2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1

The first competition weekend of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from Friday, 8 November, until Sunday, 10 November 2013.^[1]

Two new world records were set during the weekend. On Saturday, Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea improved her own world record on 500 metres with a time of 36.74 seconds.^[2] A couple of hours later, the Dutch men's team – comprised by Koen Verweij, Jan Blokhuijsen and Sven Kramer – improved the team pursuit world record to 3:37.17.^[2]

There were also two world records for juniors; in the women's 3000 metres race on Friday, Antoinette de Jong of the Netherlands set a new world records for girls with a time of 4:00.56,^[3] and on Sunday, Kim Hyun-yung of South Korea did the same in the 1000 metres distance, with a time of 1:15.18.^[4]

Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:^[5]

Date	Session	Events	Comment
Friday, 8 November	Morning	11:00: 500 m women (1)   11:25: 500 m men (1)   12:09: 3000 m women   13:13: 1500 m men	Division A
	Afternoon	14:55: 500 m men (1)   15:49: 500 m women (1)   16:39: 1500 m men   17:51: 3000 m women	Division B
Saturday, 9 November	Morning	11:00: 500 m women (2)   11:30: 1000 m men   12:19: 1500 m women	Division A
		13:17: Team pursuit men
	Afternoon	15:30: 500 m women (2)   16:18: 1000 m men   17:26: 1500 m women	Division B
Sunday, 10 November	Morning	11:00: 500 m men (2)   11:30: 1000 m women   12:20: 5000 m men	Division A
		13:52: Team pursuit women
	Afternoon	15:20: 500 m men (2)   16:26: 1000 m women   17:25: 5000 m men	Division B

All times are MST (UTC−7).

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Ronald Mulder   Netherlands	34.41	Mo Tae-bum   South Korea	34.523	Jamie Gregg   Canada	34.526	^[6]
	2	Tucker Fredricks   United States	34.46	Mo Tae-bum   South Korea	34.47	Jamie Gregg   Canada Ronald Mulder   Netherlands	34.529	^[7]
1000 m		Shani Davis   United States	1:07.46	Kjeld Nuis   Netherlands	1:07.57	Brian Hansen   United States	1:07.64	^[8]
1500 m		Koen Verweij   Netherlands	1:42.78	Shani Davis   United States	1:43.11	Kjeld Nuis   Netherlands	1:43.75	^[9]
5000 m		Sven Kramer   Netherlands	6:04.46	Jorrit Bergsma   Netherlands	6:06.93	Lee Seung-hoon   South Korea	6:07.04	^[10]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer	3:37.17 WR	United States Brian Hansen Jonathan Kuck Trevor Marsicano	3:38.66	South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min	3:40.53	^[11]^[12]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Lee Sang-hwa   South Korea	36.91	Jenny Wolf   Germany	37.14	Wang Beixing   China	37.40	^[13]
	2	Lee Sang-hwa   South Korea	36.74 WR	Jenny Wolf   Germany	37.18	Wang Beixing   China	37.30	^[14]
1000 m		Heather Richardson   United States	1:13.23	Lotte van Beek   Netherlands	1:13.36	Brittany Bowe   United States	1:13.70	^[15]
1500 m		Lotte van Beek   Netherlands	1:52.95	Ireen Wüst   Netherlands	1:53.30	Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic	1:54.44	^[16]
3000 m		Claudia Pechstein   Germany	3:59.04	Martina Sáblíková   Czech Republic	3:59.39	Ireen Wüst   Netherlands	3:59.68	^[17]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Ireen Wüst Lotte van Beek Linda de Vries	2:57.82	Japan Nana Takagi Maki Tabata Ayaka Kikuchi	2:58.53	Poland Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Luiza Złotkowska Katarzyna Woźniak	2:59.42	^[18]^[19]

Standings

The top ten standings in the contested cups after the weekend. The top five nations in the team pursuit cups.

