| world Cup |
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| 2014/2015 |
| Stages |
Obihiro | Seoul | Berlin | Heerenveen | Hamar | |
The first stage of the World Cup in speed skating in the 2014/2015 season was held from November 14 to 16, 2014 at the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval skating rink, Obihiro , Japan . The races were held at distances of 500, 1000, 1500 meters, team race, mass start, as well as 3000 meters for women and 5000 meters for men. Swiss Martin Hänggi became the oldest participant in the World Cups - at 46, he took part in 5000 m races in Division B. On the first day, records of the ice rink at long distances were broken and 6 personal records were set [1] . On the second day, the records of the 1000m men's ice rink were broken in the women's team race [2] . On the third day, the rink’s records were broken at distances of 1,500 and 500 meters and 5 personal records were set [3] .
Content
Winners
Men
| 500 m | 1st race A - 20 participants B - 22 participants | Ian Smeckens Netherlands | 35.06 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 35.16 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 35.24 |
| 2nd race A - 20 participants B - 19 participants | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.96 | Ian Smeckens Netherlands | 35.09 | Ryohei Haga Japan | 35.17 | |
| 1000 m | A - 20 participants B - 26 participants | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 1: 09.23 | Kjeld Neuss Netherlands | 1: 09.27 | Samuel Schwartz Germany | 1: 09.77 |
| 1,500 m | A - 20 participants B - 24 participants | Kjeld Neuss Netherlands | 1: 45.97 | Wouter Olde Heuvel Netherlands | 1: 46.52 | Kun Vervey Netherlands | 1: 46.90 |
| 5000 m | A - 16 participants B - 19 participants | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6: 20.90 | Alexander Rumyantsev Russia | 6: 23.56 | Wouter Olde Heuvel Netherlands | 6: 24.03 |
| Team race | 10 teams | Netherlands Sven Kramer Wouter Olde Heuvel Dauve de Vries | 3: 43.68 | The Republic of Korea Lee Son Hong Kim Chol Min Byung wook ko Myung seok kim | 3: 47.15 | Russia Alexander Rumyantsev Danila Semerikov Daniil Sinitsyn Sergey Gryaztsov | 3: 48.22 |
| Mass start | A - 22 participants | Lee Son Hong The Republic of Korea | 8: 16.19 | Kim Chol Min The Republic of Korea | 8: 17,23 | Bart Swings Belgium | 8: 17.28 |
Women
| 500 m | 1st race A - 20 participants B - 14 participants | Lee San Hwa The Republic of Korea | 38.07 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.18 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 38.50 |
| 2nd race A - 20 participants B - 12 participants | Lee San Hwa The Republic of Korea | 37.92 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.06 | Vanessa Bittner Austria | 38.33 | |
| 1000 m | A - 20 participants B - 17 participants | Marritte Lenstra Netherlands | 1: 16.23 | Irene Wust Netherlands | 1: 16.34 | Li Qishi China | 1: 16.54 |
| 1,500 m | A - 20 participants B - 16 participants | Irene Wust Netherlands | 1: 56.93 | Marritte Lenstra Netherlands | 1: 57.76 | Julia Skokova Russia | 1: 58.10 |
| 3000 m | A - 16 participants B - 20 participants | Irene Wust Netherlands | 4: 04.91 | Martina Sablikova Czech | 4: 06.11 | Yorin Warhuis Netherlands | 4: 07.04 |
| Team race | 9 teams | Netherlands Irene Wust Marritte Lenstra Marie Yoling Yorin Warhuis | 3: 02.54 | Japan Nana Takagi Maki Tabata Ayaka Kikuchi Misaki Oshigiri | 3: 04.78 | Germany Claudia Pechstein Bente kraus Gabriele Hirschbichler | 3: 06.51 |
| Mass start | A - 19 participants | Ivani Blondin Canada | 8: 33.24 | Nana Takagi Japan | 8: 33.44 | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 8: 33.54 |
Notes
- ↑ ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Obihiro (JPN) Day 1 (link not available) . Date of treatment November 16, 2014. Archived November 17, 2014.
- ↑ ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Obihiro (JPN) Day 2 (link not available) . Date of treatment November 16, 2014. Archived November 18, 2014.
- ↑ ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 - Obihiro (JPN) Day 3 (link not available) . Date of treatment November 16, 2014. Archived November 19, 2014.