2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 explained

The first competition weekend of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from Friday, 8 November, until Sunday, 10 November 2013.^[1]

Two new world records were set during the weekend. On Saturday, Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea improved her own world record on 500 metres with a time of 36.74 seconds.^[2] A couple of hours later, the Dutch men's team – comprised by Koen Verweij, Jan Blokhuijsen and Sven Kramer – improved the team pursuit world record to 3:37.17.^[2]

There were also two world records for juniors; in the women's 3000 metres race on Friday, Antoinette de Jong of the Netherlands set a new world records for girls with a time of 4:00.56,^[3] and on Sunday, Kim Hyun-yung of South Korea did the same in the 1000 metres distance, with a time of 1:15.18.^[4]

Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:^[5]

Date	Session	Events	Comment
Friday, 8 November	Morning	11:00: 500 m women (1)   11:25: 500 m men (1)   12:09: 3000 m women   13:13: 1500 m men	Division A
	Afternoon	14:55: 500 m men (1)   15:49: 500 m women (1)   16:39: 1500 m men   17:51: 3000 m women	Division B
Saturday, 9 November	Morning	11:00: 500 m women (2)   11:30: 1000 m men   12:19: 1500 m women	Division A
		13:17: Team pursuit men
	Afternoon	15:30: 500 m women (2)   16:18: 1000 m men   17:26: 1500 m women	Division B
Sunday, 10 November	Morning	11:00: 500 m men (2)   11:30: 1000 m women   12:20: 5000 m men	Division A
		13:52: Team pursuit women
	Afternoon	15:20: 500 m men (2)   16:26: 1000 m women   17:25: 5000 m men	Division B

All times are MST (UTC−7).

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Ronald Mulder	34.41	Mo Tae-bum	34.523	Jamie Gregg	34.526	[6]
2	Tucker Fredricks	34.46	Mo Tae-bum	34.47	Jamie Gregg Ronald Mulder	34.529	[7]
1000 m		Shani Davis	1:07.46	Kjeld Nuis	1:07.57	Brian Hansen	1:07.64	[8]
1500 m		Koen Verweij	1:42.78	Shani Davis	1:43.11	Kjeld Nuis	1:43.75	[9]
5000 m		Sven Kramer	6:04.46	Jorrit Bergsma	6:06.93	Lee Seung-hoon	6:07.04	[10]
Team pursuit		Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer	3:37.17 WR	Brian Hansen Jonathan Kuck Trevor Marsicano	3:38.66	Lee Seung-hoon Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min	3:40.53	[11] [12]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Lee Sang-hwa	36.91	Jenny Wolf	37.14	Wang Beixing	37.40	[13]
2	Lee Sang-hwa	36.74 WR	Jenny Wolf	37.18	Wang Beixing	37.30	[14]
1000 m		Heather Richardson	1:13.23	Lotte van Beek	1:13.36	Brittany Bowe	1:13.70	[15]
1500 m		Lotte van Beek	1:52.95	Ireen Wüst	1:53.30	Martina Sáblíková	1:54.44	[16]
3000 m		Claudia Pechstein	3:59.04	Martina Sáblíková	3:59.39	Ireen Wüst	3:59.68	[17]
Team pursuit		Ireen Wüst Lotte van Beek Linda de Vries	2:57.82	Nana Takagi Maki Tabata Ayaka Kikuchi	2:58.53	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Luiza Złotkowska Katarzyna Woźniak	2:59.42	[18] [19]

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^[20]

	Name	Nat.	CAL1	CAL2	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	170
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	160
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	140
4	align=left			25	bgcolor=gold	100	125
5	align=left			60	32	92
6	align=left			45	45	90
7	align=left			36	50	86
8	align=left			40	40	80
9	align=left			50	14	64
10	align=left			24	28	52

1000 m^[21]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	100
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	80
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	70
4	align=left			60	60
5	align=left			50	50
6	align=left			45	45
7	align=left			40	40
8	align=left			36	36
9	align=left			32	32
10	align=left			28	28

1500 m^[22]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	100
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	80
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	70
4	align=left			60	60
5	align=left			50	50
6	align=left			45	45
7	align=left			40	40
8	align=left			36	36
9	align=left			32	32
10	align=left			28	28

5000/10000 m^[23]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	100
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	80
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	70
4	align=left			60	60
5	align=left			50	50
6	align=left			45	45
7	align=left			40	40
8	align=left			35	35
9	align=left			32	32
10	align=left			30	30

Team pursuit^[24]

	Country	CAL	Total
1	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	100
2	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	80
3	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	70
4	align=left		60	60
5	align=left		50	50

Grand World Cup^[25]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	align=left			20	20
2	align=left			18	18
3	align=left			15	15
4	align=left			10	10
5	align=left			8.5	8.5
6	align=left			8	8
	align=left			8	8
8	align=left			7	7
	align=left			7	7
	align=left			7	7

Women's cups

500 m^[26]

