2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2
# 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2

The second competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States, from Friday, November 20, until Sunday, November 22, 2015.

There were six world records over the course of the weekend. On Friday, Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia shaved another 2/100 off his 500 m world record from the previous weekend. On Saturday, Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada unexpectedly beat Dutchman Sven Kramer's 10000 m world record from 2007 with more than five seconds, and American Heather Richardson-Bergsma beat compatriot Brittany Bowe's 1500 m world record from the weekend before.

On Sunday, Bowe responded by taking back her 1000 m world record, which she had lost to Richardson the previous weekend. Additionally, both the men's and the women's team sprint records, established only the weekend before, were beaten.

Multiple winners were Kulizhnikov, who won both 500 m races and the 1000 m race, and Zhang Hong of China, who won both women's 500 m races and the team sprint.

## Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:

| Date | Session | Events | Comment |
| - | - | - | - |
| Friday, November 20 | Morning | 09:00: 5000 m women  10:23: 500 m women (1)  11:04: 500 m men (1) | Division B |
| Friday, November 20 | Afternoon | 13:00: 5000 m women  14:10: 500 m women (1)  14:35: 500 m men (1)  15:15: 1500 m men | Division A |
| Friday, November 20 | Afternoon | 16:52: 1500 m men | Division B |
| Saturday, November 21 | Morning | 09:00: 500 m women (2)  09:26: 1000 m men  10:48: 1500 m women | Division B |
| Saturday, November 21 | Afternoon | 13:00: 10000 m men  15:06: 500 m women (2)  15:31: 1000 m men  16:16: 1500 m women | Division A |
| Saturday, November 21 | Afternoon | 17:53: 10000 m men | Division B |
| Sunday, November 22 | Morning | 09:00: 1000 m women  09:50: 500 m men (2)  10:43: Mass start women  11:13: Mass start men | Division B |
| Sunday, November 22 | Afternoon | 13:00: 1000 m women  13:35: 500 m men (2)  14:15: Mass start women  14:45: Mass start men | Division A |
| Sunday, November 22 | Afternoon | 15:30: Team sprint women  15:47: Team sprint men | |

All times are MST (UTC−7).

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m | 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 33.98 WR | Mitchell Whitmore United States | 34.19 | William Dutton Canada | 34.35 |
| 500 m | 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.13 | William Dutton Canada | 34.34 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 34.36 |
| 1000 m | | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 1:06.70 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:07.02 | Gerben Jorritsma Netherlands | 1:07.23 |
| 1500 m | | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:42.18 | Joey Mantia United States | 1:42.45 | Shani Davis United States | 1:42.90 |
| 10000 m | | Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada | 12:36.30 WR | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 12:44.26 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:53.99 |
| Mass start | | Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands | 60 $^A$ | Fabio Francolini Italy | 41 $^A$ | Bart Swings Belgium | 21 $^A$ |
| Team sprint | | Canada William Dutton Alexandre St-Jean Vincent De Haître | 1:17.75 WR | Russia Kirill Golubev Artyom Kuznetsov Aleksey Yesin | 1:19.12 | Netherlands Hein Otterspeer Kai Verbij Stefan Groothuis | 1:19.20 |

    $^A$ 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 | Zhang Hong China | 36.56 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.03 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 37.13 |
| 500 m | 2 | Zhang Hong China | 36.82 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.83 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.08 |
| 1000 m | | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:12.18 WR | Zhang Hong China | 1:12.77 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:13.45 |
| 1500 m | | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:50.85 WR | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:51.31 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 1:53.44 |
| 5000 m | | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:47.42 | Natalya Voronina Russia | 6:53.16 | Ivanie Blondin Canada | 6:55.88 |
| Mass start | | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 60 $^A$ | Ivanie Blondin Canada | 40 $^A$ | Misaki Oshigiri Japan | 20 $^A$ |
| Team sprint | | China Yu Jing Zhang Hong Li Qishi | 1:24.65 WR | Russia Yekaterina Shikhova Nadezhda Aseyeva Olga Fatkulina | 1:26.07 | Japan Erina Kamiya Maki Tsuji Nao Kodaira | 1:26.62 |

    $^A$ In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

## Standings

The top ten standings in the contested cups after the weekend. The top five nations in the team sprint cups.

