# 2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Men

The Men competition at the 2018 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 3 and 4 March 2018.

## Results
### 500 m

The race was started on 3 March at 17:52.
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 6 | O | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 34.89 | |
| 2 | 10 | O | Daichi Yamanaka | Japan | 34.92 | +0.03 |
| 3 | 11 | O | Gao Tingyu | China | 34.94 | +0.05 |
| 4 | 11 | I | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 34.98 | +0.09 |
| 5 | 10 | I | Mika Poutala | Finland | 35.00 | +0.11 |
| 5 | 9 | I | Mitchell Whitmore | United States | 35.00 | +0.11 |
| 7 | 5 | O | Piotr Michalski | Poland | 35.03 | +0.14 |
| 7 | 12 | O | Kai Verbij | Netherlands | 35.03 | +0.14 |
| 9 | 9 | O | Nico Ihle | Germany | 35.04 | +0.15 |
| 10 | 5 | I | Laurent Dubreuil | Canada | 35.07 | +0.18 |
| 11 | 12 | I | Cha Min-kyu | South Korea | 35.19 | +0.30 |
| 12 | 3 | I | Kjeld Nuis | Netherlands | 35.21 | +0.32 |
| 13 | 6 | I | Tsubasa Hasegawa | Japan | 35.22 | +0.33 |
| 14 | 8 | O | Aleksey Yesin | Russia | 35.32 | +0.43 |
| 15 | 2 | I | Daniel Greig | Australia | 35.34 | +0.45 |
| 16 | 7 | O | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | Norway | 35.36 | +0.47 |
| 17 | 7 | I | Yang Tao | China | 35.55 | +0.66 |
| 18 | 8 | I | Jonathan Garcia | United States | 35.59 | +0.70 |
| 19 | 3 | O | Johann Jørgen Sæves | Norway | 35.60 | +0.71 |
| 20 | 4 | O | Joel Dufter | Germany | 35.68 | +0.79 |
| 21 | 4 | I | Sebastian Kłosiński | Poland | 35.73 | +0.84 |
| 22 | 1 | I | Mikhail Kozlov | Russia | 35.77 | +0.88 |
| 23 | 2 | O | Cornelius Kersten | Great Britain | 36.46 | +1.57 |

### 1000 m

The race was started on 3 March at 19:38.
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 10 | O | Kjeld Nuis | Netherlands | 1:08.97 | |
| 2 | 12 | O | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 1:09.21 | +0.24 |
| 3 | 11 | O | Kai Verbij | Netherlands | 1:09.22 | +0.25 |
| 4 | 6 | I | Sebastian Kłosiński | Poland | 1:09.71 | +0.74 |
| 5 | 9 | O | Nico Ihle | Germany | 1:09.73 | +0.76 |
| 6 | 12 | I | Mika Poutala | Finland | 1:09.82 | +0.85 |
| 7 | 7 | O | Mitchell Whitmore | United States | 1:09.95 | +0.98 |
| 8 | 7 | I | Cha Min-kyu | South Korea | 1:10.29 | +1.06 |
| 9 | 8 | I | Piotr Michalski | Poland | 1:10.03 | +1.17 |
| 10 | 11 | I | Aleksey Yesin | Russia | 1:10.14 | +1.32 |
| 11 | 5 | O | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 1:10.33 | +1.36 |
| 12 | 2 | I | Mikhail Kozlov | Russia | 1:10.52 | +1.55 |
| 13 | 6 | O | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | Norway | 1:10.84 | +1.87 |
| 14 | 3 | I | Daichi Yamanaka | Japan | 1:10.85 | +1.88 |
| 15 | 2 | O | Johann Jørgen Sæves | Norway | 1:10.97 | +2.00 |
| 16 | 9 | I | Jonathan Garcia | United States | 1:11.03 | +2.06 |
| 17 | 8 | O | Laurent Dubreuil | Canada | 1:11.04 | +2.07 |
| 18 | 10 | I | Daniel Greig | Australia | 1:11.07 | +2.10 |
| 19 | 3 | O | Tsubasa Hasegawa | Japan | 1:11.57 | +2.59 |
| 20 | 4 | I | Cornelius Kersten | Great Britain | 1:11.97 | +3.00 |
| 21 | 4 | O | Yang Tao | China | 1:11.99 | +3.02 |
| 22 | 1 | I | Gao Tingyu | China | 1:13.97 | +5.00 |
| – | 5 | I | Joel Dufter | Germany | DSQ | DSQ |

