2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 – Men's 500 metres

2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup World Cup 4 – Heerenveen
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2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup Men's 500 metres
Obihiro   Seoul   Berlin   Heerenveen (1) Heerenveen (2)   Erfurt

The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 4, arranged in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, were held on the weekend of 12–14 December 2014.^[1]

Race one was won by Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, while Artur Waś of Poland came second, and Laurent Dubreuil of France came third.^[2] Pim Schipper of the Netherlands won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two. Christian Oberbichler of Austria set a new national record for the second straight weekend.^[3]

Kulizhnikov and Waś also took the first two places in race two, while Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands came third.^[4] Yūya Oikawa of Japan won Division B of race two.

Race 1

Race one took place on Friday, 12 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:40, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 17:22.^[5]

Division A

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points	GWC points
	Kulizhnikov, PavelPavel Kulizhnikov		10	i	34.63	100	50
	Was, ArturArtur Waś		7	i	34.91	80	40
	Dubreuil, LaurentLaurent Dubreuil		10	o	35.16	70	35
4	Mulder, MichelMichel Mulder		3	i	35.19	60	30
5	Poutala, MikaMika Poutala		1	o	35.22	50	25
6	Haga, RyoheiRyohei Haga		7	o	35.23	45	—
7	Koval, DenisDenis Koval		6	i	35.257	40
8	Otterspeer, HeinHein Otterspeer		6	o	35.258	36
9	Kim Jun-ho		5	o	35.27	32
10	Nenzi, Mirko GiacomoMirko Giacomo Nenzi		2	o	35.33	28
11	Nagashima, KeiichiroKeiichiro Nagashima		3	o	35.34	24
12	Hvammen, Espen AarnesEspen Aarnes Hvammen		8	o	35.36	21
13	Mo Tae-bum		9	o	35.38	18
14	Kuznetsov, ArtyomArtyom Kuznetsov		4	i	35.43	16
15	Junio, GilmoreGilmore Junio		5	i	35.45	14
16	Smeekens, JanJan Smeekens		9	i	35.47	12
17	Xie Jiaxuan		1	i	35.59	10
18	Jorritsma, GerbenGerben Jorritsma		2	i	35.68	8
19	Ihle, NicoNico Ihle		8	i	DQ
	Yesin, AlekseyAleksey Yesin		4	o	DQ

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Division B

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points
1	Schipper, PimPim Schipper		17	o	35.37	25
2	Mu Zhongsheng		16	i	35.41	19
3	Schwarz, SamuelSamuel Schwarz		14	o	35.44	15
4	Hasegawa, TsubasaTsubasa Hasegawa		13	i	35.53	11
5	Whitmore, MitchellMitchell Whitmore		11	i	35.61	8
6	Nogal, ArturArtur Nogal		13	o	35.70	6
7	Oberbichler, ChristianChristian Oberbichler		7	i	35.71 NR	4
8	Oikawa, YuyaYūya Oikawa		17	i	35.72	2
9	Ihle, DennyDenny Ihle		15	o	35.75	1
10	Lee Kang-seok		16	o	35.76	—
11	Lorentzen, Havard HolmefjordHåvard Holmefjord Lorentzen		9	i	35.78
12	Bosa, DavidDavid Bosa		11	o	35.80
13	Garcia, JonathanJonathan Garcia		8	i	35.86
14	Maclennan, RichardRichard Maclennan		14	i	35.91
15	Dutton, WilliamWilliam Dutton		15	i	35.93
16	Wang Nan		12	i	35.94
17	Derraugh, TylerTyler Derraugh		9	o	35.95
18	Yamanaka, DaichiDaichi Yamanaka		12	o	36.05
19	Michalski, PiotrPiotr Michalski		10	o	36.12
20	Davis, ShaniShani Davis		10	i	36.161
21	Vaittinen, JuhoJuho Vaittinen		4	i	36.166
22	Fagerli Rukke, ChristofferChristoffer Fagerli Rukke		7	o	36.28
23	Zanghellini, LucaLuca Zanghellini		5	i	36.391
24	Griffin, KimaniKimani Griffin		6	o	36.395
25	Zhigin, AleksandrAleksandr Zhigin		5	o	36.399
26	Kozlov, MikhailMikhail Kozlov		1	i	36.43
27	Dressel, DenisDenis Dressel		8	o	36.47
28	Kuzin, DenisDenis Kuzin		6	i	36.53
29	Andersson, DavidDavid Andersson		3	i	36.54
30	Mace, BenjaminBenjamin Macé		3	o	36.61
31	Kazimirenko, YevgenyYevgeny Kazimirenko		4	o	36.79
32	Pulli, TommiTommi Pulli		2	o	36.83
33	Hager, ArminArmin Hager		2	i	37.05

Notes: NR = national record.