### Men's cups

| # | Name | CGY1 | CGY2 | SLC1 | SLC2 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 400 |
| 2 | William Dutton | 70 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 300 |
| 3 | Mika Poutala | 80 | 36 | 36 | 60 | 212 |
| 4 | Mitchell Whitmore | 15 | 50 | 80 | 24 | 169 |
| 5 | Laurent Dubreuil | 36 | 45 | 14 | 70 | 165 |
| 6 | Ronald Mulder | 60 | 40 | 50 | 14 | 164 |
| 7 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 25 | 70 | 40 | 28 | 163 |
| 8 | Gilmore Junio | 19 | 60 | 28 | 18 | 125 |
| 9 | Joji Kato | 12 | 28 | 32 | 45 | 117 |
| 10 | Artur Waś | 40 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 110 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 80 | 100 | 180 |
| 2 | Gerben Jorritsma | 100 | 70 | 170 |
| 3 | Kjeld Nuis | 70 | 80 | 150 |
| 4 | Shani Davis | 50 | 60 | 110 |
| 5 | Joey Mantia | 60 | 40 | 100 |
| 6 | Vincent De Haître | 36 | 50 | 86 |
| 7 | Kai Verbij | 40 | 45 | 85 |
| 8 | Aleksey Yesin | 45 | 32 | 77 |
| 9 | Mika Poutala | 25 | 36 | 61 |
| 10 | Thomas Krol | 18 | 28 | 46 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Kjeld Nuis | 60 | 100 | 160 |
| 2 | Joey Mantia | 70 | 80 | 150 |
| 3 | Bart Swings | 80 | 50 | 130 |
| 4 | Shani Davis | 36 | 70 | 106 |
| 5 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 40 | 60 | 100 |
| 5 | Denis Yuskov | 100 | | 100 |
| 7 | Thomas Krol | 45 | 28 | 73 |
| 8 | Gerben Jorritsma | 32 | 36 | 68 |
| 8 | Li Bailin | 28 | 40 | 68 |
| 10 | Håvard Bøkko | 21 | 45 | 66 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Sven Kramer | 100 | 80 | 180 |
| 2 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | 70 | 100 | 170 |
| 3 | Jorrit Bergsma | 80 | 70 | 150 |
| 4 | Patrick Beckert | 60 | 60 | 120 |
| 5 | Bart Swings | 50 | 50 | 100 |
| 6 | Peter Michael | 32 | 45 | 77 |
| 7 | Erik Jan Kooiman | 35 | 40 | 75 |
| 8 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 40 | 25 | 65 |
| 9 | Andrea Giovannini | 25 | 35 | 60 |
| 10 | Jordan Belchos | 27 | 30 | 57 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Bart Swings | 100 | 70 | 170 |
| 2 | Arjan Stroetinga | 50 | 100 | 150 |
| 3 | Jorrit Bergsma | 80 | 40 | 120 |
| 4 | Fabio Francolini | 28 | 80 | 108 |
| 5 | Reyon Kay | 70 | 16 | 86 |
| 6 | Viktor Hald Thorup | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| 7 | Peter Michael | 40 | 32 | 72 |
| 7 | Sun Longjiang | 36 | 36 | 72 |
| 9 | Kim Cheol-min | 19 | 45 | 64 |
| 10 | Livio Wenger | 60 | 2 | 62 |
| # | Country | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 70 | 170 |
| 2 | Russia | 70 | 80 | 150 |
| 3 | United States | 80 | 45 | 125 |
| 4 | Canada | | 100 | 100 |
| 5 | Poland | 45 | 40 | 85 |

**Grand World Cup**

| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bart Swings | 230 | 170 | 400 |
| 2 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 180 | 200 | 380 |
| 3 | Kjeld Nuis | 130 | 180 | 310 |
| 4 | Jorrit Bergsma | 160 | 70 | 230 |
| 5 | Joey Mantia | 130 | 80 | 210 |
| 6 | Shani Davis | 50 | 130 | 180 |
| 6 | Sven Kramer | 100 | 80 | 180 |
| 8 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | 70 | 100 | 170 |
| 9 | Gerben Jorritsma | 100 | 70 | 170 |
| 10 | William Dutton | 75 | 75 | 150 |
| 10 | Arjan Stroetinga | 50 | 100 | 150 |

