2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 explained

The third competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in Eisstadion Inzell in Inzell, Germany, from Friday, 4 December, until Sunday, 6 December 2015.^[1]

There were no world records over the weekend.^[2] ^[3] ^[4] Multiple winners were Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea, who won both women's 500 m races, and Brittany Bowe of the United States, who won the women's 1000 and 1500 m races.

Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:^[5]

Date	Session	Events	Comment
Friday, 4 December	Afternoon	12:00: 500 m women (1) 12:20: 500 m men (1) 13:10: 3000 m women	Division B
	Evening	16:00: 3000 m women 17:04: 500 m women (1) 17:29: 500 m men (1)	Division A
	Evening	18:19: Team pursuit men
Saturday, 5 December	Morning	09:30: 1000 m men 10:35: 1000 m women 11:23: 5000 m men	Division B
	Afternoon	14:00: 1000 m men 14:30: 1000 m women 15:15: 5000 m men	Division A
	Afternoon	16:47: Team pursuit women
Sunday, 6 December	Morning	09:45: 500 m women (2) 09:59: 500 m men (2) 10:45: 1500 m women 11:41: 1500 m men	Division B
	Afternoon	14:00: 1500 m women 14:53: 1500 m men 15:43: 500 m women (2) 16:08: 500 m men (2) 16:48: Mass start women 17:17: Mass start men	Division A
	Evening	18:07: Mass start women 18:39: Mass start men	Division B

All times are CET (UTC+1).

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Gilmore Junio	34.86	Alexandre St-Jean	34.90	Artur Waś	34.97	^[6]
2	Artur Waś	34.65	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix	34.74	Kai Verbij	34.80	^[7]
1000 m		Kjeld Nuis	1:08:31	Denis Yuskov	1:08:55	Kai Verbij	1:08.60	^[8]
1500 m		Denis Yuskov	1:44:21	Kjeld Nuis	1:45:20	Joey Mantia	1:45.25	^[9]
5000 m		Jorrit Bergsma	6:17.35	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	6:19.52	Arjan Stroetinga	6:21.66	^[10]
Mass start		Alexis Contin	60	Jorrit Bergsma	48	Fabio Francolini	22	^[11]
Team pursuit		Jan Blokhuijsen Douwe de Vries Arjan Stroetinga	3:41.27	Sverre Lunde Pedersen Håvard Bøkko Sindre Henriksen	3:44.88	Jan Szymański Konrad Niedźwiedzki Zbigniew Bródka	3:46.17	^[12] ^[13]

In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Lee Sang-hwa	37.33	Brittany Bowe	37.70	Heather Richardson-Bergsma	37.99	^[14]
2	Lee Sang-hwa	37.36	Heather Richardson-Bergsma	37.84	Heather McLean	38.02	^[15]
1000 m		Brittany Bowe	1:14.01	Heather Richardson-Bergsma	1:14.52	Lee Sang-hwa	1:15.27	^[16]
1500 m		Brittany Bowe	1:54.68	Heather Richardson-Bergsma	1:54.94	Marrit Leenstra	1:55.79	^[17]
3000 m		Martina Sáblíková	4:03.18	Marije Joling	4:04.08	Olga Graf	4:05.87	^[18]
Mass start		Irene Schouten	60	Ivanie Blondin	40	Park Do-yeong	20	^[19]
Team pursuit		Miho Takagi Nana Takagi Misaki Oshigiri	2:59.08	Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Marije Joling	2:59.69	Natalya Voronina Olga Graf Elizaveta Kazelina	3:00.36	^[20] ^[21]

In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.

Standings

The top ten standings in the contested cups after the weekend. The top five nations in the team pursuit cups.

Men's cups

500 m

	Name	CGY2	SLC1	SLC2	INZ1	INZ2	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100			400
2	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	8	16	324
3	align=left	19	60	28	18	bgcolor=gold	100	60	285
4	align=left	40	12	8	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100	280
5	align=left	25	bgcolor=cc9966	70	40	28	32	bgcolor=silver	80	275
6	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	36	36	60		50	262
7	align=left	36	45	14	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	32	257
8	align=left	16	21	60	12	16	bgcolor=cc9966	70	195
9	align=left	11	6	25	36	bgcolor=silver	80	12	170
10	align=left	15	50	bgcolor=silver	80	24			169

^[22]

1000 m

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	250
2	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	28	198
3	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100		180
4	align=left	60	40	60	160
5	align=left	40	45	bgcolor=cc9966	70	155
6	align=left	50	60	24	134
7	align=left	45	32	45	122
8	align=left	36	50	21	107
9	align=left		25	bgcolor=silver	80	105
10	align=left	18	28	50	96

^[23]

1500 m

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	60	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	240
2	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	220
3	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100		bgcolor=gold	100	200
4	align=left	45	28	60	133
5	align=left	40	60	32	132
6	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	50		130
7	align=left	36	bgcolor=cc9966	70	18	124
8	align=left	50	12	50	112
9	align=left	21	45	40	106
10	align=left	32	36	36	104

^[24]

5k/10k

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100	250
2	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80		180
3	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100		170
4	align=left	60	60	40	160
5	align=left	40	25	bgcolor=silver	80	145
6	align=left	32	45	50	127
7	align=left	35	40	45	120
8	align=left	45		60	105
9	align=left	50	50		100
10	align=left		27	bgcolor=cc9966	70	97

