2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

International speed skating competition ISU Speed Skating World Cup 14 November 2014 – 22 March 2015 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014–2015, was a series of international speed skating competitions that ran the entire season. The season started on 14 November 2014 in Obihiro, Japan, and ended with the final on 22 March 2015 in Erfurt, Germany.http://static.isu.org/media/158518/1889-world-cup-ss-2014-15-update-sep10.pdf International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889 International Skating Union PDF 4 August 2014 10 November 2014 10 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141110074813/http://static.isu.org/media/158518/1889-world-cup-ss-2014-15-update-sep10.pdf dead In total, seven competition weekends were held at six different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 80 races took place. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU). Calendar The detailed schedule for the season. In addition, the team sprint was held as demonstration event in Obihiro and Seoul. WC # City Venue Date 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m Mass start Team pursuit 1 Obihiro Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval 14–16 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w 2 Seoul Taereung International Ice Rink 21–23 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 3 Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen 5–7 December 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w 4 Heerenveen Thialf 12–14 December 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w Chelyabinsk Uralskaya Molniya 10–11 January 2015 European Speed Skating Championships Changchun Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink 10–11 January 2015 Asian Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 5 Hamar Vikingskipet 31 January – 1 February m, w w m m, w 6 Heerenveen Thialf 7–8 February 2m, 2w 2m, 2w Heerenveen Thialf 12–15 February 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships Astana Alau Ice Palace 28 February – 1 March 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships Calgary Olympic Oval 7–8 March 2015 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 7 Erfurt Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Halle 21–22 March 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w Total 12m, 12w 7m, 7w 6m, 6w 5w 5m, 1w 1m 6m, 6w 3m, 3w Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres was contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres was contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding. Entry rules Qualification criteria In order to qualify, skaters had to achieve the following results in ISU events, international competitions or national championships between 1 July 2013 and the entry deadline for the competition concerned. + Men Distance Time required A A Time required B B 500 m 36.20 36.60 1000 m 1:11.90 1:12.80 1500 m 1:51.00 1:52.50 3000 m — — 5000 m 6:48.00 6:52.00 10000 m 13:40.00 C C 13:50.00 D D + Women Distance Time required A A Time required B B 500 m 40.00 40.50 1000 m 1:20.00 1:21.00 1500 m 2:03.00 2:05.00 3000 m 4:24.00 4:28.00 5000 m 7:25.00 E E 7:32.00 F F 10000 m — — A A in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, or the Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City B B in other ice rinks C C or 6:35.00 on 5000 m D D or 6:40.00 on 5000 m E E or 4:15.00 on 3000 m F F or 4:20.00 on 3000 m For the mass start and team pursuit events, skaters who had achieved any one of the above results qualified. However, every ISU member nation was allowed to enter a maximum of one skater per gender who had not achieved any of these results, provided that they had achieved a 1500 m result of 1:57.50 (men) or 2:10.00 (women). Nation quotas Every ISU member nation was allowed to enter at least one competitor for each distance, subject to the qualification criteria above. Additionally, skaters placed among the top 32 in the final 2013–14 World Cup, or included in the final qualifying list (including the reserve list) of the 2014 Winter Olympics, for the distance category concerned, was allowed entry. Nations were also allowed to earn a quota place for each skater placed on the final qualifying list (excluding the reserve list) for the Olympics. The maximum quota was 5 skaters. A member nation organizing a World Cup competition was granted the maximum quota in all events. Member nations not mentioned were allowed to enter a maximum of one skater for each distance. + Men Nation 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 5k/10k Mass start 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 4 3 3 5 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 1 4 4 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 5 5 5 5 2 3 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 5 5 2 + Women Nation 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3k/5k Mass start 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 4 5 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 5 5 4 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 2 For the mass start event, a member nation was allowed to enter a maximum of two skaters, all subject to the qualifying criteria above. For the team pursuit event, a member nation was allowed to enter one team only per category (men/women). The World Cup competitions 1–4 served as qualifying events for the 2015 World Single Distance Championships. World Cup 5 served as a qualifying event for the 2015 World Allround Championships, and World Cup 6 served as a qualifying event for the 2015 World Sprint Championships. Results from World Cups 1–6 defined the seeding for the Single Distance Championships. World Cups 5 and 6 had extended entry quotas due to their status as qualifying events; each ISU member nation got one more quota place than its highest quota of either of the two distances in the competition, however, the maximum quota was still 5 places. World records World records going into the 2014–15 season. Men {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center" |- ! Distance ! Time ! Holder(s) ! Nat. ! Date ! Venue ! Reference |- | 500 m | 34.03 | align=left | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | align=right | 9 November 2007 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=500 Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 1000 m | 1:06.42 | align=left | Shani Davis | USA | align=right | 7 March 2009 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=1000 Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 1500 m | 1:41.04 | align=left | Shani Davis | USA | align=right | 11 December 2009 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=1500 Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 5000 m | 6:03.32 | align=left | Sven Kramer | NED | align=right | 17 November 2007 | align=left | Olympic Oval, Calgary | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=5000 Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 10000 m | 12:41.69 | align=left | Sven Kramer | NED | align=right | 10 March 2007 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=10000 Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | Team pursuit (8 laps) | 3:35.60 | align=left | Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer | NED | align=right | 16 November 2013 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=team Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men www.speedskatingstats.com 28 November 2013 |} Women {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center" |- ! Distance ! Time ! Holder(s) ! Nat. ! Date ! Venue ! Reference |- | 500 m | 36.36 | align=left | Lee Sang-hwa | KOR | align=right | 16 November 2013 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=500 Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 28 November 2013 |- | 1000 m | 1:12.58 | align=left | Brittany Bowe | USA | align=right | 17 November 2013 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=1000 Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 28 November 2013 |- | 1500 m | 1:51.79 | align=left | Cindy Klassen | CAN | align=right | 20 November 2005 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=1500 Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 3000 m | 3:53.34 | align=left | Cindy Klassen | CAN | align=right | 18 March 2006 | align=left | Olympic Oval, Calgary | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=3000 Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 5000 m | 6:42.66 | align=left | Martina Sáblíková | CZE | align=right | 18 February 2011 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=5000 Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | Team pursuit (6 laps) | 2:55.79 | align=left | Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler | CAN | align=right | 6 December 2009 | align=left | Olympic Oval, Calgary | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=team Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Women www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |} References External links International Skating Union Results at ISUresults.eu 14-15 Isu Speed Skating World Cup, 2014-15 Isu Speed Skating World Cup, 2014-15