Date | 24 February 2018 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Gangneung Oval, Gangneung Olympic Park, Coastal Cluster, Gangneung | |
Participants | 24 from 18 countries | |
Format | Points for sprints, 5-3-1 for three intermediate sprints, and 60-40-20 for final sprint, with places determined by points. | |
Starter | Jan Zwier | NED |
Referee | Daniel Cabelduc | SWE |
There were many favorites for the first Olympic mass start title. The reigning world champion was Joey Mantia, bringing his skills from the sport of inline skating. His predecessor was Lee Seung-Hun, leader in the World Cup standings and 2010 Olympic champion in the 10,000 m as well as the home favorite. The list of medal contenders was long, though, and included among others Andrea Giovannini, Livio Wenger, Bart Swings, Peter Michael, Alexis Contin and Koen Verweij.
Most of the contenders survived the tactical semi-finals, although the elimination of 5,000 m bronze medallist Sverre Lunde Pedersen was a surprise. In the final, Wenger and Viktor Hald Thorup staged an attack after 6 laps, gaining some 75 m on the pack. Skating in service of Lee, Chung Jae-Won caught the attackers. With three laps to go, 4-time Olympic champion Sven Kramer launched an attack, with the intent of either personal gain or launching his team mate Verweij. Kramer was caught by small group, led by Swings but including Lee and Verweij. The Korean was by far the strongest in the resulting sprint, to the delight of the home crowd. Swings placed second to win Belgium’s first Winter Olympic medal in 20 years, while Verweij held on for the bronze.
Pos | Competitor | NOC | SF | Final | |||
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1 | Lee Seung-Hun | KOR | 16 (6 h1) | 16 (1) | Gold | ||
2 | Bart Swings | BEL | 16 (5 h2) | 16 (2) | Silver | ||
3 | Koen Verweij | NED | 16 (5 h1) | 16 (3) | Bronze | ||
4 | Livio Wenger | SUI | 16 (7 h2) | 16 (4) | |||
5 | Viktor Hald Thorup | DEN | 16 (4 h1) | 16 (5) | |||
6 | Linus Heidegger | AUT | 16 (1 h1) | 16 (6) | |||
7 | Vitali Mikhailau | BLR | 16 (3 h2) | 16 (7) | |||
8 | Jeong Jae-Won | KOR | 16 (6 h2) | 16 (8) | |||
9 | Joey Mantia | USA | 16 (8 h2) | 16 (9) | |||
10 | Alexis Contin | FRA | 16 (8 h1) | 16 (10) | |||
11 | Shane Williamson | JPN | 16 (3 h1) | 16 (11) | |||
12 | Andrea Giovannini | ITA | 16 (2 h1) | 16 (12) | |||
13 | Stefan Due Schmidt | DEN | 16 (2 h2) | 16 (13) | |||
14 | Olivier Jean | CAN | 16 (7 h1) | 16 (14) | |||
15 | Peter Michael | NZL | 16 (1 h2) | 16 (15) | |||
16 | Sven Kramer | NED | 16 (4 h2) | 16 (16) | |||
9 h1 r1/2 | Haralds Silovs | LAT | 16 (9 h1) | – | |||
9 h2 r1/2 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | NOR | 16 (9 h2) | – | |||
10 h1 r1/2 | Brian Hansen | USA | 16 (10 h1) | – | |||
10 h2 r1/2 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | POL | 16 (10 h2) | – | |||
11 h1 r1/2 | Fyodor Mezentsev | KAZ | 16 (11 h1) | – | |||
11 h2 r1/2 | Ryosuke Tsuchiya | JPN | 16 (11 h2) | – | |||
12 h1 r1/2 | Reyon Kay | NZL | 16 (12 h1) | – | |||
12 h2 r1/2 | Wang Hongli | CHN | 16 (12 h2) | – |
Date | 24 February 2018 — 20:45 |
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Format | Top finishers in each heat advance to final round. |
Time | 20:45 |
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Pos | Helmet Nr | Competitor | NOC | Laps | Points | Sprint 1 Points | ||
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1 | 7 | Linus Heidegger | AUT | 16 | 60 | 0 | ||
2 | 2 | Andrea Giovannini | ITA | 16 | 41 | 0 | ||
3 | 10 | Shane Williamson | JPN | 16 | 20 | 0 | ||
4 | 8 | Viktor Hald Thorup | DEN | 16 | 5 | 0 | ||
5 | 9 | Koen Verweij | NED | 16 | 5 | 5 | ||
6 | 1 | Lee Seung-Hun | KOR | 16 | 5 | 0 | ||
7 | 5 | Olivier Jean | CAN | 16 | 4 | 0 | ||
8 | 4 | Alexis Contin | FRA | 16 | 3 | 0 | ||
9 | 6 | Haralds Silovs | LAT | 16 | 3 | 3 | ||
10 | 11 | Brian Hansen | USA | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||
11 | 12 | Fyodor Mezentsev | KAZ | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | 3 | Reyon Kay | NZL | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Time | 21:00 |
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Pos | Helmet Nr | Competitor | NOC | Laps | Points | Sprint 1 Points | ||
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1 | 5 | Peter Michael | NZL | 16 | 60 | 0 | ||
2 | 9 | Stefan Due Schmidt | DEN | 16 | 40 | 0 | ||
3 | 12 | Vitali Mikhailau | BLR | 16 | 20 | 0 | ||
4 | 7 | Sven Kramer | NED | 16 | 6 | 0 | ||
5 | 2 | Bart Swings | BEL | 16 | 5 | 5 | ||
6 | 4 | Jeong Jae-Won | KOR | 16 | 5 | 0 | ||
7 | 1 | Livio Wenger | SUI | 16 | 5 | 0 | ||
8 | 3 | Joey Mantia | USA | 16 | 3 | 3 | ||
9 | 10 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | NOR | 16 | 2 | 0 | ||
10 | 11 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | POL | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||
11 | 8 | Ryosuke Tsuchiya | JPN | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | 6 | Wang Hongli | CHN | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Date | 24 February 2018 — 22:00 |
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Pos | Helmet Nr | Competitor | NOC | Laps | Points | Sprint 1 Points | ||
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1 | 11 | Lee Seung-Hun | KOR | 16 | 60 | 0 | ||
2 | 10 | Bart Swings | BEL | 16 | 40 | 0 | ||
3 | 9 | Koen Verweij | NED | 16 | 20 | 0 | ||
4 | 14 | Livio Wenger | SUI | 16 | 11 | 3 | ||
5 | 7 | Viktor Hald Thorup | DEN | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||
6 | 1 | Linus Heidegger | AUT | 16 | 6 | 5 | ||
7 | 6 | Vitali Mikhailau | BLR | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||
8 | 12 | Jeong Jae-Won | KOR | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||
9 | 16 | Joey Mantia | USA | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | 15 | Alexis Contin | FRA | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | 5 | Shane Williamson | JPN | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | 3 | Andrea Giovannini | ITA | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
13 | 4 | Stefan Due Schmidt | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | 13 | Olivier Jean | CAN | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
15 | 2 | Peter Michael | NZL | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
16 | 8 | Sven Kramer | NED | 16 | 0 | 0 |