# 2016–17 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup

The 2016–17 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 5 November 2016 in Canada and ended on 10 February 2017. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

## Calendar
### Men
#### Calgary 4–6 November 2016

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 5 November 2016 6 November 2016 | Calgary Olympic Oval Calgary Olympic Oval | 500m (1) 500m (2) | Samuel Girard Sándor Liu Shaolin | Wu Dajing Semen Elistratov | Victor An Sjinkie Knegt |
| 6 November 2016 | Calgary Olympic Oval | 1000m | Charle Cournoyer | Samuel Girard | Shaoang Liu |
| 5 November 2016 | Calgary Olympic Oval | 1500m | Sjinkie Knegt | Vladislav Bykanov | Semen Elistratov |
| 6 November 2016 | Calgary Olympic Oval | 5000m relay | Hungary Shaoang Liu Sándor Liu Shaolin Csaba Burjan Viktor Knoch | Netherlands Daan Breeuwsma Sjinkie Knegt Dennis Visser Itzhak de Laat | South Korea Han Seung-soo Lee Jung-su Sin Da-woon Lim Kyoung-won |

#### Salt Lake City 11–13 November 2016

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 13 November 2016 | Utah Olympic Oval | 500m | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Han Tianyu | Charles Hamelin |
| 12 November 2016 | Utah Olympic Oval | 1000m | Lim Kyoung-won | Hwang Daeheon | Thibaut Fauconnet |
| 12 November 2016 13 November 2016 | Utah Olympic Oval Utah Olympic Oval | 1500m (1) 1500m (2) | Samuel Girard Sjinkie Knegt WR | Sándor Liu Shaolin Lee Jung-su | John-Henry Krueger Semen Elistratov |
| 13 November 2016 | Utah Olympic Oval | 5000m relay | China Han Tianyu Xu Hongzhi Wu Dajing Ren Ziwei | Netherlands Daan Breeuwsma Sjinkie Knegt Adwin Snellink Itzhak de Laat | Kazakhstan Abzal Azhgaliyev Aydar Bekzhanov Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev Denis Nikisha |

#### Shanghai 9–11 December 2016

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 10 December 2016 11 December 2016 | Oriental Sports Center Oriental Sports Center | 500m (1) 500m (2) | Wu Dajing Wu Dajing | Liu Shaoang Sándor Liu Shaolin | Viktor Ahn Sjinkie Knegt |
| 11 December 2016 | Oriental Sports Center | 1000m | Liu Shaoang | Lim Kyoung-won | Han Seung-soo |
| 10 December 2016 | Oriental Sports Center | 1500m | Lee Jung-su | Semen Elistratov | Sjinkie Knegt |
| 11 December 2016 | Oriental Sports Center | 5000m relay | China | Netherlands | South Korea |

#### Gangneung 16–18 December 2016

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 18 December 2016 | Gangneung Ice Arena | 500m | Wu Dajing | Denis Nikisha | Han Seung-soo |
| 17 December 2016 18 December 2016 | Gangneung Ice Arena Gangneung Ice Arena | 1000m (1) 1000m (2) | Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev Charles Hamelin | Pascal Dion Semen Elistratov | Patrick Duffy Charle Cournoyer |
| 17 December 2016 | Gangneung Ice Arena | 1500m | Lee Jung-su | Sjinkie Knegt | Semen Elistratov |
| 18 December 2016 | Gangneung Ice Arena | 5000m Relay | Hungary | Canada | United States |

#### Dresden 3–5 February 2017

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 5 February 2017 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 500m | Shaolin Sándor Liu | Hwang Dae-heon | Liu Shaoang |
| 5 February 2017 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1000m | Thibaut Fauconnet | Hwang Dae-heon | J. R. Celski |
| 5 February 2017 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1500m (1) 1500m (2) | Charles Hamelin Sjinkie Knegt | Hong Kyung-hwan Csaba Burjan | Alexander Shulginov Vladislav Bykanov |
| 5 February 2017 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 5000m relay | Russia | Netherlands | South Korea |

#### Minsk 10–12 February 2017

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 12 February 2017 | Minsk-Arena | 500m | Denis Nikisha | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Francois Hamelin |
| 12 February 2017 | Minsk-Arena | 1000m | Hwang Dae-heon | Sjinkie Knegt | Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev |
| 12 February 2017 | Minsk-Arena | 1500m | Lee Hyo-been | Hong Kyung-hwan | Lim Yong-jin |
| 12 February 2017 | Minsk-Arena | 5000m relay | Netherlands | Russia | Kazakhstan |

### Women
#### Calgary 4–6 November 2016

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 5 November 2016 6 November 2016 | Calgary Olympic Oval Calgary Olympic Oval | 500m (1) 500m (2) | Fan Kexin Elise Christie | Marianne St-Gelais Jamie Macdonald | Arianna Fontana Yara van Kerkhof |
| 6 November 2016 | Calgary Olympic Oval | 1000m | Choi Min-jeong | Shim Suk-hee | Suzanne Schulting |
| 5 November 2016 | Calgary Olympic Oval | 1500m | Shim Suk-hee | Choi Min-jeong | Suzanne Schulting |
| 6 November 2016 | Calgary Olympic Oval | 3000m relay | South Korea Noh Do-hee Kim Geon-hee Choi Min-jeong Shim Suk-hee | Netherlands Yara van Kerkhof Rianne de Vries Suzanne Schulting Lara van Ruijven | Hungary Sara Luca Bacskai Petra Jaszapati Zsófia Kónya Andrea Keszler |

