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

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Men's mass start
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Venue National Speed Skating Oval ,
Beijing
Date19 February 2022
Competitors30 from 19 nations
Winning points63
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bart Swings Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Silver medal icon.svg Chung Jae-won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Lee Seung-hoon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
  2018
2026  

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.

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

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

Semifinals

[4] [5]

RankHeatNameCountryLapsPointsTimeNotes
S1S2S3S4Total
11 Kristian Ulekleiv Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1660607:56.67Q
21 Bart Swings Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 162240447:56.74Q
31 Ning Zhongyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1620207:56.75Q
41 Chung Jae-won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 161110127:56.76Q
51 Daniil Aldoshkin Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 16667:56.83Q
61 Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16337:56.93Q
71 Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 16337:58.22Q
81 Seitaro Ichinohe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16337:58.54Q
91 Haralds Silovs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 16337:59.50
101 Dmitriy Morozov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 16228:08.73
111 Michele Malfatti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16118:02.09
121 Stefan Due Schmidt Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1607:58.01
131 Ian Quinn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1607:58.03
141 Zbigniew Bródka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1608:17.49
1 Felix Rijhnen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Disqualified
12 Andrea Giovannini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1660607:43.58Q
22 Lee Seung-hoon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1640407:43.63Q
32 Livio Wenger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1620207:44.08Q
42 Gabriel Odor Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1610107:44.28Q
52 Jordan Belchos Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1623387:46.05Q
62 Ryosuke Tsuchiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1632277:48.43Q
72 Joey Mantia Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16667:44.37Q
82 Jorrit Bergsma Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 16337:44.42Q
92 Peter Michael Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 161127:58.04
102 Viktor Hald Thorup Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 16118:21.94
112 Artur Janicki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1607:44.48
122 Wang Haotian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1607:46.30
132 Ignat Golovatsiuk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1607:53.59
142 Peder Kongshaug Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1406:55.43
152 Ruslan Zakharov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 502:49.52

Final

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

RankNameCountryLapsPointsTime [7]
S1S2S3S4Total
Gold medal icon.svg Bart Swings Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 162160637:47.11
Silver medal icon.svg Chung Jae-won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1640407:47.18
Bronze medal icon.svg Lee Seung-hoon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1620207:47.204
4 Joey Mantia Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1610107:47.206
5 Daniil Aldoshkin Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 16667:47.59
6 Ryosuke Tsuchiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 163367:58.82
7 Livio Wenger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 161347:47.86
8 Seitaro Ichinohe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 16337:48.56
9 Jorrit Bergsma Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 161237:50.25
10 Gabriel Odor Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 16228:10.46
11 Andrea Giovannini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1607:47.93
12 Ning Zhongyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1607:48.07
13 Jordan Belchos Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1607:48.14
14 Kristian Ulekleiv Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1607:48.52
15 Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1608:13.35
16 Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1407:13.37

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  4. Semifinal 1 results
  5. Semifinal 2 results
  6. Final results
  7. Distance analysis