2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 explained

The fourth competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 11 December, until Sunday, 13 December 2015.^[1]

There were no world records over the weekend.^{[2] [3] [4]} Multiple winners were Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, who won one of the men's 500 m races and the 1000 m race, and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands, who won the men's 5000 m race and the team pursuit.

Schedule

The detailed schedule of events:^[5]

Date	Session	Events	Comment
Friday, 11 December	Afternoon	12:45: 3000 m women   13:40: 500 m women (1)   14:00: 500 m men (1)	Division B
	Evening	15:55: 3000 m women   16:59: 500 m women (1)   17:22: 500 m men (1)	Division A
		18:12: Team pursuit men   19:14: Team sprint women   19:29: Team sprint men
Saturday, 12 December	Morning	10:00: 1000 m women   10:31: 1000 m men   11:32: 5000 m men	Division B
	Afternoon	14:00: 1000 m women   14:46: 5000 m men	Division A
		16:40: Team pursuit women
		17:18: 1000 m men	Division A
Sunday, 13 December	Morning	09:45: 1500 m women   10:45: 1500 m men   11:54: 500 m women (2)   12:15: 500 m men (2)	Division B
	Afternoon	14:00: 1500 m women   14:54: 1500 m men   15:47: 500 m women (2)   16:27: 500 m men (2)   17:07: Mass start women   17:27: Mass start men	Division A
		17:45: Mass start women   18:05: 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	Pavel Kulizhnikov	34.48	Aleksey Yesin	34.65	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix	34.78	^[6]
2	Ruslan Murashov	34.67	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix	34.76	Espen Aarnes Hvammen	34.86	^[7]
1000 m		Pavel Kulizhnikov	1:08:16	Denis Yuskov	1:08:59	Kjeld Nuis	1:08.61	^[8]
1500 m		Joey Mantia	1:44.26	Denis Yuskov	1:44.38	Kjeld Nuis	1:45.33	^[9]
5000 m		Sven Kramer	6:14.99	Jorrit Bergsma	6:16.41	Bart Swings	6:20.80	^[10]
Mass start		Arjan Stroetinga	63	Fabio Francolini	40	Lee Seung-hoon	20	^[11]
Team pursuit		Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Jan Blokhuijsen	3:43.77	Sverre Lunde Pedersen Håvard Bøkko Sindre Henriksen	3:44.66	Danil Sinitsyn Aleksandr Rumyantsev Sergey Gryaztsov	3:46.24	^[12] ^[13]
Team sprint		Gilmore Junio Alexandre St-Jean Vincent De Haître	1:19.75	Ruslan Murashov Aleksey Yesin Kirill Golubev	1:21.27	Jesper Hospes Michel Mulder Stefan Groothuis	1:21.29	^[14] ^[15]

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	37.59	Brittany Bowe	37.86	Heather Richardson-Bergsma	37.93	^[16]
2	Yu Jing	37.84	Heather Richardson-Bergsma	37.87	Zhang Hong	37.90	^[17]
1000 m		Brittany Bowe	1:14.49	Heather Richardson-Bergsma	1:15.33	Marrit Leenstra	1:15.77	^[18]
1500 m		Heather Richardson-Bergsma	1:55.29	Brittany Bowe	1:55.44	Marrit Leenstra	1:56.12	^[19]
3000 m		Martina Sáblíková	4:03.50	Annouk van der Weijden	4:05.39	Olga Graf	4:06.57	^[20]
Mass start		Misaki Oshigiri	65	Carien Kleibeuker	43	Ivanie Blondin	20	^[21]
Team pursuit		Ayaka Kikuchi Nana Takagi Miho Takagi	2:59.58	Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Linda de Vries	3:01.26	Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	3:01.51	^[22] ^[23]
Team sprint		Floor van den Brandt Janine Smit Margot Boer	1:29.23	Yekaterina Shikhova Nadezhda Aseyeva Olga Fatkulina	1:29.64	No bronze medalist team	^[24] ^[25]

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 and team sprint cups.

