# 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, in Obihiro, Japan, were held on the weekend of 14–16 November 2014.
Race one was won by Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands, while Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia came second, and Ruslan Murashov of Russia came third. Aleksey Yesin of Russia won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two.
In race two, Kulizhnikov ended ahead of Smeekens, with Ryohei Haga of Japan in third place. Artyom Kuznetsov of Russia won Division B of race two.

## Race 1

Race one took place on Friday, 14 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:13, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:47.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| | Jan Smeekens | 9 | i | 35.06 | 100 | 50 |
| | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 8 | i | 35.16 | 80 | 40 |
| | Ruslan Murashov | 2 | o | 35.246 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Hein Otterspeer | 10 | i | 35.248 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Nico Ihle | 5 | o | 35.316 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Laurent Dubreuil | 8 | o | 35.319 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Ryohei Haga | 5 | i | 35.32 | 40 | |
| 8 | Denis Koval | 6 | o | 35.48 | 36 | |
| 9 | Gilmore Junio | 4 | o | 35.50 | 32 | |
| 10 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 4 | i | 35.54 | 28 | |
| 11 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 2 | i | 35.58 | 24 | |
| 12 | William Dutton | 1 | i | 35.63 | 21 | |
| 13 | Gerben Jorritsma | 7 | i | 35.71 | 18 | |
| 14 | Mo Tae-bum | 9 | o | 35.72 | 16 | |
| 15 | Yūya Oikawa | 6 | i | 35.76 | 14 | |
| 16 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 1 | o | 35.82 | 12 | |
| 17 | Daichi Yamanaka | 3 | o | 35.83 | 10 | |
| 18 | Pim Schipper | 10 | o | 35.90 | 8 | |
| 19 | Artur Nogal | 3 | i | 36.07 | 6 | |
| 20 | Shani Davis | 7 | o | 36.27 | 5 | |

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| 1 | Aleksey Yesin | 5 | i | 35.25 | 25 |
| 2 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 12 | i | 35.30 | 19 |
| 3 | Kim Jun-ho | 12 | o | 35.31 | 15 |
| 4 | Mu Zhongsheng | 4 | i | 35.58 | 11 |
| 5 | Lee Kang-seok | 9 | i | 35.68 | 8 |
| 6 | Kai Verbij | 8 | i | 35.77 | 6 |
| 7 | Richard Maclennan | 8 | o | 35.83 | 4 |
| 8 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 7 | o | 35.85 | 2 |
| 9 | Xie Jiaxuan | 6 | o | 35.90 | 1 |
| 10 | Wang Nan | 6 | i | 35.95 | — |
| 11 | Denny Ihle | 10 | i | 35.98 | |
| 12 | Samuel Schwarz | 5 | o | 36.01 | |
| 13 | Vincent De Haître | 11 | o | 36.03 | |
| 14 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | 2 | i | 36.08 | |
| 15 | Fyodor Mezentsev | 4 | o | 36.17 | |
| 16 | Piotr Michalski | 7 | i | 36.18 | |
| 17 | Denis Kuzin | 9 | o | 36.26 | |
| 18 | Sung Ching-Yang | 11 | i | 36.34 | |
| 19 | David Bosa | 10 | o | 36.36 | |
| 20 | Luca Zanghellini | 1 | i | 36.77 | |
| 21 | Armin Hager | 3 | i | 37.11 | |
| 22 | Benjamin Macé | 2 | o | 37.20 | |
| 23 | Haralds Silovs | 3 | o | DNS | |

## Race 2

Race two took place on Sunday, 16 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:49, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:40.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 9 | o | 34.96 | 100 | 50 |
| | Jan Smeekens | 10 | o | 35.09 | 80 | 40 |
| | Ryohei Haga | 6 | o | 35.17 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Ruslan Murashov | 10 | i | 35.23 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Mo Tae-bum | 5 | i | 35.261 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 4 | o | 35.267 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Yūya Oikawa | 1 | o | 35.35 | 40 | |
| 8 | Laurent Dubreuil | 8 | i | 35.38 | 36 | |
| 9 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 5 | o | 35.39 | 32 | |
| 10 | Denis Koval | 7 | i | 35.45 | 28 | |
| 11 | Nico Ihle | 9 | i | 35.46 | 24 | |
| 12 | Aleksey Yesin | 7 | o | 35.48 | 21 | |
| 13 | Gilmore Junio | 6 | i | 35.49 | 18 | |
| 14 | Gerben Jorritsma | 2 | o | 35.61 | 16 | |
| 15 | William Dutton | 3 | o | 35.63 | 14 | |
| 16 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 4 | i | 35.65 | 12 | |
| 17 | Hein Otterspeer | 8 | o | 35.75 | 10 | |
| 18 | Pim Schipper | 2 | i | 35.79 | 8 | |
| 19 | Artur Nogal | 1 | i | 35.940 | 6 | |
| 20 | Daichi Yamanaka | 3 | i | 35.944 | 5 | |

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| 1 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 10 | o | 34.47 | 25 |
| 2 | Kim Jun-ho | 10 | i | 34.67 | 19 |
| 3 | Lee Kang-seok | 8 | o | 34.75 | 15 |
| 4 | Mu Zhongsheng | 9 | o | 34.82 | 11 |
| 5 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 8 | i | 34.89 | 8 |
| 6 | Kai Verbij | 7 | o | 34.91 | 6 |
| 7 | Richard Maclennan | 9 | i | 34.923 | 4 |
| 8 | Denny Ihle | 5 | o | 34.925 | 2 |
| 9 | Xie Jiaxuan | 7 | i | 34.928 | 1 |
| 10 | Vincent De Haître | 6 | i | 34.99 | — |
| 11 | Denis Dressel | 2 | i | 35.03 | |
| 12 | David Bosa | 4 | i | 35.05 | |
| 13 | Wang Nan | 6 | o | 35.06 | |
| 14 | Piotr Michalski | 4 | o | 35.15 | |
| 15 | Fyodor Mezentsev | 5 | i | 35.193 | |
| 16 | Luca Zanghellini | 2 | o | 35.194 | |
| 17 | Sung Ching-Yang | 3 | o | 35.22 | |
| 18 | Aleksandr Zhigin | 1 | i | 35.35 | |
| 19 | Benjamin Macé | 3 | i | 35.38 | |