# 2018–19 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4

The fourth competition weekend of the 2018–19 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held at Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 14 December until Sunday, 16 December 2018.

## Schedule

The detailed event schedule:
| Date | Events | Division |
| Friday, 14 December | Mass start semifinal women 1  Mass start semifinal women 2  Mass start semifinal men 1  Mass start semifinal men 2 | |
| Saturday, 15 December |
| Saturday, 15 December | 500 m women  1500 m men  1500 m women  500 m men | B |
| Saturday, 15 December | 500 m women 1500 m men  1500 m women  500 m men | A |
| Saturday, 15 December | Mass start final men  Mass start final women | |
| Sunday, 16 December | 1000 m women  1000 m men  3000 m women  5000 m men | B |
| Sunday, 16 December | 1000 m women  1000 m men  3000 m women  5000 m men | A |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 34.494 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 34.521 | Yuma Murakami | 34.557 |
| 1000 m | Kjeld Nuis | 1:07.803 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 1:07.930 | Denis Yuskov | 1:07.953 |
| 1500 m | Thomas Krol | 1:43.782 | Joey Mantia | 1:44.092 | Patrick Roest | 1:44.128 |
| 5000 m | Danila Semerikov | 6:08.960 TR | Patrick Roest | 6:09.820 | Sven Kramer | 6:10.614 |
| Mass start | Um Cheon-ho | 60 $^A$ | Chung Jae-won | 40 $^A$ | Bart Swings | 22 $^A$ |
    $^A$ In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race based on results of the intermediate sprints and the final sprint. The skater with most race points is the winner.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | Nao Kodaira | 37.171 TR | Vanessa Herzog | 37.239 | Brittany Bowe | 37.707 |
| 1000 m | Brittany Bowe | 1:13.249 TR | Miho Takagi | 1:13.939 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 1:14.031 |
| 1500 m | Ireen Wüst | 1:53.300 TR | Brittany Bowe | 1:54.007 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 1:54.039 |
| 3000 m | Antoinette de Jong | 3:59.419 | Isabelle Weidemann | 4:00.129 | Martina Sáblíková | 4:00.337 |
| Mass start | Nana Takagi | 60 $^A$ | Irene Schouten | 40 $^A$ | Ayano Sato | 20 $^A$ |
    $^A$ In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race based on results of the intermediate sprints and the final sprint. The skater with most race points is the winner.

## Standings

Standings after completion of the event.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Tatsuya Shinhama | 339 |
| 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 332 |
| 3 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | 292 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | 177 |
| 2 | Kjeld Nuis | 174 |
| 3 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 174 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Seitaro Ichinohe | 167 |
| 2 | Denis Yuskov | 163 |
| 3 | Kjeld Nuis | 154 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Aleksandr Rumyantsev | 182 |
| 2 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 177 |
| 3 | Danila Semerikov | 172 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Um Cheon-ho | 475 |
| 2 | Bart Swings | 430 |
| 3 | Ruslan Zakharov | 366 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Norway | 312 |
| 2 | Russia | 302 |
| 3 | Japan | 302 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Netherlands | 336 |
| 2 | Norway | 304 |
| 3 | Russia | 296 |

### Women

| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Vanessa Herzog | 390 |
| 2 | Olga Fatkulina | 315 |
| 3 | Brittany Bowe | 305 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Brittany Bowe | 217 |
| 2 | Miho Takagi | 202 |
| 3 | Vanessa Herzog | 177 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Ireen Wüst | 217 |
| 2 | Miho Takagi | 211 |
| 3 | Brittany Bowe | 210 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Isabelle Weidemann | 200 |
| 2 | Esmee Visser | 192 |
| 3 | Martina Sáblíková | 190 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Francesca Lollobrigida | 328 |
| 2 | Kim Bo-reum | 316 |
| 3 | Nana Takagi | 294 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Japan | 360 |
| 2 | Russia | 300 |
| 3 | Canada | 290 |
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Russia | 314 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 312 |
| 3 | Japan | 308 |