2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Taereung International Ice Rink, in Seoul, South Korea, were held on the weekend of 21–23 November 2014.[1]

Race one was won by Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, while Mo Tae-bum of South Korea came second, and Ruslan Murashov of Russia came third.[2] Dai Dai Ntab of the Netherlands won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two.

In race two, the top two were the same as in race one, Kulizhnikov and Mo, while Laurent Dubreuil of Canada took the bronze.[3] Pim Schipper of the Netherlands won Division B of race two.

Race 1

Race one took place on Friday, 21 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:09, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:35.[4]

Division A

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points	GWC points
	Pavel Kulizhnikov		10	i	34.94	100	50
	Mo Tae-bum		6	i	35.363	80	40
	Ruslan Murashov		9	i	35.364	70	35
4	Nico Ihle		8	o	35.42	60	30
5	Espen Aarnes Hvammen		7	o	35.43	50	25
6	Hein Otterspeer		7	i	35.50	45	—
7	Laurent Dubreuil		8	i	35.51	40
8	Denis Koval		6	o	35.52	36
9	Gilmore Junio		4	i	35.58	32
10	Jan Smeekens		10	o	35.604	28
11	Gerben Jorritsma		2	o	35.609	24
12	Lee Kang-seok		1	i	35.65	21
13	Kim Jun-ho		2	i	35.69	18
14	Aleksey Yesin		4	o	35.70	16
15	Mu Zhongsheng		1	o	35.77	14
16	Yūya Oikawa		5	o	35.79	12
17	William Dutton		3	o	35.89	10
18	Artyom Kuznetsov		3	i	35.95	8
19	Keiichiro Nagashima		5	i	36.01	6
20	Ryohei Haga		9	o	36.02	5

[5][6]

Division B

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points
1	Dai Dai Ntab		2	o	35.81	25
2	Pim Schipper		11	o	35.89	19
3	Richard Maclennan		9	o	35.93	15
4	Tsubasa Hasegawa		9	i	35.98	11
5	Denny Ihle		8	o	35.99	8
6	Samuel Schwarz		6	o	36.05	6
7	David Bosa		5	o	36.07	4
8	Xie Jiaxuan		7	i	36.09	2
9	Mirko Giacomo Nenzi		11	i	36.10	1
10	Artur Nogal		10	o	36.14	—
11	Denis Dressel		5	i	36.17
12	Wang Nan		7	o	36.23
13	Shani Davis		8	i	36.24
14	Daichi Yamanaka		10	i	36.37
15	Vincent De Haître		6	i	36.44
16	Sung Ching-Yang		3	i	36.45
17	Fyodor Mezentsev		4	i	36.47
18	Piotr Michalski		4	o	36.50
19	Yang Seung-yong		1	i	36.52
20	Luca Zanghellini		3	o	36.70
21	Armin Hager		2	i	37.06

[7][8]

Race 2

Race two took place on Sunday, 23 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 10:58, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 13:45.[4]

Division A

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points	GWC points
	Pavel Kulizhnikov		11	o	35.18	100	50
	Mo Tae-bum		10	o	35.32	80	40
	Laurent Dubreuil		7	o	35.35	70	35
4	Jan Smeekens		8	i	35.39	60	30
5	Ruslan Murashov		9	o	35.44	50	25
6	Kim Jun-ho		4	o	35.48	45	—
7	Nico Ihle		11	i	35.57	40
8	Gilmore Junio		6	o	35.59	36
9	Dai Dai Ntab		3	i	35.61	32
10	Artyom Kuznetsov		3	o	35.63	28
11	Hein Otterspeer		8	o	35.64	24
12	Espen Aarnes Hvammen		10	i	35.67	21
13	Gerben Jorritsma		7	i	35.69	18
14	Keiichiro Nagashima		2	o	35.712	16
15	Aleksey Yesin		6	i	35.716	14
16	Denis Koval		9	i	35.72	12
17	Yūya Oikawa		4	i	35.81	10
18	Ryohei Haga		1	i	35.83	8
19	Lee Kang-seok		5	o	35.86	6
20	Mu Zhongsheng		5	i	35.87	5
21	William Dutton		2	i	35.94	4

[9][10]

Division B

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points
1	Pim Schipper		9	i	35.66	25
2	Mirko Giacomo Nenzi		7	o	35.93	19
3	Denny Ihle		7	i	35.94	15
4	Wang Nan		4	i	35.96	11
5	Artur Nogal		5	i	35.99	8
6	Xie Jiaxuan		8	o	36.01	6
7	Tsubasa Hasegawa		9	o	36.04	4
8	Richard Maclennan		8	i	36.14	2
9	Piotr Michalski		3	i	36.30	1
10	Yang Seung-yong		1	o	36.33	—
11	Vincent De Haître		3	o	36.352
12	David Bosa		6	i	36.357
13	Shani Davis		5	o	36.39
14	Shunsuke Nakamura		4	o	36.61
15	Sung Ching-Yang		2	o	36.65
16	Luca Zanghellini		2	i	36.88
17	Denis Dressel		6	o	36.97
18	Aleksandr Zhigin		1	i	37.10

[11][12]

References

1. "Announcement" (PDF). Korea Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
2. "ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Seoul (KOR) Day 1". International Skating Union. 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
3. "ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Seoul (KOR) Day 3". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
4. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014". International Skating Union. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
5. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Draw 500m. Men Division A – Draw as of Nov 23 2014 12:58PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
6. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 23 2014 3:56PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
7. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Draw 500m. Men Division B – Draw as of Nov 23 2014 12:58PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
8. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Result 500m Men Division B – Rankings as of Nov 23 2014 3:56PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
9. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Draw 500m. Men Division A – Draw as of Nov 23 2014 2:28PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
10. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 23 2014 3:56PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
11. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Draw 500m. Men Division B – Draw as of Nov 23 2014 12:58PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
12. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Result 500m Men Division B – Rankings as of Nov 23 2014 3:56PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.