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

The 1500 meters distance for women 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 Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands. Wüst's compatriot Marrit Leenstra won the cup, while Wüst had to settle for fourth place.

Top three

Position	Athlete	Points	Previous season
1		410	5th
2		400	17th
3		370	3rd

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Obihiro, Japan	16 November	Ireen Wüst	1:56.93	Marrit Leenstra	1:57.76	Yuliya Skokova	1:58.10	^[2]
2	Seoul,	22 November	Marrit Leenstra	1:57.76	Ireen Wüst	1:58.33	Olga Graf	1:59.02	^[3]
3	Berlin, Germany	7 December	Ireen Wüst	1:55.89	Heather Richardson	1:55.91	Marrit Leenstra	1:55.93	^[4]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 December	Heather Richardson	1:53.87	Brittany Bowe	1:54.70	Marrit Leenstra	1:55.95	^[5]
5	Hamar, Norway	31 January	Heather Richardson	1:56.30	Brittany Bowe	1:57.30	Marije Joling	1:57.51	^[6]
7	Erfurt, Germany	21 March	Brittany Bowe	1:55.88	Heather Richardson	1:55.99	Martina Sáblíková	1:56.74	^[7]

Standings

Standings as of 21 March 2015 (end of the season).^[8]

	Name	Nat.	OBI	SEO	BER	HVN	HAM	ERF	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70		90	410
2	align=left					bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	120	400
3	align=left					60	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	150	370
4	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	60			340
5	align=left			40	32	40	50	45	bgcolor=cc9966	106	313
6	align=left			60	60	36	40	32	76	304
7	align=left			50	36	50		bgcolor=cc9966	70	45	251
8	align=left			45	45	21	45	50	32	238
9	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	40	24		60	40	234
10	align=left			24	bgcolor=cc9966	70	45	24		36	199
11	align=left			28	28	32	21	40	21	170
12	align=left			36	6	28	18	28	28	144
13	align=left			21	18	12	32	21	24	128
14	align=left			16	24	16	28	36		120
15	align=left			25	50	18				93
16	align=left			15	16	8	16	14	18	87
17	align=left			10	19	14		16	16	75
18	align=left					25	36			61
19	align=left			8	11	11	14	10		54
20	align=left				25	6	10	12		53
21	align=left			6	15	5	8	18		52
22	align=left						25	24		49
23	align=left			32	14					46
24	align=left			19	21					40
25	align=left			18	12	10				40
26	align=left							25	14	39
27	align=left					19	12	6		37
28	align=left			12	5	6	6	6		35
29	align=left			8	8		8			24
30	align=left						15	8		23
31	align=left					15	5	2		22
32	align=left			11	10					21
33	align=left			14			6			20
34	align=left						19			19
	align=left							19		19
36	align=left					8	11			19
37	align=left							15		15
38	align=left							11		11
39	align=left			2	6	2		1		11
40	align=left			1	8		1			10
41	align=left							8		8
42	align=left			6						6
43	align=left				2		4			6
44	align=left			5						5
45	align=left							4		4
	align=left				4					4
	align=left					4				4
	align=left			4						4
49	align=left						2			2
50	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 Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 3:04PM . International Skating Union . 16 November 2014 . 18 November 2014 .
3. Web site: ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21–23, 2014 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 23 2014 3:56PM . International Skating Union . 23 November 2014 . 27 November 2014 .
4. Web site: ISU World Cup Berlin – December 5–7, 2014 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 7 2014 4:36PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2014 . 10 December 2014 .
5. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12–14, 2014 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 2:42PM . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 28 December 2014 .
6. Web site: ISU World Cup Hamar – January 31 – February 1, 2015 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Jan 31 2015 2:58PM . International Skating Union . 31 January 2015 . 2 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204054403/http://live.isuresults.eu/2014-2015/hamar/r511.htm . 2015-02-04 . dead .
7. Web site: ISU World Cup Erfurt – March 21–22, 2015 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Mar 21 2015 3:40PM . International Skating Union . 21 March 2015 . 21 March 2015 .
8. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2014/2015 – World Cup Ladies 1500m – Rankings 1500m Ladies – Rankings as of Mar 21 2015 5:54PM . International Skating Union . 21 March 2015 . 22 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205849/http://live.isuresults.eu/2014-2015/worldcup/wc2_1500.htm . 4 March 2016 . dead .