2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres explained

The 1500 meters distance for men in the 2014–15 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 Obihiro, Japan, on 14–16 November 2014, and the final occasion taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 21–22 March 2015.^[1]

The defending champion was Koen Verweij of the Netherlands. Denny Morrison of Canada won the cup. Verweij had to settle for 11th place.

Top three

Position	Athlete	Points	Previous season
1		409	7th
2		405	6th
3		381	10th

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Obihiro, Japan	16 November	Kjeld Nuis	1:45.97	Wouter olde Heuvel	1:46.52	Koen Verweij	1:46.90	^[2]
2	Seoul,	21 November	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	1:47.76	Wouter olde Heuvel	1:48.02	Kjeld Nuis	1:48.30	^[3]
3	Berlin, Germany	7 December	Jan Szymański	1:46.80	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	1:47.13	Thomas Krol	1:47.14	^[4]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 December	Jan Szymański	1:45.92	Wouter olde Heuvel	1:46.22	Shani Davis	1:46.33	^[5]
5	Hamar, Norway	1 February	Denis Yuskov	1:45.07	Kjeld Nuis	1:45.80	Denny Morrison	1:46.03	^[6]
7	Erfurt, Germany	22 March	Denny Morrison	1:46.15	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	1:46.51	Bart Swings	1:46.81	^[7]

Standings

Standings as of 22 March 2015.^[8]

	Name	Nat.	OBI	SEO	BER	HVN	HAM	ERF	Total
1	align=left			60	60	45	24	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	150	409
2	align=left			28	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	32	45	bgcolor=silver	120	405
3	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	36	50	bgcolor=silver	80	45	381
4	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80		bgcolor=silver	80	21	40	301
5	align=left			40	21	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100		32	293
6	align=left			45	36	40	45	32	90	288
7	align=left			21	24	60	60	14	bgcolor=cc9966	106	285
8	align=left			32	28	bgcolor=cc9966	70	18	60	76	284
9	align=left			50	45	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	40		255
10	align=left			16	32	24	36	36	28	172
11	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	32				152
12	align=left			25	18	21	16	28	36	144
13	align=left					18	19	bgcolor=gold	100		137
14	align=left			36	40		40			116
15	align=left					25	28	50		103
16	align=left			19	16	28	21	10		94
17	align=left			8	4	15	14	12	24	77
18	align=left			6	15	16	12	18		67
19	align=left			4	25	14	10			53
	align=left					4	25	24		53
21	align=left			15	8	8	8	8		47
22	align=left			18	5	12	5	6		46
23	align=left			11	12	10	8			41
24	align=left			14	10			11		35
25	align=left			5	19	6		4		34
26	align=left						8	25		33
27	align=left						15	16		31
28	align=left			24	6					30
29	align=left					2	11	15		28
30	align=left			8	14	1	1			24
31	align=left			12	8					20
32	align=left			10		6	4			20
33	align=left					19				19
	align=left							19		19
35	align=left			6	11			2		19
36	align=left					8	2	8		18
37	align=left					11	6			17
38	align=left				6					6
	align=left							6		6
40	align=left				2					2
	align=left			2						2
42	align=left				1					1
	align=left			1						1
	align=left							1		1

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889 . International Skating Union . PDF . 10 September 2014 . 10 November 2014 . 10 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110074813/http://static.isu.org/media/158518/1889-world-cup-ss-2014-15-update-sep10.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 4:08PM . International Skating Union . 16 November 2014 . 19 November 2014 .
3. Web site: ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 23 2014 3:56PM . International Skating Union . 23 November 2014 . 24 November 2014 .
4. Web site: ISU World Cup Berlin – December 5-7, 2014 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 7 2014 4:36PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2014 . 11 December 2014 .
5. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 3:59PM . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 30 December 2014 .
6. Web site: ISU World Cup Hamar – January 31 - February 1, 2015 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Feb 1 2015 3:00PM . International Skating Union . 1 February 2015 . 5 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206002609/http://live.isuresults.eu/2014-2015/hamar/r502.htm . 2015-02-06 . dead .
7. Web site: ISU World Cup Erfurt – March 21-22, 2015 – Result 1500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Mar 22 2015 5:31PM . International Skating Union . 22 March 2015 . 23 March 2015 .
8. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2014/2015 – World Cup Men 1500m – Rankings 1500m Men – Rankings as of Mar 22 2015 5:42PM . International Skating Union . 22 March 2015 . 23 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204634/http://live.isuresults.eu/2014-2015/worldcup/wc1_1500.htm . 2016-03-04 . dead .