2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit explained

The men's team pursuit in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over four races, out of a total of six World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 14 November 2015, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 11 March 2016.[1]

The defending champion was South Korea. This year the Netherlands won three out of four races and the final classification.

Top three

PositionCountryPointsPrevious season- align="center"1 310 5th
2 290 1st
3 205 4th -->

Race medallists

WC #LocationDateGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTimeReport
1Calgary, Canada14 November
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Jordan Belchos
Benjamin Donnelly
3:39.32
Lee Seung-hoon
Kim Cheol-min
Joo Hyong-jun
3:39.60
Andrea Giovannini
Luca Stefani
Fabio Francolini
3:41.97 [2] [3]
3Inzell, Germany4 December
Jan Blokhuijsen
Douwe de Vries
Arjan Stroetinga
Jorrit Bergsma
3:41.27
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Håvard Bøkko
Sindre Henriksen
Aleksander Waagenes
3:44.88
Jan Szymański
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Zbigniew Bródka
Sebastian Klosinski
3:46.17[4]
4Heerenveen, Netherlands11 December
Sven Kramer
Jorrit Bergsma
Jan Blokhuijsen
Douwe de Vries
3:43.77
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Håvard Bøkko
Sindre Henriksen
Aleksander Waagenes
3:44.66
Danil Sinitsyn
Aleksandr Rumyantsev
Sergey Gryaztsov
Sergey Trofimov
3:46.24[5]
6Heerenveen, Netherlands11 March
Jan Blokhuijsen
Arjan Stroetinga
Douwe de Vries
3:42.28
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
3:43.42
Jan Szymański
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Zbigniew Bródka
3:47.03[6]

Note: the races are over 8 laps.

Standings

Country CGY INZ HVN1 HVN2 Total
1 align=left 0 bgcolor=gold 100 bgcolor=gold 100 bgcolor=gold 150 350
2 align=left 0 bgcolor=silver 80 bgcolor=silver 80 bgcolor=silver 120 280
3 align=left 60 bgcolor=cc9966 70 45 bgcolor=cc9966 104 279
4 align=left bgcolor=cc9966 70 50 50 90 260
5 align=left bgcolor=silver 80 60 60 200
6 align=left 45 35 bgcolor=cc9966 70 150
7 align=left bgcolor=gold 100 0 35 135
8 align=left 50 30 40 120
9 align=left 40 45 25 110
10 align=left 35 40 30 105
11 align=left 25 25 21 71
12 align=left 30 30
13 align=left 21 21

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Skating Union – Communication No. 1958 . International Skating Union . PDF . 3 August 2015 . 14 October 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072318/http://static.isu.org/media/213658/1958-world-cup-ss-2015-16.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: ISU World Cup Calgary – November 13-15, 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Men – Rankings as of Nov 15 2015 4:47PM . International Skating Union . 15 November 2015 . 18 November 2015 .
  3. Web site: Distance Result: 1. World Cup 2015/2016 – Men, Team, 8 Runden . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 18 November 2015 .
  4. Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – 4–6 December 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Men . International Skating Union (ISU) . 4 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
  5. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11–13 December 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Men . International Skating Union (ISU) . 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
  6. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11-13 March 2016 – Result Team Pursuit Men . International Skating Union (ISU) . 13 March 2016 . 13 March 2016.