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

The men's team sprint 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 12 March 2016.^[1]

The team sprint was a new event for the season. The Netherlands won the inaugural world cup classification.

Top three

Position	Country	Points	- align="center"	1		310
2		290
3		205 -->

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Calgary, Canada	14 November	Ronald Mulder Kai Verbij Stefan Groothuis	1:18.79 WR	Mitchell Whitmore Jonathan Garcia Joey Mantia	1:19.39	Ruslan Murashov Artyom Kuznetsov Aleksey Yesin	1:19.59	^[2] ^[3]
2	,	22 November	William Dutton Alexandre St-Jean Vincent De Haître	1.17.75 WR	Kirill Golubev Artyom Kuznetsov Aleksey Yesin	1.19.12	Hein Otterspeer Kai Verbij Stefan Groothuis	1.19.20	^[4]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	11 December	Gilmore Junio Alexandre St-Jean Vincent De Haître	1:19.75	Ruslan Murashov Aleksey Yesin Kirill Golubev Artyom Kuznetsov	1:21.27	Jesper Hospes Michel Mulder Stefan Groothuis	1:21.29	^[5]
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	12 March	Ronald Mulder Jesper Hospes Kai Verbij Stefan Groothuis	1:20.40	Gilmore Junio William Dutton Alexandre St-Jean Vincent De Haître	1:20.41	Ruslan Murashov Aleksey Yesin Kirill Golubev Denis Yuskov	1:20.86	^[6]

Note: the races are over 3 laps.

Standings

	Country	CGY	SLC	HVN1	HVN2	Total
1	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	150	390
2	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	104	334
3	align=left		0	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	120	320
4	align=left		45	40	50	90	225
5	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	45	—		125
6	align=left		0	60	60		120
7	align=left		60	0	—		60
8	align=left		—	50	—		50
9	align=left		50	—	—		50
10	align=left		—	0	45		45
11	align=left		—	—	40		40
12	align=left		—	—	35		35
13	align=left		—	0	—		0

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 Sprint Men – Rankings as of Nov 17 2015 5:48PM . International Skating Union . 17 November 2015 . 18 November 2015 .
3. Web site: Distance Result: 1. World Cup 2015/2016 – Men, Teamsprint . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 18 November 2015 .
4. Web site: ISU World Cup Salt Lake City . 2015-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170102110438/http://live.isuresults.eu/2015-2016/SALTLAKECITY/r206.htm . 2017-01-02 . dead .
5. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11–13 December 2015 – Result Team Sprint Men . International Skating Union (ISU) . 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
6. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11–13 March 2016 – Result Team Sprint Men . International Skating Union (ISU) . 12 March 2016 . 12 March 2016 .