2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 explained

The fourth competition weekend of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany, from Friday, 6 December, until Sunday, 8 December 2013.^[1]

There were no new world records this weekend, but the Dutch women's team, comprised by Marrit Leenstra, Jorien ter Mors and Ireen Wüst, set a new low-altitude team pursuit record of 2:58.19, as they skated the fastest time recorded on any rink outside Calgary and Salt Lake City.^[2]

Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:^[3]

Date	Session	Events	Comment
Friday, 6 December	Morning	09:50: 500 m women (1)   10:44: 500 m men (1)   11:38: 3000 m women   12:52: 1500 m men	Division B
	Afternoon	14:50: 500 m men (1)   15:15: 500 m women (1)   16:00: 3000 m women   17:04: 1500 m men	Division A
Saturday, 7 December	Morning	09:00: 500 m women (2)   09:54: 1000 m men   10:00: 1500 m women	Division B
	Afternoon	13:00: 500 m women (2)   13:41: 1000 m men   14:29: 1500 m women	Division A
		15:30: Team pursuit men
Sunday, 8 December	Morning	09:10: 500 m men (2)   10:03: 1000 m women   11:07: 5000 m men	Division B
	Afternoon	13:50: 500 m men (2)   14:32: 1000 m women   15:14: 5000 m men	Division A
		16:48: Team pursuit women

All times are CET (UTC+1).

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Michel Mulder	34.80	Mo Tae-bum	34.89	Keiichiro Nagashima	35.01	^[4]
2	Mo Tae-bum	34.876	Joji Kato	34.878	Michel Mulder	34.95	^[5]
1000 m		Mo Tae-bum	1:09.50	Michel Mulder	1:09.52	Shani Davis	1:09.59	^[6]
1500 m		Joey Mantia	1:45.80	Zbigniew Bródka	1:45.83	Denis Yuskov	1:46.14	^[7]
5000 m		Jorrit Bergsma	6:14.82	Jan Blokhuijsen	6:15.66	Lee Seung-hoon	6:16.12	^[8]
Team pursuit		Douwe de Vries Jan Blokhuijsen Jorrit Bergsma	3:41.46	Lee Seung-hoon Kim Cheol-min Joo Hyong-jun	3:41.92	Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański	3:43.81	^[9] ^[10]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Lee Sang-hwa	37.36	Olga Fatkulina	37.71	Wang Beixing	37.79	^[11]
2	Olga Fatkulina	37.92	Wang Beixing	37.96	Heather Richardson	38.00	^[12]
1000 m		Heather Richardson	1:14.51	Brittany Bowe	1:15.42	Olga Fatkulina	1:15.49	^[13]
1500 m		Ireen Wüst	1:55.33	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	1:55.93	Lotte van Beek	1:56.28	^[14]
3000 m		Martina Sáblíková	4:02.25	Claudia Pechstein	4:02.96	Ireen Wüst	4:03.50	^[15]
Team pursuit		Ireen Wüst Jorien ter Mors Marrit Leenstra	2:58.19	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Luiza Złotkowska Natalia Czerwonka	3:01.18	Noh Seon-yeong Kim Bo-reum Yang Shin-young	3:02.04	^[16] ^[17]

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^[18]

	Name	Nat.	CAL1	CAL2	SLC1	SLC2	AST1	AST2	BER1	BER2	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	5	bgcolor=cc9966	70	32	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	527
2	align=left			60	32	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	21	45	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	458
3	align=left			19	4	16	bgcolor=gold	100	45	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	414
4	align=left			10	40	bgcolor=gold	100	21	50	60	45	bgcolor=silver	80	406
5	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	24	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	32			376
6	align=left			50	14	36	14	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	32	366
7	align=left			25	bgcolor=gold	100	50	8	45	50	36	40	354
8	align=left			45	45	18	28	36	40	40	50	302
9	align=left			32	18	28	10	bgcolor=silver	80	36	60	36	300
10	align=left			36	50	60	40	28	14	21	24	273

