Rule 241
Drawing at Olympic Winter Games
1. The draw for the starting order at the Olympic Winter Games shall take place for each single distance (see Rule 239), with the exception of the second 500 meters for Ladies and Men. For the second 500 meters race, the Skaters will be paired according to the time classification from the first race, in such a way that the participants change starting lanes in the second race. If some Skaters with the same starting lane in the first race get the same finishing time, the ranks of those Skaters shall be decided by lot. The starting order of the pairs shall be opposite to the ranking order: The Skater with the best time of those who started in the first inner lane shall skate in the last pair against the Skater with the best time of those who started in the first outer lane.
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2. a) For each draw the competitors shall be placed in groups, based on their individual ranking in the Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC), as defined in Rule 209, for the event concerned. Competitors without results from SOQC competitions will be ranked thereafter, according to their best approved qualifying time. b) Based on their individual ranking the entered Skaters are placed in four groups: GROUP I: The eight (
best ranked Skaters; GROUP II: The Skaters ranked 9 to 16; GROUP III: The Skaters ranked 17 to 24; GROUP IV: The remaining Skaters. However for the 5000 meters Ladies and the 10 000 meters Men there will be four (4) Skaters in each group; the four best ranked Skaters are placed in Group I, the four next in Group II, etc; c) In case of a tie in the SOQC ranking list, the internal ranking between the Skaters concerned is decided, if necessary for the grouping, by lot.
3 a) The competitors placed in the same group shall be paired together by drawing their starting numbers. The starting order of the pairs shall be as follows: The first two drawn Skaters from Group IV form the first pair on the distance concerned. However, if there is an odd number of Skaters entered, the first drawn Skater from Group IV shall skate single in the first pair. After Group IV has been drawn, Group III follows, etc.
b) Two competitors representing the same ISU Member/NOC (country) shall not start in the same pair, unless the majority of the competitors in the Group represent this ISU Member/NOC, in which case there will be an open draw. The following scenarios may therefore have to be dealt with:
(i) At the moment when the second Skater in a pair is about to be drawn, the number of remaining Skaters from one country is higher than the remaining number of pairs (in the group). The drawing shall then proceed as follows:
o If the next drawn Skater is not from the country concerned, the drawn Skater will be moved to the next available spot in the start list (i.e. the inner lane of the following pair).
o This procedure is repeated until a Skater from the country concerned has been drawn, observing that the same situation will not occur for other countries in a later pair. If that would be the case, the drawn Skater must then be moved to the next following available spot in the start list.
(ii) The second drawn (or moved) Skater in a pair is from the same country as the first drawn Skater. The Skater will then be moved to the next available spot in the start list, observing potential situations as described in (i) above.
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