Men's cups

500 m

	Name	Nat.	CGY1	CGY2	SLC1	SLC2	INZ1	INZ2	HVN1	HVN2	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100			bgcolor=gold	100	5	505
2	align=left			25	bgcolor=cc9966	70	40	28	32	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	425
3	align=left			40	12	8	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100	60	18	358
4	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	8	16	10	6	340
5	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	36	36	60		50	45	32	339
6	align=left			19	60	28	18	bgcolor=gold	100	60	24	18	327
7	align=left			36	45	14	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	32	18	50	325
8	align=left			16	21	60	12	16	bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	40	285
9	align=left			50	8	5	40	24	8	40	bgcolor=gold	100	275
10	align=left			11	6	25	36	bgcolor=silver	80	12	14	60	244

^[26]

1000 m

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	320
2	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100		bgcolor=gold	100	280
3	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	28	36	234
4	align=left			60	40	60	45	205
5	align=left			40	45	bgcolor=cc9966	70	40	195
6	align=left			50	60	24	60	194
7	align=left				25	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	185
8	align=left			45	32	45	50	172
9	align=left			36	50	21	28	135
10	align=left			18	28	50	32	128

^[27]

1500 m

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100	320
2	align=left			60	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	310
3	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100		bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	280
4	align=left			45	28	60	60	193
5	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	50		50	180
6	align=left			40	60	32	45	177
7	align=left			36	bgcolor=cc9966	70	18	36	160
8	align=left			24	32	45	40	141
9	align=left			21	45	40	28	134
10	align=left			50	12	50		112

^[28]

5k/10k

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	330
2	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80		bgcolor=gold	100	280
3	align=left			40	25	bgcolor=silver	80	60	205
4	align=left			60	60	40	35	195
5	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=gold	100			170
	align=left			50	50		bgcolor=cc9966	70	170
7	align=left			35	40	45	40	160
8	align=left			32	45	50	25	152
9	align=left			45		60	45	150
10	align=left				27	bgcolor=cc9966	70	30	127

^[29]

Mass start

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	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	36	236
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			40	32	28	8	108
10	align=left			25	50	14	14	103

^[30]

Team pursuit

	Country	CGY	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	200
	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	60	60	200
3	align=left		60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	45	175
4	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	50	170
5	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	160

^[31]

Team sprint

	Country	CGY	SLC	HVN1	Total
1	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	240
2	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	230
3	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	200
4	align=left		45	40	50	135
5	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	45		125

^[32]

Grand World Cup

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left			130	180	180	140	630
2	align=left			230	170		180	580
3	align=left			180	200		150	530
4	align=left			160	70	180	80	490
5	align=left			130	80	130	100	440
	align=left			100		180	160	440
7	align=left			50	100	120	100	370
8	align=left			100	80		100	280
9	align=left				60	100	100	260
10	align=left			50	130		60	240

^[33]

Women's cups

500 m

	Name	Nat.	CGY1	CGY2	SLC1	SLC2	INZ1	INZ2	HVN1	HVN2	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	60	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	60	680
2	align=left			60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	560
3	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100			60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	510
4	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80		bgcolor=silver	80		440
5	align=left			50	36	45	21	50	50	45	40	337
6	align=left			45	50	50	50			36	bgcolor=gold	100	331
7	align=left			19	28	16	45	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	32	28	298
8	align=left			28	21	32	40	45	18	50	45	279
9	align=left			36	40	21	28	36	60	21	18	260
8	align=left			40	32	28	36	24	36	16	24	236

^[34]

1000 m

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	380
2	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	330
3	align=left			45	60	50	bgcolor=cc9966	70	225
4	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80		45	195
5	align=left			50	40	40	60	190
6	align=left			25	50	60	24	159
7	align=left			24	45	28	40	137
8	align=left			40	8	45	36	129
9	align=left			36	21	18	50	125
10	align=left			11	28	32	28	99

^[35]

1500 m

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	360
	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	360
3	align=left			50	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	250
	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	60	250
5	align=left			60	50	60	45	215
6	align=left			45	28	40	40	153
7	align=left			25	32	45	50	152
8	align=left			21	40	36	32	129
	align=left			28	45	28	28	129
10	align=left			36	36	18	36	126

^[36]

3k/5k

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	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	50	50	250
3	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	50	25	60	215
4	align=left			30	40	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	210
5	align=left			45		bgcolor=silver	80	45	170
6	align=left			40	bgcolor=cc9966	70	30	25	165
7	align=left			35	60	35	30	160
8	align=left			60		60	35	155
9	align=left			50		21	bgcolor=silver	80	151
10	align=left			12	30	45	40	136

^[37]

