The 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, officially the Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2014, were held in Nagano, Japan, from 18 to 19 January 2014.

The defending champions were Michel Mulder of the Netherlands for men and Heather Richardson of the United States for women. In the men's championships, Mulder was able to retain his title. Shani Davis of the United States won the silver, and Daniel Greig of Australia won the bronze, thereby clinching his nation's first-ever medal at an international long-track speed skating competition. In the women's championships, Yu Jing of China re-claimed her title from 2012, while her compatriot Zhang Hong won the silver, and Richardson had to settle for the bronze medal.

Schedule The schedule of events:  Date   Events   Saturday, 18 January   14:00: 500 m women  14:44: 500 m men  15:35: 1000 m women  16:25: 1000 m men   Sunday, 19 January   14:30: 500 m women  15:21: 500 m men  16:12: 1000 m women  17:09: 1000 m men  All times are JST (UTC+9).

Rules All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 meters and one 1000 meters; 24 skaters may take part on the second 1000 meters. These 24 skaters are determined by the samalog standings after the three skated distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

Skaters among the top 24 on both lists are qualified. To make up a total of 24, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list.

World records

World records going into the championships.

Men Distance Time Holder Nat. Date Venue Reference 500 m 34.03 Jeremy Wotherspoon 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 1000 m 1:06.42 Shani Davis 7 March 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

Women Distance Time Holder Nat. Date Venue Reference 500 m 36.36 Lee Sang-hwa 17 November 2013 Olympic Oval, Calgary 1000 m 1:12.58 Brittany Bowe 17 November 2013 Olympic Oval, Calgary

Men's championships

Day 1

500 metres RankSkaterNat.PairLaneTimeNotesPoints 1 11 i 34.83 34.830 2 7 i 35.19 35.190 3 6 i 35.27 35.270 4 2 o 35.32 35.320 5 11 o 35.37 35.370 6 4 o 35.40 35.400 7 7 o 35.41 35.410 8 13 i 35.43 35.430 9 10 o 35.45 35.450 10 3 o 35.50 35.500 11 6 o 35.58 35.580 12 10 i 35.60 35.600 13 12 o 35.67 35.670 14 Lee Kyou-hyuk 8 i 35.68 35.680 15 5 i 35.73 35.730 16 4 i 35.84 35.840 13 o 35.84 35.840 18 Kim Tae-yun 5 o 35.90 35.900 9 i 35.90 35.900 20 12 i 36.00 36.000 21 2 i 36.35 36.350 9 o 36.35 36.350 23 3 i 36.43 36.430 24 1 o 36.55 36.550 25 1 i 36.73 36.730 26 8 o 36.78 36.780

1000 metres RankSkaterNat.PairLaneTimeNotesPoints 1 13 i 1:09.37 34.685 2 13 o 1:09.44 34.720 3 10 i 1:09.56 34.780 4 8 i 1:09.89 34.945 5 12 o 1:09.91 34.955 6 9 i 1:09.93 34.965 7 Kim Tae-yun 7 i 1:10.27 35.135 8 9 o 1:10.36 35.180 9 11 o 1:10.45 35.225 10 8 o 1:10.49 35.245 11 6 o 1:10.51 35.255 12 4 o 1:10.60 35.300 13 7 o 1:10.64 35.320 14 12 i 1:10.94 35.470 15 11 i 1:11.42 35.710 16 Lee Kyou-hyuk 10 o 1:11.44 35.720 17 4 i 1:11.51 35.755 18 6 i 1:11.54 35.770 19 2 i 1:11.92 35.960 20 5 o 1:12.00 36.000 21 5 i 1:12.02 36.010 22 2 o 1:12.39 36.195 23 3 o 1:12.42 36.210 24 3 i 1:12.48 36.240 25 1 o 1:12.79 36.395 26 1 i 1:14.07 37.035