^[25]

Mass start

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	40	bgcolor=silver	80	200
1	align=left	50	bgcolor=gold	100	50	200
3	align=left	28	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	178
4	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70		170
5	align=left		60	bgcolor=gold	100	160
6	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	16	40	126
7	align=left	40	32	28	100
8	align=left	25	50	14	89
9	align=left	19	45	24	88
10	align=left	4	19	60	83

^[26]

Team pursuit

	Country	INZ	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	60	140
2	align=left	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	130
3	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	120
4	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100		100
4	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	100

^[27]

Grand World Cup

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	130	180	180	490
2	align=left	160	70	180	410
3	align=left	230	170		400
4	align=left	180	200		380
5	align=left	130	80	130	340
6	align=left	100		180	280
7	align=left	50	100	120	270
8	align=left	50	130		180
8	align=left	100	80		180
10	align=left	70	100		170
10	align=left	100	70		170

^[28]

Women's cups

500 m

	Name	CGY2	SLC1	SLC2	INZ1	INZ2	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	60	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	520
2	align=left	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	410
3	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100			380
4	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80		360
5	align=left	50	36	45	21	50	50	252
6	align=left	19	28	16	45	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	238
7	align=left	36	40	21	28	36	60	221
8	align=left	40	32	28	36	24	36	196
9	align=left	45	50	50	50			195
10	align=left	28	21	32	40	45	18	184

^[29]

1000 m

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	280
2	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	250
3	align=left	45	60	50	155
4	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80		150
5	align=left	25	50	60	135
6	align=left	50	40	40	130
7	align=left	28		bgcolor=cc9966	70	98
8	align=left	24	45	28	97
9	align=left	40	8	45	93
10	align=left	32	32	16	80

^[30]

1500 m

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	280
2	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	260
3	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	190
4	align=left	50	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	180
5	align=left	60	50	60	170
6	align=left	45	28	40	113
7	align=left	25	32	45	102
8	align=left	28	45	28	101
9	align=left	21	40	36	97
10	align=left	36	36	18	90

^[31]

3k/5k

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	300
2	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	50	200
3	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	50	25	155
4	align=left	40	bgcolor=cc9966	70	30	140
4	align=left	30	40	bgcolor=cc9966	70	140
6	align=left	35	60	35	130
7	align=left	45		bgcolor=silver	80	125
8	align=left	60		60	120
9	align=left	23	35	40	98
10	align=left	12	30	45	96

^[32]

Mass start

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	280
2	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	230
3	align=left	32	60	40	132
4	align=left	40	19	bgcolor=cc9966	70	129
5	align=left	50	28	45	123
6	align=left	60		60	120
7	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	5		105
8	align=left	14	40	50	104
9	align=left	25	70		95
10	align=left	11	50	32	93

^[33]

Team pursuit

	Country	INZ	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	180
1	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	180
3	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	140
4	align=left	60	45	105
5	align=left	45	50	95
5	align=left	35	60	95

^[34]

Grand World Cup

	Name	SLC	INZ	Total
1	align=left	295	235	235	765
2	align=left	245	255	240	740
3	align=left	230	170	210	610
4	align=left	160	150	100	410
5	align=left	160	180		340
6	align=left	90	70	170	330
7	align=left	70	150	80	300
8	align=left	50	120	120	290
9	align=left	70	80	50	200
10	align=left	60	50	60	170

^[35]

Notes and References

Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating – Announcement . Deutsche Eisschnelllauf-Gemeinschaft . PDF . 4 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015/16 – Inzell (GER) Day 1 . International Skating Union . 4 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015/16 – Inzell (GER) Day 2 . International Skating Union . 5 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015/16 – Inzell (GER) Day 3 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 . International Skating Union . 1 February 2016 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 500m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 5 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 500m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 6 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 1000m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 5 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 1500m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 6 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 5000m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 5 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result Mass Start Men . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 6 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Men . International Skating Union . 4 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
Web site: Distance Result: 3. World Cup 2015/2016 – Men, Team, 8 Runden . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 4 February 2016 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 500m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 5 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 500m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 6 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 1000m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 5 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 6 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result 3000m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 4 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result Mass Start Ladies . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 6 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – December 4-6, 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies . International Skating Union . 5 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
Web site: Distance Result: 3. World Cup 2015/2016 – Ladies, Team, 6 Runden . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 6 February 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men 500m – Rankings 500m Men – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men 1000m – Rankings 1000m Men – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men 1500m – Rankings 1500m Men – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men 5000m – Rankings 5000m Men – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men Mass Start – Rankings Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – Rankings Team Pursuit Men – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: Grand World Cup 2015 - 2016 – Overall Standings Men . International Skating Union . PDF . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Women 500m – Rankings 500m Women – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Women 1000m – Rankings 1000m Women – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Women 1500m – Rankings 1500m Women – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Women 3000m – Rankings 3000m Women – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Ladies Mass Start – Rankings Mass Start Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – Rankings Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 6 2015 . International Skating Union . 6 December 2015 . 18 March 2016 .
Web site: Grand World Cup 2015 - 2016 – Overall Standings Ladies . International Skating Union . PDF . 18 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910192436/http://live.isuresults.eu/2015-2016/worldcup/ladies.pdf . 10 September 2016 . dead .