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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michel Mulder  Niederlande
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Smeekens  Niederlande
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ronald Mulder  Niederlande
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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

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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

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All times are (UTC+4).

Date Zeit Event
10 February 17:00 Men's 500m Final – Race 1
10 February 18:55 Men's 500m Final – Race 2

Records

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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.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Date Round Athlete Land Zeit Record
10 February Race 1 Pair 19
Race 2 Pair 19		 Michel Mulder  Niederlande 69.31 TR
10 February Race 1 Pair 20
Race 2 Pair 17		 Ronald Mulder  Niederlande 69.46 TR
10 February Race 2 Pair 17 Ronald Mulder  Niederlande 34.49 TR
10 February Race 1 Pair 15 Jan Smeekens  Niederlande 34.59 TR

TR = track record

Results

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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 Land Pair Lane Race 1 Rank Notes Pair Lane Race 2 Rank Notes Total Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michel Mulder  Niederlande 19 I 34.63 2 19 O 34.67 2 69.31 — TR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Smeekens  Niederlande 15 I 34.59 1 TR 20 O 34.72 3 69.32 +0.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ronald Mulder  Niederlande 20 I 34.97 6 17 O 34.49 1 TR 69.46 +0.15 TR
4 Mo Tae-bum  Südkorea 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  Kasachstan 3 I 35.04 9 16 O 35.00 6 70.04 +0.73
8 Nico Ihle  Deutschland 11 O 34.99 7 18 I 35.11 9 70.10 +0.79
9 Artur Waś  Polen 7 O 35.01 8 17 I 35.19 12 70.20 +0.90
10 Gilmore Junio  Kanada 14 I 35.15 11 15 O 35.09 7 70.25 +0.94
11 Jamie Gregg  Kanada 13 I 35.17 13 14 O 35.10 8 70.27 +0.96
12 Espen Aarnes Hvammen  Norwegen 8 I 35.20 16 13 O 35.21 13 70.42 +1.11
13 Denis Koval  Russland 9 O 35.19 14 14 I 35.24 15 70.44 +1.13
14 William Dutton  Kanada 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  Russland 12 O 35.09 10 16 I 35.41 19 70.50 +1.19
17 Pekka Koskela  Finnland 13 O 35.19 15 13 I 35.41 20 70.61 +1.30
18 Lee Kyou-hyuk  Südkorea 3 O 35.16 12 15 I 35.48 23 70.65 +1.34
19 Artyom Kuznetsov  Russland 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  Südkorea 5 O 35.43 25 8 I 35.42 21 70.85 +1.54
22 Lee Kang-seok  Südkorea 10 O 35.45 26 7 I 35.42 22 70.87 +1.56
23 Dmitry Lobkov  Russland 17 I 35.50 27 8 O 35.36 18 70.88 +1.57
24 Shani Davis  Vereinigte Staaten 5 I 35.39 22 10 O 35.59 28 70.98 +1.67
25 Muncef Ouardi  Kanada 1 O 35.39 23 9 I 35.60 29 70.99 +1.68
26 Tucker Fredricks  Vereinigte Staaten 17 O 35.27 18 12 I 35.72 37 70.99 +1.68
27 Mitchell Whitmore  Vereinigte Staaten 14 O 35.34 20 10 I 35.71 35 71.05 +1.75
28 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi  Italien 10 I 35.56 29 7 O 35.51 25 71.07 +1.76
29 Mika Poutala  Finnland 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  Italien 8 O 35.63 32 4 I 35.64 31 71.28 +1.97
32 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen  Norwegen 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  Deutschland 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  Polen 2 O 35.83 38 3 I 35.66 33 71.49 +2.18
37 Haralds Silovs  Lettland 2 I 36.12 39 1 O 36.32 38 72.44 +3.13
38 Stefan Groothuis  Niederlande 6 I 35.42 24 9 O 56.81 39 92.24 +22.93
39 Daniel Greig  Australien 16 O 80.65 40 2 I 35.29 17 115.84 +46.53
Brian Hansen  Vereinigte Staaten 6 O 35.64 33 DNS

TR = track record, DNS = did not start

References

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  1. ^ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's 500 m". SOOC. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. 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 Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. ^ 1st run Results
  7. ^ Final Results
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