2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

The 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2013–2014, was a series of international speed skating competitions that ran the entire season. The season started on 8 November 2013 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and concluded with the final on 16 March 2014 in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Compared to previous seasons, there were fewer competition weekends; the season was restricted due to the 2014 Winter Olympics, which were arranged in Sochi, Russia, during February 2014.[1][2] In total, six competition weekends were held at six different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 72 races took place.

ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Dates8 November 2013 – 16 March 2014
2013–14 ISU
Speed Skating World Cup
Events
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
Mass startmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen
Grand world cupmenwomen
World Cup weekends

The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Calendar

The detailed schedule for the season.[1] Additionally, the team sprint was a demonstration event in Inzell.[1]

WC # City Venue Date 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m Mass start Team pursuit
1 Calgary Olympic Oval 8–10 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
2 Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval 15–17 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
3 Astana Alau Ice Palace 29 November – 1 December 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m
4 Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen 6–8 December 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
Hamar Vikingskipet 11–12 January 2014 European Speed Skating Championships
Nagano M-Wave 18–19 January 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
Sochi Adler Arena 8–22 February Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics
5 Inzell Eisstadion Inzell 7–9 March 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
6 Heerenveen Thialf 14–16 March 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w
Heerenveen Thialf 21–23 March 2014 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Total 12m, 12w 6m, 6w 6m, 6w 5w 5m, 1w 1m 2m, 2w 4m, 4w
Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.[1]

Entry rules

Qualification criteria

In order to qualify, skaters must have achieved the following results in ISU events, international competitions or national championships between 1 July 2012 and the entry deadline for the competition concerned.[1]

A in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, or the Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
B in other ice rinks
C or 6:35.00 on 5000 m
D or 6:40.00 on 5000 m
E or 4:15.00 on 3000 m
F or 4:20.00 on 3000 m

For the mass start and team pursuit events, skaters who have achieved any one of the above results will qualify.[1]

Nation quotas

Every ISU member nation may enter at least one competitor for each distance, subject to the qualification criteria above. Additionally, skaters placed among the top 36 in the final 2012–13 World Cup, or included in the final qualifying list (including the reserve list) of the 2013 World Single Distance Championships, for the distance category concerned, may be entered.[1] Member nations not mentioned may enter maximum one skater for each distance.

For the mass start event, a member nation may enter maximum three skaters, all subject to the qualifying criteria above. For the team pursuit event, a member nation may enter one team only per category (men/women).[1]

Competition format

Seeding of skaters

If the number of entered skaters exceeds a certain limit, skaters compete in two separate divisions, A and B.[1] In the first competition, the composition of skaters in the respective division is determined by the ranking of the skaters in the respective distance category from the 2012–13 World Cup and the seeding submitted by the respective team leaders before the draw. For each country and distance category, the number of skaters in the ranking top of the previous year will decide the number of places available in Division A, but the team leader's seeding will decide which skater goes into which division.

In the following competitions, the current World Cup ranking is used, with special considerations to top-placed skaters in Division B of the previous competition. A skater may also under certain conditions apply for a wild card for Division A, but only the first time the skater participates in a distance category, and not in the first and last competitions of the season.[1] In the last competition for the season, there will be no Division B.

Number of competitors in Division A
World Cup 1–5
number of entries		 World Cup 6
Distance up to 20 21 to 24 25 to 28 29 or more
500 m
1000 m
1500 m		 all all all 20 20
5000 m men
3000 m women		 all 12 16 16 16
10000 m men
5000 m women		 12 12 12 12 —
Mass start all all 16 20 20

Points tables

World Cup points for all competitions, except the last, are awarded in both divisions, using two sets of tables, A1/B1 and A2/B2. Tables A1 and B1 are used when the number of competitors in Division A exceeds 16, while tables A2 and B2 are used when that number is between 12 and 16. However, if table B1 was used for Division B in the first race in an event that is raced twice in the same competition, it will be used also in the second race, regardless of the number of competitors in Division A.[1]

For the last competition, since there will be no Division B, points will be awarded using table A3.[1]

Mass start ranking

The mass start races will be over 20 laps for men and 15 laps for women. There will be 3 intermediate sprints, at 5, 10 and 15 laps for men, and at 4, 8 and 12 laps for women. Race points will be awarded to the four first skaters at the intermediate sprints, and to the six first skaters at the final sprint.[1] The accumulated points a skater collects during a race will decide the final ranking. For skaters who are tied in race points, including those who have failed to collect any, their finishing order will be break the tie.