Day 2

500 metres RankSkaterNat.PairLaneTimeNotesPoints 1 13 o 35.12 35.120 2 12 o 35.17 35.170 3 7 o 35.28 35.280 4 9 i 35.34 35.340 5 10 i 35.43 35.430 6 8 o 35.45 35.450 7 11 i 35.51 35.510 8 9 o 35.53 35.530 9 6 i 35.57 35.570 5 o 35.57 35.570 11 12 i 35.69 35.690 12 5 i 35.75 35.750 13 4 i 35.76 35.760 14 13 i 35.82 35.820 11 o 35.82 35.820 16 10 o 35.88 35.880 17 7 i 35.95 35.950 18 Kim Tae-yun 8 i 35.96 35.960 19 4 o 36.13 36.130 20 3 o 36.17 36.170 21 Lee Kyou-hyuk 6 o 36.21 36.210 22 3 i 36.25 36.250 2 i 36.25 36.250 24 1 i 36.36 36.360 25 2 o 36.59 36.590 26 1 o 36.62 36.620

Ranking after three events RankSkaterNat.500 m (1)1000 m500 m (2)Points 1 2 3 4

1000 metres RankSkaterNat.PairLaneTimeNotesPoints 1 9 i 1:08.96 34.480 2 9 o 1:09.54 34.770 3 12 i 1:09.96 34.980 4 10 o 1:09.99 34.995 5 11 i 1:10.35 35.175 6 11 o 1:10.59 35.295 7 7 i 1:10.61 35.305 8 12 o 1:10.78 35.390 9 5 i 1:10.83 35.415 10 5 o 1:10.85 35.425 11 Kim Tae-yun 6 o 1:10.87 35.435 12 6 i 1:10.88 35.440 13 10 i 1:11.06 35.530 14 8 i 1:11.10 35.550 15 2 o 1:11.60 35.800 16 3 o 1:11.71 35.855 17 7 o 1:11.78 35.890 4 i 1:11.78 35.890 19 4 o 1:12.08 36.040 20 2 i 1:12.17 36.085 21 3 i 1:12.19 36.095 22 8 o 1:12.74 36.370 23 1 i 1:13.05 36.525 24 1 o 1:15.07 37.535

Final ranking Rank Skater Nat. 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Points 34.83 (1) 1:09.91 (5) 35.12 (1) 1:09.96 (3) 139.885 35.58 (11) 1:09.44 (2) 35.82 (14) 1:08.96 (1) 140.600 35.19 (2) 1:10.36 (8) 35.17 (2) 1:10.35 (5) 140.715 35.73 (15) 1:09.37 (1) 35.82 (14) 1:09.54 (2) 141.005 35.90 (18) 1:09.56 (3) 35.53 (8) 1:09.99 (4) 141.205 35.67 (13) 1:09.93 (6) 35.43 (5) 1:10.59 (6) 141.360 35.37 (5) 1:09.89 (4) 35.69 (11) 1:10.78 (8) 141.395 35.60 (12) 1:10.49 (10) 35.45 (6) 1:10.61 (7) 141.600 35.45 (9) 1:10.64 (13) 35.34 (4) 1:11.06 (13) 141.640 10 35.32 (4) 1:10.60 (12) 35.51 (7) 1:11.10 (14) 141.680 11 35.27 (3) 1:10.45 (9) 35.88 (16) 1:10.88 (12) 141.815 12 Kim Tae-yun 35.90 (18) 1:10.27 (7) 35.96 (18) 1:10.87 (11) 142.430 13 35.84 (16) 1:10.51 (11) 35.95 (17) 1:10.83 (9) 142.460 14 36.00 (20) 1:10.94 (14) 35.57 (9) 1:10.85 (10) 142.465 15 35.40 (6) 1:11.51 (17) 35.57 (9) 1:11.78 (17) 142.615 16 35.43 (8) 1:11.92 (19) 35.28 (3) 1:12.74 (22) 143.040 17 35.41 (7) 1:12.02 (21) 35.75 (12) 1:12.08 (19) 143.210 18 35.50 (10) 1:12.79 (25) 35.76 (13) 1:11.78 (17) 143.545 19 36.35 (21) 1:11.54 (18) 36.25 (22) 1:11.71 (16) 144.225 20 35.84 (16) 1:12.39 (22) 36.13 (19) 1:12.19 (21) 144.260 21 36.35 (21) 1:12.00 (20) 36.17 (20) 1:12.17 (20) 144.605 22 36.73 (25) 1:11.42 (15) 36.59 (25) 1:11.60 (15) 144.830 23 36.78 (26) 1:12.42 (23) 36.25 (22) 1:13.05 (23) 145.765 24 36.43 (23) 1:12.48 (24) 36.62 (26) 1:15.07 (24) 146.825 25 Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.68 (14) 1:11.44 (16) 36.21 (21) 26 36.55 (24) 1:14.07 (26) 36.36 (24)

