2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 – Men's 500 metres
# 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 4, arranged in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, were held on the weekend of 12–14 December 2014.

Race one was won by Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, while Artur Waś of Poland came second, and Laurent Dubreuil of France came third. Pim Schipper of the Netherlands won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two. Christian Oberbichler of Austria set a new national record for the second straight weekend.

Kulizhnikov and Waś also took the first two places in race two, while Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands came third. Yūya Oikawa of Japan won Division B of race two.

## Race 1

Race one took place on Friday, 12 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:40, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 17:22.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 10 | i | 34.63 | 100 | 50 |
| | Artur Waś | 7 | i | 34.91 | 80 | 40 |
| | Laurent Dubreuil | 10 | o | 35.16 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Michel Mulder | 3 | i | 35.19 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Mika Poutala | 1 | o | 35.22 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Ryohei Haga | 7 | o | 35.23 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Denis Koval | 6 | i | 35.257 | 40 | |
| 8 | Hein Otterspeer | 6 | o | 35.258 | 36 | |
| 9 | Kim Jun-ho | 5 | o | 35.27 | 32 | |
| 10 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 2 | o | 35.33 | 28 | |
| 11 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 3 | o | 35.34 | 24 | |
| 12 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 8 | o | 35.36 | 21 | |
| 13 | Mo Tae-bum | 9 | o | 35.38 | 18 | |
| 14 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 4 | i | 35.43 | 16 | |
| 15 | Gilmore Junio | 5 | i | 35.45 | 14 | |
| 16 | Jan Smeekens | 9 | i | 35.47 | 12 | |
| 17 | Xie Jiaxuan | 1 | i | 35.59 | 10 | |
| 18 | Gerben Jorritsma | 2 | i | 35.68 | 8 | |
| 19 | Nico Ihle | 8 | i | DQ | | |
| 19 | Aleksey Yesin | 4 | o | DQ | | |

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pim Schipper | 17 | o | 35.37 | 25 |
| 2 | Mu Zhongsheng | 16 | i | 35.41 | 19 |
| 3 | Samuel Schwarz | 14 | o | 35.44 | 15 |
| 4 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 13 | i | 35.53 | 11 |
| 5 | Mitchell Whitmore | 11 | i | 35.61 | 8 |
| 6 | Artur Nogal | 13 | o | 35.70 | 6 |
| 7 | Christian Oberbichler | 7 | i | 35.71 NR | 4 |
| 8 | Yūya Oikawa | 17 | i | 35.72 | 2 |
| 9 | Denny Ihle | 15 | o | 35.75 | 1 |
| 10 | Lee Kang-seok | 16 | o | 35.76 | — |
| 11 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | 9 | i | 35.78 | |
| 12 | David Bosa | 11 | o | 35.80 | |
| 13 | Jonathan Garcia | 8 | i | 35.86 | |
| 14 | Richard Maclennan | 14 | i | 35.91 | |
| 15 | William Dutton | 15 | i | 35.93 | |
| 16 | Wang Nan | 12 | i | 35.94 | |
| 17 | Tyler Derraugh | 9 | o | 35.95 | |
| 18 | Daichi Yamanaka | 12 | o | 36.05 | |
| 19 | Piotr Michalski | 10 | o | 36.12 | |
| 20 | Shani Davis | 10 | i | 36.161 | |
| 21 | Juho Vaittinen | 4 | i | 36.166 | |
| 22 | Christoffer Fagerli Rukke | 7 | o | 36.28 | |
| 23 | Luca Zanghellini | 5 | i | 36.391 | |
| 24 | Kimani Griffin | 6 | o | 36.395 | |
| 25 | Aleksandr Zhigin | 5 | o | 36.399 | |
| 26 | Mikhail Kozlov | 1 | i | 36.43 | |
| 27 | Denis Dressel | 8 | o | 36.47 | |
| 28 | Denis Kuzin | 6 | i | 36.53 | |
| 29 | David Andersson | 3 | i | 36.54 | |
| 30 | Benjamin Macé | 3 | o | 36.61 | |
| 31 | Yevgeny Kazimirenko | 4 | o | 36.79 | |
| 32 | Tommi Pulli | 2 | o | 36.83 | |
| 33 | Armin Hager | 2 | i | 37.05 | |

    Notes: NR = national record.

## Race 2

Race two took place on Sunday, 14 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:09, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:29.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 11 | o | 34.58 | 100 | 50 |
| | Artur Waś | 10 | o | 34.87 | 80 | 40 |
| | Jan Smeekens | 5 | o | 35.01 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Laurent Dubreuil | 11 | i | 35.072 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Mika Poutala | 10 | i | 35.073 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Mo Tae-bum | 2 | i | 35.09 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Michel Mulder | 9 | o | 35.10 | 40 | |
| 8 | Gilmore Junio | 6 | o | 35.12 | 36 | |
| 9 | Nico Ihle | 2 | o | 35.13 | 32 | |
| 10 | Hein Otterspeer | 8 | i | 35.144 | 28 | |
| 10 | Aleksey Yesin | 1 | i | 35.144 | 28 | |
| 12 | Kim Jun-ho | 7 | i | 35.22 | 21 | |
| 13 | Denis Koval | 8 | o | 35.23 | 18 | |
| 14 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 4 | i | 35.25 | 16 | |
| 15 | Pim Schipper | 3 | i | 35.34 | 14 | |
| 16 | Gerben Jorritsma | 3 | o | 35.35 | 12 | |
| 17 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 6 | i | 35.37 | 10 | |
| 18 | Ryohei Haga | 9 | i | 35.49 | 8 | |
| 19 | Xie Jiaxuan | 4 | o | 35.58 | 6 | |
| 20 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 5 | i | 35.61 | 5 | |
| 21 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 7 | o | DQ | | |

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yūya Oikawa | 9 | o | 35.49 | 25 |
| 2 | Artur Nogal | 13 | i | 35.54 | 19 |
| 3 | Mitchell Whitmore | 11 | o | 35.70 | 15 |
| 4 | William Dutton | 6 | o | 35.72 | 11 |
| 5 | Richard Maclennan | 7 | o | 35.74 | 8 |
| 6 | Denny Ihle | 12 | i | 35.82 | 6 |
| 7 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 12 | o | 35.83 | 4 |
| 8 | Lee Kang-seok | 11 | i | 35.84 | 2 |
| 9 | Piotr Michalski | 7 | i | 35.884 | 1 |
| 10 | Mu Zhongsheng | 13 | o | 35.887 | — |
| 11 | Jonathan Garcia | 8 | o | 35.92 | |
| 12 | Pekka Koskela | 1 | i | 35.93 | |
| 13 | Christian Oberbichler | 10 | o | 35.94 | |
| 14 | Kirill Golubev | 1 | o | 35.96 | |
| 15 | Tyler Derraugh | 9 | i | 36.021 | |
| 16 | David Bosa | 10 | i | 36.022 | |
| 17 | Daichi Yamanaka | 8 | i | 36.06 | |
| 18 | Wang Nan | 5 | o | 36.10 | |
| 19 | Denis Dressel | 4 | i | 36.22 | |
| 20 | Luca Zanghellini | 3 | o | 36.31 | |
| 21 | Kimani Griffin | 5 | i | 36.33 | |
| 22 | Christoffer Fagerli Rukke | 6 | i | 36.46 | |
| 23 | Juho Vaittinen | 4 | o | 36.51 | |
| 24 | Yevgeny Kazimirenko | 2 | i | 36.79 | |
| 25 | David Andersson | 2 | o | 36.92 | |
| 26 | Benjamin Macé | 3 | i | DNS | |
