Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's mass start

The men's mass start competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February 2022, at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing.[1] Bart Swings of Belgium, the 2018 silver medalist, won the event. This was the first gold medal for Belgium at the Winter Olympics since 1948. Chung Jae-won of South Korea won the silver medal, his first individual Olympic medal, and Lee Seung-hoon, the defending champion, bronze.

Men's mass start
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueNational Speed Skating Oval ,
Beijing
Date19 February 2022
Competitors30 from 19 nations
Winning points63
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bart Swings  Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chung Jae-won  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea
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The 2018 bronze medalist, Koen Verweij, did not qualify. Joey Mantia is the 2021 World Single Distances champion in mass start, with Arjan Stroetinga and Swings being the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Swings was leading the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup at long distances with three events completed before the Olympics, followed by Ruslan Zakharov and Andrea Giovannini.

Qualification

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A total of 24 entry quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of two athletes per NOC. All 24 athletes qualified through their performance at the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.[2]

The qualification time for the event (1:57.50 (1500 m)) was released on July 1, 2021, and was unchanged from 2018.[3] Skaters had the time period of July 1, 2021 – January 16, 2022 to achieve qualification times at valid International Skating Union (ISU) events.[3]

Results

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Semifinals

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[4][5]

Rank Heat Name Country Laps Points Time Notes
S1 S2 S3 S4 Total
1 1 Kristian Ulekleiv   Norway 16 60 60 7:56.67 Q
2 1 Bart Swings   Belgium 16 2 2 40 44 7:56.74 Q
3 1 Ning Zhongyan   China 16 20 20 7:56.75 Q
4 1 Chung Jae-won   South Korea 16 1 1 10 12 7:56.76 Q
5 1 Daniil Aldoshkin   ROC 16 6 6 7:56.83 Q
6 1 Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu   Canada 16 3 3 7:56.93 Q
7 1 Sven Kramer   Netherlands 16 3 3 7:58.22 Q
8 1 Seitaro Ichinohe   Japan 16 3 3 7:58.54 Q
9 1 Haralds Silovs   Latvia 16 3 3 7:59.50
10 1 Dmitriy Morozov   Kazakhstan 16 2 2 8:08.73
11 1 Michele Malfatti   Italy 16 1 1 8:02.09
12 1 Stefan Due Schmidt   Denmark 16 0 7:58.01
13 1 Ian Quinn   United States 16 0 7:58.03
14 1 Zbigniew Bródka   Poland 16 0 8:17.49
1 Felix Rijhnen   Germany Disqualified
1 2 Andrea Giovannini   Italy 16 60 60 7:43.58 Q
2 2 Lee Seung-hoon   South Korea 16 40 40 7:43.63 Q
3 2 Livio Wenger   Switzerland 16 20 20 7:44.08 Q
4 2 Gabriel Odor   Austria 16 10 10 7:44.28 Q
5 2 Jordan Belchos   Canada 16 2 3 3 8 7:46.05 Q
6 2 Ryosuke Tsuchiya   Japan 16 3 2 2 7 7:48.43 Q
7 2 Joey Mantia   United States 16 6 6 7:44.37 Q
8 2 Jorrit Bergsma   Netherlands 16 3 3 7:44.42 Q
9 2 Peter Michael   New Zealand 16 1 1 2 7:58.04
10 2 Viktor Hald Thorup   Denmark 16 1 1 8:21.94
11 2 Artur Janicki   Poland 16 0 7:44.48
12 2 Wang Haotian   China 16 0 7:46.30
13 2 Ignat Golovatsiuk   Belarus 16 0 7:53.59
14 2 Peder Kongshaug   Norway 14 0 6:55.43
15 2 Ruslan Zakharov   ROC 5 0 2:49.52

Final

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Lee and Mantia were separated by a photo-finish, clocking an identical time.[6]

Rank Name Country Laps Points Time[7]
S1 S2 S3 S4 Total
  Bart Swings   Belgium 16 2 1 60 63 7:47.11
  Chung Jae-won   South Korea 16 40 40 7:47.18
  Lee Seung-hoon   South Korea 16 20 20 7:47.204
4 Joey Mantia   United States 16 10 10 7:47.206
5 Daniil Aldoshkin   ROC 16 6 6 7:47.59
6 Ryosuke Tsuchiya   Japan 16 3 3 6 7:58.82
7 Livio Wenger   Switzerland 16 1 3 4 7:47.86
8 Seitaro Ichinohe   Japan 16 3 3 7:48.56
9 Jorrit Bergsma   Netherlands 16 1 2 3 7:50.25
10 Gabriel Odor   Austria 16 2 2 8:10.46
11 Andrea Giovannini   Italy 16 0 7:47.93
12 Ning Zhongyan   China 16 0 7:48.07
13 Jordan Belchos   Canada 16 0 7:48.14
14 Kristian Ulekleiv   Norway 16 0 7:48.52
15 Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu   Canada 16 0 8:13.35
16 Sven Kramer   Netherlands 14 0 7:13.37

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Communication No. 2405 Qualifying competitions and qualifying times for Speed Skating events at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ Semifinal 1 results
  5. ^ Semifinal 2 results
  6. ^ Final results
  7. ^ Distance analysis