# 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres races of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Olympic Oval, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, were held on 13 and 15 November 2015.
Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won the first race, while Mika Poutala of Finland came second, and William Dutton of Canada came third. Alex Boisvert-Lacroix of Canada won the first Division B race.
Having beaten the Russian record on the first race, Kulizhnikov skated even better in the second race, winning it in 34.00 seconds, a new world record. William Dutton and Alex Boisvert-Lacroix, both of Canada, came second and third. Hein Otterspeer of the Netherlands won the second Division B race.

## Race 1

Race one took place on Friday, 13 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 10:44, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 13:59.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 9 | i | 34.11 NR | 100 | 50 |
| | Mika Poutala | 1 | o | 34.28 NR | 80 | 40 |
| | William Dutton | 3 | i | 34.46 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Ronald Mulder | 10 | i | 34.48 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Ruslan Murashov | 6 | i | 34.51 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Yūya Oikawa | 2 | o | 34.58 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Artur Waś | 8 | o | 34.64 | 40 | |
| 8 | Laurent Dubreuil | 10 | o | 34.69 | 36 | |
| 9 | Gerben Jorritsma | 4 | i | 34.70 | 32 | |
| 10 | Ryohei Haga | 6 | o | 34.72 | 28 | |
| 11 | Aleksey Yesin | 4 | o | 34.75 | 24 | |
| 12 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 9 | o | 34.794 | 21 | |
| 13 | Kjeld Nuis | 1 | i | 34.799 | 18 | |
| 14 | Kai Verbij | 8 | i | 34.80 | 16 | |
| 15 | Kim Tae-yun | 3 | o | 34.86 | 14 | |
| 16 | Joji Kato | 2 | i | 34.95 | 12 | |
| 17 | Nico Ihle | 7 | i | 35.14 | 10 | |
| 18 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 5 | o | 1:30.29 | 8 | |
| 19 | Kim Jun-ho | 7 | o | DNF | | |
| 19 | Hein Otterspeer | 5 | i | DNF | | |
    Note: NR = national record.

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| 1 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 9 | i | 34.39 | 25 |
| 2 | Gilmore Junio | 12 | i | 34.48 | 19 |
| 3 | Mitchell Whitmore | 10 | o | 34.57 | 15 |
| 4 | Alexandre St-Jean | 8 | o | 34.73 | 11 |
| 5 | Roman Krech | 11 | o | 34.79 NR | 8 |
| 6 | Pekka Koskela | 7 | i | 34.94 | 6 |
| 7 | Lee Kang-seok | 2 | i | 34.97 | 4 |
| 8 | Liu Fangyi | 7 | o | 35.01 | 2 |
| 9 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 2 | o | 35.05 | 1 |
| 10 | Artur Nogal | 11 | i | 35.08 | — |
| 11 | Xie Jiaxuan | 13 | o | 35.11 | |
| 12 | David Bosa | 13 | i | 35.14 | |
| 13 | Sung Ching-Yang | 4 | o | 35.15 | |
| 14 | Mu Zhongsheng | 14 | o | 35.24 | |
| 15 | Piotr Michalski | 1 | i | 35.27 | |
| 16 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 8 | i | 35.33 | |
| 17 | Mo Tae-bum | 12 | o | 35.48 | |
| 18 | Jonathan Garcia | 6 | o | 35.49 | |
| 19 | Daniel Greig | 3 | i | 35.56 | |
| 20 | Kirill Golubev | 14 | i | 35.65 | |
| 21 | Christian Oberbichler | 5 | i | 35.74 | |
| 22 | Joel Dufter | 9 | o | 35.77 | |
| 23 | David Andersson | 4 | i | 35.98 | |
| 24 | Aleksandr Zhigin | 3 | o | 36.14 | |
| 25 | Juho Vaittinen | 5 | o | 37.71 | |
| 26 | Tsukasa Owada | 10 | i | 37.74 | |
| 27 | Liu An | 6 | i | 46.64 | |
    Note: NR = national record.

## Race 2

Race two took place on Sunday, 15 November, with Division A scheduled at 14:27, and Division B scheduled at 17:39.

### Division A

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
| | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 10 | i | 34.00 WR | 100 | 50 |
| | William Dutton | 9 | i | 34.25 | 80 | 40 |
| | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 5 | i | 34.300 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Gilmore Junio | 4 | o | 34.304 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Mitchell Whitmore | 3 | o | 34.331 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Laurent Dubreuil | 7 | o | 34.332 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Ronald Mulder | 9 | o | 34.36 | 40 | |
| 8 | Mika Poutala | 10 | o | 34.44 | 36 | |
| 9 | Yūya Oikawa | 8 | o | 34.52 | 32 | |
| 10 | Joji Kato | 2 | o | 34.55 | 28 | |
| 11 | Gerben Jorritsma | 6 | i | 34.59 | 24 | |
| 12 | Kai Verbij | 3 | i | 34.60 | 21 | |
| 13 | Kim Tae-yun | 2 | i | 34.63 | 18 | |
| 14 | Ryohei Haga | 6 | o | 34.65 | 16 | |
| 15 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 4 | i | 34.67 | 14 | |
| 16 | Artur Waś | 7 | i | 34.71 | 12 | |
| 17 | Aleksey Yesin | 5 | o | 34.74 | 10 | |
| 18 | Ruslan Murashov | 8 | i | 34.80 | 8 | |
| 19 | Alexandre St-Jean | 1 | i | 1:07.45 | 6 | |
| 20 | Nico Ihle | 1 | o | DQ | | |
    Note: WR = world record.

### Division B

| Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
| 1 | Hein Otterspeer | 2 | o | 34.64 | 25 |
| 2 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 13 | o | 34.67 NR | 19 |
| 3 | Jan Smeekens | 1 | o | 34.68 | 15 |
| 4 | Kim Jun-ho | 1 | i | 34.71 | 11 |
| 5 | Roman Krech | 13 | i | 34.75 NR | 8 |
| 6 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 7 | i | 34.77 | 6 |
| 7 | David Bosa | 9 | i | 34.80 NR | 4 |
| 8 | Lee Kang-seok | 12 | o | 34.84 | 2 |
| 9 | Mu Zhongsheng | 8 | i | 34.87 | 1 |
| 10 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 11 | o | 34.91 | — |
| 11 | Piotr Michalski | 8 | o | 34.941 | |
| 12 | Artur Nogal | 10 | i | 34.948 | |
| 13 | Mo Tae-bum | 7 | o | 35.00 | |
| 14 | Tsukasa Owada | 3 | o | 35.06 | |
| 15 | Pekka Koskela | 12 | i | 35.07 | |
| 16 | Liu Fangyi | 11 | i | 35.08 | |
| 17 | Xie Jiaxuan | 10 | o | 35.13 | |
| 18 | Liu An | 2 | i | 35.16 | |
| 19 | Daniel Greig | 6 | i | 35.24 | |
| 20 | Kirill Golubev | 5 | i | 35.33 | |
| 21 | Sung Ching-Yang | 9 | o | 35.37 | |
| 22 | Joel Dufter | 4 | i | 35.55 | |
| 23 | Juho Vaittinen | 3 | i | 35.93 | |
| 24 | Christian Oberbichler | 5 | o | 35.99 | |
| 25 | Fyodor Mezentsev | 6 | o | 36.14 | |
| 26 | David Andersson | 4 | o | DNS | |
    Note: NR = national record.