# 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4

The fourth competition weekend of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 12 December, until Sunday, 14 December 2014.
Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia continued his brilliant form from the start of the season by winning three gold medals in the men's competitions; both 500 m races, and the 1000 m race.
In the women's competitions, Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe made it a "triple double" for the United States by taking gold and silver in three races, the second 500 m, the 1000 m, and the 1500 m.
In the men's 500 m on Friday, Christian Oberbichler of Austria improved his own national record, set only the previous weekend. In the 5000 m race on Saturday, Viktor Hald Torup of Denmark set a new national record, and Nils van der Poel of Sweden set a national junior record.

## Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:
| Date | Session | Events | Comment |
| Friday, 12 December | Afternoon | 12:00: 500 m women (1)  12:40: 500 m men (1)  13:34: 3000 m women | Division B |
| Friday, 12 December | Evening | 16:00: 3000 m women  16:59: 500 m women (1)  17:22: 500 m men (1) | Division A |
| Friday, 12 December | Evening | 18:12: Team pursuit men | |
| Saturday, 13 December | Morning | 09:30: 1000 m women  10:24: 1000 m men  11:29: 5000 m men | Division B |
| Saturday, 13 December | Afternoon | 14:00: 1000 m women  14:46: 5000 m men | Division A |
| Saturday, 13 December | Afternoon | 16:33: Team pursuit women | |
| Saturday, 13 December | Afternoon | 17:21: 1000 m men | Division A |
| Sunday, 14 December | Morning | 09:00: 1500 m women  10:03: 1500 m men  11:31: 500 m women (2)  12:09: 500 m men (2) | Division B |
| Sunday, 14 December | Afternoon | 14:00: 1500 m women  14:54: 1500 m men  15:47: 500 m women (2)  16:29: 500 m men (2) | Division A |
| Sunday, 14 December | Afternoon | 17:11: Mass start women  17:31: Mass start men | |
All times are CET (UTC+1).

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.63 | Artur Waś Poland | 34.91 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 35.16 |
| 500 m | 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.58 | Artur Waś Poland | 34.87 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.01 |
| 1000 m | | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 1:08.77 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:09.04 | Hein Otterspeer Netherlands | 1:09.06 |
| 1500 m | | Jan Szymański Poland | 1:45.92 | Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands | 1:46.22 | Shani Davis United States | 1:46.33 |
| 5000 m | | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:12.74 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:14.08 | Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands | 6:19,58 |
| Mass start | | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 70 $^A$ | Lee Seung-hoon South Korea | 40 $^A$ | Fabio Francolini Italy | 20 $^A$ |
| Team pursuit | | South Korea Kim Cheol-min Ko Byung-wook Lee Seung-hoon | 3:44.57 | Netherlands Arjan Stroetinga Frank Vreugdenhil Douwe de Vries | 3:44.97 | Norway Håvard Bøkko Fredrik van der Horst Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 3:45.52 |
    $^A$ In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

### Women's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | 1 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.69 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.70 | Judith Hesse Germany | 37.88 |
| 500 m | 2 | Heather Richardson United States | 37.72 | Brittany Bowe United States | 38.05 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.07 |
| 1000 m | | Heather Richardson United States | 1:14.63 | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:14.68 | Li Qishi China | 1:15.71 |
| 1500 m | | Heather Richardson United States | 1:53.87 | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:54.70 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:55.95 |
| 3000 m | | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:02.84 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:03.14 | Carlijn Achtereekte Netherlands | 4:05.95 |
| Mass start | | Ivanie Blondin Canada | 60 $^A$ | Kim Bo-reum South Korea | 40 $^A$ | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 20 $^A$ |
| Team pursuit | | Netherlands Carlijn Achtereekte Linda de Vries Marrit Leenstra | 2:59.69 | Germany Bente Kraus Claudia Pechstein Isabell Ost | 3:01.96 | Poland Aleksandra Goss Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska | 3:02.31 |
    $^A$ In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.