# 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1

The first competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from Friday, 13 November, until Sunday, 15 November 2015.
The weekend saw five world records. On Saturday, Heather Richardson-Bergsma of the United States beat fellow American Brittany Bowe's 1000 m world record from 2013. Bowe, who skated in the pairing before Richardson, also skated better than the old record, and finished second, 3/100 behind Richardson. World records were also noted in the team sprints, as they were raced officially for the first time, with the Dutch team winning the men's race, and the Japanese team winning the women's race.
On Sunday, Bowe beat the 1500 m world record, held by Cindy Klassen of Canada since 2005. In the men's 500 metres, Russian Pavel Kulizhnikov set a new world record in the Sunday race, stripping Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada of the record he had held since 2007. Kulizhnikov had previously won the Friday race in a time that was a new national record.

## Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:
| Date | Session | Events | Comment |
| Friday, 13 November | Morning | 09:00: 3000 m women  10:04: 500 m women (1)  10:44: 500 m men (1) | Division B |
| Friday, 13 November | Afternoon | 12:30: 3000 m women  13:34: 500 m women (1)  13:59: 500 m men (1)  14:44: 5000 m men | Division A |
| Friday, 13 November | Afternoon | 16:51: 5000 m men | Division B |
| Saturday, 14 November | Morning | 09:30: 1000 m women  10:21: 1000 m men | Division B |
| Saturday, 14 November | Afternoon | 12:30: 1000 m women  13:00: 1000 m men | Division A |
| Saturday, 14 November | Afternoon | 13:55: Team pursuit men  14:55: Team pursuit women  15:54: Team sprint men  16:17: Team sprint women | |
| Sunday, 15 November | Morning | 09:30: 1500 m women  10:35: 1500 m men | Division B |
| Sunday, 15 November | Afternoon | 12:30: 1500 m women  13:12: 1500 m men  14:02: 500 m women (2)  14:27: 500 m men (2)  15:07: Mass start women  15:37: Mass start men | Division A |
| Sunday, 15 November | Afternoon | 16:57: 500 m women (2)  17:39: 500 m men (2)  18:27: Mass start women  18:42: Mass start men | Division B |
All times are MST (UTC−7).

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.11 | Mika Poutala Finland | 34.28 | William Dutton Canada | 34.46 |
| 500 m | 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.00 WR | William Dutton Canada | 34.25 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Canada | 34.30 |
| 1000 m | | Gerben Jorritsma Netherlands | 1:07.20 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 1:07.33 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:07.40 |
| 1500 m | | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:41.88 | Bart Swings Belgium | 1:42.480 | Joey Mantia United States | 1:42.482 |
| 5000 m | | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:08.61 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:10.44 | Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada | 6:12.72 |
| Mass start | | Bart Swings Belgium | 65 $^A$ | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 45 $^A$ | Reyon Kay New Zealand | 25 $^A$ |
| Team pursuit | | Canada Ted-Jan Bloemen Jordan Belchos Benjamin Donnelly | 3:39.32 | South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Kim Cheol-min Joo Hyong-jun | 3:39.60 | Italy Andrea Giovannini Luca Stefani Fabio Francolini | 3:41.97 |
| Team sprint | | Netherlands Ronald Mulder Kai Verbij Stefan Groothuis | 1:18.79 WR | United States Mitchell Whitmore Jonathan Garcia Joey Mantia | 1:19.39 | Russia Ruslan Murashov Artyom Kuznetsov Aleksey Yesin | 1:19.59 |
    $^A$ In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

### Women's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | 1 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.96 | Zhang Hong China | 37.18 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.22 |
| 500 m | 2 | Zhang Hong China | 36.94 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.99 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.06 |
| 1000 m | | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:12.51 WR | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:12.54 | Zhang Hong China | 1:12.65 |
| 1500 m | | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:51.59 WR | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:52.27 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 1:54.18 |
| 3000 m | | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 3:57.21 | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 3:58.39 | Natalya Voronina Russia | 3:58.78 |
| Mass start | | Kim Bo-reum South Korea | 60 $^A$ | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 41 $^A$ | Ivanie Blondin Canada | 23 $^A$ |
| Team pursuit | | Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Marije Joling | 2:56.11 | Japan Ayaka Kikuchi Miho Takagi Misaki Oshigiri | 2:56.46 | Russia Olga Graf Natalya Voronina Elizaveta Kazelina | 2:56.98 |
| Team sprint | | Japan Erina Kamiya Maki Tsuji Nao Kodaira | 1:26.82 WR | China Yu Jing Zhang Hong Li Qishi | 1:27.08 | Canada Marsha Hudey Noémie Fiset Heather McLean | 1:28.39 |
    $^A$ In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

## Standings

The top ten standings in the contested cups after the weekend. The top five nations in the team pursuit and team sprint cups.

