2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

Series of international speed skating competitions 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.http://static.isu.org/media/213658/1958-world-cup-ss-2015-16.pdf International Skating Union – Communication No. 1958 International Skating Union PDF 3 August 2015 14 October 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072318/http://static.isu.org/media/213658/1958-world-cup-ss-2015-16.pdf 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. 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. 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. + Men Distance Time required A A Time required 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 C C 13:50.00 D D + Women Distance Time required A A Time required 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 E E 7:32.00 F F 10000 m — — A A in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, or the Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City B B in other ice rinks C C or 6:35.00 on 5000 m D D or 6:40.00 on 5000 m E E or 4:15.00 on 3000 m 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 {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center" |- ! Distance ! Time ! Holder(s) ! Nat. ! Date ! Venue ! Reference |- | 500 m | 34.03 | align=left | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | align=right | 9 November 2007 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=500 Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 1000 m | 1:06.42 | align=left | Shani Davis | USA | align=right | 7 March 2009 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=1000 Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 1500 m | 1:41.04 | align=left | Shani Davis | USA | align=right | 11 December 2009 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=1500 Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 5000 m | 6:03.32 | align=left | Sven Kramer | NED | align=right | 17 November 2007 | align=left | Olympic Oval, Calgary | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=5000 Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 10000 m | 12:41.69 | align=left | Sven Kramer | NED | align=right | 10 March 2007 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=10000 Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | Team pursuit (8 laps) | 3:35.60 | align=left | Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer | NED | align=right | 16 November 2013 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=m&event=team Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men www.speedskatingstats.com 28 November 2013 |} Women {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center" |- ! Distance ! Time ! Holder(s) ! Nat. ! Date ! Venue ! Reference |- | 500 m | 36.36 | align=left | Lee Sang-hwa | KOR | align=right | 16 November 2013 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=500 Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 28 November 2013 |- | 1000 m | 1:12.58 | align=left | Brittany Bowe | USA | align=right | 17 November 2013 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=1000 Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 28 November 2013 |- | 1500 m | 1:51.79 | align=left | Cindy Klassen | CAN | align=right | 20 November 2005 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=1500 Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 3000 m | 3:53.34 | align=left | Cindy Klassen | CAN | align=right | 18 March 2006 | align=left | Olympic Oval, Calgary | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=3000 Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | 5000 m | 6:42.66 | align=left | Martina Sáblíková | CZE | align=right | 18 February 2011 | align=left | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=5000 Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |- | Team pursuit (6 laps) | 2:55.79 | align=left | Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler | CAN | align=right | 6 December 2009 | align=left | Olympic Oval, Calgary | http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=team Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Women www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 |} New records : 500 m RUS Pavel Kulizhnikov 1000 m (lowland) RUS Pavel Kulizhnikov 1500 USA Heather Richardson-Bergsma 1000 m USA Brittany Bowe 10.000 m CAN Ted-Jan Bloemen Men's standings 500 m 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres Rank Name Points 1 RUS Pavel Kulizhnikov 705 2 RUS Ruslan Murashov 705 3 CAN Gilmore Junio 637 1000 m 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres Rank Name Points 1 NED Kjeld Nuis 630 2 RUS Pavel Kulizhnikov 480 3 NED Gerben Jorritsma 396 1500 m 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres Rank Name Points 1 RUS Denis Yuskov 530 2 NED Kjeld Nuis 456 3 USA Joey Mantia 405 5000 and 10000 m 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres Rank Name Points 1 NED Sven Kramer 530 2 NED Jorrit Bergsma 530 3 NOR Sverre Lunde Pedersen 369 Mass start 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's mass start Rank Name Points 1 NED Arjan Stroetinga 404 2 NED Jorrit Bergsma 380 3 ITA Fabio Francolini 378 Team pursuit 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit Rank Country Points 1 350 2 280 3 279 Team sprint 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team sprint Rank Country Points 1 390 2 334 3 320 Grand World Cup 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's Grand World Cup Rank Name Points 1 NED Kjeld Nuis 630 2 BEL Bart Swings 580 2 RUS Pavel Kulizhnikov 530 Women's standings 500 m 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres Rank Name Points 1 USA Heather Richardson-Bergsma 848 2 CHN Zhang Hong 842 3 USA Brittany Bowe 785 1000 m 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres Rank Name Points 1 USA Brittany Bowe 710 2 USA Heather Richardson-Bergsma 508 3 NED Marrit Leenstra 465 1500 m 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres Rank Name Points 1 USA Brittany Bowe 590 2 USA Heather Richardson-Bergsma 501 3 NED Marrit Leenstra 396 3000 and 5000 m 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres Rank Name Points 1 CZE Martina Sábliková 500 2 RUS Natalya Voronina 450 3 NED Irene Schouten 361 Mass start 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's mass start Rank Name Points 1 NED Irene Schouten 466 2 CAN Ivanie Blondin 420 3 JPN Misaki Oshigiri 271 Team pursuit 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit Rank Country Points 1 430 2 380 3 290 Team sprint 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team sprint Rank Country Points 1 330 2 314 3 290 Grand World Cup 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's Grand World Cup Rank Name Points 1 USA Heather Richardson-Bergsma 1020 2 USA Brittany Bowe 960 3 CZE Martina Sábliková 770 References External links International Skating Union Results at ISUresults.eu 15-16 Isu Speed Skating World Cup, 2015-16 Isu Speed Skating World Cup, 2015-16