Men's cups

500 m^[20]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL1	CAL2	Total
1	Ronald Mulder		100	70	170
2	Mo Tae-bum		80	80	160
3	Jamie Gregg		70	70	140
4	Tucker Fredricks		25	100	125
5	Michel Mulder		60	32	92
6	Jesper Hospes		45	45	90
7	Mitchell Whitmore		36	50	86
8	Jan Smeekens		40	40	80
9	Artyom Kuznetsov		50	14	64
10	Ryohei Haga		24	28	52

1000 m^[21]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	Shani Davis		100	100
2	Kjeld Nuis		80	80
3	Brian Hansen		70	70
4	Denis Kuzin		60	60
5	Koen Verweij		50	50
6	Mo Tae-bum		45	45
7	Jamie Gregg		40	40
8	Samuel Schwarz		36	36
9	Michel Mulder		32	32
10	Stefan Groothuis		28	28

1500 m^[22]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	Koen Verweij		100	100
2	Shani Davis		80	80
3	Kjeld Nuis		70	70
4	Ivan Skobrev		60	60
5	Alexis Contin		50	50
6	Sverre Lunde Pedersen		45	45
7	Konrad Niedźwiedzki		40	40
8	Zbigniew Bródka		36	36
9	Rhian Ket		32	32
10	Mark Tuitert		28	28

5000/10000 m^[23]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	Sven Kramer		100	100
2	Jorrit Bergsma		80	80
3	Lee Seung-hoon		70	70
4	Bob de Jong		60	60
5	Koen Verweij		50	50
6	Jan Blokhuijsen		45	45
7	Moritz Geisreiter		40	40
8	Sverre Lunde Pedersen		35	35
9	Jonathan Kuck		32	32
10	Patrick Beckert		30	30

Team pursuit^[24]

#	Country	CAL	Total
1	Netherlands	100	100
2	United States	80	80
3	South Korea	70	70
4	Canada	60	60
5	Poland	50	50

Grand World Cup^[25]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	Koen Verweij		20	20
2	Shani Davis		18	18
3	Kjeld Nuis		15	15
4	Sven Kramer		10	10
5	Ronald Mulder		8.5	8.5
6	Jorrit Bergsma		8	8
	Mo Tae-bum		8	8
8	Jamie Gregg		7	7
	Brian Hansen		7	7
	Lee Seung-hoon		7	7

Women's cups

500 m^[26]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL1	CAL2	Total
1	Lee Sang-hwa		100	100	200
2	Jenny Wolf		80	80	160
3	Wang Beixing		70	70	140
4	Margot Boer		40	60	100
5	Heather Richardson		50	50	100
6	Nao Kodaira		60	36	96
7	Olga Fatkulina		45	45	90
8	Judith Hesse		36	32	68
9	Yu Jing		24	40	64
10	Brittany Bowe		32	28	60

1000 m^[27]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	Heather Richardson		100	100
2	Lotte van Beek		80	80
3	Brittany Bowe		70	70
4	Lee Sang-hwa		60	60
5	Olga Fatkulina		50	50
6	Margot Boer		45	45
7	Ireen Wüst		40	40
8	Wang Beixing		36	36
9	Judith Hesse		32	32
10	Christine Nesbitt		28	28

1500 m^[28]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	Lotte van Beek		100	100
2	Ireen Wüst		80	80
3	Martina Sáblíková		70	70
4	Marrit Leenstra		60	60
5	Yekaterina Lobysheva		50	50
6	Ida Njåtun		45	45
7	Christine Nesbitt		40	40
8	Claudia Pechstein		36	36
9	Yuliya Skokova		32	32
10	Yekaterina Shikhova		28	28

3000/5000 m^[29]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	Claudia Pechstein		100	100
2	Martina Sáblíková		80	80
3	Ireen Wüst		70	70
4	Antoinette de Jong		60	60
5	Jorien Voorhuis		50	50
6	Yvonne Nauta		45	45
7	Ida Njåtun		40	40
8	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś		35	35
9	Luiza Złotkowska		32	32
10	Linda de Vries		30	30

Team pursuit^[30]

#	Country	CAL	Total
1	Netherlands	100	100
2	Japan	80	80
3	Poland	70	70
4	Canada	60	60
5	South Korea	50	50

Grand World Cup^[31]

#	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	Lotte van Beek		18	18
2	Lee Sang-hwa		16	16
3	Heather Richardson		15	15
	Martina Sáblíková		15	15
	Ireen Wüst		15	15
6	Claudia Pechstein		10	10
7	Jenny Wolf		8	8
8	Brittany Bowe		7	7
	Wang Beixing		7	7
10	Antoinette de Jong		6	6
	Marrit Leenstra		6	6

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