# 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4

The fourth competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 11 December, until Sunday, 13 December 2015.
There were no world records over the weekend. Multiple winners were Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, who won one of the men's 500 m races and the 1000 m race, and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands, who won the men's 5000 m race and the team pursuit.

## Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:
| Date | Session | Events | Comment |
| Friday, 11 December | Afternoon | 12:45: 3000 m women  13:40: 500 m women (1)  14:00: 500 m men (1) | Division B |
| Friday, 11 December | Evening | 15:55: 3000 m women  16:59: 500 m women (1)  17:22: 500 m men (1) | Division A |
| Friday, 11 December | Evening | 18:12: Team pursuit men  19:14: Team sprint women  19:29: Team sprint men | |
| Saturday, 12 December | Morning | 10:00: 1000 m women  10:31: 1000 m men  11:32: 5000 m men | Division B |
| Saturday, 12 December | Afternoon | 14:00: 1000 m women  14:46: 5000 m men | Division A |
| Saturday, 12 December | Afternoon | 16:40: Team pursuit women | |
| Saturday, 12 December | Afternoon | 17:18: 1000 m men | Division A |
| Sunday, 13 December | Morning | 09:45: 1500 m women  10:45: 1500 m men  11:54: 500 m women (2)  12:15: 500 m men (2) | Division B |
| Sunday, 13 December | Afternoon | 14:00: 1500 m women  14:54: 1500 m men  15:47: 500 m women (2)  16:27: 500 m men (2)  17:07: Mass start women  17:27: Mass start men | Division A |
| Sunday, 13 December | Afternoon | 17:45: Mass start women  18:05: Mass start men | Division B |
All times are CET (UTC+1).

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.48 | Aleksey Yesin Russia | 34.65 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Canada | 34.78 |
| 500 m | 2 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.67 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Canada | 34.76 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen Norway | 34.86 |
| 1000 m | | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 1:08:16 | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:08:59 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08.61 |
| 1500 m | | Joey Mantia United States | 1:44.26 | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:44.38 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:45.33 |
| 5000 m | | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:14.99 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:16.41 | Bart Swings Belgium | 6:20.80 |
| Mass start | | Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands | 63 $^A$ | Fabio Francolini Italy | 40 $^A$ | Lee Seung-hoon South Korea | 20 $^A$ |
| Team pursuit | | Netherlands Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Jan Blokhuijsen | 3:43.77 | Norway Sverre Lunde Pedersen Håvard Bøkko Sindre Henriksen | 3:44.66 | Russia Danil Sinitsyn Aleksandr Rumyantsev Sergey Gryaztsov | 3:46.24 |
| Team sprint | | Canada Gilmore Junio Alexandre St-Jean Vincent De Haître | 1:19.75 | Russia Ruslan Murashov Aleksey Yesin Kirill Golubev | 1:21.27 | Netherlands Jesper Hospes Michel Mulder Stefan Groothuis | 1:21.29 |
    $^A$ 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 | 37.59 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.86 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.93 |
| 500 m | 2 | Yu Jing China | 37.84 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.87 | Zhang Hong China | 37.90 |
| 1000 m | | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:14.49 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:15.33 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:15.77 |
| 1500 m | | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:55.29 | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:55.44 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:56.12 |
| 3000 m | | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:03.50 | Annouk van der Weijden Netherlands | 4:05.39 | Olga Graf Russia | 4:06.57 |
| Mass start | | Misaki Oshigiri Japan | 65 $^A$ | Carien Kleibeuker Netherlands | 43 $^A$ | Ivanie Blondin Canada | 20 $^A$ |
| Team pursuit | | Japan Ayaka Kikuchi Nana Takagi Miho Takagi | 2:59.58 | Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Linda de Vries | 3:01.26 | Poland Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska | 3:01.51 |
| Team sprint | | Netherlands Floor van den Brandt Janine Smit Margot Boer | 1:29.23 | Russia Yekaterina Shikhova Nadezhda Aseyeva Olga Fatkulina | 1:29.64 | No bronze medalist team | No bronze medalist team |
    $^A$ 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
#### 500 m