Women's championships

Day 1

500 metres RankSkaterNat.PairLaneTimeNotesPoints 1 Yu Jing 9 i 37.67 37.670 2 12 i 38.00 38.000 3 10 i 38.04 38.040 4 12 o 38.06 38.060 5 Zhang Hong 11 i 38.11 38.110 6 8 o 38.29 38.290 7 9 o 38.46 38.460 8 11 o 38.48 38.480 9 7 o 38.60 38.600 10 6 o 38.77 38.770 11 10 o 38.91 38.910 12 5 o 38.98 38.980 13 6 i 39.01 39.010 14 Kim Hyun-yung 5 i 39.05 39.050 15 8 i 39.08 39.080 16 2 o 39.23 39.230 17 Li Dan 3 i 39.27 39.270 18 Park Seung-ju 2 i 39.34 39.340 19 7 i 39.39 39.390 20 1 o 39.52 39.520 21 4 i 39.74 39.740 22 4 o 40.12 40.120 23 1 i 40.24 40.240 24 3 o 40.40 40.400

1000 metres RankSkaterNat.PairLaneTimeNotesPoints 1 Zhang Hong 12 i 1:15.17 37.585 2 10 o 1:15.31 37.655 3 Yu Jing 9 i 1:15.61 37.805 4 11 i 1:15.86 37.930 5 12 o 1:16.42 38.210 6 7 i 1:16.45 38.225 7 11 o 1:16.98 38.490 8 10 i 1:17.22 38.610 9 6 o 1:17.43 38.715 10 5 i 1:17.45 38.725 11 Kim Hyun-yung 9 o 1:18.19 39.095 12 6 i 1:18.50 39.250 13 4 i 1:18.77 39.385 14 7 o 1:18.97 39.485 15 Park Seung-ju 2 o 1:19.29 39.645 16 5 o 1:19.37 39.685 17 8 o 1:19.62 39.810 18 8 i 1:19.70 39.850 19 1 o 1:20.06 40.030 20 4 o 1:20.13 40.065 21 3 i 1:20.26 40.130 22 Li Dan 2 i 1:21.12 40.560 23 3 o 1:22.02 41.010 24 1 i 1:22.18 41.090

Day 2

500 metres RankSkaterNat.PairLaneTimeNotesPoints 1 Yu Jing 12 o 37.72 37.720 2 11 o 38.15 38.150 3 9 o 38.18 38.180 4 Zhang Hong 10 o 38.29 38.290 5 12 i 38.33 38.330 6 11 i 38.59 38.590 7 10 i 38.68 38.680 8 7 i 38.72 38.720 9 9 i 38.75 38.750 10 5 i 38.81 38.810 11 Kim Hyun-yung 7 o 38.93 38.930 12 4 i 38.95 38.950 13 6 o 39.02 39.020 14 8 o 39.03 39.030 15 6 i 39.22 39.220 16 4 o 39.28 39.280 17 8 i 39.31 39.310 18 Park Seung-ju 5 o 39.36 39.360 19 Li Dan 2 o 39.63 39.630 20 3 o 39.70 39.700 21 3 i 39.85 39.850 22 1 o 40.04 40.040 23 1 i 40.09 40.090 24 2 i 40.67 40.670