### Women's cups

| # | Name | CGY1 | CGY2 | SLC1 | SLC2 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zhang Hong | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 380 |
| 2 | Lee Sang-hwa | 100 | 80 | 60 | 80 | 320 |
| 3 | Brittany Bowe | 70 | 60 | 80 | 70 | 280 |
| 4 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 60 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 260 |
| 5 | Yu Jing | 45 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 195 |
| 6 | Vanessa Bittner | 50 | 36 | 45 | 21 | 152 |
| 7 | Maki Tsuji | 40 | 32 | 28 | 36 | 136 |
| 8 | Erina Kamiya | 36 | 40 | 21 | 28 | 125 |
| 9 | Olga Fatkulina | 28 | 21 | 32 | 40 | 121 |
| 10 | Heather McLean | 19 | 28 | 16 | 45 | 108 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Brittany Bowe | 80 | 100 | 180 |
| 2 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 100 | 70 | 170 |
| 3 | Zhang Hong | 70 | 80 | 150 |
| 4 | Marrit Leenstra | 45 | 60 | 105 |
| 5 | Vanessa Bittner | 50 | 40 | 90 |
| 6 | Li Qishi | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| 7 | Olga Fatkulina | 24 | 45 | 69 |
| 8 | Margot Boer | 32 | 32 | 64 |
| 9 | Jorien ter Mors | 60 | | 60 |
| 10 | Karolína Erbanová | 36 | 21 | 57 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Brittany Bowe | 100 | 80 | 180 |
| 1 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 80 | 100 | 180 |
| 3 | Martina Sáblíková | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| 4 | Marrit Leenstra | 50 | 60 | 110 |
| 4 | Ida Njåtun | 60 | 50 | 110 |
| 6 | Marije Joling | 45 | 28 | 73 |
| 6 | Misaki Oshigiri | 28 | 45 | 73 |
| 8 | Antoinette de Jong | 36 | 36 | 72 |
| 9 | Ayaka Kikuchi | 21 | 40 | 61 |
| 9 | Li Qishi | 40 | 21 | 61 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Martina Sáblíková | 100 | 100 | 200 |
| 2 | Natalya Voronina | 70 | 80 | 150 |
| 3 | Irene Schouten | 80 | 50 | 130 |
| 4 | Ivanie Blondin | 40 | 70 | 110 |
| 5 | Claudia Pechstein | 35 | 60 | 95 |
| 6 | Misaki Oshigiri | 32 | 45 | 77 |
| 7 | Olga Graf | 30 | 40 | 70 |
| 8 | Jorien Voorhuis | 60 | | 60 |
| 9 | Miho Takagi | 23 | 35 | 58 |
| 10 | Yvonne Nauta | 12 | 30 | 51 |
| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | Irene Schouten | 80 | 100 | 180 |
| 2 | Ivanie Blondin | 70 | 80 | 150 |
| 3 | Kim Bo-reum | 100 | 5 | 105 |
| 4 | Misaki Oshigiri | 25 | 70 | 95 |
| 5 | Janneke Ensing | 32 | 60 | 92 |
| 6 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 50 | 28 | 78 |
| 7 | Luiza Złotkowska | 11 | 50 | 61 |
| 8 | Martina Sáblíková | 60 | | 60 |
| 9 | Park Do-yeong | 40 | 19 | 59 |
| 10 | Hao Jiachen | 21 | 36 | 57 |
| # | Country | CGY | SLC | Total |
| 1 | China | 80 | 100 | 180 |
| 2 | Japan | 100 | 70 | 170 |
| 3 | Canada | 70 | 60 | 130 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 60 | 50 | 110 |
| 5 | Belarus | 50 | 40 | 90 |

**Grand World Cup**

| # | Name | CGY | SLC | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 295 | 235 | 530 |
| 2 | Brittany Bowe | 245 | 255 | 500 |
| 3 | Martina Sáblíková | 230 | 170 | 400 |
| 4 | Zhang Hong | 160 | 180 | 340 |
| 5 | Irene Schouten | 160 | 150 | 310 |
| 6 | Ivanie Blondin | 70 | 150 | 220 |
| 7 | Marrit Leenstra | 50 | 120 | 170 |
| 8 | Lee Sang-hwa | 90 | 70 | 160 |
| 9 | Natalya Voronina | 70 | 80 | 150 |
| 10 | Ida Njåtun | 60 | 50 | 110 |
