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

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]

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Obihiro • Seoul • Berlin • Heerenveen (1)
Hamar • Heerenveen (2) • Erfurt
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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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