World speed skating championship 2014

The venue: the Thialf Arena

The 108th all- around world championship (72nd for women) took place from March 22nd to 23rd, 2014 in Heerenveen , the Netherlands . The competitions were held in the Thialf Arena.

In the women's category, Ireen Wüst from the Netherlands won for the fifth time . Your compatriot Koen Verweij won the men's title.

Participating Nations

• 46 athletes, 22 women and 24 men, took part in the world championship. A total of 14 nations were represented.

Participating nations (women / men)
Belgium People's Republic of China Italy Japan	Canada Kazakhstan Latvia Netherlands	Norway Austria Poland Russia	Sweden United States

competition

In the all-around world championship, there are four distances each. The women run 500, 3000, 1500 and 5000 meters and the men 500, 5000, 1500 and 10,000 meters. Every single distance run is calculated down to 500 m in seconds and added up. The sum gives the total number of points. For the last distance (5000 m women / 10,000 m men) there are only eight participants. Athletes who are among the top 12 in the overall ranking after three distances as well as over the second longest distance (3000 m women / 5000 m men) and also the best placed athletes in the overall ranking or in the individual ranking over the second longest distance will be admitted. The champion is whoever has achieved the lowest total number of points after four courses.

Women

All- around world champion Ireen Wüst

Final score of the little four-way fight

• Shows the eight most successful female athletes of the all-around world championships (final participation over 5000 meters)
• The number in brackets indicates the position per individual route, the fastest in each case in bold.

rank	Surname	500 meters	Pt.	3000 meters	Pt.	1500 meters	Pt.	5000 meters	Pt.	Total points
1	Ireen Wüst	38.86 s (1)	38.860	3: 58.83 min (1)	39,805	1: 54.13 min (1)	380.43	6: 59.07 min (2)	41.907	158.615
2	Olga Graf	39.84 s (12)	39.840	4: 05.51 min (3)	40.918	1: 55.67 min (2)	38,556	7:00 AM (3)	42.001	161.315
3	Yvonne Nauta	41.09 s (19)	41.090	4: 05.51 min (2)	40.533	1: 57.32 min (5)	39.106	6: 57.59 min (1)	41.759	162.488
4th	Yuliya Skokova	39.00 s (2)	39,000	4: 08.60 min (6)	41,433	1: 55.99 min (3)	38.663	7: 18.50 min (6)	43,850	162.946
5	Diane Valkenburg	40.00 s (15)	40,000	4: 05.89 min (4)	40.981	1: 58.45 min (9)	39,483	7:08:11 min (4)	42.811	163.275
6th	Irene Schouten	39.73 s (10)	39.730	4: 07.08 min (5)	41.180	1: 59.49 min (11)	39.830	7: 11.56 min (5)	43.156	163.896
7th	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	39.55 s (5)	39,550	4: 07.75 min (7)	41.458	1: 57.73 min (6)	39.243	7: 19.97 min (7)	43,997	164.248
8th	Natalia Czerwonka	39.69 s (8)	39.690	4: 11.26 min (10)	41.876	1: 56.91 min (4)	38,970	7: 26.98 min (8)	44.698	165.234

500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	38.86 s	38,600
02	Yuliya Skokova	Russia	39.00 s	39,000
03	Ekaterina Sheikhova	Russia	39.13 s	39.130
04th	Kali Christ	Canada	39.37 s	39,370
05	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	Poland	39.55 s	39,550
06th	Jing Liu	People's Republic of China	39.57 s	39,570
07th	Miho Takagi	Japan	39.68 s	39.680
08th	Natalia Czerwonka	Poland	39.69 s	39.690
09	Shannon Rempel	Canada	39.71 s	39.710
10	Irene Schouten	Netherlands	39.73 s	39.730

3000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	3: 58.83 min	39,805
02	Yvonne Nauta	Netherlands	4: 03.20 min	40.533
03	Olga Graf	Russia	4: 05.51 min	40.918
04th	Diane Valkenburg	Netherlands	4: 05.89 min	40.981
05	Irene Schouten	Netherlands	4: 07.08 min	41.180
06th	Yuliya Skokova	Russia	4: 08.60 min	41,433
07th	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	Poland	4: 08.75 min	41.458
08th	Luiza Złotkowska	Poland	4: 09.34 min	41,556
09	Jelena Peeters	Belgium	4: 10.67 min	41.778
10	Natalia Czerwonka	Poland	4: 11.26 min	41.876

1500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 54.13 min	38.043
02	Olga Graf	Russia	1: 55.67 min	38,556
03	Yuliya Skokova	Russia	1: 55.99 min	38.663
04th	Natalia Czerwonka	Poland	1: 56.91 min	38,970
05	Yvonne Nauta	Netherlands	1: 57.32 min	39.106
06th	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	Poland	1: 57.73 min	39.243
07th	Luiza Złotkowska	Poland	1: 57.88 min	39.293
08th	Kali Christ	Canada	1: 58.36 min	39.453
09	Diane Valkenburg	Netherlands	1: 58.45 min	39,483
10	Ekaterina Sheikhova	Russia	1: 58.96 min	39.653