	Name	Nat.	CAL1	CAL2	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	200
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	160
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	140
4	align=left			40	60	100
5	align=left			50	50	100
6	align=left			60	36	96
7	align=left			45	45	90
8	align=left			36	32	68
9	align=left			24	40	64
10	align=left			32	28	60

1000 m^[27]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	100
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	80
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	70
4	align=left			60	60
5	align=left			50	50
6	align=left			45	45
7	align=left			40	40
8	align=left			36	36
9	align=left			32	32
10	align=left			28	28

1500 m^[28]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	100
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	80
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	70
4	align=left			60	60
5	align=left			50	50
6	align=left			45	45
7	align=left			40	40
8	align=left			36	36
9	align=left			32	32
10	align=left			28	28

3000/5000 m^[29]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	100
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	80
3	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	70
4	align=left			60	60
5	align=left			50	50
6	align=left			45	45
7	align=left			40	40
8	align=left			35	35
9	align=left			32	32
10	align=left			30	30

Team pursuit^[30]

	Country	CAL	Total
1	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	100
2	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	80
3	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	70
4	align=left		60	60
5	align=left		50	50

Grand World Cup^[31]

	Name	Nat.	CAL	Total
1	align=left			18	18
2	align=left			16	16
3	align=left			15	15
	align=left			15	15
	align=left			15	15
6	align=left			10	10
7	align=left			8	8
8	align=left			7	7
	align=left			7	7
10	align=left			6	6
	align=left			6	6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Announcement . International Skating Union . PDF . 18 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053412/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=4694 . 21 September 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) sets world record in 500m . International Skating Union . 9 November 2013 . 3 January 2014 .
3. Web site: Koen Verweij (NED) takes gold in the 1500 m Men . International Skating Union . 8 November 2013 . 5 January 2014 .
4. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Girls . SpeedSkatingStats.com . 9 January 2014 .
5. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary . International Skating Union . 14 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131111163943/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/calgary/ . 11 November 2013 . dead .
6. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 8 2013 7:15PM . International Skating Union . 8 November 2013 . 9 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109015843/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/calgary/r101.htm . 2013-11-09 . dead .
7. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 11:37AM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 10 November 2013 .
8. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 1000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 9 2013 12:26PM . International Skating Union . 9 November 2013 . 9 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171227153237/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/calgary/r103.htm . 2017-12-27 . dead .
9. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 8 2013 7:15PM . International Skating Union . 8 November 2013 . 9 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109013358/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/calgary/r104.htm . 2013-11-09 . dead .
10. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 5000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 1:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 10 November 2013 .
11. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Draw Team Pursuit Men – Draw as of Nov 9 2013 2:44PM . International Skating Union . 9 November 2013 . 9 November 2013 .
12. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result Team Pursuit Men – Rankings as of Nov 9 2013 2:36PM . International Skating Union . 9 November 2013 . 9 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109222002/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/calgary/r106.htm . 2013-11-09 . dead .
13. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 500m 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/20131109013347/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/calgary/r111.htm . 2013-11-09 . dead .
14. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 9 2013 11:21AM . International Skating Union . 9 November 2013 . 9 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109201238/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/calgary/r112.htm . 2013-11-09 . dead .
15. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 1000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 12:15PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 10 November 2013 .
16. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 9 2013 1:25PM . International Skating Union . 9 November 2013 . 9 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131109214754/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/calgary/r114.htm . 2013-11-09 . dead .
17. 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 .
18. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Draw Team Pursuit Ladies – Draw as of Nov 10 2013 2:24PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 10 November 2013 .
19. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – November 8-10, 2013 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 3:02PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 10 November 2013 .
20. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 500m – Rankings 500m Men – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306231600/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_500.htm . 6 March 2014 . dead .
21. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 1000m – Rankings 1000m Men – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221073239/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_1000.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
22. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 1500m – Rankings 1500m Men – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223112721/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_1500.htm . 23 February 2014 . dead .
23. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Men 5000m – Rankings 5000m Men – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407133415/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_5000.htm . 7 April 2014 . dead .
24. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – Rankings Team Pursuit Men – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407133733/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc1_6000.htm . 7 April 2014 . dead .
25. Web site: Grand World Cup 2013-2014 – Overall Standings Men . International Skating Union . PDF . 10 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407222024/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/men.pdf . 7 April 2014 . dead .
26. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 500m – Rankings 500m Women – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204857/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_500.htm . 22 February 2014 . dead .
27. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 1000m – Rankings 1000m Women – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222235958/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_1000.htm . 2014-02-22 . dead .
28. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 1500m – Rankings 1500m Women – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219074551/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_1500.htm . 19 February 2014 . dead .
29. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – World Cup Women 3000m – Rankings 3000m Women – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221114731/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_3000.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
30. Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2013/2014 – Rankings Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Nov 10 2013 7:28PM . International Skating Union . 10 November 2013 . 11 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221115825/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/wc2_4400.htm . 21 February 2014 . dead .
31. Web site: Grand World Cup 2013-2014 – Overall Standings Ladies . International Skating Union . PDF . 10 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407131944/http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/worldcup/ladies.pdf . 7 April 2014 . dead .