2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's mass start explained

The men's mass start in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup will be contested over five races on six occasions, out of a total of World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 13–15 November 2015, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 11–13 March 2016.[1]

The defending champion is Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea. This season Arjan Stroetinga won two of five races and the final classification.

Top three

PositionAthletePointsPrevious season- align="center"1 450
2 387 3rd
3 362 -->

Race medallists

WC #LocationDateGoldRace pointsSilverRace pointsBronzeRace pointsReport
1Calgary, Canada15 NovemberBart Swings
65 Jorrit Bergsma
45 Reyon Kay
25 [2]
2, 22 NovemberArjan Stroetinga
60 Fabio Francolini
41 Bart Swings
21 [3]
3Inzell, Germany6 DecemberAlexis Contin
60Jorrit Bergsma
48Fabio Francolini
22[4]
4Heerenveen, Netherlands13 DecemberArjan Stroetinga
63Fabio Francolini
40Lee Seung-hoon
20[5]
6Heerenveen, Netherlands13 MarchBart Swings
68Fabio Francolini
40Arjan Stroetinga
21[6]

Note: in mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner. The races are over 16 laps.

Standings

Name Nat. CGY SLC INZ HVN1 HVN2 Total
1 align=left 50 bgcolor=gold 100 50 bgcolor=gold 100 300
2 align=left 28 bgcolor=silver 80 bgcolor=cc9966 70 bgcolor=silver 80 258
3 align=left bgcolor=silver 80 40 bgcolor=silver 80 32 232
4 align=left bgcolor=gold 100 bgcolor=cc9966 70 60 230
5 align=left 60 bgcolor=gold 100 50 210
6 align=left bgcolor=cc9966 70 16 40 18 144
7 align=left 28 25 bgcolor=cc9966 70 123
8 align=left 21 18 32 40 111
9 align=left 24 24 16 45 109
10 align=left 40 32 28 8 108
11 align=left 25 50 14 14 103
12 align=left 36 36 3 16 91
13 align=left 19 45 24 2 90
14 align=left 4 19 60 83
15 align=left 60 2 8 12 82
16 align=left 32 14 36 82
17 align=left 18 8 45 3 74
18 align=left 2 25 21 21 69
19 align=left 8 12 4 36 60
20 align=left 45 5 6 1 57
21 align=left 16 15 18 49
22 align=left 10 21 5 10 46
23 align=left 15 11 19 45
24 align=left 0 0 15 24 39
25 align=left 14 3 12 4 33
26 align=left 8 6 10 5 29
27 align=left 28 28
28 align=left 12 4 1 6 23
29 align=left 5 10 2 17
30 align=left 11 1 12
31 align=left 11 11
32 align=left 8 0 8
33 align=left 8 8
34 align=left 6 1 7
34 align=left 1 6 0 7
36 align=left 3 2 2 7
37align=left 6 6
37 align=left 0 0 6 6
39 align=left 4 1 0 5
40 align=left 4 4
40 align=left 4 4

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 Mass Start Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 15 2015 4:47PM . International Skating Union . 15 November 2015 . 15 November 2015 .
  3. Web site: ISU World Cup Salt Lake City – November 20-22, 2015 – Result Mass Start Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 22 2015 4:19PM . International Skating Union . 22 November 2015 . 23 November 2015 .
  4. Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – 4–6 December 2015 – Result Mass Start Men . International Skating Union (ISU) . 6 December 2015 . 6 December 2015 .
  5. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11–13 December 2015 – Result Mass start Men Division A . International Skating Union (ISU) . 13 December 2015 . 13 December 2015 .
  6. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11-13 March 2016 – Result Mass start Men Division A . International Skating Union (ISU) . 13 March 2016 . 13 March 2016.