| # | Name | CGY1 | CGY2 | SLC1 | SLC2 | INZ1 | INZ2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | Total |
| 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | | | 100 | 5 | 505 |
| 2 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 25 | 70 | 40 | 28 | 32 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 425 |
| 3 | Artur Waś | 40 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 70 | 100 | 60 | 18 | 358 |
| 4 | William Dutton | 70 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 340 |
| 5 | Mika Poutala | 80 | 36 | 36 | 60 | | 50 | 45 | 32 | 339 |
| 6 | Gilmore Junio | 19 | 60 | 28 | 18 | 100 | 60 | 24 | 18 | 327 |
| 7 | Laurent Dubreuil | 36 | 45 | 14 | 70 | 60 | 32 | 18 | 50 | 325 |
| 8 | Kai Verbij | 16 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 16 | 70 | 50 | 40 | 285 |
| 9 | Ruslan Murashov | 50 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 40 | 100 | 275 |
| 10 | Alexandre St-Jean | 11 | 6 | 25 | 36 | 80 | 12 | 14 | 60 | 244 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Kjeld Nuis | 70 | 80 | 100 | 70 | 320 |
| 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 80 | 100 | | 100 | 280 |
| 3 | Gerben Jorritsma | 100 | 70 | 28 | 36 | 234 |
| 4 | Joey Mantia | 60 | 40 | 60 | 45 | 205 |
| 5 | Kai Verbij | 40 | 45 | 70 | 40 | 195 |
| 6 | Shani Davis | 50 | 60 | 24 | 60 | 194 |
| 7 | Denis Yuskov | | 25 | 80 | 80 | 185 |
| 8 | Aleksey Yesin | 45 | 32 | 45 | 50 | 172 |
| 9 | Vincent De Haître | 36 | 50 | 21 | 28 | 135 |
| 10 | Thomas Krol | 18 | 28 | 50 | 32 | 128 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Joey Mantia | 70 | 80 | 70 | 100 | 320 |
| 2 | Kjeld Nuis | 60 | 100 | 80 | 70 | 310 |
| 3 | Denis Yuskov | 100 | | 100 | 80 | 280 |
| 4 | Thomas Krol | 45 | 28 | 60 | 60 | 193 |
| 5 | Bart Swings | 80 | 50 | | 50 | 180 |
| 6 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 40 | 60 | 32 | 45 | 177 |
| 7 | Shani Davis | 36 | 70 | 18 | 36 | 160 |
| 8 | Jan Szymański | 24 | 32 | 45 | 40 | 141 |
| 9 | Håvard Bøkko | 21 | 45 | 40 | 28 | 134 |
| 10 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 50 | 12 | 50 | | 112 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Jorrit Bergsma | 80 | 70 | 100 | 80 | 330 |
| 2 | Sven Kramer | 100 | 80 | | 100 | 280 |
| 3 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 40 | 25 | 80 | 60 | 205 |
| 4 | Patrick Beckert | 60 | 60 | 40 | 35 | 195 |
| 5 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | 70 | 100 | | | 170 |
| 5 | Bart Swings | 50 | 50 | | 70 | 170 |
| 7 | Erik Jan Kooiman | 35 | 40 | 45 | 40 | 160 |
| 8 | Peter Michael | 32 | 45 | 50 | 25 | 152 |
| 9 | Douwe de Vries | 45 | | 60 | 45 | 150 |
| 10 | Arjan Stroetinga | | 27 | 70 | 30 | 127 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Arjan Stroetinga | 50 | 100 | 50 | 100 | 300 |
| 2 | Fabio Francolini | 28 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 258 |
| 3 | Jorrit Bergsma | 80 | 40 | 80 | 36 | 236 |
| 4 | Bart Swings | 100 | 70 | | 60 | 230 |
| 5 | Alexis Contin | | 60 | 100 | 50 | 210 |
| 6 | Reyon Kay | 70 | 16 | 40 | 18 | 144 |
| 7 | Lee Seung-hoon | | 28 | 25 | 70 | 123 |
| 8 | Jordan Belchos | 21 | 18 | 32 | 40 | 111 |
| 9 | Peter Michael | 40 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 108 |
| 10 | Viktor Hald Thorup | 25 | 50 | 14 | 14 | 103 |
| # | Country | CGY | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | | 100 | 100 | 200 |
| 1 | South Korea | 80 | 60 | 60 | 200 |
| 3 | Poland | 60 | 70 | 45 | 175 |
| 4 | Italy | 70 | 50 | 50 | 170 |
| 5 | Norway | | 80 | 80 | 160 |
| # | Country | CGY | SLC | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 70 | 70 | 240 |
| 2 | Russia | 70 | 80 | 80 | 230 |
| 3 | Canada | | 100 | 100 | 200 |
| 4 | Poland | 45 | 40 | 50 | 135 |
| 5 | United States | 80 | 45 | | 125 |

#### Grand World Cup

| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Kjeld Nuis | 130 | 180 | 180 | 140 | 630 |
| 2 | Bart Swings | 230 | 170 | | 180 | 580 |
| 3 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 180 | 200 | | 150 | 530 |
| 4 | Jorrit Bergsma | 160 | 70 | 180 | 80 | 490 |
| 5 | Joey Mantia | 130 | 80 | 130 | 100 | 440 |
| 5 | Dennis Yuskov | 100 | | 180 | 160 | 440 |
| 7 | Arjan Stroetinga | 50 | 100 | 120 | 100 | 370 |
| 8 | Sven Kramer | 100 | 80 | | 100 | 280 |
| 9 | Alexis Contin | | 60 | 100 | 100 | 260 |
| 10 | Shani Davis | 50 | 130 | | 60 | 240 |

### Women's cups
#### 500 m

| # | Name | CGY1 | CGY2 | SLC1 | SLC2 | INZ1 | INZ2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | Total |
| 1 | Lee Sang-hwa | 100 | 80 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 60 | 680 |
| 2 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 60 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 560 |
| 3 | Zhang Hong | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | | | 60 | 70 | 510 |
| 4 | Brittany Bowe | 70 | 60 | 80 | 70 | 80 | | 80 | | 440 |
| 5 | Vanessa Bittner | 50 | 36 | 45 | 21 | 50 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 337 |
| 6 | Yu Jing | 45 | 50 | 50 | 50 | | | 36 | 100 | 331 |
| 7 | Heather McLean | 19 | 28 | 16 | 45 | 60 | 70 | 32 | 28 | 298 |
| 8 | Olga Fatkulina | 28 | 21 | 32 | 40 | 45 | 18 | 50 | 45 | 279 |
| 9 | Erina Kamiya | 36 | 40 | 21 | 28 | 36 | 60 | 21 | 18 | 260 |
| 8 | Maki Tsuji | 40 | 32 | 28 | 36 | 24 | 36 | 16 | 24 | 236 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Brittany Bowe | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 380 |
| 2 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 100 | 70 | 80 | 80 | 330 |
| 3 | Marrit Leenstra | 45 | 60 | 50 | 70 | 225 |
| 4 | Zhang Hong | 70 | 80 | | 45 | 195 |
| 5 | Vanessa Bittner | 50 | 40 | 40 | 60 | 190 |
| 6 | Li Qishi | 25 | 50 | 60 | 24 | 159 |
| 7 | Olga Fatkulina | 24 | 45 | 28 | 40 | 137 |
| 8 | Ida Njåtun | 40 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 129 |
| 9 | Karolína Erbanová | 36 | 21 | 18 | 50 | 125 |
| 10 | Miho Takagi | 11 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 99 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Brittany Bowe | 100 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 360 |
| 1 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 80 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 360 |
| 3 | Marrit Leenstra | 50 | 60 | 70 | 70 | 250 |
| 3 | Martina Sáblíková | 70 | 70 | 50 | 60 | 250 |
| 5 | Ida Njåtun | 60 | 50 | 60 | 45 | 215 |