### Men's cups

| # | Name | CGY1 | CGY2 | Total |
| 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 100 | 100 | 200 |
| 2 | William Dutton | 70 | 80 | 150 |
| 3 | Mika Poutala | 80 | 36 | 116 |
| 4 | Ronald Mulder | 60 | 40 | 100 |
| 5 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 25 | 70 | 95 |
| 6 | Laurent Dubreuil | 36 | 45 | 81 |
| 7 | Gilmore Junio | 19 | 60 | 79 |
| 8 | Yūya Oikawa | 45 | 32 | 77 |
| 9 | Mitchell Whitmore | 15 | 50 | 65 |
| 10 | Ruslan Murashov | 50 | 8 | 58 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Gerben Jorritsma | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Kjeld Nuis | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Joey Mantia | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Shani Davis | 50 | 50 |
| 6 | Aleksey Yesin | 45 | 45 |
| 7 | Kai Verbij | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | Vincent De Haître | 36 | 36 |
| 9 | Denis Kuzin | 32 | 32 |
| 10 | Piotr Michalski | 28 | 28 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Denis Yuskov | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | Bart Swings | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Joey Mantia | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Kjeld Nuis | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 50 | 50 |
| 6 | Thomas Krol | 45 | 45 |
| 7 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | Shani Davis | 36 | 36 |
| 9 | Gerben Jorritsma | 32 | 32 |
| 10 | Li Bailin | 28 | 28 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Sven Kramer | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | Jorrit Bergsma | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Patrick Beckert | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Bart Swings | 50 | 50 |
| 6 | Douwe de Vries | 45 | 45 |
| 7 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | Erik Jan Kooiman | 35 | 35 |
| 9 | Peter Michael | 32 | 32 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Rumyantsev | 30 | 30 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Bart Swings | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | Jorrit Bergsma | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Reyon Kay | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Livio Wenger | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Arjan Stroetinga | 50 | 50 |
| 6 | Shane Williamson | 45 | 45 |
| 7 | Peter Michael | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | Sun Longjiang | 36 | 36 |
| 9 | Andrea Giovannini | 32 | 32 |
| 10 | Fabio Francolini | 28 | 28 |
| # | Country | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | South Korea | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Italy | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Poland | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Japan | 50 | 50 |
| # | Country | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | United States | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Russia | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Japan | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 50 | 50 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Bart Swings | 230 | 230 |
| 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 180 | 180 |
| 3 | Jorrit Bergsma | 160 | 160 |
| 4 | Joey Mantia | 130 | 130 |
| 4 | Kjeld Nuis | 130 | 130 |
| 6 | Gerben Jorritsma | 100 | 100 |
| 6 | Sven Kramer | 100 | 100 |
| 6 | Denis Yuskov | 100 | 100 |
| 9 | William Dutton | 75 | 75 |
| 10 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | 70 | 70 |
| 10 | Reyon Kay | 70 | 70 |

### Women's cups

| # | Name | CGY1 | CGY2 | Total |
| 1 | Lee Sang-hwa | 100 | 80 | 180 |
| 1 | Zhang Hong | 80 | 100 | 180 |
| 3 | Brittany Bowe | 70 | 60 | 130 |
| 3 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 60 | 70 | 130 |
| 5 | Yu Jing | 45 | 50 | 95 |
| 6 | Vanessa Bittner | 50 | 36 | 86 |
| 7 | Jorien ter Mors | 21 | 45 | 77 |
| 8 | Erina Kamiya | 36 | 40 | 76 |
| 9 | Maki Tsuji | 40 | 32 | 72 |
| 10 | Olga Fatkulina | 28 | 21 | 49 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | Brittany Bowe | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Zhang Hong | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Jorien ter Mors | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Vanessa Bittner | 50 | 50 |
| 6 | Marrit Leenstra | 45 | 45 |
| 7 | Ida Njåtun | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | Karolína Erbanová | 36 | 36 |
| 9 | Margot Boer | 32 | 32 |
| 10 | Lee Sang-hwa | 28 | 28 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Brittany Bowe | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Martina Sáblíková | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Ida Njåtun | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Marrit Leenstra | 50 | 50 |
| 6 | Marije Joling | 45 | 45 |
| 7 | Li Qishi | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | Antoinette de Jong | 36 | 36 |
| 9 | Sanneke de Neeling | 32 | 32 |
| 10 | Misaki Oshigiri | 28 | 28 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Martina Sáblíková | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | Irene Schouten | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Natalya Voronina | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Jorien Voorhuis | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Annouk van der Weijden | 50 | 50 |
| 6 | Marije Joling | 45 | 45 |
| 7 | Ivanie Blondin | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | Claudia Pechstein | 35 | 35 |
| 9 | Misaki Oshigiri | 32 | 32 |
| 10 | Olga Graf | 30 | 30 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Kim Bo-reum | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | Irene Schouten | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Ivanie Blondin | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Martina Sáblíková | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 50 | 50 |
| 6 | Nikola Zdráhalová | 45 | 45 |
| 7 | Park Do-yeong | 40 | 40 |
| 8 | Miho Takagi | 36 | 36 |
| 9 | Janneke Ensing | 32 | 32 |
| 10 | Nana Takagi | 28 | 28 |
| # | Country | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | Japan | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Russia | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Canada | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | South Korea | 50 | 50 |
| # | Country | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | China | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Canada | 70 | 70 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 60 | 60 |
| 5 | Belarus | 50 | 50 |
| # | Name | CGY | Total |
| 1 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 295 | 295 |
| 2 | Brittany Bowe | 245 | 245 |
| 3 | Martina Sáblíková | 230 | 230 |
| 4 | Irene Schouten | 160 | 160 |
| 4 | Zhang Hong | 160 | 160 |
| 6 | Kim Bo-reum | 100 | 100 |
| 7 | Lee Sang-hwa | 90 | 90 |
| 8 | Vanessa Bittner | 75 | 75 |
| 9 | Ivanie Blondin | 70 | 70 |
| 9 | Natalya Voronina | 70 | 70 |