1000 m^[19]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	BER	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	370
2	align=left			32	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	232
3	align=left			60	36	45	50	191
4	align=left			45		28	bgcolor=gold	100	173
5	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80			160
6	align=left			24	60	60	5	149
7	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70			140
8	align=left			19	14	bgcolor=silver	80	24	137
9	align=left			50	32	36		118
10	align=left			2	19	32	60	113

1500 m^[20]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	BER	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	50	36	266
2	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80		250
3	align=left			14	60	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	244
4	align=left			36	45	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	231
5	align=left			45	28	60	60	193
6	align=left			40	32	28	40	140
7	align=left			32	14	45	45	136
8	align=left			6		25	bgcolor=gold	100	131
9	align=left			15	21	40	50	126
10	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	40			110

5000/10000 m^[21]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	BER	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100		300
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70		bgcolor=gold	100	250
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	40	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	230
4	align=left			25	25	60	60	170
5	align=left			27	30	bgcolor=silver	80	25	162
6	align=left			32	50	45	35	162
7	align=left			60	bgcolor=silver	80		21	161
8	align=left			30	21	bgcolor=cc9966	70	30	151
9	align=left			35	45	25	40	145
10	align=left			45	18		bgcolor=silver	80	143

Team pursuit^[22]

	Country	CAL	SLC	BER	Total
1	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	300
2	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	220
3	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	30	190
4	align=left		45	60	60	165
5	align=left		50	25	bgcolor=cc9966	70	145

Grand World Cup^[23]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	BER	Total
1	align=left			18	20	15	7	60
2	align=left			6.5	8	7	16.5	38
3	align=left			20	7	8		35
4	align=left			8	3.5	4	19	34.5
5	align=left			10	10	10		30
6	align=left			8	7		10	25
7	align=left			15	8			23
	align=left				6	10	7	23
9	align=left			7	15			22
10	align=left			7		5	7	19

Women's cups

500 m^[24]

	Name	Nat.	CAL1	CAL2	SLC1	SLC2	AST1	AST2	BER1	BER2	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100		700
2	align=left			45	45	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	510
3	align=left			50	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	60	50	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	490
4	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	60	28	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	5	60	473
5	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	60			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	430
6	align=left			60	36	40	21	bgcolor=cc9966	70		50	45	322
7	align=left			40	60	45	45			36	36	262
8	align=left			10	18	14	16	45	60	45	50	258
9	align=left			32	28	36	32	28	24	40		220
10	align=left			28	24	12	12	32	45	28	28	209

1000 m^[25]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	BER	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	380
2	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	330
3	align=left			50	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	250
4	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	32		60	172
5	align=left			60		50	45	155
6	align=left			45	50		36	131
7	align=left			24	40	28	32	124
8	align=left			40	bgcolor=cc9966	70			110
9	align=left			36	36		24	96
10	align=left			16	18	40	21	95

1500 m^[26]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	BER	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100		bgcolor=gold	100	280
2	align=left			19	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	45	244
3	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	60		bgcolor=cc9966	70	230
4	align=left			32	50	bgcolor=silver	80	16	178
5	align=left			24	45	12	bgcolor=silver	80	161
6	align=left			45	36	32	36	149
7	align=left			36	24	45	32	137
8	align=left			50	40		40	130
9	align=left			8	19	bgcolor=cc9966	70	24	121
10	align=left			60			60	120

3000/5000 m^[27]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	BER	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	380
2	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	340
3	align=left			60	bgcolor=cc9966	70		50	180
4	align=left			35	40	35	60	170
5	align=left			50	60		45	155
6	align=left			40	45	30	40	155
7	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70			bgcolor=cc9966	70	140
8	align=left			45	21	bgcolor=cc9966	70		136
9	align=left			27	25	60	16	128
10	align=left			23	35	45	25	128

Team pursuit^[28]

	Country	CAL	SLC	BER	Total
1	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	300
2	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	45	bgcolor=silver	80	195
3	align=left		60	bgcolor=silver	80	50	190
4	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	60	40	180
5	align=left		50	40	bgcolor=cc9966	70	160

