2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's mass start

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The men's mass start in the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Obihiro, Japan, on 14–16 November 2014, and the final occasion taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 21–22 March 2015.[1] The races were over 16 laps.[1]

The defending champion was Bob de Vries of the Netherlands. Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea won the cup. De Vries did not participate this season.

Top three[edit]

Position Athlete Points Previous season
1 South Korea Lee Seung-hoon 450
2 Belgium Bart Swings 387 3rd
3 Italy Andrea Giovannini 362 8th

Race medallists[edit]

WC # Location Date Gold Race points Silver Race points Bronze Race points Report
1 Obihiro, Japan 16 November Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea
60 Kim Cheol-min
 South Korea
40 Bart Swings
 Belgium
20 [2]
2 Seoul, South Korea 23 November Andrea Giovannini
 Italy
70 Haralds Silovs
 Latvia
40 Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea
20 [3]
3 Berlin, Germany 7 December Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea
61 Arjan Stroetinga
 Netherlands
40 Bart Swings
 Belgium
25 [4]
4 Heerenveen, Netherlands 14 December Jorrit Bergsma
 Netherlands
70 Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea
40 Fabio Francolini
 Italy
20 [5]
5 Hamar, Norway 1 February Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea
60 Marco Weber
 Germany
40 Bart Swings
 Belgium
25 [6]
7 Erfurt, Germany 22 March Bart Swings
 Belgium
65 Jorrit Bergsma
 Netherlands
41 Sverre Lunde Pedersen
 Norway
23 [7]
Note: in mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Standings[edit]

Standings as of 22 March 2015 (end of the season).[8]

# Name Nat. OBI SEO BER HVN HAM ERF Total
1 Lee Seung-hoon South Korea 100 70 100 80 100 450
2 Bart Swings Belgium 70 3 70 24 70 150 387
3 Andrea Giovannini Italy 40 100 36 50 60 76 362
4 Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands 60 100 120 280
5 Marco Weber Germany 16 32 80 90 218
6 Shane Williamson Japan 45 21 45 14 32 32 189
7 Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway 32 45 106 183
8 Kim Cheol-min South Korea 80 36 21 21 21 179
9 Haralds Silovs Latvia 80 24 36 18 158
10 Linus Heidegger Austria 36 60 36 18 150
11 Alexej Baumgärtner Germany 60 14 6 10 45 135
12 Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands 80 16 28 124
13 Sun Longjiang China 18 40 40 24 122
14 Robert Watson Canada 24 1 50 18 24 117
15 Nicola Tumolero Italy 32 6 40 12 21 111
16 Armin Hager Austria 12 3 50 40 105
17 Ryosuke Tsuchiya Japan 6 45 14 4 36 105
18 Patrick Beckert Germany 50 45 95
19 Jeffrey Swider-Peltz United States 21 28 12 10 16 87
20 Tyler Derraugh Canada 16 8 60 84
21 Alexis Contin France 28 28 28 84
22 Bram Smallenbroek Austria 50 32 82
23 Fabio Francolini Italy 70 70
24 Roland Cieslak Poland 10 40 1 6 57
25 Yevgeny Seryaev Russia 4 18 5 8 8 43
26 Gerben Jorritsma Netherlands 16 24 40
27 Douwe de Vries Netherlands 28 28
28 Danila Semerikov Russia 18 5 23
29 Martin Hänggi Switzerland 5 8 1 3 17
30 Peter Michael New Zealand 3 12 15
31 Reyon Kay New Zealand 14 14
Rehanbai Talabuhan China 14 14
33 Li Bailin China 12 12
34 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Norway 10 10
Vitaly Mikhailov Belarus 10 10
36 Liu Yiming China 8 8
37 Viktor Hald Thorup Denmark 6 6
38 Dmitry Babenko Kazakhstan 5 5
Stefan Waples Canada 5 5
40 Fredrik van der Horst Norway 4 4
Konrád Nagy Hungary 4 4
Koen Verweij Netherlands 4 4
43 Stefan Due Schmidt Denmark 2 2 4
44 Jan Szymański Poland 3 3
45 Edwin Park United States 2 2
Iñigo Vidondo Spain 2 2
47 Joshua Capponi Australia 1 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889" (PDF). International Skating Union. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ^ "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 8:14PM". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ^ "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Nov 23 2014 4:21PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU World Cup Berlin – December 5-7, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Dec 7 2014 4:52PM". International Skating Union. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  5. ^ "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 6:24PM". International Skating Union. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. ^ "ISU World Cup Hamar – January 31 - February 1, 2015 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Feb 1 2015 4:01PM". International Skating Union. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  7. ^ "ISU World Cup Erfurt – March 21-22, 2015 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Mar 22 2015 5:41PM". International Skating Union. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  8. ^ "ISU WorldCup 2014/2015 – World Cup Men Mass Start – Rankings Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Mar 22 2015 5:42PM". International Skating Union. 22 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.