Ranking after three events RankSkaterNat.500 m (1)1000 m500 m (2)Points 1 2 3 4

1000 metres RankSkaterNat.PairLaneTimeNotesPoints 1 10 o 1:15.28 37.640 2 Zhang Hong 11 o 1:15.44 37.720 3 12 i 1:16.12 38.060 4 Yu Jing 12 o 1:16.16 38.080 5 10 i 1:16.60 38.300 6 11 i 1:16.95 38.475 7 9 o 1:17.01 38.505 8 7 o 1:17.15 38.575 9 8 o 1:17.70 38.850 10 9 i 1:18.15 39.075 11 6 o 1:18.59 39.295 12 Kim Hyun-yung 8 i 1:18.61 39.305 13 5 o 1:18.62 39.310 14 Park Seung-ju 4 i 1:19.04 39.520 15 7 i 1:19.45 39.725 16 6 i 1:19.46 39.730 17 2 i 1:19.49 39.745 18 4 o 1:19.97 39.985 19 3 i 1:20.02 40.010 20 5 i 1:20.14 40.070 21 2 o 1:21.35 40.675 22 1 i 1:21.37 40.685 23 Li Dan 3 o 1:21.97 40.985 24 1 o 1:22.36 41.180

Final ranking Rank Skater Nat. 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Points Yu Jing 37.67 (1) 1:15.61 (3) 37.72 (1) 1:16.16 (4) 151.275 Zhang Hong 38.11 (5) 1:15.17 (1) 38.29 (4) 1:15.44 (2) 151.705 38.04 (3) 1:15.86 (4) 38.18 (3) 1:15.28 (1) 151.790 38.00 (2) 1:15.31 (2) 38.15 (2) 1:16.12 (3) 151.865 38.06 (4) 1:17.22 (8) 38.33 (5) 1:17.01 (7) 153.505 38.29 (6) 1:16.98 (7) 38.68 (7) 1:16.95 (6) 153.935 38.46 (7) 1:16.45 (6) 38.59 (6) 1:17.70 (9) 154.125 38.48 (8) 1:17.45 (10) 38.75 (9) 1:17.15 (8) 154.530 39.08 (15) 1:16.42 (5) 39.03 (14) 1:16.60 (5) 154.620 10 38.60 (9) 1:18.50 (12) 38.72 (8) 1:18.59 (11) 155.865 11 38.77 (10) 1:17.43 (9) 39.31 (17) 1:18.15 (10) 155.870 12 Kim Hyun-yung 39.05 (14) 1:18.19 (11) 38.93 (11) 1:18.61 (12) 156.380 13 38.91 (11) 1:19.70 (18) 38.81 (10) 1:18.62 (13) 156.880 14 38.98 (12) 1:18.97 (14) 39.22 (15) 1:19.45 (15) 157.410 15 39.01 (13) 1:19.62 (17) 39.02 (13) 1:19.46 (16) 157.570 16 Park Seung-ju 39.34 (18) 1:19.29 (15) 39.36 (18) 1:19.04 (14) 157.865 17 39.23 (16) 1:20.13 (20) 38.95 (12) 1:20.14 (20) 158.315 18 39.39 (19) 1:19.37 (16) 39.28 (16) 1:20.02 (19) 158.365 19 39.74 (21) 1:18.77 (13) 39.70 (20) 1:19.97 (18) 158.810 20 39.52 (20) 1:20.26 (21) 39.85 (21) 1:21.35 (21) 160.175 21 Li Dan 39.27 (17) 1:21.12 (22) 39.63 (19) 1:21.97 (23) 160.445 22 40.40 (24) 1:20.06 (19) 40.67 (24) 1:19.49 (17) 160.845 23 40.24 (23) 1:22.02 (23) 40.04 (22) 1:21.37 (22) 161.975 24 40.12 (22) 1:22.18 (24) 40.09 (23) 1:22.36 (24) 162.480

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