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

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Men's mass start
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date24 February
Competitors24 from 18 nations
Winning points60
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bart Swings  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Koen Verweij  Netherlands
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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.

Format

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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

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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

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Rank Semifinal Name Country Points Time Notes
1 1 Linus Heidegger  Austria 60 8:20.46 Q
2 1 Andrea Giovannini  Italy 41 8:24.41 Q
3 1 Shane Williamson  Japan 20 8:25.44 Q
4 1 Viktor Hald Thorup  Denmark 5 8:34.06 Q
5 1 Koen Verweij  Netherlands 5 8:44.90 Q
6 1 Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea 5 8:45.37 Q
7 1 Olivier Jean  Canada 4 8:42.31 Q
8 1 Alexis Contin  France 3 8:28.70 Q
9 1 Haralds Silovs  Latvia 3 8:28.93
10 1 Brian Hansen  United States 1 8:34.47
11 1 Fyodor Mezentsev  Kazakhstan 0 8:43.26
12 1 Reyon Kay  New Zealand 0 9:17.99
1 2 Peter Michael  New Zealand 60 7:55.10 Q
2 2 Stefan Due Schmidt  Denmark 40 7:55.22 Q
3 2 Vitali Mikhailau  Belarus 20 7:55.25 Q
4 2 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 6 8:24.51 Q
5 2 Bart Swings  Belgium 5 8:13.57 Q
6 2 Chung Jae-won  South Korea 5 8:17.02 Q
7 2 Livio Wenger  Switzerland 5 8:17.17 Q
8 2 Joey Mantia  United States 3 8:00.54 Q
9 2 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway 2 7:58.65
10 2 Konrad Niedźwiedzki  Poland 1 8:24.73
11 2 Ryosuke Tsuchiya  Japan 0 7:55.77
12 2 Wang Hongli  China 0 8:00.97

Final

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Rank Name Country Points Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea 60 7:43.97
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bart Swings  Belgium 40 7:44.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Koen Verweij  Netherlands 20 7:44.24
4 Livio Wenger  Switzerland 11 8:13.08
5 Viktor Hald Thorup  Denmark 8 7:57.10
6 Linus Heidegger  Austria 6 7:52.38
7 Vitali Mikhailau  Belarus 1 7:53.38
8 Chung Jae-won  South Korea 1 8:32.71
9 Joey Mantia  United States 0 7:45.21
10 Alexis Contin  France 0 7:45.64
11 Shane Williamson  Japan 0 7:46.19
12 Andrea Giovannini  Italy 0 7:46.83
13 Stefan Due Schmidt  Denmark 0 7:47.53
14 Olivier Jean  Canada 0 7:49.30
15 Peter Michael  New Zealand 0 7:49.33
16 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 0 8:13.95

References

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  1. ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. 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.