Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
The men's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 10 February 2014.[1] Michel Mulder won the gold medal.[2][3]
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![]() The podium | |||||||||||||
Venue | Adler Arena Skating Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 10 February 2014 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 69.31 (34.63 & 34.67) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Qualification
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | |
Team pursuit | men | women |
Qualification
A total of forty speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the men's 500 metres World Cup standings after World Cup 4 in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 20 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. A reserve list was also made.[4]
Competition schedule
All times are (UTC+4).
Date | Time | Event |
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10 February | 17:00 | Men's 500m Final – Race 1 |
10 February | 18:55 | Men's 500m Final – Race 2 |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
500 meters (1 race)
World record | ![]() | 34.03 | Salt Lake City, United States | 9 November 2007 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 34.42 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 February 2002 |
500 meters x 2 (2 races)
World record | ![]() | 68.31 | Calgary, Canada | 15 March 2008 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 69.23 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 February 2002 |
At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track records were set by Jan Smeekens at 34.80 (single race) and by Mo Tae-bum at 69.760 (combination).[5]
The following records were set during this competition.
Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
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10 February | Race 1 Pair 19 Race 2 Pair 19 | Michel Mulder | ![]() | 69.31 | TR |
10 February | Race 1 Pair 20 Race 2 Pair 17 | Ronald Mulder | ![]() | 69.46 | TR |
10 February | Race 2 Pair 17 | Ronald Mulder | ![]() | 34.49 | TR |
10 February | Race 1 Pair 15 | Jan Smeekens | ![]() | 34.59 | TR |
TR = track record
Results
![](../I/m/Men's_500m%2C_2014_Winter_Olympics%2C_Michel_Mulder_(3).jpg)
![](../I/m/Men's_500m%2C_2014_Winter_Olympics%2C_Michel_Mulder_and_Ronald_Mulder.jpg)
![](../I/m/Men's_500m%2C_2014_Winter_Olympics%2C_Jan_Smeekens.jpg)
![](../I/m/Men's_500m%2C_2014_Winter_Olympics%2C_Michel_Mulder_(2).jpg)
The races were held at 17:00[6] and 18:55.[7]
Rank | Name | Country | Pair | Lane | Race 1 | Rank | Notes | Pair | Lane | Race 2 | Rank | Notes | Total | Time behind | Notes |
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![]() | Michel Mulder | ![]() | 19 | I | 34.63 | 2 | 19 | O | 34.67 | 2 | 69.31 | — | TR | ||
![]() | Jan Smeekens | ![]() | 15 | I | 34.59 | 1 | TR | 20 | O | 34.72 | 3 | 69.32 | +0.01 | ||
![]() | Ronald Mulder | ![]() | 20 | I | 34.97 | 6 | 17 | O | 34.49 | 1 | TR | 69.46 | +0.15 | TR | |
4 | Mo Tae-bum | ![]() | 18 | O | 34.84 | 4 | 19 | I | 34.84 | 5 | 69.68 | +0.38 | |||
5 | Joji Kato | ![]() | 18 | I | 34.96 | 5 | 18 | O | 34.77 | 4 | 69.74 | +0.43 | |||
6 | Keiichiro Nagashima | ![]() | 19 | O | 34.79 | 3 | 20 | I | 35.25 | 16 | 70.04 | +0.73 | |||
7 | Roman Krech | ![]() | 3 | I | 35.04 | 9 | 16 | O | 35.00 | 6 | 70.04 | +0.73 | |||
8 | Nico Ihle | ![]() | 11 | O | 34.99 | 7 | 18 | I | 35.11 | 9 | 70.10 | +0.79 | |||