Points table for mass start
Rank Intermediate sprints Final sprint (finish)
1 5 31
2 3 15
3 2 10
4 1 5
5 — 3
6 1

Grand World Cup

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

Points table for Grand World Cup
Rank World Cup 1–5 World Cup 6
1 10 15
2 8 12
3 7 10,5
4 6 9
5 5 7,5
Note: half points are awarded in distances that are skated twice in the same competition.

Prize money

Additionally, the Grand World Cup winner of each category (men/women) is awarded $20000.[1]

World records

World records going into the 2013–14 season.

Men
Distance Time Holder(s) Nat. Date Venue Reference
500 m 34.03 Jeremy Wotherspoon 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [3]
1000 m 1:06.42 Shani Davis 7 March 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [4]
1500 m 1:41.04 Shani Davis 11 December 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [5]
5000 m 6:03.32 Sven Kramer 17 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary [6]
10000 m 12:41.69 Sven Kramer 10 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [7]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)		 3:37.80 Sven Kramer
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars		 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [8]

On 9 November 2013, in the team pursuit race in Calgary, the Dutch team, comprised by Koen Verweij, Jan Blokhuijsen and Sven Kramer, broke the world record with a time of 3:37.17.[9] The next weekend, on 16 November, the same skaters improved the record further, to 3:35.60.[10]

Women
Distance Time Holder(s) Nat. Date Venue Reference
500 m 36.80 Lee Sang-hwa 20 January 2013 Olympic Oval, Calgary [11]
1000 m 1:12.68 Christine Nesbitt 28 January 2012 Olympic Oval, Calgary [12]
1500 m 1:51.79 Cindy Klassen 20 November 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [13]
3000 m 3:53.34 Cindy Klassen 18 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary [14]
5000 m 6:42.66 Martina Sáblíková 18 February 2011 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [15]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)		 2:55.79 Kristina Groves
Christine Nesbitt
Brittany Schussler		 6 December 2009 Olympic Oval, Calgary [16]

On 9 November 2013, in the second 500 metres race in Calgary, Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea improved her own world record with a time of 36.74 seconds.[9] The next weekend, in Salt Lake City, Lee broke the record twice. First, on Friday, she lowered the record to 36.57 seconds.[17] On Saturday, she improved it another 21/100, to 36.36 seconds.[10] On Sunday, 17 November, also in Salt Lake City, Brittany Bowe broke the world record on 1000 metres with a time of 1:12.58.[18]

Men's standings

500 m
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Ronald Mulder782
2 Michel Mulder728
3 Jan Smeekens655

1000 m
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Shani Davis590
2 Denny Morrison344
3 Kjeld Nuis305

1500 m
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Koen Verweij440
2 Denis Yuskov430
3 Shani Davis401

5000 and 10000 m
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Jorrit Bergsma500
2 Patrick Beckert311
3 Sven Kramer300

Mass start
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's mass start
Rank Name Points
1 Bob de Vries220
2 Arjan Stroetinga175
3 Bart Swings170

Team pursuit
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit
Rank Country Points
1 Netherlands450
2 United States280
3 Norway270

Grand World Cup
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's Grand World Cup
Rank Name Points
1 Shani Davis95,5
2 Koen Verweij67,5
3 Jorrit Bergsma50

Women's standings

500 m
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Olga Fatkulina960
2 Heather Richardson915
3 Jenny Wolf803

1000 m
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Heather Richardson555
2 Brittany Bowe500
3 Olga Fatkulina352

1500 m
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Ireen Wüst530
2 Lotte van Beek430
3 Brittany Bowe389

3000 and 5000 m
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Martina Sáblíková550
2 Claudia Pechstein416
3 Yvonne Nauta326

Mass start
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's mass start
Rank Name Points
1 Francesca Lollobrigida200
2 Irene Schouten190
3 Janneke Ensing155

Team pursuit
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit
Rank Country Points
1 Netherlands450
2 Poland315
3 Japan285

Grand World Cup
Main article: 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's Grand World Cup
Rank Name Points
1 Heather Richardson108,25
2 Ireen Wüst99
3 Brittany Bowe82,5

References
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  14. "Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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  17. "Antoinette de Jong (NED) sets sub-four-minute Junior 3000m record". International Skating Union. 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
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