Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's mass start

The men's mass start speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 24 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung[1][2] This was the first time the mass start has been introduced to the Olympics.[3] The competition was held as a points race.

Men's mass start
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date24 February
Competitors24 from 18 nations
Winning points60
Medalists
Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea
Bart Swings  Belgium
Koen Verweij  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
Mass startmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen

Format

There were 12 skaters in each semifinal. The eight best finishers from each of two semi-finals competed in the final. Each race consisted of 16 laps. Three leaders after last 16th lap received 60, 40 and 20 points respectively. Three intermediate sprints award points to the first three competitors (5 points, 3 points, 1 point) after 4th, 8th and 12th laps. Event rankings were based on points gained in sprints, then by finish time for athletes with equal points.[4] In the Gangneung Oval, the accurate distance of 16 laps of the warm-up lane, is 5,695.175 m (355.948 m each lap).

Results

All races were skated on the same day, 24 February 2018. The first semifinal was held at 20:45,[5] the second at 21:00.[6] The final was on the same day at 22:00.[7]

Semifinals
RankSemifinalNameCountryPointsTimeNotes
11Linus Heidegger Austria608:20.46Q
21Andrea Giovannini Italy418:24.41Q
31Shane Williamson Japan208:25.44Q
41Viktor Hald Thorup Denmark58:34.06Q
51Koen Verweij Netherlands58:44.90Q
61Lee Seung-hoon South Korea58:45.37Q
71Olivier Jean Canada48:42.31Q
81Alexis Contin  France38:28.70Q
91Haralds Silovs Latvia38:28.93
101Brian Hansen United States18:34.47
111Fyodor Mezentsev Kazakhstan08:43.26
121Reyon Kay New Zealand09:17.99
12Peter Michael New Zealand607:55.10Q
22Stefan Due Schmidt Denmark407:55.22Q
32Vitali Mikhailau Belarus207:55.25Q
42Sven Kramer Netherlands68:24.51Q
52Bart Swings Belgium58:13.57Q
62Chung Jae-won South Korea58:17.02Q
72Livio Wenger Switzerland58:17.17Q
82Joey Mantia United States38:00.54Q
92Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway27:58.65
102Konrad Niedźwiedzki Poland18:24.73
112Ryosuke Tsuchiya Japan07:55.77
122Wang Hongli China08:00.97

Final
RankNameCountryPointsTimeNotes
Lee Seung-hoon South Korea607:43.97
Bart Swings Belgium407:44.08
Koen Verweij Netherlands207:44.24
4Livio Wenger Switzerland118:13.08
5Viktor Hald Thorup Denmark87:57.10
6Linus Heidegger Austria67:52.38
7Vitali Mikhailau Belarus17:53.38
8Chung Jae-won South Korea18:32.71
9Joey Mantia United States07:45.21
10Alexis Contin France07:45.64
11Shane Williamson Japan07:46.19
12Andrea Giovannini Italy07:46.83
13Stefan Due Schmidt Denmark07:47.53
14Olivier Jean Canada07:49.30
15Peter Michael New Zealand07:49.33
16Sven Kramer Netherlands08:13.95

References
  1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. "Schedule". POCOG. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. "Speed skating mass start returns to Olympic programme". International Olympic Committee. 16 November 2017.
  4. "Speed Skating – Media Information Report". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  5. "PyeongChang Olympics - Next Winter Games in Korea". International Olympic Committee. 3 April 2019.
  6. "PyeongChang Olympics - Next Winter Games in Korea". International Olympic Committee. 3 April 2019.
  7. "PyeongChang Olympics - Next Winter Games in Korea". International Olympic Committee. 3 April 2019.
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