2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres explained

The 3000 and 5000 meters distances for women in the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of six World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 8–10 November 2013, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 14–16 March 2014.^[1] Five of the races were over 3000 metres, and one race was over 5000 metres.^[1]

On the first competition weekend in Calgary, Antoinette de Jong of the Netherlands improved the 3000 metres world record for juniors with a time of 4:00.56.^[2] The next weekend, in Salt Lake City, she improved it again, this time with a time of 3:59.49, becoming the first junior to achieve a time under four minutes for the distance,^[3] a result that was good enough for a bronze medal.

Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Claudia Pechstein of Germany repeated her second place, and Yvonne Nauta of the Netherlands came third.

Top three

Position	Points	Previous season
1	550	1st
2	416	2nd
3	326	–

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Distance	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	8 November	3000 metres	Claudia Pechstein	3:59.04	Martina Sáblíková	3:59.39	Ireen Wüst	3:59.68	^[4]
2	,	15 November	3000 metres	Martina Sáblíková	3:57.79	Claudia Pechstein	3:57.80	Antoinette de Jong	3:59.49	^[5]
3	Astana, Kazakhstan	29 November	5000 metres	Martina Sáblíková	6:59.88	Claudia Pechstein	7:01.10	Yvonne Nauta	7:04.64	^[6]
4	Berlin, Germany	6 December	3000 metres	Martina Sáblíková	4:02.25	Claudia Pechstein	4:02.96	Ireen Wüst	4:03.50	^[7]
5	Inzell, Germany	8 March	3000 metres	Ireen Wüst	4:01.52	Martina Sáblíková	4:04.00	Yvonne Nauta	4:04.44	^[8]
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	15 March	3000 metres	Annouk van der Weijden	4:02.22	Yvonne Nauta	4:03.36	Olga Graf	4:03.79	^[9]

Standings

Standings as of 15 March 2014 (end of the season).^[10]

	Name	SLC	AST	BER	INZ	HVN	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	90	550
2	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	40	36	416
3	align=left	45	21	bgcolor=cc9966	70		bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	120	326
4	align=left	21	18	40	30	60	bgcolor=cc9966	105	274
5	align=left	50	60		45	50	40	245
6	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100		240
7	align=left	35	40	35	60	35	32	237
8	align=left	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70		50		45	225
9	align=left		19	23		32	bgcolor=gold	150	224
10	align=left	40	45	30	40	45	21	221
11	align=left	30	50		35		75	190
12	align=left	27	25	60	16	30	24	182
13	align=left	23	35	45	25	10	14	152
14	align=left	32	30	18	18	21	28	147
15	align=left	25	16	50	14	12	18	135
16	align=left	9	32	25	10	16	12	104
17	align=left	7	27	4	12	25	16	91
18	align=left	15	27	21	21			84
19	align=left	6	9		27	14		56
20	align=left	10		3	23	18		54
21	align=left		7	6	19	19		51
22	align=left	5	15		4	23		47
23	align=left	4	11	5	11	15		46
24	align=left	14	4			27		45
25	align=left	16	14		15			45
26	align=left	18	12	11				41
27	align=left	12	5	15	3	6		41
28	align=left			32				32
28	align=left				32			32
30	align=left	19	10		2			31
31	align=left	3		7	9	11		30
32	align=left			27				27
33	align=left			19				19
34	align=left	11	6		1			18
35	align=left			9		3		12
36	align=left				5	7		12
37	align=left					9		9
38	align=left				7			7
39	align=left	1			6			7
40	align=left					5		5
41	align=left					4		4
42	align=left		3	1				4
43	align=left	2	2					4
44	align=left			2				2
44	align=left					2		2
46	align=left					1		1
46	align=left		1					1

Notes and References

Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2013/14 . International Skating Union . PDF . 29 July 2013 . 6 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120333/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=4581 . 2014-05-17 . dead .
Web site: Koen Verweij (NED) takes gold in the 1500 m Men . International Skating Union . 8 November 2013 . 5 January 2014 .
Web site: Antoinette de Jong (NED) sets sub-four-minute Junior 3000m record . International Skating Union . 15 November 2013 . 3 January 2014 .
Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 3000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 8 2013 7:15PM . International Skating Union . 8 November 2013 . 9 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109013630/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/calgary/r115.htm . 2013-11-09 . dead .
Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Salt Lake City – November 15-17, 2013 – Result 3000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 15 2013 4:18PM . International Skating Union . 15 November 2013 . 15 November 2013 .
Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – November 30, December 1-2, 2013 – Result 5000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 29 2013 7:38PM . International Skating Union . 29 November 2013 . 29 November 2013 .
Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 3000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 6 2013 4:46PM . International Skating Union . 6 December 2013 . 6 December 2013 .
Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Inzell – March 7-9, 2014 – Result 3000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Mar 8 2014 3:30PM . International Skating Union . 8 March 2014 . 8 March 2014 .
Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – March 14-15, 2014 – Result 5000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Mar 15 2014 5:19PM . International Skating Union . 15 March 2014 . 26 May 2014 .
Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 3000m – Rankings 3000m Women – Rankings as of Mar 15 2014 5:19PM . International Skating Union . 15 March 2014 . 26 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221114731/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_3000.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .