2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4

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 4 – Heerenveen
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 fourth competition weekend of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 12 December, until Sunday, 14 December 2014.^[1]

Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia continued his brilliant form from the start of the season by winning three gold medals in the men's competitions; both 500 m races,^[2][3] and the 1000 m race.^[4]

In the women's competitions, Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe made it a "triple double" for the United States by taking gold and silver in three races, the second 500 m,^[3] the 1000 m,^[4] and the 1500 m.^[3]

In the men's 500 m on Friday, Christian Oberbichler of Austria improved his own national record,^[5] set only the previous weekend. In the 5000 m race on Saturday, Viktor Hald Torup of Denmark set a new national record, and Nils van der Poel of Sweden set a national junior record.^[6]

Schedule

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

Date	Session	Events	Comment
Friday, 12 December	Afternoon	12:00: 500 m women (1)   12:40: 500 m men (1)   13:34: 3000 m women	Division B
	Evening	16:00: 3000 m women   16:59: 500 m women (1)   17:22: 500 m men (1)	Division A
		18:12: Team pursuit men
Saturday, 13 December	Morning	09:30: 1000 m women   10:24: 1000 m men   11:29: 5000 m men	Division B
	Afternoon	14:00: 1000 m women   14:46: 5000 m men	Division A
		16:33: Team pursuit women
		17:21: 1000 m men	Division A
Sunday, 14 December	Morning	09:00: 1500 m women   10:03: 1500 m men   11:31: 500 m women (2)   12:09: 500 m men (2)	Division B
	Afternoon	14:00: 1500 m women   14:54: 1500 m men   15:47: 500 m women (2)   16:29: 500 m men (2)	Division A
		17:11: Mass start women   17:31: 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	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	34.63	Artur Waś  Poland	34.91	Laurent Dubreuil  Canada	35.16	[9]
	2	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	34.58	Artur Waś  Poland	34.87	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.01	[10]
1000 m		Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	1:08.77	Kjeld Nuis  Netherlands	1:09.04	Hein Otterspeer  Netherlands	1:09.06	[11]
1500 m		Jan Szymański  Poland	1:45.92	Wouter olde Heuvel  Netherlands	1:46.22	Shani Davis  United States	1:46.33	[12]
5000 m		Sven Kramer  Netherlands	6:12.74	Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands	6:14.08	Wouter olde Heuvel  Netherlands	6:19,58	[13]
Mass start		Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands	70 ^A	Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea	40 ^A	Fabio Francolini  Italy	20 ^A	[14]
Team pursuit		South Korea Kim Cheol-min Ko Byung-wook Lee Seung-hoon	3:44.57	Netherlands Arjan Stroetinga Frank Vreugdenhil Douwe de Vries	3:44.97	Norway Håvard Bøkko Fredrik van der Horst Sverre Lunde Pedersen	3:45.52	[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	37.69	Nao Kodaira  Japan	37.70	Judith Hesse  Germany	37.88	[17]
	2	Heather Richardson  United States	37.72	Brittany Bowe  United States	38.05	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.07	[18]
1000 m		Heather Richardson  United States	1:14.63	Brittany Bowe  United States	1:14.68	Li Qishi  China	1:15.71	[19]
1500 m		Heather Richardson  United States	1:53.87	Brittany Bowe  United States	1:54.70	Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands	1:55.95	[20]
3000 m		Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	4:02.84	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	4:03.14	Carlijn Achtereekte  Netherlands	4:05.95	[21]
Mass start		Ivanie Blondin  Canada	60 ^A	Kim Bo-reum  South Korea	40 ^A	Irene Schouten  Netherlands	20 ^A	[22]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Carlijn Achtereekte Linda de Vries Marrit Leenstra	2:59.69	Germany Bente Kraus Claudia Pechstein Isabell Ost	3:01.96	Poland Aleksandra Goss Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	3:02.31	[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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