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2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

{{Short description|Series of international speed skating competitions}}

{{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.{{cite web |url=http://static.isu.org/media/213658/1958-world-cup-ss-2015-16.pdf |title=International Skating Union – Communication No. 1958 |publisher=International Skating Union |format=PDF |date=3 August 2015 |access-date=14 October 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072318/http://static.isu.org/media/213658/1958-world-cup-ss-2015-16.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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.

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{{nowrap|WC #}}

! City

! Venue

! Date

! {{nowrap|500 m}}

! {{nowrap|1000 m}}

! {{nowrap|1500 m}}

! {{nowrap|3000 m}}

! {{nowrap|5000 m}}

! {{nowrap|10000 m}}

! {{nowrap|Mass start}}

! {{nowrap|Team pursuit}}

! {{nowrap|Team sprint}}

1

| align=left | Calgary

| align=left | Olympic Oval

| align=right | {{nowrap|13–15 November}}

| 2m, 2w

| m, w

| m, w

| bgcolor=pink | w

| bgcolor=lightblue | m

|

| m, w

| m, w

| m, w

2

| align=left | Salt Lake City

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval

| align=right | {{nowrap|20–22 November}}

| 2m, 2w

| m, w

| m, w

|

| bgcolor=pink | w

| bgcolor=lightblue | m

| m, w

|

| m, w

3

| align=left | Inzell

| align=left | Eisstadion Inzell

| align=right | {{nowrap|4–6 December}}

| 2m, 2w

| m, w

| m, w

| bgcolor=pink | w

| bgcolor=lightblue | m

|

| m, w

| m, w

|

4

| align=left | Heerenveen

| align=left | Thialf

| align=right | {{nowrap|11–13 December}}

| 2m, 2w

| m, w

| m, w

| bgcolor=pink | w

| bgcolor=lightblue | m

|

| m, w

| m, w

| m, w

bgcolor=#faecc8

|

| align=left | Minsk

| align=left | Minsk-Arena

| align=right | {{nowrap|9–10 January}}

| colspan=9 | 2016 European Speed Skating Championships

5

| align=left | Stavanger

| align=left | Sørmarka Arena

| align=right | {{nowrap|29–31 January}}

| 2m, 2w

| 2m, 2w

| m, w

| bgcolor=pink | w

| bgcolor=lightblue | m

|

|

|

|

bgcolor=#faecc8

|

| align=left | Kolomna

| align=left | Kolomna Speed Skating Center

| align=right | {{nowrap|11–14 February}}

| colspan=9 | 2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

bgcolor=#faecc8

|

| align=left | Seoul

| align=left | Taereung International Ice Rink

| align=right | {{nowrap|27–28 February}}

| colspan=9 | 2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

bgcolor=#faecc8

|

| align=left | Berlin

| align=left | {{nowrap|Sportforum Hohenschönhausen}}

| align=right | {{nowrap|5–6 March}}

| colspan=9 | 2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

6

| align=left | Heerenveen

| align=left | Thialf

| align=right | {{nowrap|11–13 March}}

| 2m, 2w

| m, w

| m, w

| bgcolor=pink | w

| bgcolor=lightblue | m

|

| m, w

| m, w

| m, w

align=left colspan=4 | Total

! {{nowrap|12m, 12w}}

! {{nowrap|7m, 7w}}

! {{nowrap|6m, 6w}}

! 5w

! {{nowrap|5m, 1w}}

! 1m

! {{nowrap|5m, 5w}}

! {{nowrap|4m, 4w}}

! {{nowrap|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.

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.

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|+ Men

Distance

! Time required {{note label|A|A}}

! Time required {{note label|B|B}}

500 m

| 36.20

| 36.60

1000 m

| 1:11.90

| 1:12.80

1500 m

| 1:51.00

| 1:52.50

3000 m

| —

| —

5000 m

| 6:48.00

| 6:52.00

10000 m

| 13:40.00 {{note label|C|C}}

| 13:50.00 {{note label|D|D}}

{{col-2-of-2}}

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|+ Women

Distance

! Time required {{note label|A|A}}

! Time required {{note label|B|B}}

500 m

| 40.00

| 40.50

1000 m

| 1:20.00

| 1:21.00

1500 m

| 2:03.00

| 2:05.00

3000 m

| 4:24.00

| 4:28.00

5000 m

| 7:25.00 {{note label|E|E}}

| 7:32.00 {{note label|F|F}}

10000 m

| —

| —

{{col-end}}

:{{note label|A|A}} in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, or the Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

:{{note label|B|B}} in other ice rinks

:{{note label|C|C}} or 6:35.00 on 5000 m

:{{note label|D|D}} or 6:40.00 on 5000 m

:{{note label|E|E}} or 4:15.00 on 3000 m

:{{note label|F|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).

World records

World records going into the 2015–16 season.

=Men=

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Distance

! Time

! Holder(s)

! Nat.

! Date

! Venue

! Reference

500 m

| 34.03

| align=left | Jeremy Wotherspoon

| {{flagicon|CAN}}

| align=right | 9 November 2007

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=500

|title = Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 30 September 2013

}}

1000 m

| 1:06.42

| align=left | Shani Davis

| {{flagicon|USA}}

| align=right | 7 March 2009

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=1000

|title = Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Men

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 30 September 2013

}}

1500 m

| 1:41.04

| align=left | Shani Davis

| {{flagicon|USA}}

| align=right | 11 December 2009

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=1500

|title = Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Men

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 30 September 2013

}}

5000 m

| 6:03.32

| align=left | Sven Kramer

| {{flagicon|NED}}

| align=right | 17 November 2007

| align=left | Olympic Oval, Calgary

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=5000

|title = Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Men

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 30 September 2013

}}

10000 m

| 12:41.69

| align=left | Sven Kramer

| {{flagicon|NED}}

| align=right | 10 March 2007

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=10000

|title = Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 30 September 2013

}}

Team pursuit
(8 laps)

| 3:35.60

| align=left | Koen Verweij
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer

| {{flagicon|NED}}

| align=right | 16 November 2013

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=team

|title = Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 28 November 2013

}}

=Women=

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Distance

! Time

! Holder(s)

! Nat.

! Date

! Venue

! Reference

500 m

| 36.36

| align=left | Lee Sang-hwa

| {{flagicon|KOR}}

| align=right | 16 November 2013

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=500

|title = Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 28 November 2013

}}

1000 m

| 1:12.58

| align=left | Brittany Bowe

| {{flagicon|USA}}

| align=right | 17 November 2013

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=1000

|title = Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 28 November 2013

}}

1500 m

| 1:51.79

| align=left | Cindy Klassen

| {{flagicon|CAN}}

| align=right | 20 November 2005

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=1500

|title = Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 30 September 2013

}}

3000 m

| 3:53.34

| align=left | Cindy Klassen

| {{flagicon|CAN}}

| align=right | 18 March 2006

| align=left | Olympic Oval, Calgary

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=3000

|title = Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 30 September 2013

}}

5000 m

| 6:42.66

| align=left | Martina Sáblíková

| {{flagicon|CZE}}

| align=right | 18 February 2011

| align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=5000

|title = Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 30 September 2013

}}

Team pursuit
(6 laps)

| 2:55.79

| align=left | Kristina Groves
Christine Nesbitt
Brittany Schussler

| {{flagicon|CAN}}

| align=right | 6 December 2009

| align=left | Olympic Oval, Calgary

| {{cite web

|url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=team

|title = Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Women

|publisher = www.speedskatingstats.com

|access-date = 30 September 2013

}}

Men's standings

=500 m=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres}}

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! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Kulizhnikov705
align="center"

| 2

align="left" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Ruslan Murashov705
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Gilmore Junio637

=1000 m=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Kjeld Nuis630
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Kulizhnikov480
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Gerben Jorritsma396

=1500 m=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Denis Yuskov530
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Kjeld Nuis456
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joey Mantia405

=5000 and 10000 m=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres}}

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! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Sven Kramer530
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Jorrit Bergsma530
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Sverre Lunde Pedersen369

=Mass start=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's mass start}}

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! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Arjan Stroetinga404
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Jorrit Bergsma380
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Francolini378

=Team pursuit=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit}}

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! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Country

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{NED}}350
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{NOR}}280
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{POL}}279

=Team sprint=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team sprint}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Country

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{NED}}390
align="center"

| 2

align="left" |{{RUS}}334
align="center"

| 3

align="left" |{{CAN}}320

=Grand World Cup=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's Grand World Cup}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Kjeld Nuis630
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Bart Swings580
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Kulizhnikov530

Women's standings

=500 m=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

!| Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Heather Richardson-Bergsma848
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Hong842
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Brittany Bowe785

=1000 m=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

!| Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Brittany Bowe710
align="center"

| 2

align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Heather Richardson-Bergsma508
align="center"

| 3

align="left" |{{flagicon|NED}} Marrit Leenstra465

=1500 m=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Brittany Bowe590
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Heather Richardson-Bergsma501
align="center"

| 3

align="left" |{{flagicon|NED}} Marrit Leenstra396

=3000 and 5000 m=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|CZE}} Martina Sábliková500
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Natalya Voronina450
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Irene Schouten361

=Mass start=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's mass start}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Irene Schouten466
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Ivanie Blondin420
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Misaki Oshigiri271

=Team pursuit=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Country

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{JPN}}430
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{NED}}380
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{RUS}}290

=Team sprint=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team sprint}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Country

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" |{{CHN}}330
align="center"

| 2

align="left" |{{NED}}314
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{JPN}}290

=Grand World Cup=

{{Main article|2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's Grand World Cup}}

class="wikitable" border="1"

! width=30 | Rank

! width=150 | Name

! width=25 | Points

align="center"

| 1

align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Heather Richardson-Bergsma1020
align="center"

| 2

align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Brittany Bowe960
align="center"

| 3

align="left" | {{flagicon|CZE}} Martina Sábliková770

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-139874-157090-nav-list,00.html International Skating Union]

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160927030657/http://live.isuresults.eu/ Results] at ISUresults.eu

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