The men's mass start speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 24 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung This was the first time the mass start has been introduced to the Olympics. The competition was held as a points race.
Format 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. 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 All races were skated on the same day, 24 February 2018. The first semifinal was held at 20:45, the second at 21:00. The final was on the same day at 22:00.
Semifinals Rank Semifinal Name Country Points Time Notes 1 1 Linus Heidegger 60 8:20.46 Q 2 1 Andrea Giovannini 41 8:24.41 Q 3 1 Shane Williamson 20 8:25.44 Q 4 1 Viktor Hald Thorup 5 8:34.06 Q 5 1 Koen Verweij 5 8:44.90 Q 6 1 Lee Seung-hoon 5 8:45.37 Q 7 1 Olivier Jean 4 8:42.31 Q 8 1 Alexis Contin 3 8:28.70 Q 9 1 Haralds Silovs 3 8:28.93 10 1 Brian Hansen 1 8:34.47 11 1 Fyodor Mezentsev 0 8:43.26 12 1 Reyon Kay 0 9:17.99 1 2 Peter Michael 60 7:55.10 Q 2 2 Stefan Due Schmidt 40 7:55.22 Q 3 2 Vitali Mikhailau 20 7:55.25 Q 4 2 Sven Kramer 6 8:24.51 Q 5 2 Bart Swings 5 8:13.57 Q 6 2 Chung Jae-won 5 8:17.02 Q 7 2 Livio Wenger 5 8:17.17 Q 8 2 Joey Mantia 3 8:00.54 Q 9 2 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 2 7:58.65 10 2 Konrad Niedźwiedzki 1 8:24.73 11 2 Ryosuke Tsuchiya 0 7:55.77 12 2 Wang Hongli 0 8:00.97
Final Rank Name Country Points Time Notes Lee Seung-hoon 60 7:43.97 Bart Swings 40 7:44.08 Koen Verweij 20 7:44.24 Livio Wenger 11 8:13.08 Viktor Hald Thorup 8 7:57.10 Linus Heidegger 6 7:52.38 Vitali Mikhailau 1 7:53.38 Chung Jae-won 1 8:32.71 Joey Mantia 0 7:45.21 10 Alexis Contin 0 7:45.64 11 Shane Williamson 0 7:46.19 12 Andrea Giovannini 0 7:46.83 13 Stefan Due Schmidt 0 7:47.53 14 Olivier Jean 0 7:49.30 15 Peter Michael 0 7:49.33 16 Sven Kramer 0 8:13.95
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