The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 3, arranged in Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, in Berlin, Germany, were held on the weekend of 5–7 December 2014.
Race one was won by Artur Waś of Poland, while Laurent Dubreuil of Canada came second, and Michel Mulder of the Netherlands came third. Mirko Giacomo Nenzi of Italy won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two. Christian Oberbichler of Switzerland set a new national record with a time of 36.15.
In race two, Waś won again, while Espen Aarnes Hvammen of Norway came second, and Dubreuil had to settle for third. Xie Jiaxuan of China won Division B of race two.
Race 1 Race one took place on Friday, 5 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 13:37, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 17:29.
Division A Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points 1 o 35.01 100 50 8 i 35.09 80 40 1 i 35.12 70 35 6 i 35.13 60 30 8 o 35.17 50 25 4 o 35.23 45 — Mo Tae-bum 9 o 35.26 40 6 o 35.28 36 Kim Jun-ho 5 o 35.32 32 10 7 i 35.34 28 11 5 i 35.40 24 12 3 o 35.43 21 13 7 o 35.45 18 14 10 o 35.50 16 15 2 o 35.52 14 16 2 i 35.58 12 17 9 i 35.63 10 18 3 i 35.65 8 19 4 i 35.98 6 20 10 i
Division B Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points 1 16 o 35.40 25 2 12 o 35.44 19 3 6 o 35.49 15 4 Lee Kang-seok 17 o 35.56 11 5 7 o 35.63 8 6 Mu Zhongsheng 15 i 35.64 6 7 17 i 35.68 4 8 14 o 35.75 2 9 15 o 35.76 1 10 Xie Jiaxuan 12 i 35.77 — 11 Wang Nan 13 o 35.81 12 14 i 35.879 10 i 35.879 14 10 o 35.882 15 16 i 35.887 16 11 o 35.91 17 5 i 35.96 18 4 i 36.07 19 11 i 36.10 20 9 i 36.11 21 6 i 36.13 22 2 i 36.15 NR 23 5 o 36.17 24 13 i 36.22 25 4 o 36.27 26 8 i 36.42 27 8 o 36.58 28 1 i 36.60 29 9 o 36.611 30 2 o 36.615 31 3 i 36.83 32 3 o 37.00 33 7 i 37.01 Notes: NR = national record.
Race 2 Race two took place on Sunday, 7 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 09:18, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:59.
Division A Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points 10 i 35.04 100 50 7 o 35.06 80 40 10 o 35.09 70 35 6 o 35.10 60 30 Mo Tae-bum 7 i 35.12 50 25 2 o 35.13 45 — 9 o 35.21 40 9 i 35.22 36 Kim Jun-ho 5 i 35.23 32 10 2 i 35.27 28 11 3 i 35.29 24 12 4 i 35.35 21 13 3 o 35.38 18 14 6 i 35.39 16 15 8 o 35.41 14 16 8 i 35.42 12 17 5 o 35.44 10 18 4 o 35.60 8 19 1 i 35.83 6
Division B Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points 1 Xie Jiaxuan 12 o 35.55 25 2 13 o 35.58 19 3 Mu Zhongsheng 14 o 35.64 15 4 14 i 35.66 11 5 Wang Nan 9 i 35.69 8 6 10 i 35.70 6 7 8 i 35.83 4 8 12 i 35.84 2 9 11 i 35.85 1 10 Lee Kang-seok 13 i 35.88 — 11 9 o 35.97 12 3 o 36.11 13 8 o 36.16 14 7 o 36.19 15 11 o 36.26 16 6 o 36.31 17 2 i 36.320 18 4 o 36.326 19 6 i 36.35 20 2 o 36.39 21 5 i 36.56 22 7 i 36.58 23 5 o 36.69 24 4 i 36.83 25 3 i 37.14 26 1 o 37.24 27 1 i 37.28 28 10 o 53.51
References