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

The 500 meters distance for women in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup will be contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 13–15 November 2015, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 11–13 March 2016.
The defending champion is Nao Kodaira of Japan.

## Top three

| Position | Athlete | Points | Previous season |

## Race medallists

| WC # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Calgary, Canada | 13 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.96 | Zhang Hong China | 37.18 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.22 |
| 1 | Calgary, Canada | 15 November | Zhang Hong China | 36.94 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.99 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.06 |
| 2 | Salt Lake City, United States | 20 November | Zhang Hong China | 36.56 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.03 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.13 |
| 2 | Salt Lake City, United States | 21 November | Zhang Hong China | 36.82 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.83 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.08 |
| 3 | Inzell, Germany | 4 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.33 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.70 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 38.00 |
| 3 | Inzell, Germany | 6 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.36 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.84 | Heather McLean Canada | 38.02 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 11 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.59 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.86 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.93 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 13 December | Yu Jing China | 37.84 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.87 | Zhang Hong China | 37.90 |
| 5 | Stavanger, Norway | 29 January | Zhang Hong China | 37.82 | Yu Jing China | 37.93 | Jorien ter Mors Netherlands | 37.99 |
| 5 | Stavanger, Norway | 30 January | Yu Jing China | 37.63 | Zhang Hong China | 37.82 | Heather McLean Canada | 38.02 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 11 March | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.84 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 38.02 | Jorien ter Mors Netherlands | 38.20 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 12 March | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.64 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.88 | Heather McLean Canada | 38.07 |

## Standings

Standings as of 30 January 2016.
| # | Name | CGY1 | CGY2 | SLC1 | SLC2 | INZ1 | INZ2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | STA1 | STA2 | Total |
| 1 | Zhang Hong | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | — | — | 60 | 70 | 100 | 80 | 690 |
| 2 | Lee Sang-hwa | 100 | 80 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 60 | — | — | 680 |
| 3 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 60 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 24 | 24 | 608 |
| 4 | Yu Jing | 45 | 50 | 50 | 50 | — | — | 36 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 511 |
| 5 | Brittany Bowe | 70 | 60 | 80 | 70 | 80 | — | 80 | — | 45 | — | 485 |
| 6 | Vanessa Bittner | 50 | 36 | 45 | 21 | 50 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 60 | 40 | 437 |
| 7 | Heather McLean | 19 | 28 | 16 | 45 | 60 | 70 | 32 | 28 | 50 | 70 | 418 |
| 8 | Olga Fatkulina | 28 | 21 | 32 | 40 | 45 | 18 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 60 | 379 |
| 9 | Erina Kamiya | 36 | 40 | 21 | 28 | 36 | 60 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 32 | 310 |
| 10 | Nao Kodaira | 24 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 40 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 36 | 45 | 287 |
| 11 | Karolína Erbanová | 21 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 40 | 32 | 28 | 50 | 283 |
| 12 | Maki Tsuji | 40 | 32 | 28 | 36 | 24 | 36 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 269 |
| 13 | Jorien ter Mors | 32 | 45 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 50 | 70 | — | 221 |
| 14 | Marsha Hudey | 25 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 45 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 211 |
| 15 | Sugar Todd | 11 | 14 | 36 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 193 |
| 16 | Margot Boer | 14 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 14 | 32 | 18 | 180 |
| 17 | Kim Min-sun | 8 | 6 | 25 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 162 |
| 18 | Yekaterina Aydova | 8 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 131 |
| 19 | Nadezhda Aseyeva | 12 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 126 |
| 20 | Floor van den Brandt | 10 | 19 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 120 |
| 21 | Janine Smit | 6 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 115 |
| 22 | Li Qishi | 15 | 6 | 15 | — | 5 | — | 11 | — | 11 | 25 | 88 |
| 23 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | — | 25 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 88 |
| 24 | Arisa Go | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 6 | — | — | 85 |
| 25 | Kim Hyun-yung | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 76 |
| 26 | Marrit Leenstra | — | — | 19 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 8 | — | — | — | 70 |
| 27 | Kaylin Irvine | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 63 |
| 28 | Yvonne Daldossi | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 47 |
| 29 | Li Huawei | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | 1 | 25 | — | — | 42 |
| 30 | Shannon Rempel | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| 31 | Hege Bøkko | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | — | 4 | 0 | 15 | 41 |
| 32 | Jang Mi | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 |
| 33 | Zhang Xin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 |
| 34 | Miho Takagi | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 25 |
| 35 | Anice Das | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 36 | Bo van der Werff | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| 37 | Misaki Oshigiri | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | 19 |
| 38 | Letitia de Jong | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| 39 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 11 |
| 40 | Elina Risku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 41 | Yuliya Kozyreva | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | 6 |
| 42 | Anastasia Bucsis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 43 | Park Soo-jin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| 44 | Martine Ripsrud | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | Paige Schwartzburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 | Mayon Kuipers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Kali Christ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |