2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's mass start

The men's mass start in the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Obihiro, Japan, on 14–16 November 2014, and the final occasion taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 21–22 March 2015.[1] The races were over 16 laps.[1]

The defending champion was Bob de Vries of the Netherlands. Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea won the cup. De Vries did not participate this season.

Top three

Position	Athlete	Points	Previous season
1	Lee Seung-hoon	450	–
2	Bart Swings	387	3rd
3	Andrea Giovannini	362	8th

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Race points	Silver	Race points	Bronze	Race points	Report
1	Obihiro, Japan	16 November	Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea	60	Kim Cheol-min  South Korea	40	Bart Swings  Belgium	20	[2]
2	Seoul, South Korea	23 November	Andrea Giovannini  Italy	70	Haralds Silovs  Latvia	40	Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea	20	[3]
3	Berlin, Germany	7 December	Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea	61	Arjan Stroetinga  Netherlands	40	Bart Swings  Belgium	25	[4]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 December	Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands	70	Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea	40	Fabio Francolini  Italy	20	[5]
5	Hamar, Norway	1 February	Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea	60	Marco Weber  Germany	40	Bart Swings  Belgium	25	[6]
7	Erfurt, Germany	22 March	Bart Swings  Belgium	65	Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands	41	Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway	23	[7]

Note: in mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Standings

Standings as of 22 March 2015 (end of the season).[8]

#	Name	Nat.	OBI	SEO	BER	HVN	HAM	ERF	Total
1	Lee Seung-hoon		100	70	100	80	100		450
2	Bart Swings		70	3	70	24	70	150	387
3	Andrea Giovannini		40	100	36	50	60	76	362
4	Jorrit Bergsma				60	100		120	280
5	Marco Weber				16	32	80	90	218
6	Shane Williamson		45	21	45	14	32	32	189
7	Sverre Lunde Pedersen			32			45	106	183
8	Kim Cheol-min		80	36	21	21	21		179
9	Haralds Silovs			80	24	36	18		158
10	Linus Heidegger		36	60			36	18	150
11	Alexej Baumgärtner		60	14	6		10	45	135
12	Arjan Stroetinga				80	16		28	124
13	Sun Longjiang				18	40	40	24	122
14	Robert Watson		24	1	50	18	24		117
15	Nicola Tumolero		32	6	40		12	21	111
16	Armin Hager		12			3	50	40	105
17	Ryosuke Tsuchiya		6	45	14	4		36	105
18	Patrick Beckert		50			45			95
19	Jeffrey Swider-Peltz		21	28	12	10	16		87
20	Tyler Derraugh			16	8	60			84
21	Alexis Contin				28	28	28		84
22	Bram Smallenbroek			50	32				82
23	Fabio Francolini					70			70
24	Roland Cieslak		10	40	1	6			57
25	Yevgeny Seryaev		4	18	5	8	8		43
26	Gerben Jorritsma		16	24					40
27	Douwe de Vries		28						28
28	Danila Semerikov		18	5					23
29	Martin Hänggi		5	8		1	3		17
30	Peter Michael				3	12			15
31	Reyon Kay						14		14
	Rehanbai Talabuhan		14						14
33	Li Bailin			12					12
34	Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen			10					10
	Vitaly Mikhailov				10				10
36	Liu Yiming		8						8
37	Viktor Hald Thorup						6		6
38	Dmitry Babenko					5			5
	Stefan Waples						5		5
40	Fredrik van der Horst				4				4
	Konrád Nagy						4		4
	Koen Verweij			4					4
43	Stefan Due Schmidt				2	2			4
44	Jan Szymański		3						3
45	Edwin Park			2					2
	Iñigo Vidondo						2		2
47	Joshua Capponi						1		1

References

1. "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889" (PDF). International Skating Union. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
2. "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 8:14PM". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
3. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Nov 23 2014 4:21PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
4. "ISU World Cup Berlin – December 5-7, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Dec 7 2014 4:52PM". International Skating Union. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
5. "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 6:24PM". International Skating Union. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
6. "ISU World Cup Hamar – January 31 - February 1, 2015 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Feb 1 2015 4:01PM". International Skating Union. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
7. "ISU World Cup Erfurt – March 21-22, 2015 – Result Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Mar 22 2015 5:41PM". International Skating Union. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
8. "ISU WorldCup 2014/2015 – World Cup Men Mass Start – Rankings Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Mar 22 2015 5:42PM". International Skating Union. 22 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.