#### Salt Lake City 11–13 November 2016

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 13 November 2016 | Utah Olympic Oval | 500m | Marianne St-Gelais | Choi Min-jeong | Fan Kexin |
| 12 November 2016 | Utah Olympic Oval | 1000m | Kim Jiyoo | Suzanne Schulting | Zsófia Kónya |
| 12 November 2016 13 November 2016 | Utah Olympic Oval Utah Olympic Oval | 1500m (1) 1500m (2) | Choi Min-jeong Shim Suk-hee | Marianne St-Gelais Kim Jiyoo | Marie-Ève Drolet Noh Do-hee |
| 13 November 2016 | Utah Olympic Oval | 3000m relay | South Korea Noh Do-hee Kim Jiyoo Choi Min-jeong Shim Suk-hee | Netherlands Yara van Kerkhof Rianne de Vries Suzanne Schulting Jorien ter Mors | Canada Marianne St-Gelais Kim Boutin Kasandra Bradette Marie-Ève Drolet |

#### Shanghai 9–11 December 2016

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 10 December 2016 11 December 2016 | Oriental Sports Center Oriental Sports Center | 500m (1) 500m (2) | Elise Christie Elise Christie | Choi Min-jeong Arianna Fontana | Marianne St-Gelais Natalia Maliszewska |
| 11 December 2016 | Oriental Sports Center | 1000m | Choi Min-jeong | Kim Jiyoo | Suzanne Schulting |
| 10 December 2016 | Oriental Sports Center | 1500m | Shim Suk-hee | Kim Jiyoo | Suzanne Schulting |
| 11 December 2016 | Oriental Sports Center | 3000m relay | South Korea | Canada | Netherlands |

#### Gangneung 16–18 December 2016

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 18 December 2016 | Gangneung Ice Arena | 500m | Choi Min-jeong | Fan Kexin | Natalia Maliszewska |
| 17 December 2016 18 December 2016 | Gangneung Ice Arena Gangneung Ice Arena | 1000m (1) 1000m (2) | Elise Christie Elise Christie | Choi Min-jeong Guo Yihan | Marie-Ève Drolet Shim Suk-hee |
| 17 December 2016 | Gangneung Ice Arena | 1500m | Shim Suk-hee | Marianne St-Gelais | Kim Boutin |
| 18 December 2016 | Gangneung Ice Arena | 3000m relay | South Korea | Netherlands | Canada |

#### Dresden 3–5 February 2017

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 5 February 2017 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 500m | Marianne St-Gelais | Kim Ye-jin | Jamie MacDonald |
| 5 February 2017 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1000m | Marianne St-Gelais | Suzanne Schulting | Valérie Maltais |
| 5 February 2017 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1500m (1) 1500m (2) | Kim Boutin Suzanne Schulting | Rianne de Vries Noh Ah-rum | Charlotte Gilmartin Valérie Maltais |
| 5 February 2017 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 3000m relay | Netherlands | Italy | Canada |

#### Minsk 10–12 February 2017

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 12 February 2017 | Minsk-Arena | 500m | Kim Ye-jin | Arianna Fontana | Yara van Kerkhof |
| 12 February 2017 | Minsk-Arena | 1000m | Liu Yang | Shione Kaminaga | Cynthia Mascitto |
| 12 February 2017 | Minsk-Arena | 1500m | Noh Ah-rum | Ekaterina Efremenkova | Lucia Peretti |
| 12 February 2017 | Minsk-Arena | 3000m relay | Russia | Italy | South Korea |

## World Cup standings

| Men's 500 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Wu Dajing (CHN)38001 2. Abzal Azhgaliyev (KAZ)34433 3. Sándor Liu Shaolin (HUN)33774 4. Denis Nikisha (KAZ)23420 5. Samuel Girard (CAN)20632 | Women's 500 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Marianne St-Gelais (CAN)37021 2. Elise Christie (GBR)35264 3. Fan Kexin (CHN)33616 4. Arianna Fontana (ITA)33213 5. Choi Min-jeong (KOR)26000 |
| Men's 1000 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Shaoang Liu (HUN)28669 2. Thibaut Fauconnet (FRA)27517 3. Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev (KAZ)27486 4. Hwang Daeheon (KOR)26000 5. Lim Kyoung-won (KOR)22619 | Women's 1000 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Suzanne Schulting (NED)29198 2. Choi Min-jeong (KOR)28000 3. Elise Christie (GBR)21678 4. Kim Jiyoo (KOR)19678 5. Valerie Maltais (CAN)19566 |
| Men's 1500 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Sjinkie Knegt (NED)44400 2. Lee Jung-su (KOR)35217 3. Semen Elistratov (RUS)28059 4. John-Henry Krueger (USA)24431 5. Vladislav Bykanov (ISR)24311 | Women's 1500 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Shim Suk-hee (KOR)40000 2. Suzanne Schulting (NED)25716 3. Kim Boutin (CAN)24747 4. Charlotte Gilmartin (GBR)22597 5. Ekaterina Efremenkova (RUS)21688 |
| Men's 5000 metre relay Final standings after 6 events Pos Athlete Points 1 Netherlands34000 2 Hungary30240 3 China30240 4 Russia26192 5 South Korea23296 | Women's 3000 metre relay Final standings after 6 events Pos Athlete Points 1 South Korea40000 2 Netherlands34000 3 Canada27200 4 Italy24192 5 China19456 |
| Men's overall Final standings after events Pos Athlete Points 1 Netherlands 2 Canada 3 China 4 Russia 5 Canada | Women's overall Final standings after events Pos Athlete Points 1 South Korea 2 United Kingdom 3 South Korea 4 Canada 5 Canada |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea | 16 | 15 | 6 | 37 |
| 2 | Canada | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | China | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 4 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Russia | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 49 | 48 | 47 | 144 |
* After Dresden