# 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 6

The sixth competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 11 March, until Sunday, 13 March 2016.

## Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:
| Date | Events |
| Friday, 11 March | 16:15: 500 m women (1)  16:32: 500 m men (1)  17:07: 3000 m women  18:13: Team pursuit men  18:28: Team sprint women |
| Saturday, 12 March | 14:00: 500 m women (2)  14:17: 1000 m men  15:05: 1500 m women  15:48: 5000 m men  17:09: Team pursuit women  17:23: Team sprint men |
| Sunday, 13 March | 15:00: 500 m men (2)  15:17: 1000 m women  16:06: 1500 m men  16:49: Mass start women  17:09: Mass start men |
All times are CET (UTC+1).

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 500 m | 1 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.96 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.05 | Gilmore Junio Canada | 35.123 |
| 500 m | 2 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 34.81 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.89 | Mika Poutala Finland | 35.02 |
| 1000 m | | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08:94 | Kai Verbij Netherlands | 1:09:08 | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:09.22 |
| 1500 m | | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:45.39 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway | 1:45.46 | Bart Swings Belgium | 1:45.65 |
| 5000 m | | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:11.44 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:12.74 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway | 6:16.36 |
| Mass start | | Bart Swings Belgium | 68 $^A$ | Fabio Francolini Italy | 40 $^A$ | Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands | 21 $^A$ |
| Team pursuit | | Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Douwe de Vries Arjan Stroetinga | 3:42.28 | Norway Håvard Bøkko Simen Spieler Nilsen Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 3:43.42 | Poland Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański | 3:47.03 |
| Team sprint | | Netherlands Ronald Mulder Kai Verbij Stefan Groothuis | 1:20.40 | Canada Gilmore Junio Alexandre St-Jean Vincent De Haître | 1:20.41 | Russia Ruslan Murashov Aleksey Yesin Kirill Golubev | 1:20.86 |
    $^A$ 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 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.84 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 38.02 | Jorien ter Mors Netherlands | 38.20 |
| 500 m | 2 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.64 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.88 | Heather McLean Canada | 38.07 |
| 1000 m | | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:14.22 | Jorien ter Mors Netherlands | 1:14.44 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:15.07 |
| 1500 m | | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:54.34 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:54.90 | Antoinette de Jong Netherlands | 1:56.32 |
| 3000 m | | Natalya Voronina Russia | 4:08.15 | Jorien Voorhuis Netherlands | 4:08.18 | Olga Graf Russia | 4:08.40 |
| Mass start | | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 60 $^A$ | Ivanie Blondin Canada | 40 $^A$ | Miho Takagi Japan | 20 $^A$ |
| Team pursuit | | Japan Misaki Oshigiri Miho Takagi Nana Takagi | 2:58.06 | Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst | 2:58.21 | Poland Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska | 3:02.34 |
| Team sprint | | China Li Qishi Yu Jing Zhang Hong | 1:28.98 | Japan Maki Tsuji Nao Kodaira Erina Kamiya | 1:29.98 | Netherlands Janine Smit Bo van der Werff Margot Boer | 1:30.04 |
    $^A$ In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.