| 6 | Marije Joling | 45 | 28 | 40 | 40 | 153 |
| 7 | Miho Takagi | 25 | 32 | 45 | 50 | 152 |
| 8 | Ayaka Kikuchi | 21 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 129 |
| 8 | Misaki Oshigiri | 28 | 45 | 28 | 28 | 129 |
| 10 | Antoinette de Jong | 36 | 36 | 18 | 36 | 126 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Martina Sáblíková | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 400 |
| 2 | Natalya Voronina | 70 | 80 | 50 | 50 | 250 |
| 3 | Irene Schouten | 80 | 50 | 25 | 60 | 215 |
| 4 | Olga Graf | 30 | 40 | 70 | 70 | 210 |
| 5 | Marije Joling | 45 | | 80 | 45 | 170 |
| 6 | Ivanie Blondin | 40 | 70 | 30 | 25 | 165 |
| 7 | Claudia Pechstein | 35 | 60 | 35 | 30 | 160 |
| 8 | Jorien Voorhuis | 60 | | 60 | 35 | 155 |
| 9 | Annouk van der Weijden | 50 | | 21 | 80 | 151 |
| 10 | Yvonne Nauta | 12 | 30 | 45 | 40 | 136 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Irene Schouten | 80 | 100 | 100 | 36 | 316 |
| 2 | Ivanie Blondin | 70 | 80 | 80 | 70 | 300 |
| 3 | Misaki Oshigiri | 25 | 70 | | 100 | 195 |
| 4 | Janneke Ensing | 32 | 60 | 40 | 25 | 157 |
| 5 | Park Do-yeong | 40 | 19 | 70 | 21 | 150 |
| 6 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 50 | 28 | 45 | 24 | 147 |
| 7 | Luiza Złotkowska | 11 | 50 | 32 | 40 | 133 |
| 8 | Martina Sáblíková | 60 | | 60 | 5 | 125 |
| 9 | Miho Takagi | 36 | 16 | 28 | 45 | 125 |
| 10 | Carien Kleibeuker | | 11 | 25 | 80 | 116 |
| 10 | Liu Jing | 14 | 40 | 50 | 12 | 116 |
| # | Country | CGY | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 80 | 100 | 100 | 280 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 100 | 80 | 80 | 260 |
| 3 | Russia | 70 | 70 | 60 | 200 |
| 4 | Poland | 35 | 60 | 70 | 165 |
| 5 | Canada | 60 | 45 | 50 | 155 |
| # | Country | CGY | SLC | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 60 | 50 | 100 | 210 |
| 2 | China | 80 | 100 | | 180 |
| 3 | Japan | 100 | 70 | | 170 |
| 4 | Russia | | 80 | 80 | 160 |
| 5 | Canada | 70 | 60 | | 130 |

#### Grand World Cup

| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | Total |
| 1 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 295 | 235 | 235 | 255 | 1020 |
| 2 | Brittany Bowe | 245 | 255 | 240 | 220 | 960 |
| 3 | Martina Sáblíková | 230 | 170 | 210 | 160 | 770 |
| 4 | Irene Schouten | 160 | 150 | 100 | 60 | 470 |
| 5 | Marrit Leenstra | 50 | 120 | 120 | 140 | 430 |
| 6 | Lee Sang-hwa | 90 | 70 | 170 | 80 | 410 |
| 7 | Zhang Hong | 160 | 180 | | 65 | 405 |
| 8 | Ivanie Blondin | 70 | 150 | 80 | 70 | 370 |
| 9 | Natalya Voronina | 70 | 80 | 50 | 50 | 250 |
| 10 | Vanessa Bittner | 75 | 75 | 50 | 120 | 245 |