2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 4, arranged in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, were held on the weekend of 12–14 December 2014.[1]

Race one was won by Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, while Artur Waś of Poland came second, and Laurent Dubreuil of France came third.[2] Pim Schipper of the Netherlands won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two. Christian Oberbichler of Austria set a new national record for the second straight weekend.[3]

Kulizhnikov and Waś also took the first two places in race two, while Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands came third.[4] Yūya Oikawa of Japan won Division B of race two.

Race 1 edit

Race one took place on Friday, 12 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:40, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 17:22.[5]

Division A edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points
  Pavel Kulizhnikov   10 i 34.63 100 50
  Artur Waś   7 i 34.91 80 40
  Laurent Dubreuil   10 o 35.16 70 35
4 Michel Mulder   3 i 35.19 60 30
5 Mika Poutala   1 o 35.22 50 25
6 Ryohei Haga   7 o 35.23 45
7 Denis Koval   6 i 35.257 40
8 Hein Otterspeer   6 o 35.258 36
9 Kim Jun-ho   5 o 35.27 32
10 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi   2 o 35.33 28
11 Keiichiro Nagashima   3 o 35.34 24
12 Espen Aarnes Hvammen   8 o 35.36 21
13 Mo Tae-bum   9 o 35.38 18
14 Artyom Kuznetsov   4 i 35.43 16
15 Gilmore Junio   5 i 35.45 14
16 Jan Smeekens   9 i 35.47 12
17 Xie Jiaxuan   1 i 35.59 10
18 Gerben Jorritsma   2 i 35.68 8
19 Nico Ihle   8 i DQ
Aleksey Yesin   4 o DQ

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Division B edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points
1 Pim Schipper   17 o 35.37 25
2 Mu Zhongsheng   16 i 35.41 19
3 Samuel Schwarz   14 o 35.44 15
4 Tsubasa Hasegawa   13 i 35.53 11
5 Mitchell Whitmore   11 i 35.61 8
6 Artur Nogal   13 o 35.70 6
7 Christian Oberbichler   7 i 35.71 NR 4
8 Yūya Oikawa   17 i 35.72 2
9 Denny Ihle   15 o 35.75 1
10 Lee Kang-seok   16 o 35.76
11 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen   9 i 35.78
12 David Bosa   11 o 35.80
13 Jonathan Garcia   8 i 35.86
14 Richard Maclennan   14 i 35.91
15 William Dutton   15 i 35.93
16 Wang Nan   12 i 35.94
17 Tyler Derraugh   9 o 35.95
18 Daichi Yamanaka   12 o 36.05
19 Piotr Michalski   10 o 36.12
20 Shani Davis   10 i 36.161
21 Juho Vaittinen   4 i 36.166
22 Christoffer Fagerli Rukke   7 o 36.28
23 Luca Zanghellini   5 i 36.391
24 Kimani Griffin   6 o 36.395
25 Aleksandr Zhigin   5 o 36.399
26 Mikhail Kozlov   1 i 36.43
27 Denis Dressel   8 o 36.47
28 Denis Kuzin   6 i 36.53
29 David Andersson   3 i 36.54
30 Benjamin Macé   3 o 36.61
31 Yevgeny Kazimirenko   4 o 36.79
32 Tommi Pulli   2 o 36.83
33 Armin Hager   2 i 37.05
Notes: NR = national record.

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Race 2 edit

Race two took place on Sunday, 14 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:09, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:29.[5]

Division A edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points
  Pavel Kulizhnikov   11 o 34.58 100 50
  Artur Waś   10 o 34.87 80 40
  Jan Smeekens   5 o 35.01 70 35
4 Laurent Dubreuil   11 i 35.072 60 30
5 Mika Poutala   10 i 35.073 50 25
6 Mo Tae-bum   2 i 35.09 45
7 Michel Mulder   9 o 35.10 40
8 Gilmore Junio   6 o 35.12 36
9 Nico Ihle   2 o 35.13 32
10 Hein Otterspeer   8 i 35.144 28
Aleksey Yesin   1 i 35.144 28
12 Kim Jun-ho   7 i 35.22 21
13 Denis Koval   8 o 35.23 18
14 Espen Aarnes Hvammen   4 i 35.25 16
15 Pim Schipper   3 i 35.34 14
16 Gerben Jorritsma   3 o 35.35 12
17 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi   6 i 35.37 10
18 Ryohei Haga   9 i 35.49 8
19 Xie Jiaxuan   4 o 35.58 6
20 Keiichiro Nagashima   5 i 35.61 5
21 Artyom Kuznetsov   7 o DQ

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Division B edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points
1 Yūya Oikawa   9 o 35.49 25
2 Artur Nogal   13 i 35.54 19
3 Mitchell Whitmore   11 o 35.70 15
4 William Dutton   6 o 35.72 11
5 Richard Maclennan   7 o 35.74 8
6 Denny Ihle   12 i 35.82 6
7 Tsubasa Hasegawa   12 o 35.83 4
8 Lee Kang-seok   11 i 35.84 2
9 Piotr Michalski   7 i 35.884 1
10 Mu Zhongsheng   13 o 35.887
11 Jonathan Garcia   8 o 35.92
12 Pekka Koskela   1 i 35.93
13 Christian Oberbichler   10 o 35.94
14 Kirill Golubev   1 o 35.96
15 Tyler Derraugh   9 i 36.021
16 David Bosa   10 i 36.022
17 Daichi Yamanaka   8 i 36.06
18 Wang Nan   5 o 36.10
19 Denis Dressel   4 i 36.22
20 Luca Zanghellini   3 o 36.31
21 Kimani Griffin   5 i 36.33
22 Christoffer Fagerli Rukke   6 i 36.46
23 Juho Vaittinen   4 o 36.51
24 Yevgeny Kazimirenko   2 i 36.79
25 David Andersson   2 o 36.92
26 Benjamin Macé   3 i DNS

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References edit

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