5000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Yvonne Nauta	Netherlands	6: 57.59 min	41.759
02	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	6: 59.07 min	41.907
03	Olga Graf	Russia	7:00:01 min	42.001
04th	Diane Valkenburg	Netherlands	7:08:11 min	42.811
05	Irene Schouten	Netherlands	7: 11.56 min	43.156
06th	Yuliya Skokova	Russia	7: 18.50 min	43,850
07th	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	Poland	7: 19.97 min	43,997
08th	Natalia Czerwonka	Poland	7: 26.98 min	44.698

Men

All- around world champion Koen Verweij

Final result of the grand four-way battle

• Shows the eight most successful athletes of the all-around world championship (final participation over 10,000 meters)
• The number in brackets indicates the position per individual route, the fastest in each case in bold.

rank	Surname	500 meters	Pt.	5000 meters	Pt.	1500 meters	Pt.	10,000 meters	Pt.	Total points
1	Koen Verweij	35.95 s (2)	35,950	6: 19.69 min (2)	37.969	1: 46.47 min (2)	35,490	13: 19.12 min (3)	39,956	149.365
2	Jan Blokhuijsen	36.41 s (7)	36,410	6: 17.78 min (1)	37.778	1: 47.15 min (6)	35.716	13: 13.93 min (1)	39.696	149,600
3	Denis Yuskov	36.75 s (11)	36.750	6: 20.15 min (3)	38.015	1: 46.12 min (1)	35.373	13: 17.84 min (2)	39.892	150.030
4th	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	36.72 s (10)	36.720	6: 23.72 min (5)	38,372	1: 46.86 min (4)	35.620	13: 30.10 min (5)	40.505	151.217
5	Beard swings	36.88 s (12)	36,880	6: 26.78 min (7)	38.678	1: 46.47 min (2)	35,490	13: 29.42 min (4)	40.471	151.519
6th	Håvard Bøkko	35.95 s (2)	35,950	6: 26.14 min (6)	38.614	1: 48.01 min (9)	36.003	13: 40.88 min (7)	41.044	151.611
7th	Renz Rotteveel	36.92 s (13)	36.920	6: 22.39 min (4)	38.239	1: 46.94 min (5)	35.646	13: 36.52 min (6)	40.826	151.631
8th	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	35.91 s (1)	35.910	6: 36.11 min (15)	39.611	1: 47.31 min (7)	35.770	14: 10.58 min (8)	42,529	153.820

500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	Poland	35.91 s	35.910
02	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	35.95 s	35,950
	Koen Verweij	Netherlands	35.95 s	35,950
04th	Longjiang Sun	People's Republic of China	36.17 s	36,170
05	Fan Yang	People's Republic of China	36.34 s	36,340
	Koen Verweij	Netherlands	36.34 s	36,340
07th	Jan Blokhuijsen	Netherlands	36.41 s	36,410
08th	Jan Szymański	Poland	36.42 s	36,420
09	Haralds Silovs	Latvia	36.61 s	36.610
10	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Norway	36.72 s	36.720

5000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Jan Blokhuijsen	Netherlands	6: 17.78 min	37.778
02	Koen Verweij	Netherlands	6: 19.69 min	37.969
03	Denis Yuskov	Russia	6: 20.15 min	38.015
04th	Renz Rotteveel	Netherlands	6: 22.39 min	38.239
05	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Norway	6: 23.72 min	38,372
06th	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	6: 26.14 min	38.614
07th	Beard swings	Belgium	6: 26.78 min	38.678
08th	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Netherlands	6: 28.59 min	38.859
09	Nils van der Poel	Sweden	6: 28.68 min	38.868
10	Dmitry Babenko	Kazakhstan	6:30.11 min	39.011

1500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Denis Yuskov	Russia	1: 46.12 min	35.373
02	Koen Verweij	Netherlands	1: 46.47 min	35,490
	Beard swings	Belgium	1: 46.47 min	35,490
04th	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Norway	1: 46.86 min	35.620
05	Renz Rotteveel	Netherlands	1: 46.94 min	35.646
06th	Jan Blokhuijsen	Netherlands	1: 47.15 min	35.716
07th	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	Poland	1: 47.31 min	35.770
08th	Jan Szymański	Poland	1: 47.74 min	35.913
09	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	1: 48.01 min	36.003
10	Haralds Silovs	Latvia	1: 48.05 min	36.016

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
01	Jan Blokhuijsen	Netherlands	13: 13.93 min	39.696
02	Denis Yuskov	Russia	13: 17.84 min	39.892
03	Koen Verweij	Netherlands	13: 19.12 min	19,956
04th	Beard swings	Belgium	13: 29.42 min	40.471
05	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Norway	13: 30.10 min	40.505
06th	Renz Rotteveel	Netherlands	13: 36.52 min	41.044
07th	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	13: 40.88 min	41.044
08th	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	Poland	14: 10.58 min	42,529

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result women . ISU . Accessed March 30, 2015
2. ^ Result men . ISU . Accessed March 30, 2015
3. ^ Special Regulations and Technical Rules . ISU . Accessed March 30, 2015 (English; pdf, 715 kB)

Web links

• ISU results page