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2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

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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]

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

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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

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Qualification criteria

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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

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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 Jeremy Wotherspoon Canada 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [2]
1000 m 1:06.42 Shani Davis United States 7 March 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [3]
1500 m 1:41.04 Shani Davis United States 11 December 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [4]
5000 m 6:03.32 Sven Kramer Netherlands 17 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary [5]
10000 m 12:41.69 Sven Kramer Netherlands 10 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [6]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)
3:35.60 Koen Verweij
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Netherlands 16 November 2013 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [7]

Women

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

Men's standings

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500 m

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Rank Name Points
1 Russia Pavel Kulizhnikov 705
2 Russia Ruslan Murashov 705
3 Canada Gilmore Junio 637

1000 m

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Rank Name Points
1 Netherlands Kjeld Nuis 630
2 Russia Pavel Kulizhnikov 480
3 Netherlands Gerben Jorritsma 396

1500 m

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Rank Name Points
1 Russia Denis Yuskov 530
2 Netherlands Kjeld Nuis 456
3 United States Joey Mantia 405

5000 and 10000 m

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Rank Name Points
1 Netherlands Sven Kramer 530
2 Netherlands Jorrit Bergsma 530
3 Norway Sverre Lunde Pedersen 369

Mass start

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Rank Name Points
1 Netherlands Arjan Stroetinga 404
2 Netherlands Jorrit Bergsma 380
3 Italy Fabio Francolini 378

Team pursuit

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Rank Country Points
1  Netherlands 350
2  Norway 280
3  Poland 279

Team sprint

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Rank Country Points
1  Netherlands 390
2  Russia 334
3  Canada 320

Grand World Cup

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Rank Name Points
1 Netherlands Kjeld Nuis 630
2 Belgium Bart Swings 580
2 Russia Pavel Kulizhnikov 530

Women's standings

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500 m

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Rank Name Points
1 United States Heather Richardson-Bergsma 848
2 China Zhang Hong 842
3 United States Brittany Bowe 785

1000 m

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Rank Name Points
1 United States Brittany Bowe 710
2 United States Heather Richardson-Bergsma 508
3 Netherlands Marrit Leenstra 465

1500 m

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Rank Name Points
1 United States Brittany Bowe 590
2 United States Heather Richardson-Bergsma 501
3 Netherlands Marrit Leenstra 396

3000 and 5000 m

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Rank Name Points
1 Czech Republic Martina Sábliková 500
2 Russia Natalya Voronina 450
3 Netherlands Irene Schouten 361

Mass start

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Rank Name Points
1 Netherlands Irene Schouten 466
2 Canada Ivanie Blondin 420
3 Japan Misaki Oshigiri 271

Team pursuit

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Rank Country Points
1  Japan 430
2  Netherlands 380
3  Russia 290

Team sprint

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Rank Country Points
1  China 330
2  Netherlands 314
3  Japan 290

Grand World Cup

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Rank Name Points
1 United States Heather Richardson-Bergsma 1020
2 United States Brittany Bowe 960
3 Czech Republic Martina Sábliková 770

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1958" (PDF). International Skating Union. 3 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. 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.
  4. ^ "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  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.
  12. ^ "Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  13. ^ "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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