Mass start

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	36	316
2	align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	300
3	align=left			25	70		bgcolor=gold	100	195
4	align=left			32	60	40	25	157
5	align=left			40	19	bgcolor=cc9966	70	21	150
6	align=left			50	28	45	24	147
7	align=left			11	50	32	40	133
8	align=left			60		60	5	125
9	align=left			36	16	28	45	125
10	align=left				11	25	bgcolor=silver	80	116
	align=left			14	40	50	12	116

^[38]

Team pursuit

	Country	CGY	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	280
2	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	260
3	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	200
4	align=left		35	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	165
5	align=left		60	45	50	155

^[39]

Team sprint

	Country	CGY	SLC	HVN1	Total
1	align=left		60	50	bgcolor=gold	100	210
2	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100		180
3	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=cc9966	70		170
4	align=left			bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	160
5	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	60		130

^[40]

Grand World Cup

	Name	Nat.	CGY	SLC	INZ	HVN1	Total
1	align=left			295	235	235	255	1020
2	align=left			245	255	240	220	960
3	align=left			230	170	210	160	770
4	align=left			160	150	100	60	470
5	align=left			50	120	120	140	430
6	align=left			90	70	170	80	410
7	align=left			160	180		65	405
8	align=left			70	150	80	70	370
9	align=left			70	80	50	50	250
10	align=left			75	75	50	120	245

^[41]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating – Announcement – 2015/16 Heerenveen, The Netherlands . KNSB . PDF . 8 December 2015 .
2. Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015/16 – Heerenveen (NED) Day 1 . International Skating Union . 11 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200737/http://www.isu.org/en/speed-skating/news/2015/12/wcup-ss-heerenveen-ned-day-1 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
3. Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015/16 – Heerenveen (NED) Day 2 . International Skating Union . 12 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
4. Web site: ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015/16 – Heerenveen (NED) Day 3 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
5. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 . International Skating Union . 11 December 2015 .
6. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 500m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
7. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 500m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 13 December 2015 .
8. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 1000m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
9. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 1500m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 13 December 2015 .
10. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 5000m Men Division A . International Skating Union . 12 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
11. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result Mass start Men Division A . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 13 December 2015 .
12. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Men . International Skating Union . 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
13. Web site: Distance Result: 4. World Cup 2015/2016 – Men, Team, 8 Runden . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 24 February 2016 .
14. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result Team Sprint Men . International Skating Union . 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
15. Web site: Distance Result: 4. World Cup 2015/2016 – Men, Teamsprint . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 24 February 2016 .
16. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 500m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
17. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 500m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 13 December 2015 .
18. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 1000m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 12 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
19. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 13 December 2015 .
20. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 3000m Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
21. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result Mass start Ladies Division A . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 13 December 2015 .
22. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Women . International Skating Union . 12 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
23. Web site: Distance Result: 4. World Cup 2015/2016 – Ladies, Team, 6 Runden . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 24 February 2016 .
24. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result Team Sprint Women . International Skating Union . 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170205144816/http://live.isuresults.eu/2015-2016/HEERENVEEN-2/r418.htm . 2017-02-05 . dead .
25. Web site: Distance Result: 4. World Cup 2015/2016 – Ladies, Teamsprint . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 24 February 2016 .
26. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men 500m – Rankings 500m Men – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
27. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men 1000m – Rankings 1000m Men – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
28. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men 1500m – Rankings 1500m Men – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
29. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men 5000m – Rankings 5000m Men – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
30. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Men Mass Start – Rankings Mass Start Men – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
31. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – Rankings Team Pursuit Men – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
32. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – Rankings Team Sprint Men – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
33. Web site: Grand World Cup 2015 - 2016 – Overall Standings Men . International Skating Union . PDF . 19 April 2016 .
34. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Women 500m – Rankings 500m Women – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
35. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Women 1000m – Rankings 1000m Women – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
36. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Women 1500m – Rankings 1500m Women – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
37. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Women 3000m – Rankings 3000m Women – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
38. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – World Cup Ladies Mass Start – Rankings Mass Start Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
39. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – Rankings Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 .
40. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2015/2016 – Rankings Team Sprint Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 . International Skating Union . 13 December 2015 . 19 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170103051308/http://live.isuresults.eu/2015-2016/worldcup/wc2_2400.htm . 2017-01-03 . dead .
41. Web site: Grand World Cup 2015 - 2016 – Overall Standings Ladies . International Skating Union . PDF . 19 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910192436/http://live.isuresults.eu/2015-2016/worldcup/ladies.pdf . 10 September 2016 . dead .