2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3

ISU Speed Skating World Cup

2014–15

Men

500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 5k/10k | Mass start | Team pursuit Grand World Cup

Women

500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3k/5k | Mass start | Team pursuit Grand World Cup

World Cup weekends

Obihiro | Seoul | Berlin | Heerenveen (1) Hamar | Heerenveen (2) | Erfurt

2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup World Cup 3 – Berlin
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
Mass start		men		women
Team pursuit		men		women

The third competition weekend of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup will be held in Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany, from Friday, 5 December, until Sunday, 7 December 2014.^[1]

Artur Waś of Poland both men's 500 m races.^[2][3] In the women's competitions, Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands won three gold medals; in the 1500 m^[3] and 3000 m races,^[2] as well as in the team pursuit.^[4] Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won both 500 m races.^[2][3] Heather Richardson of the United States managed to take no less than four silver medals; in both 500 m races,^[2][3] as well as the 1000 m^[4] and 1500 m races.^[3]

No world records were set during the weekend, but Christian Oberbichler of Switzerland set a new national record on in the B division of the men's 500 m on Friday,^[5] and both Marina Zueva of Belarus and Saskia Alusalu of Estonia set new national records in the B division of the women's 3000 m, also on Friday.^[6]

Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:^[7][8]

Date	Session	Events	Comment
Friday, 5 December	Morning	12:10: 3000 m women   13:12: 500 m women (1)   13:37: 500 m men (1)	Division B
	Afternoon	16:00: 3000 m women   17:04: 500 m women (1)   17:29: 500 m men (1)	Division A
		18:21: Team pursuit men
Saturday, 6 December	Morning	09:45: 1000 m women   10:29: 1000 m men	Division B
	Afternoon	12:55: 1000 m women   13:25: 1000 m men   14:13: 5000 m men	Division A
		15:40: Team pursuit women
		17:00: 5000 m men	Division B
Sunday, 7 December	Morning	09:00: 500 m women (2)   09:18: 500 m men (2)   10:05: 1500 m women   10:56: 1500 m men	Division B
	Afternoon	12:50: 1500 m women   13:42: 1500 m men   14:32: 500 m women (2)   14:59: 500 m men (2)	Division A
		15:44: Mass start women   16:14: Mass start men

All times are CET (UTC+1).

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Artur Waś  Poland	35.01	Laurent Dubreuil  Canada	35.09	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	35.12	[9]
	2	Artur Waś  Poland	35.04	Espen Aarnes Hvammen  Norway	35.06	Laurent Dubreuil  Canada	35.09	[10]
1000 m		Nico Ihle  Germany	1:09.49	Samuel Schwarz  Germany	1:09.53	Hein Otterspeer  Netherlands	1:09.56	[11]
1500 m		Jan Szymański  Poland	1:46.80	Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway	1:47.13	Thomas Krol  Netherlands	1:47.14	[12]
5000 m		Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands	6:17.59	Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway	6:20.97	Douwe de Vries  Netherlands	6:23.50	[13]
Mass start		Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea	61 ^A	Arjan Stroetinga  Netherlands	40 ^A	Bart Swings  Belgium	25 ^A	[14]
Team pursuit		Poland Zbigniew Bródka Jan Szymański Konrad Niedźwiedzki	3:45.88	South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Kim Cheol-min Ko Byung-wook	3:46.97	Netherlands Douwe de Vries Arjan Stroetinga Frank Vreugdenhil	3:47.58	[15][16]

^A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.87	Heather Richardson  United States	38.21	Margot Boer  Netherlands	38.40	[17]
	2	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.96	Heather Richardson  United States	38.07	Nao Kodaira  Japan	38.11	[18]
1000 m		Brittany Bowe  United States	1:14.81	Heather Richardson  United States	1:15.14	Li Qishi  China	1:15.94	[19]
1500 m		Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:55.89	Heather Richardson  United States	1:55.91	Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands	1:55.93	[20]
3000 m		Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	4:01.55	Marije Joling  Netherlands	4:03.34	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	4:05.36	[21]
Mass start		Irene Schouten  Netherlands	61 ^A	Ivanie Blondin  Canada	43 ^A	Jun Ye-jin  South Korea	20 ^A	[22]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Ireen Wüst Marrit Leenstra Marije Joling	2:59.72	Poland Luiza Złotkowska Katarzyna Woźniak Aleksandra Goss	3:03.83	Japan Nana Takagi Maki Tabata Ayaka Kikuchi	3:04.00	[23][24]

^A In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

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