2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's Grand World Cup

The men's Grand World Cup of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was the season overall competition, for which all individual races and distances over the entire season counted, with points awarded to the top five competitors of each race.[1]

Shani Davis of the United States was the defending champion. Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won the Grand World Cup. Davis ended up in 11th place.

Rules

All races and distances that were competed individually, including the mass start, counted.[1]

Points system

In order to determine an overall World Cup winner, a special points system was used, awarding points for the top five skaters in each individual event.[1]

Points table for Grand World Cup

Rank	World Cup 1–6	World Cup 7
1	100	150
2	80	120
3	70	106
4	60	90
5	50	76

Note: half points were awarded in distances that were skated twice in the same competition.

Prize money

The Grand World Cup winner was awarded $20000.[1]

Standings

Standings as of 22 March 2015 (end of the season).[2]

				Obihiro						Seoul						Berlin						Heerenveen (1)						Hamar			Heerenveen (2)				Erfurt
#	Name	Nat.	Total	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	10 k	MS	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	1500	5000	MS	500	500	1000	1000	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	Total
1	Pavel Kulizhnikov		985	40	50	100				50	50	100						50				50	50	100							50	50	40	40	75		90				985
2	Bart Swings		806						70					80					60	50	70				60					70								106	90	150	806
3	Sverre Lunde Pedersen		786										100	60					80	80						50			70									120	120	106	786
4	Kjeld Nuis		750			80	100					70	70											80	50			80					50	50			120				750
5	Jorrit Bergsma		710																	100	60					80	100		100										150	120	710
6	Denny Morrison		515				60						60															70					25				150	150			515
7	Wouter olde Heuvel		456				80	70					80												80	70													76		456
8	Lee Seung-hoon		450						100						70						100						80			100											450
9	Nico Ihle		436	25						30						25		100													35	35	35	30		45	76				436
10	Patrick Beckert		316					50	50					50															60										106		316
11	Shani Davis		295			50	50					50							50						70									25							295
12	Andrea Giovannini		286												100												50			60										76	286
13	Laurent Dubreuil		280								35					40	35					35	30												45	60					280
	Bob de Jong		280					60						100						60						60															280
15	Ruslan Murashov		255	35	30					35	25																				25	30				75					255
16	Michel Mulder		240													35						30									30	25			60	60					240
17	Artur Waś		220													50	50					40	40								40										220
18	Thomas Krol		206																70									60										76			206
19	Sven Kramer		200					100																		100															200
	Hein Otterspeer		200	30														70						70									30								200
	Samuel Schwarz		200			70												80						50																	200
	Jan Szymański		200																100						100																200
23	Mo Tae-bum		170		25					40	40						25															40									170
	Marco Weber		170																											80										90	170
25	Vincent De Haître		166			60																															106				166
26	Aleksey Yesin		158															60						60											38						158
27	Jan Smeekens		155	50	40						30												35																		155
28	Aleksandr Rumyantsev		150					80						70																											150
	Douwe de Vries		150																	70									80												150
	Denis Yuskov		150																									100	50												150
31	Haralds Silovs		130												80													50													130
32	Koen Verweij		120				70						50																												120
33	Stefan Groothuis		115									80																						35							115
34	Espen Aarnes Hvammen		103							25							40																			38					103
35	Konrad Niedźwiedzki		90																																			90			90
36	Kim Cheol-min		80						80																																80
	Arjan Stroetinga		80																		80																				80
38	Fabio Francolini		70																								70														70
39	Ryohei Haga		65		35											30																									65
40	Alexej Baumgärtner		60						60																																60
	Tyler Derraugh		60																								60														60
	Linus Heidegger		60												60																										60
	Kai Verbij		60									60																													60
44	Gerben Jorritsma		53																																53						53
45	Armin Hager		50																											50											50
	Mika Poutala		50																			25	25																		50
	Bram Smallenbroek		50												50																										50
	Robert Watson		50																		50																				50
49	Denis Koval		30														30																								30
#	Name	Nat.	Total	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	10 k	MS	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	1500	5000	MS	500	500	1000	1000	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	Total
				Obihiro						Seoul						Berlin						Heerenveen (1)						Hamar			Heerenveen (2)				Erfurt

References

1. "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889" (PDF). International Skating Union. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
2. "Grand World Cup 2014-2015 – Overall Standings Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 26 March 2015.