The third competition weekend of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup will be held in Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany, from Friday, 5 December, until Sunday, 7 December 2014.

Artur Waś of Poland both men's 500 m races. In the women's competitions, Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands won three gold medals; in the 1500 m and 3000 m races, as well as in the team pursuit. Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won both 500 m races. Heather Richardson of the United States managed to take no less than four silver medals; in both 500 m races, as well as the 1000 m and 1500 m races.

No world records were set during the weekend, but Christian Oberbichler of Switzerland set a new national record on in the B division of the men's 500 m on Friday, and both Marina Zueva of Belarus and Saskia Alusalu of Estonia set new national records in the B division of the women's 3000 m, also on Friday.

Schedule The detailed schedule of events:  Date   Session   Events   Comment   Friday, 5 December   Morning   12:10: 3000 m women  13:12: 500 m women (1)  13:37: 500 m men (1)   Division B   Afternoon   16:00: 3000 m women  17:04: 500 m women (1)  17:29: 500 m men (1)   Division A   18:21: Team pursuit men   Saturday, 6 December   Morning   09:45: 1000 m women  10:29: 1000 m men   Division B   Afternoon   12:55: 1000 m women  13:25: 1000 m men  14:13: 5000 m men   Division A   15:40: Team pursuit women   17:00: 5000 m men   Division B   Sunday, 7 December   Morning   09:00: 500 m women (2)  09:18: 500 m men (2)  10:05: 1500 m women  10:56: 1500 m men   Division B   Afternoon   12:50: 1500 m women  13:42: 1500 m men  14:32: 500 m women (2)  14:59: 500 m men (2)   Division A   15:44: Mass start women  16:14: Mass start men  All times are CET (UTC+1).

Medal summary

Men's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Artur Waś 35.01 Laurent Dubreuil 35.09 Michel Mulder 35.12 2 Artur Waś 35.04 Espen Aarnes Hvammen 35.06 Laurent Dubreuil 35.09 1000 m Nico Ihle 1:09.49 Samuel Schwarz 1:09.53 Hein Otterspeer 1:09.56 1500 m Jan Szymański 1:46.80 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 1:47.13 Thomas Krol 1:47.14 5000 m Jorrit Bergsma 6:17.59 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 6:20.97 Douwe de Vries 6:23.50 Mass start Lee Seung-hoon 61 Arjan Stroetinga 40 Bart Swings 25 Team pursuit Zbigniew BródkaJan SzymańskiKonrad Niedźwiedzki 3:45.88 Lee Seung-hoonKim Cheol-minKo Byung-wook 3:46.97 Douwe de VriesArjan StroetingaFrank Vreugdenhil 3:47.58 In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Women's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Lee Sang-hwa 37.87 Heather Richardson 38.21 Margot Boer 38.40 2 Lee Sang-hwa 37.96 Heather Richardson 38.07 Nao Kodaira 38.11 1000 m Brittany Bowe 1:14.81 Heather Richardson 1:15.14 Li Qishi 1:15.94 1500 m Ireen Wüst 1:55.89 Heather Richardson 1:55.91 Marrit Leenstra 1:55.93 3000 m Ireen Wüst 4:01.55 Marije Joling 4:03.34 Martina Sáblíková 4:05.36 Mass start Irene Schouten 61 Ivanie Blondin 43 Jun Ye-jin 20 Team pursuit Ireen WüstMarrit LeenstraMarije Joling 2:59.72 Luiza ZłotkowskaKatarzyna WoźniakAleksandra Goss 3:03.83 Nana TakagiMaki TabataAyaka Kikuchi 3:04.00 In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

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