# 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres races of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Utah Olympic Oval, in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on November 20 and 21, 2015.
Zhang Hong of China won race one, while Brittany Bowe and Heather Richardson-Bergsma, both of the United States, came second and third. Kim Min-sun of South Korea won the first Division B race.
Zhang also won race two, while Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea came second, and Bowe came third. Nadezhda Aseyeva of Russia won the second Division B race.

## Race 1

Race one took place on Friday, November 20, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 10:23, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:10.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| | Zhang Hong | 10 | i | 36.56 NR | 100 | 50 |
| | Brittany Bowe | 9 | o | 37.03 | 80 | 40 |
| | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 9 | i | 37.13 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Lee Sang-hwa | 10 | o | 37.19 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Yu Jing | 8 | i | 37.30 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Vanessa Bittner | 8 | o | 37.43 NR | 45 | — |
| 7 | Nao Kodaira | 6 | o | 37.50 | 40 | |
| 8 | Sugar Todd | 2 | o | 37.63 | 36 | |
| 9 | Olga Fatkulina | 6 | i | 37.64 | 32 | |
| 10 | Maki Tsuji | 7 | o | 37.68 | 28 | |
| 11 | Karolína Erbanová | 5 | o | 37.75 | 24 | |
| 12 | Erina Kamiya | 7 | i | 37.78 | 21 | |
| 13 | Margot Boer | 1 | i | 37.96 | 18 | |
| 14 | Heather McLean | 5 | i | 37.98 | 16 | |
| 15 | Marsha Hudey | 4 | i | 38.10 | 14 | |
| 16 | Arisa Go | 3 | i | 38.14 | 12 | |
| 17 | Yekaterina Aydova | 4 | o | 38.21 | 10 | |
| 18 | Janine Smit | 1 | o | 38.33 | 8 | |
| 19 | Floor van den Brandt | 3 | o | 38.37 | 6 | |
| 20 | Nadezhda Aseyeva | 2 | i | 38.41 | 5 | |
    Note: NR = national record.

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| 1 | Kim Min-sun | 9 | o | 38.10 | 25 |
| 2 | Marrit Leenstra | 2 | o | 38.20 | 19 |
| 3 | Li Qishi | 10 | i | 38.24 | 15 |
| 4 | Jang Mi | 8 | o | 38.54 | 11 |
| 5 | Hege Bøkko | 7 | o | 38.58 | 8 |
| 6 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 6 | i | 38.59 | 6 |
| 7 | Yvonne Daldossi | 5 | o | 38.62 | 4 |
| 8 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 8 | i | 38.64 | 2 |
| 9 | Kaylin Irvine | 7 | i | 38.652 | 1 |
| 10 | Kim Hyun-yung | 9 | i | 38.658 | — |
| 11 | Bo van der Werff | 10 | o | 38.67 | |
| 12 | Elina Risku | 4 | i | 38.79 | |
| 13 | Park Soo-jin | 4 | o | 38.86 | |
| 14 | Jessica Gregg | 6 | o | 38.91 | |
| 15 | Margarita Ryzhova | 3 | i | 38.94 | |
| 16 | Zhang Xin | 5 | i | 39.18 | |
| 17 | Ksenia Sadovskaya | 3 | o | 39.24 | |
| 18 | Paige Schwartzburg | 2 | i | 39.25 | |
| 19 | Roxanne Dufter | 1 | o | 39.44 | |
| 20 | Kelly Gunther | 1 | i | 40.14 | |

## Race 2

Race two took place on Saturday, November 21, with Division B scheduled at 09:00, and Division A scheduled at 15:06.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| | Zhang Hong | 10 | i | 36.82 | 100 | 50 |
| | Lee Sang-hwa | 10 | o | 36.83 | 80 | 40 |
| | Brittany Bowe | 9 | i | 37.08 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 9 | o | 37.23 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Yu Jing | 8 | i | 37.58 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Heather McLean | 5 | i | 37.59 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Olga Fatkulina | 6 | o | 37.66 | 40 | |
| 8 | Maki Tsuji | 7 | i | 37.671 | 36 | |
| 9 | Sugar Todd | 4 | i | 37.678 | 32 | |
| 10 | Erina Kamiya | 7 | o | 37.73 | 28 | |
| 11 | Floor van den Brandt | 1 | i | 37.76 | 24 | |
| 12 | Vanessa Bittner | 8 | o | 37.78 | 21 | |
| 13 | Marsha Hudey | 4 | o | 37.85 | 18 | |
| 14 | Margot Boer | 2 | i | 37.86 | 16 | |
| 15 | Kim Min-sun | 2 | o | 37.873 | 14 | |
| 16 | Nao Kodaira | 6 | i | 37.879 | 12 | |
| 17 | Karolína Erbanová | 5 | o | 37.89 | 10 | |
| 18 | Marrit Leenstra | 1 | o | 37.98 | 8 | |
| 19 | Arisa Go | 3 | o | 38.04 | 6 | |
| 20 | Yekaterina Aydova | 3 | i | 38.31 | 5 | |

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| 1 | Nadezhda Aseyeva | 9 | i | 38.23 | 25 |
| 2 | Kaylin Irvine | 6 | o | 38.45 | 19 |
| 3 | Jang Mi | 8 | o | 38.48 | 15 |
| 4 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 6 | i | 38.51 | 11 |
| 5 | Zhang Xin | 4 | i | 38.70 | 8 |
| 6 | Yvonne Daldossi | 5 | i | 38.710 | 6 |
| 7 | Elina Risku | 4 | o | 38.718 | 4 |
| 8 | Kim Hyun-yung | 7 | i | 38.76 | 2 |
| 9 | Hege Bøkko | 7 | o | 38.77 | 1 |
| 10 | Jessica Gregg | 5 | o | 38.84 | — |
| 11 | Janine Smit | 9 | o | 39.03 | |
| 12 | Park Soo-jin | 3 | i | 39.21 | |
| 13 | Paige Schwartzburg | 2 | o | 39.27 | |
| 14 | Ksenia Sadovskaya | 2 | i | 39.37 | |
| 15 | Bo van der Werff | 8 | i | 39.38 | |
| 16 | Margarita Ryzhova | 3 | o | 39.56 | |
| 17 | Francesca Bettrone | 1 | o | 40.06 | |
| 18 | Kelly Gunther | 1 | i | 40.14 | |