Grand World Cup^[29]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	SLC	AST	BER	Total
1	align=left			15	22.5	15.5	16.5	69.5
2	align=left			7	18	18	8	51
3	align=left			15	17		17	49
4	align=left			5	12	13	16	46
	align=left			16	10	15	5	46
6	align=left			15	10	10	10	45
7	align=left			18	6		13	37
8	align=left			10	8	8	8	34
9	align=left			8	3	8	3	22
10	align=left			7	7		7.5	21.5

Notes and References

1. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Announcement . International Skating Union . PDF . 12 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014083744/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=4797 . 14 October 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: Heather Richardson (USA) smashes 1000m track record . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 3 January 2014 .
3. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin . International Skating Union . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131206090617/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/berlin/ . 6 December 2013 . dead .
4. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 6 2013 3:12PM . International Skating Union . 6 December 2013 . 6 December 2013 .
5. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 8 2013 2:27PM . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 8 December 2013 .
6. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 1000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 7 2013 2:10PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 .
7. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 6 2013 5:37PM . International Skating Union . 6 December 2013 . 6 December 2013 .
8. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 5000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 8 2013 4:18PM . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 8 December 2013 .
9. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Draw Team Pursuit Men – Draw as of Dec 7 2013 4:37PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 .
10. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result Team Pursuit Men – Rankings as of Dec 7 2013 4:36PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 .
11. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 6 2013 3:47PM . International Skating Union . 6 December 2013 . 6 December 2013 .
12. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 7 2013 1:34PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 .
13. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 8 2013 2:58PM . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 8 December 2013 .
14. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 7 2013 3:06PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 .
15. 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 .
16. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Draw Team Pursuit Ladies – Draw as of Dec 8 2013 5:11PM . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 8 December 2013 .
17. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Berlin – December 6-8, 2013 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 8 2013 5:18PM . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 8 December 2013 .
18. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 500m – Rankings 500m Men – Rankings as of Dec 8 2013 5:18PM . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 8 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306231600/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_500.htm . 6 March 2014 . dead .
19. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 1000m – Rankings 1000m Men – Rankings as of Dec 7 2013 2:10PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221073239/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_1000.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
20. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 1500m – Rankings 1500m Men – Rankings as of Dec 6 2013 5:43PM . International Skating Union . 6 December 2013 . 6 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223112721/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_1500.htm . 23 February 2014 . dead .
21. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 5000m – Rankings 5000m Men – Rankings as of Dec 8 2013 5:18PM . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 9 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407133415/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_5000.htm . 7 April 2014 . dead .
22. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – Rankings Team Pursuit Men – Rankings as of Dec 7 2013 4:43PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407133733/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_6000.htm . 7 April 2014 . dead .
23. Web site: Grand World Cup 2013-2014 – Overall Standings Men . International Skating Union . PDF . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407222024/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/men.pdf . 7 April 2014 . dead .
24. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 500m – Rankings 500m Women – Rankings as of Dec 7 2013 1:34PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204857/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_500.htm . 22 February 2014 . dead .
25. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 1000m – Rankings 1000m Women – Rankings as of Dec 8 2013 5:18PM . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 9 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222235958/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_1000.htm . 2014-02-22 . dead .
26. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 1500m – Rankings 1500m Women – Rankings as of Dec 7 2013 4:43PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2013 . 7 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219074551/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_1500.htm . 19 February 2014 . dead .
27. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 3000m – Rankings 3000m Women – Rankings as of Dec 6 2013 4:46PM . International Skating Union . 6 December 2013 . 6 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221114731/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_3000.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
28. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – Rankings Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 8 2013 5:18PM . International Skating Union . 8 December 2013 . 9 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221115825/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_4400.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
29. Web site: Grand World Cup 2013-2014 – Overall Standings Ladies . International Skating Union . PDF . 16 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407131944/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/ladies.pdf . 7 April 2014 . dead .