Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
The podium
VenueAdler Arena Skating Center
Date10 February 2014
Competitors40 from 16 nations
Winning time69.31 (34.63 & 34.67)
Medalists
 Michel Mulder  Netherlands
 Jan Smeekens  Netherlands
 Ronald Mulder  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
2014 Winter Olympics
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

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]

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
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  Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 34.03 Salt Lake City, United States 9 November 2007
Olympic record  Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 34.42 Salt Lake City, United States 11 February 2002

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

World record  Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 68.31 Calgary, Canada 15 March 2008
Olympic record  Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 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
10 February Race 1 Pair 19
Race 2 Pair 19 		Michel Mulder  Netherlands 69.31 TR
10 February Race 1 Pair 20
Race 2 Pair 17 		Ronald Mulder  Netherlands 69.46 TR
10 February Race 2 Pair 17 Ronald Mulder  Netherlands 34.49 TR
10 February Race 1 Pair 15 Jan Smeekens  Netherlands 34.59 TR

TR = track record

Results

Michel Mulder celebrating his victory
The twins Michel Mulder and Ronald Mulder finished first and third
Jan Smeekens thought temporarily that he had won the gold medal. Later his time was adjusted and he finished second
Michel Mulder is unsure who won the gold medal

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
1st, gold medalist(s) Michel Mulder  Netherlands 19 I 34.63 2 19 O 34.67 2 69.31 — TR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jan Smeekens  Netherlands 15 I 34.59 1 TR 20 O 34.72 3 69.32 +0.01
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ronald Mulder  Netherlands 20 I 34.97 6 17 O 34.49 1 TR 69.46 +0.15 TR
4 Mo Tae-bum  South Korea 18 O 34.84 4 19 I 34.84 5 69.68 +0.38
5 Joji Kato  Japan 18 I 34.96 5 18 O 34.77 4 69.74 +0.43
6 Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan 19 O 34.79 3 20 I 35.25 16 70.04 +0.73
7 Roman Krech  Kazakhstan 3 I 35.04 9 16 O 35.00 6 70.04 +0.73
8 Nico Ihle  Germany 11 O 34.99 7 18 I 35.11 9 70.10 +0.79
9 Artur Waś  Poland 7 O 35.01 8 17 I 35.19 12 70.20 +0.90
10 Gilmore Junio  Canada 14 I 35.15 11 15 O 35.09 7 70.25 +0.94
11 Jamie Gregg  Canada 13 I 35.17 13 14 O 35.10 8 70.27 +0.96
12 Espen Aarnes Hvammen  Norway 8 I 35.20 16 13 O 35.21 13 70.42 +1.11
13 Denis Koval  Russia 9 O 35.19 14 14 I 35.24 15 70.44 +1.13
14 William Dutton  Canada 4 O 35.27 18 11 I 35.17 11 70.44 +1.13
15 Yūya Oikawa  Japan 16 I 35.24 17 12 O 35.22 14 70.46 +1.15
16 Aleksey Yesin  Russia 12 O 35.09 10 16 I 35.41 19 70.50 +1.19
17 Pekka Koskela  Finland 13 O 35.19 15 13 I 35.41 20 70.61 +1.30
18 Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea 3 O 35.16 12 15 I 35.48 23 70.65 +1.34
19 Artyom Kuznetsov  Russia 20 O 35.51 28 6 I 35.14 10 70.66 +1.35
20 Yuji Kamijo  Japan 4 I 35.37 21 11 O 35.48 24 70.85 +1.54
21 Kim Jun-ho  South Korea 5 O 35.43 25 8 I 35.42 21 70.85 +1.54
22 Lee Kang-seok  South Korea 10 O 35.45 26 7 I 35.42 22 70.87 +1.56
23 Dmitry Lobkov  Russia 17 I 35.50 27 8 O 35.36 18 70.88 +1.57
24 Shani Davis  United States 5 I 35.39 22 10 O 35.59 28 70.98 +1.67
25 Muncef Ouardi  Canada 1 O 35.39 23 9 I 35.60 29 70.99 +1.68
26 Tucker Fredricks  United States 17 O 35.27 18 12 I 35.72 37 70.99 +1.68
27 Mitchell Whitmore  United States 14 O 35.34 20 10 I 35.71 35 71.05 +1.75
28 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi  Italy 10 I 35.56 29 7 O 35.51 25 71.07 +1.76
29 Mika Poutala  Finland 15 O 35.58 30 5 I 35.56 27 71.14 +1.83
30 Mu Zhongsheng  China 1 I 35.59 31 6 O 35.65 32 71.25 +1.94
31 David Bosa  Italy 8 O 35.63 32 4 I 35.64 31 71.28 +1.97
32 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen  Norway 7 I 35.78 37 2 I 35.53 26 71.30 +1.99
33 Sung Ching-yang  Chinese Taipei 11 I 35.73 35 4 O 35.63 30 71.36 +2.05
34 Samuel Schwarz  Germany 12 I 35.69 34 5 O 35.68 34 71.37 +2.06
35 Bai Qiuming  China 9 I 35.73 36 3 O 35.71 36 71.45 +2.14
36 Artur Nogal  Poland 2 O 35.83 38 3 I 35.66 33 71.49 +2.18
37 Haralds Silovs  Latvia 2 I 36.12 39 1 O 36.32 38 72.44 +3.13
38 Stefan Groothuis  Netherlands 6 I 35.42 24 9 O 56.81 39 92.24 +22.93
39 Daniel Greig  Australia 16 O 80.65 40 2 I 35.29 17 115.84 +46.53
Brian Hansen  United States 6 O 35.64 33 DNS

TR = track record, DNS = did not start

References

  1. ↑ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's 500 m". SOOC. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Michel Mulder wins 500m speed skating gold". BBC Sport. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Michel Mulder leads Dutch sweep". ESPN. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of 9 December 2013
  5. ↑ "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. ↑ 1st run Results
  7. ↑ Final Results
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