# 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres distance for men in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 18–20 November 2011, and the final occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 9–11 March 2012.
Håvard Bøkko of Norway won the cup, while Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands came second, and the defending champion, Shani Davis of the United States, came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Håvard Bøkko | 472 | 2nd |
| Silver | Kjeld Nuis | 430 | 20th |
| Bronze | Shani Davis | 425 | 1st |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 18 November | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:45.70 | Shani Davis United States | 1:46.27 | Ivan Skobrev Russia | 1:46.47 |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 25 November | Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands | 1:45.69 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:45.80 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:45.97 |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 2 December | Ivan Skobrev Russia | 1:45.81 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:45.99 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:46.49 |
| 5 | Hamar, Norway | 12 February | Shani Davis United States | 1:47.08 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:47.21 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:47.55 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 2 March | Shani Davis United States | 1:46.89 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:46.98 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:47.21 |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 9 March | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:47.49 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:47.69 | Koen Verweij Netherlands | 1:47.727 |

## Standings

Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season).
| # | Name | CHE | AST | HVN1 | HAM | HVN2 | BER | Total |
| 1 | Håvard Bøkko | 32 | 70 | 70 | 80 | 70 | 150 | 472 |
| 2 | Kjeld Nuis | 60 | 50 | 80 | 40 | 80 | 120 | 430 |
| 3 | Shani Davis | 80 | 60 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 45 | 425 |
| 4 | Denny Morrison | 50 | 80 | 50 | 60 | 40 | 32 | 312 |
| 5 | Ivan Skobrev | 70 | 32 | 100 | 36 | 45 | 18 | 301 |
| 6 | Stefan Groothuis | 100 | 45 | 21 | 70 | 50 | 14 | 300 |
| 7 | Mark Tuitert | 45 | 36 | 45 | – | – | 90 | 216 |
| 8 | Brian Hansen | 40 | 40 | – | 32 | 60 | 40 | 212 |
| 9 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 16 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 28 | 75 | 192 |
| 10 | Benjamin Macé | 25 | 28 | 60 | – | 24 | 28 | 165 |
| 11 | Koen Verweij | – | – | – | 25 | 32 | 105 | 162 |
| 12 | Wouter olde Heuvel | 36 | 100 | 24 | – | – | – | 160 |
| 13 | Alexis Contin | 21 | 21 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 139 |
| 14 | Zbigniew Bródka | 24 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 120 |
| 15 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 18 | 16 | 6 | 60 | – | 16 | 116 |
| 16 | Jonathan Kuck | 3 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 16 | 36 | 106 |
| 17 | Sjoerd de Vries | 28 | 24 | 36 | – | – | 12 | 100 |
| 18 | Lucas Makowsky | 10 | 25 | 18 | 18 | – | 5 | 76 |
| 19 | Bart Swings | 2 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 36 | 6 | 71 |
| 20 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | 12 | 12 | 16 | – | 12 | 10 | 62 |
| 21 | Denis Kuzin | 11 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | – | 56 |
| 22 | Mikael Flygind Larsen | 14 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 5 | – | 53 |
| 23 | Denis Yuskov | – | – | 25 | – | 19 | 8 | 52 |
| 24 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | 5 | 15 | 12 | 10 | – | 3 | 45 |
| 25 | Moritz Geisreiter | 0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | – | 41 |
| 26 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 8 | – | 40 |
| 27 | Dmitry Babenko | 1 | – | – | 0 | 25 | 4 | 30 |
| 28 | Rhian Ket | – | – | – | 15 | 14 | – | 29 |
| 29 | Jan Szymański | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | – | 26 |
| 30 | Christoffer Fagerli Rukke | 15 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | 26 |
| 31 | Robert Lehmann | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | – | 21 |
| 32 | Sven Kramer | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | 19 |
| 33 | Mathieu Giroux | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | 18 |
| 34 | Sun Longjiang | – | – | 11 | – | 4 | – | 15 |
| 35 | Matteo Anesi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | – | 14 |
| 36 | Gao Xuefeng | 4 | – | 8 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 37 | Bram Smallenbroek | – | – | – | 0 | 11 | – | 11 |
| 38 | Roland Cieslak | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 11 |
| 39 | Patrick Beckert | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 40 | Lee Seung-hoon | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 41 | Li Bailin | 6 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 8 |
| 42 | Aleksandr Lebedev | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | 8 |
| 43 | Pavel Baynov | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 7 |
| 44 | Richard MacLennan | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | – | 6 |
| 45 | Aleksandr Rumyantsev | 0 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 45 | Haralds Silovs | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 47 | Hubert Hirschbichler | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 48 | Enrico Fabris | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |