2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres
# 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres distance for women in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 18–20 November 2011, and the final occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 9–11 March 2012.

Christine Nesbitt of Canada successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands came second, and Marrit Leenstra, also of the Netherlands, came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Christine Nesbitt | 510 | 1st |
| Silver | Ireen Wüst | 450 | 3rd |
| Bronze | Marrit Leenstra | 401 | 2nd |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 19 November | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:57.02 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:57.44 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:58.27 |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 26 November | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:56.10 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 1:56.77 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:57.00 |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 3 December | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:55.68 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:57.15 | Yekaterina Shikhova Russia | 1:57.17 |
| 5 | Hamar, Norway | 11 February | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:56.99 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:57.03 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:57.59 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 3 March | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:56.01 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:57.35 | Diane Valkenburg Netherlands | 1:58.05 |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 10 March | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:56.77 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:56.93 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 1:57.36 |

## Standings

Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season).

| # | Name | CHE | AST | HVN1 | HAM | HVN2 | BER | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Christine Nesbitt | 80 | 100 | 100 | 80 | – | 150 | 510 |
| 2 | Ireen Wüst | 100 | 70 | 80 | 100 | 100 | – | 450 |
| 3 | Marrit Leenstra | 70 | 40 | 21 | 70 | 80 | 120 | 401 |
| 4 | Martina Sáblíková | 21 | 60 | 50 | 40 | – | 105 | 276 |
| 5 | Diane Valkenburg | 40 | 45 | 24 | 50 | 70 | 36 | 265 |
| 6 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 60 | 18 | 70 | 14 | 60 | 12 | 234 |
| 7 | Yuliya Skokova | 19 | 16 | 60 | 32 | 40 | 18 | 185 |
| 8 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 24 | 32 | 32 | 60 | 18 | 16 | 182 |
| 9 | Ida Njåtun | 45 | 28 | 16 | 45 | 32 | 14 | 180 |
| 10 | Brittany Schussler | 14 | 10 | 36 | 6 | – | 90 | 156 |
| 11 | Claudia Pechstein | 36 | 80 | 18 | 8 | – | – | 142 |
| 12 | Linda de Vries | 32 | 36 | 28 | – | – | 45 | 141 |
| 13 | Miho Takagi | 25 | 14 | 10 | 10 | – | 75 | 134 |
| 14 | Cindy Klassen | 28 | 50 | 6 | 16 | – | 32 | 132 |
| 15 | Yevgenia Dmitrieva | 18 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 131 |
| 16 | Margot Boer | 16 | 21 | – | 36 | 50 | – | 123 |
| 17 | Hege Bøkko | 8 | 25 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 28 | 123 |
| 18 | Natalia Czerwonka | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 40 | 115 |
| 19 | Monique Angermüller | 60 | 8 | 40 | – | – | – | 108 |
| 20 | Ayaka Kikuchi | 6 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 82 |
| 21 | Heather Richardson | 10 | 19 | 5 | – | 45 | – | 79 |
| 22 | Kim Bo-reum | 11 | 5 | 8 | 28 | – | 21 | 73 |
| 23 | Kali Christ | – | – | – | 4 | 25 | 24 | 53 |
| 24 | Nao Kodaira | 12 | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | 36 |
| 25 | Noh Seon-yeong | 4 | 11 | 4 | 15 | – | – | 34 |
| 26 | Paulien van Deutekom | – | – | – | 19 | 12 | – | 31 |
| 27 | Olga Graf | – | – | – | 8 | 21 | – | 29 |
| 28 | Isabell Ost | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 | – | 29 |
| 29 | Lee Ju-yeon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | – | – | 27 |
| 30 | Annouk van der Weijden | – | – | 25 | – | – | – | 25 |
| 31 | Brittany Bowe | 3 | 8 | 0 | – | 14 | – | 25 |
| 32 | Jilleanne Rookard | – | – | – | 5 | 19 | – | 24 |
| 33 | Dong Feifei | – | – | 15 | – | 8 | – | 23 |
| 34 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | – | – | 23 |
| 35 | Alla Shabanova | 1 | 1 | 19 | – | – | – | 21 |
| 36 | Luiza Złotkowska | – | – | – | 0 | 15 | – | 15 |
| 37 | Karolína Erbanová | 4 | – | – | 11 | – | – | 15 |
| 38 | Shiho Ishizawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | – | 11 |
| 39 | Katarzyna Woźniak | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 8 |
| 40 | Mari Hemmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
| 41 | Bente Kraus | – | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 6 |
| 42 | Nicole Garrido | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 |
| 43 | Anna Rokita | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| 44 | Eriko Ishino | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 |
| 45 | Ji Jia | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 46 | Shannon Rempel | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 46 | Wang Fei | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
