Nuis   750 80 100 70 70 80 50 80 50 50 120 750
5 Jorrit Bergsma   710 100 60 80 100 100 150 120 710
6 Denny Morrison   515 60 60 70 25 150 150 515
7 Wouter olde Heuvel   456 80 70 80 80 70 76 456
8 Lee Seung-hoon   450 100 70 100 80 100 450
9 Nico Ihle   436 25 30 25 100 35 35 35 30 45 76 436
10 Patrick Beckert   316 50 50 50 60 106 316
11 Shani Davis   295 50 50 50 50 70 25 295
12 Andrea Giovannini   286 100 50 60 76 286
13 Laurent Dubreuil   280 35 40 35 35 30 45 60 280
Bob de Jong   280 60 100 60 60 280
15 Ruslan Murashov   255 35 30 35 25 25 30 75 255
16 Michel Mulder   240 35 30 30 25 60 60 240
17 Artur Waś   220 50 50 40 40 40 220
18 Thomas Krol   206 70 60 76 206
19 Sven Kramer   200 100 100 200
Hein Otterspeer   200 30 70 70 30 200
Samuel Schwarz   200 70 80 50 200
Jan Szymański   200 100 100 200
23 Mo Tae-bum   170 25 40 40 25 40 170
Marco Weber   170 80 90 170
25 Vincent De Haître   166 60 106 166
26 Aleksey Yesin   158 60 60 38 158
27 Jan Smeekens   155 50 40 30 35 155
28 Aleksandr Rumyantsev   150 80 70 150
Douwe de Vries   150 70 80 150
Denis Yuskov   150 100 50 150
31 Haralds Silovs   130 80 50 130
32 Koen Verweij   120 70 50 120
33 Stefan Groothuis   115 80 35 115
34 Espen Aarnes Hvammen   103 25 40 38 103
35 Konrad Niedźwiedzki   90 90 90
36 Kim Cheol-min   80 80 80
Arjan Stroetinga   80 80 80
38 Fabio Francolini   70 70 70
39 Ryohei Haga   65 35 30 65
40 Alexej Baumgärtner   60 60 60
Tyler Derraugh   60 60 60
Linus Heidegger   60 60 60
Kai Verbij   60 60 60
44 Gerben Jorritsma   53 53 53
45 Armin Hager   50 50 50
Mika Poutala   50 25 25 50
Bram Smallenbroek   50 50 50
Robert Watson   50 50 50
49 Denis Koval   30 30 30
# Name Nat. Total 500 500 1000 1500 5000 MS 500 500 1000 1500 10 k MS 500 500 1000 1500 5000 MS 500 500 1000 1500 5000 MS 1500 5000 MS 500 500 1000 1000 500 500 1000 1500 5000 MS Total
Obihiro Seoul Berlin Heerenveen (1) Hamar Heerenveen (2) Erfurt

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889" (PDF). International Skating Union. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Grand World Cup 2014-2015 – Overall Standings Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 26 March 2015.