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Race 2

Race two took place on Sunday, 14 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:09, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:29.^[5]

Division A

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points	GWC points
	Kulizhnikov, PavelPavel Kulizhnikov		11	o	34.58	100	50
	Was, ArturArtur Waś		10	o	34.87	80	40
	Smeekens, JanJan Smeekens		5	o	35.01	70	35
4	Dubreuil, LaurentLaurent Dubreuil		11	i	35.072	60	30
5	Poutala, MikaMika Poutala		10	i	35.073	50	25
6	Mo Tae-bum		2	i	35.09	45	—
7	Mulder, MichelMichel Mulder		9	o	35.10	40
8	Junio, GilmoreGilmore Junio		6	o	35.12	36
9	Ihle, NicoNico Ihle		2	o	35.13	32
10	Otterspeer, HeinHein Otterspeer		8	i	35.144	28
	Yesin, AlekseyAleksey Yesin		1	i	35.144	28
12	Kim Jun-ho		7	i	35.22	21
13	Koval, DenisDenis Koval		8	o	35.23	18
14	Hvammen, Espen AarnesEspen Aarnes Hvammen		4	i	35.25	16
15	Schipper, PimPim Schipper		3	i	35.34	14
16	Jorritsma, GerbenGerben Jorritsma		3	o	35.35	12
17	Nenzi, Mirko GiacomoMirko Giacomo Nenzi		6	i	35.37	10
18	Haga, RyoheiRyohei Haga		9	i	35.49	8
19	Xie Jiaxuan		4	o	35.58	6
20	Nagashima, KeiichiroKeiichiro Nagashima		5	i	35.61	5
21	Kuznetsov, ArtyomArtyom Kuznetsov		7	o	DQ

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Division B

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points
1	Oikawa, YuyaYūya Oikawa		9	o	35.49	25
2	Nogal, ArturArtur Nogal		13	i	35.54	19
3	Whitmore, MitchellMitchell Whitmore		11	o	35.70	15
4	Dutton, WilliamWilliam Dutton		6	o	35.72	11
5	Maclennan, RichardRichard Maclennan		7	o	35.74	8
6	Ihle, DennyDenny Ihle		12	i	35.82	6
7	Hasegawa, TsubasaTsubasa Hasegawa		12	o	35.83	4
8	Lee Kang-seok		11	i	35.84	2
9	Michalski, PiotrPiotr Michalski		7	i	35.884	1
10	Mu Zhongsheng		13	o	35.887	—
11	Garcia, JonathanJonathan Garcia		8	o	35.92
12	Koskela, PekkaPekka Koskela		1	i	35.93
13	Oberbichler, ChristianChristian Oberbichler		10	o	35.94
14	Golubev, KirillKirill Golubev		1	o	35.96
15	Derraugh, TylerTyler Derraugh		9	i	36.021
16	Bosa, DavidDavid Bosa		10	i	36.022
17	Yamanaka, DaichiDaichi Yamanaka		8	i	36.06
18	Wang Nan		5	o	36.10
19	Dressel, DenisDenis Dressel		4	i	36.22
20	Zanghellini, LucaLuca Zanghellini		3	o	36.31
21	Griffin, KimaniKimani Griffin		5	i	36.33
22	Fagerli Rukke, ChristofferChristoffer Fagerli Rukke		6	i	36.46
23	Vaittinen, JuhoJuho Vaittinen		4	o	36.51
24	Kazimirenko, YevgenyYevgeny Kazimirenko		2	i	36.79
25	Andersson, DavidDavid Andersson		2	o	36.92
26	Mace, BenjaminBenjamin Macé		3	i	DNS

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