9 | Artur Waś | ![]() | 7 | O | 35.01 | 8 | 17 | I | 35.19 | 12 | 70.20 | +0.90 | |||
10 | Gilmore Junio | ![]() | 14 | I | 35.15 | 11 | 15 | O | 35.09 | 7 | 70.25 | +0.94 | |||
11 | Jamie Gregg | ![]() | 13 | I | 35.17 | 13 | 14 | O | 35.10 | 8 | 70.27 | +0.96 | |||
12 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | ![]() | 8 | I | 35.20 | 16 | 13 | O | 35.21 | 13 | 70.42 | +1.11 | |||
13 | Denis Koval | ![]() | 9 | O | 35.19 | 14 | 14 | I | 35.24 | 15 | 70.44 | +1.13 | |||
14 | William Dutton | ![]() | 4 | O | 35.27 | 18 | 11 | I | 35.17 | 11 | 70.44 | +1.13 | |||
15 | Yūya Oikawa | ![]() | 16 | I | 35.24 | 17 | 12 | O | 35.22 | 14 | 70.46 | +1.15 | |||
16 | Aleksey Yesin | ![]() | 12 | O | 35.09 | 10 | 16 | I | 35.41 | 19 | 70.50 | +1.19 | |||
17 | Pekka Koskela | ![]() | 13 | O | 35.19 | 15 | 13 | I | 35.41 | 20 | 70.61 | +1.30 | |||
18 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | ![]() | 3 | O | 35.16 | 12 | 15 | I | 35.48 | 23 | 70.65 | +1.34 | |||
19 | Artyom Kuznetsov | ![]() | 20 | O | 35.51 | 28 | 6 | I | 35.14 | 10 | 70.66 | +1.35 | |||
20 | Yuji Kamijo | ![]() | 4 | I | 35.37 | 21 | 11 | O | 35.48 | 24 | 70.85 | +1.54 | |||
21 | Kim Jun-ho | ![]() | 5 | O | 35.43 | 25 | 8 | I | 35.42 | 21 | 70.85 | +1.54 | |||
22 | Lee Kang-seok | ![]() | 10 | O | 35.45 | 26 | 7 | I | 35.42 | 22 | 70.87 | +1.56 | |||
23 | Dmitry Lobkov | ![]() | 17 | I | 35.50 | 27 | 8 | O | 35.36 | 18 | 70.88 | +1.57 | |||
24 | Shani Davis | ![]() | 5 | I | 35.39 | 22 | 10 | O | 35.59 | 28 | 70.98 | +1.67 | |||
25 | Muncef Ouardi | ![]() | 1 | O | 35.39 | 23 | 9 | I | 35.60 | 29 | 70.99 | +1.68 | |||
26 | Tucker Fredricks | ![]() | 17 | O | 35.27 | 18 | 12 | I | 35.72 | 37 | 70.99 | +1.68 | |||
27 | Mitchell Whitmore | ![]() | 14 | O | 35.34 | 20 | 10 | I | 35.71 | 35 | 71.05 | +1.75 | |||
28 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | ![]() | 10 | I | 35.56 | 29 | 7 | O | 35.51 | 25 | 71.07 | +1.76 | |||
29 | Mika Poutala | ![]() | 15 | O | 35.58 | 30 | 5 | I | 35.56 | 27 | 71.14 | +1.83 | |||
30 | Mu Zhongsheng | ![]() | 1 | I | 35.59 | 31 | 6 | O | 35.65 | 32 | 71.25 | +1.94 | |||
31 | David Bosa | ![]() | 8 | O | 35.63 | 32 | 4 | I | 35.64 | 31 | 71.28 | +1.97 | |||
32 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | ![]() | 7 | I | 35.78 | 37 | 2 | I | 35.53 | 26 | 71.30 | +1.99 | |||
33 | Sung Ching-yang | ![]() | 11 | I | 35.73 | 35 | 4 | O | 35.63 | 30 | 71.36 | +2.05 | |||
34 | Samuel Schwarz | ![]() | 12 | I | 35.69 | 34 | 5 | O | 35.68 | 34 | 71.37 | +2.06 | |||
35 | Bai Qiuming | ![]() | 9 | I | 35.73 | 36 | 3 | O | 35.71 | 36 | 71.45 | +2.14 | |||
36 | Artur Nogal | ![]() | 2 | O | 35.83 | 38 | 3 | I | 35.66 | 33 | 71.49 | +2.18 | |||
37 | Haralds Silovs | ![]() | 2 | I | 36.12 | 39 | 1 | O | 36.32 | 38 | 72.44 | +3.13 | |||
38 | Stefan Groothuis | ![]() | 6 | I | 35.42 | 24 | 9 | O | 56.81 | 39 | 92.24 | +22.93 | |||
39 | Daniel Greig | ![]() | 16 | O | 80.65 | 40 | 2 | I | 35.29 | 17 | 115.84 | +46.53 | |||
Brian Hansen | ![]() | 6 | O | 35.64 | 33 | DNS |
TR = track record, DNS = did not start
References
- "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's 500 m". SOOC. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- "Michel Mulder wins 500m speed skating gold". BBC Sport. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- "Michel Mulder leads Dutch sweep". ESPN. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of 9 December 2013 Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- 1st run Results
- Final Results