# 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres races of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 4, arranged in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, were held on 11 and 13 December 2015.
Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won race one, while his compatriot Aleksey Yesin came second, and Alex Boisvert-Lacroix of Canada came third. Espen Aarnes Hvammen of Norway won the first Division B race.
Ruslan Murashov of Russia won race two, with Boisvert-Lacroix in second place, and Hvammen in third. Denis Koval of Russia won the second Division B race.

## Race 1

Race one took place on Friday, 11 December, with Division B scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:00, and Division A scheduled in the evening session, at 17:22.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 10 | i | 34.48 | 100 | 50 |
| | Aleksey Yesin | 3 | i | 34.65 | 80 | 40 |
| | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 8 | i | 34.78 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Artur Waś | 9 | o | 34.80 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Kai Verbij | 7 | o | 34.86 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Mika Poutala | 8 | o | 34.90 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Ruslan Murashov | 4 | i | 34.96 | 40 | |
| 8 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 2 | o | 34.97 | 36 | |
| 9 | Mo Tae-bum | 2 | i | 35.03 | 32 | |
| 10 | Roman Krech | 3 | o | 35.04 | 28 | |
| 11 | Gilmore Junio | 9 | i | 35.09 | 24 | |
| 12 | Ryohei Haga | 5 | i | 35.12 | 21 | |
| 13 | Laurent Dubreuil | 7 | i | 35.13 | 18 | |
| 14 | Hein Otterspeer | 5 | o | 35.19 | 16 | |
| 15 | Alexandre St-Jean | 6 | i | 35.23 | 14 | |
| 16 | Jesper Hospes | 1 | o | 35.28 | 12 | |
| 17 | William Dutton | 10 | o | 35.30 | 10 | |
| 18 | Yūya Oikawa | 6 | o | 35.37 | 8 | |
| 19 | Michel Mulder | 1 | i | 35.48 | 6 | |
| 20 | Joji Kato | 4 | o | 35.68 | 5 | |

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| 1 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 15 | o | 35.16 | 25 |
| 2 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 14 | i | 35.22 | 19 |
| 3 | Nico Ihle | 11 | i | 35.27 | 15 |
| 4 | Denis Koval | 7 | i | 35.33 | 11 |
| 5 | David Bosa | 13 | i | 35.43 | 8 |
| 6 | Pekka Koskela | 10 | o | 35.49 | 6 |
| 7 | Piotr Michalski | 9 | o | 35.51 | 4 |
| 8 | Xie Jiaxuan | 10 | i | 35.522 | 2 |
| 9 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 9 | i | 35.527 | 1 |
| 10 | Jan Smeekens | 15 | i | 35.54 | — |
| 11 | Kim Tae-yun | 14 | o | 35.55 | |
| 12 | Tsukasa Owada | 7 | o | 35.61 | |
| 13 | Lee Kang-seok | 11 | o | 35.640 | |
| 14 | Artur Nogal | 13 | o | 35.647 | |
| 15 | Mu Zhongsheng | 12 | i | 35.68 | |
| 16 | Jonathan Garcia | 8 | i | 35.72 | |
| 17 | Daniel Greig | 6 | o | 35.74 | |
| 18 | Liu An | 6 | i | 35.76 | |
| 19 | Wang Chaoyu | 3 | i | 35.88 | |
| 20 | Kim Jun-ho | 12 | o | 36.03 | |
| 21 | Christian Oberbichler | 5 | o | 36.18 | |
| 22 | Joel Dufter | 5 | i | 36.19 | |
| 23 | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | 1 | i | 36.37 | |
| 24 | David Andersson | 4 | o | 36.38 | |
| 25 | Marten Liiv | 3 | o | 36.56 | |
| 26 | Harri Levo | 4 | i | 36.63 | |
| 27 | Denis Kuzin | 2 | o | 36.73 | |
| 28 | Artyom Chaban | 2 | i | 36.93 | |
| 29 | Sung Ching-yang | 8 | o | DQ | |

## Race 2

Race two took place on Sunday, 13 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:15, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:27.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| | Ruslan Murashov | 5 | i | 34.67 | 100 | 50 |
| | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 10 | o | 34.76 | 80 | 40 |
| | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 3 | i | 34.86 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Alexandre St-Jean | 6 | o | 34.87 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Laurent Dubreuil | 7 | i | 34.90 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Aleksey Yesin | 6 | i | 34.97 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Kai Verbij | 7 | o | 34.981 | 40 | |
| 8 | Jan Smeekens | 3 | o | 34.984 | 36 | |
| 9 | Mika Poutala | 8 | o | 35.01 | 32 | |
| 10 | Hein Otterspeer | 4 | o | 35.09 | 28 | |
| 11 | Ryohei Haga | 5 | o | 35.12 | 24 | |
| 12 | Roman Krech | 2 | o | 35.17 | 21 | |
| 13 | Gilmore Junio | 8 | i | 35.183 | 18 | |
| 13 | Artur Waś | 9 | i | 35.183 | 18 | |
| 15 | Yūya Oikawa | 4 | i | 35.22 | 14 | |
| 16 | Kim Tae-yun | 1 | i | 35.28 | 12 | |
| 17 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 2 | i | 35.29 | 10 | |
| 18 | Nico Ihle | 1 | o | 35.30 | 8 | |
| 19 | William Dutton | 9 | o | 35.44 | 6 | |
| 20 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 10 | i | 1:26.89 | 5 | |
| 21 | Joji Kato | — | — | WDR | — | |

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| 1 | Denis Koval | 9 | o | 35.17 | 25 |
| 2 | Piotr Michalski | 8 | i | 35.20 | 19 |
| 3 | Mo Tae-bum | 13 | i | 35.23 | 15 |
| 4 | Jonathan Garcia | 7 | o | 35.29 | 11 |
| 5 | David Bosa | 13 | o | 35.33 | 8 |
| 6 | Jesper Hospes | 9 | i | 35.35 | 6 |
| 7 | Pekka Koskela | 10 | i | 35.37 | 4 |
| 8 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 12 | i | 35.41 | 2 |
| 9 | Artur Nogal | 12 | o | 35.44 | 1 |
| 10 | Michel Mulder | 7 | i | 35.475 | — |
| 11 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 8 | o | 35.476 | |
| 12 | Daniel Greig | 5 | o | 35.50 | |
| 13 | Liu An | 5 | i | 35.56 | |
| 14 | Xie Jiaxuan | 10 | o | 35.57 | |
| 15 | Tsukasa Owada | 6 | o | 35.59 | |
| 16 | Mu Zhongsheng | 11 | i | 35.68 | |
| 17 | Kim Jun-ho | 11 | o | 35.77 | |
| 18 | Sung Ching-yang | 6 | i | 35.82 | |
| 19 | Christian Oberbichler | 4 | o | 36.05 | |
| 20 | Wang Chaoyu | 3 | i | 36.08 | |
| 21 | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | 2 | i | 36.09 | |
| 22 | Joel Dufter | 4 | i | 36.22 | |
| 23 | Harri Levo | 3 | o | 36.30 | |
| 24 | Denis Kuzin | 1 | i | 36.46 | |
| 25 | Artyom Chaban | 2 | o | 36.84 | |
| 26 | David Andersson | — | — | WDR | |
| 26 | Hubert Hirschbichler | — | — | WDR | |