### 500 m

The race was started on 4 March at 16:50.
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 12 | I | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 34.96 | |
| 2 | 6 | O | Laurent Dubreuil | Canada | 34.99 | +0.03 |
| 3 | 9 | O | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 35.04 | +0.08 |
| 4 | 10 | O | Mitchell Whitmore | United States | 35.06 | +0.10 |
| 5 | 11 | O | Mika Poutala | Finland | 35.10 | +0.14 |
| 5 | 8 | I | Daichi Yamanaka | Japan | 35.10 | +0.14 |
| 7 | 10 | I | Nico Ihle | Germany | 35.11 | +0.15 |
| 8 | 4 | I | Gao Tingyu | China | 35.12 | +0.16 |
| 9 | 7 | I | Aleksey Yesin | Russia | 35.15 | +0.19 |
| 9 | 9 | I | Piotr Michalski | Poland | 35.15 | +0.19 |
| 11 | 11 | I | Kai Verbij | Netherlands | 35.16 | +0.20 |
| 12 | 5 | I | Johann Jørgen Sæves | Norway | 35.23 | +0.27 |
| 12 | 4 | O | Tsubasa Hasegawa | Japan | 35.23 | +0.27 |
| 14 | 12 | O | Kjeld Nuis | Netherlands | 35.26 | +0.30 |
| 15 | 8 | O | Cha Min-kyu | South Korea | 35.27 | +0.31 |
| 16 | 6 | I | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | Norway | 35.43 | +0.47 |
| 17 | 5 | O | Daniel Greig | Australia | 35.46 | +0.50 |
| 18 | 7 | O | Sebastian Kłosiński | Poland | 35.55 | +0.60 |
| 19 | 2 | O | Jonathan Garcia | United States | 35.72 | +0.76 |
| 20 | 3 | O | Mikhail Kozlov | Russia | 35.73 | +0.77 |
| 21 | 3 | I | Cornelius Kersten | Great Britain | 36.47 | +1.51 |
| 22 | 2 | I | Joel Dufter | Germany | 36.59 | +1.63 |
| – | 1 | O | Yang Tao | China | WDR | WDR |

### 1000 m

The race was started on 3 March at 18:42.
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 8 | I | Kjeld Nuis | Netherlands | 1:09.11 | |
| 2 | 7 | I | Nico Ihle | Germany | 1:09.29 | +0.18 |
| 3 | 9 | I | Kai Verbij | Netherlands | 1:09.47 | +0.36 |
| 4 | 10 | I | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 1:09.81 | +0.70 |
| 5 | 10 | O | Mika Poutala | Finland | 1:09.87 | +0.76 |
| 6 | 3 | O | Mikhail Kozlov | Russia | 1:10.00 | +0.89 |
| 7 | 9 | O | Piotr Michalski | Poland | 1:10.07 | +0.96 |
| 8 | 6 | I | Mitchell Whitmore | United States | 1:10.10 | +0.99 |
| 9 | 5 | O | Sebastian Kłosiński | Poland | 1:10.25 | +1.14 |
| 10 | 7 | O | Aleksey Yesin | Russia | 1:10.32 | +1.21 |
| 11 | 6 | O | Cha Min-kyu | South Korea | 1:10.64 | +1.53 |
| 12 | 8 | O | Daichi Yamanaka | Japan | 1:10.67 | +1.56 |
| 13 | 2 | O | Jonathan Garcia | United States | 1:10.78 | +1.67 |
| 14 | 4 | I | Laurent Dubreuil | Canada | 1:10.82 | +1.71 |
| 15 | 5 | I | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 1:10.83 | +1.72 |
| 16 | 4 | O | Daniel Greig | Australia | 1:10.91 | +1.80 |
| 17 | 3 | I | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | Norway | 1:11.00 | +1.89 |
| 18 | 1 | I | Johann Jørgen Sæves | Norway | 1:11.41 | +2.30 |
| 19 | 2 | I | Tsubasa Hasegawa | Japan | 1:12.19 | +3.08 |
| 20 | 1 | O | Cornelius Kersten | Great Britain | 1:12.87 | +3.76 |

### Overall standings

After all events.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Diff |
| | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 139.360 | |
| | Kjeld Nuis | Netherlands | 139.510 | +0.15 |
| | Kai Verbij | Netherlands | 139.535 | +0.18 |
| 4 | Nico Ihle | Germany | 139.660 | +0.30 |
| 5 | Mika Poutala | Finland | 139.945 | +0.59 |
| 6 | Mitchell Whitmore | United States | 140.085 | +0.73 |
| 7 | Piotr Michalski | Poland | 140.230 | +0.87 |
| 8 | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 140.600 | +1.24 |
| 9 | Aleksey Yesin | Russia | 140.700 | +1.34 |
| 10 | Daichi Yamanaka | Japan | 140.780 | +1.42 |
| 11 | Cha Min-kyu | South Korea | 140.925 | +1.57 |
| 12 | Laurent Dubreuil | Canada | 140.990 | +1.63 |
| 13 | Sebastian Kłosiński | Poland | 141.270 | +1.91 |
| 14 | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | Norway | 141.710 | +2.35 |
| 15 | Mikhail Kozlov | Russia | 141.760 | +2.40 |
| 16 | Daniel Greig | Australia | 141.790 | +2.43 |
| 17 | Johann Jørgen Sæves | Norway | 142.020 | +2.66 |
| 18 | Jonathan Garcia | United States | 142.215 | +2.86 |
| 19 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | Japan | 142.325 | +2.97 |
| 20 | Cornelius Kersten | Great Britain | 145.350 | +5.99 |
| – | Yang Tao | China | — | — |
| – | Gao Tingyu | China | — | — |
| – | Joel Dufter | Germany | — | — |