2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

The 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015–2016, was a series of international speed skating competitions that ran the entire season. The season started on 13 November 2015 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and ended with the final on 13 March 2016 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.[1]

2015–16 ISU
Speed Skating World Cup
13 November 2015 – 13 March 2016
Events
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
Mass startmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen
Team sprintmenwomen
Sprint combinationmenwomen
Allround combinationmenwomen
Grand world cupmenwomen
World Cup weekends

In total, six competition weekends were held at five different locations, 18 cups were contested (nine for men, and nine for women), and 88 races took place. Additionally, there were two Grand World Cups, one for men and one for women, in which all individual races, regardless of distance, counted.

The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Calendar

The detailed schedule for the season.[1]

WC # City Venue Date 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m Mass start Team pursuit Team sprint
1 Calgary Olympic Oval 13–15 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w m, w
2 Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval 20–22 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w
3 Inzell Eisstadion Inzell 4–6 December 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w
4 Heerenveen Thialf 11–13 December 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w m, w
Minsk Minsk-Arena 9–10 January 2016 European Speed Skating Championships
5 Stavanger Sørmarka Arena 29–31 January 2m, 2w 2m, 2w m, w w m
Kolomna Kolomna Speed Skating Center 11–14 February 2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Seoul Taereung International Ice Rink 27–28 February 2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen 5–6 March 2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
6 Heerenveen Thialf 11–13 March 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w m, w
Total 12m, 12w 7m, 7w 6m, 6w 5w 5m, 1w 1m 5m, 5w 4m, 4w 4m, 4w
Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.[1]

In addition, there were two combination cups, the allround combination and the sprint combination. For the allround combination, the distances were 1500 + 5000 metres for men, and 1500 + 3000 metres for women. For the sprint combination, the distances were 500 + 1000 metres, both for men and women. These cups were contested only in World Cup 5, in Stavanger, Norway.

Entry rules

Qualification criteria

In order to qualify, skaters had to achieve the following results in ISU events, international competitions or national championships between 1 July 2014 and the entry deadline for the competition concerned.[1]

A in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, or the Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
B in other ice rinks
C or 6:35.00 on 5000 m
D or 6:40.00 on 5000 m
E or 4:15.00 on 3000 m
F or 4:20.00 on 3000 m

For the mass start and team pursuit events, skaters who had achieved any one of the above results were qualified. However, every ISU member nation was allowed to enter a maximum of one skater per gender who had not achieved any of these results, provided that they had achieved a 1500 m result of 1:57.50 (men) or 2:10.00 (women).[1]

World records

World records going into the 2015–16 season.

Men
Distance Time Holder(s) Nat. Date Venue Reference
500 m 34.03 Jeremy Wotherspoon 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [2]
1000 m 1:06.42 Shani Davis 7 March 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [3]
1500 m 1:41.04 Shani Davis 11 December 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [4]
5000 m 6:03.32 Sven Kramer 17 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary [5]
10000 m 12:41.69 Sven Kramer 10 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [6]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)		 3:35.60 Koen Verweij
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer		 16 November 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [7]

Women
Distance Time Holder(s) Nat. Date Venue Reference
500 m 36.36 Lee Sang-hwa 16 November 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [8]
1000 m 1:12.58 Brittany Bowe 17 November 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [9]
1500 m 1:51.79 Cindy Klassen 20 November 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [10]
3000 m 3:53.34 Cindy Klassen 18 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary [11]
5000 m 6:42.66 Martina Sáblíková 18 February 2011 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [12]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)		 2:55.79 Kristina Groves
Christine Nesbitt
Brittany Schussler		 6 December 2009 Olympic Oval, Calgary [13]

Men's standings

500 m
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Pavel Kulizhnikov705
2 Ruslan Murashov705
3 Gilmore Junio637

1000 m
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Kjeld Nuis630
2 Pavel Kulizhnikov480
3 Gerben Jorritsma396

1500 m
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Denis Yuskov530
2 Kjeld Nuis456
3 Joey Mantia405

5000 and 10000 m
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Sven Kramer530
2 Jorrit Bergsma530
3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen369

Mass start
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's mass start
Rank Name Points
1 Arjan Stroetinga404
2 Jorrit Bergsma380
3 Fabio Francolini378

Team pursuit
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit
Rank Country Points
1 Netherlands350
2 Norway280
3 Poland279

Team sprint
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team sprint
Rank Country Points
1 Netherlands390
2 Russia334
3 Canada320

Grand World Cup
Rank Name Points
1 Kjeld Nuis630
2 Bart Swings580
2 Pavel Kulizhnikov530

Women's standings

500 m
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Heather Richardson-Bergsma848
2 Zhang Hong842
3 Brittany Bowe785

1000 m
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Brittany Bowe710
2 Heather Richardson-Bergsma508
3 Marrit Leenstra465

1500 m
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Brittany Bowe590
2 Heather Richardson-Bergsma501
3 Marrit Leenstra396

3000 and 5000 m
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres
Rank Name Points
1 Martina Sábliková500
2 Natalya Voronina450
3 Irene Schouten361

Mass start
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's mass start
Rank Name Points
1 Irene Schouten466
2 Ivanie Blondin420
3 Misaki Oshigiri271

Team pursuit
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit
Rank Country Points
1 Japan430
2 Netherlands380
3 Russia290

Team sprint
Main article: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team sprint
Rank Country Points
1 China330
2 Netherlands314
3 Japan290

Grand World Cup
Rank Name Points
1 Heather Richardson-Bergsma1020
2 Brittany Bowe960
3 Martina Sábliková770

References
  1. "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1958" (PDF). International Skating Union. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  2. "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  3. "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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  5. "Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  6. "Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  7. "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  8. "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  9. "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  10. "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  11. "Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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