2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres distance for women in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 18–20 November 2011, and the final occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 9–11 March 2012.

Christine Nesbitt of Canada successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands came second, and Marrit Leenstra, also of the Netherlands, came third.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Christine Nesbitt	510	1st
Silver	Ireen Wüst	450	3rd
Bronze	Marrit Leenstra	401	2nd

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Chelyabinsk, Russia	19 November	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:57.02	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:57.44	Marrit Leenstra Netherlands	1:58.27	[1]
2	Astana, Kazakhstan	26 November	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:56.10	Claudia Pechstein Germany	1:56.77	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:57.00	[2]
3	Heerenveen, Netherlands	3 December	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:55.68	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:57.15	Yekaterina Shikhova Russia	1:57.17	[3]
5	Hamar, Norway	11 February	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:56.99	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:57.03	Marrit Leenstra Netherlands	1:57.59	[4]
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	3 March	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:56.01	Marrit Leenstra Netherlands	1:57.35	Diane Valkenburg Netherlands	1:58.05	[5]
7	Berlin, Germany	10 March	Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:56.77	Marrit Leenstra Netherlands	1:56.93	Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic	1:57.36	[6]

Standings

Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season).

#	Name	Nat.	CHE	AST	HVN1	HAM	HVN2	BER	Total
1	Christine Nesbitt		80	100	100	80	–	150	510
2	Ireen Wüst		100	70	80	100	100	–	450
3	Marrit Leenstra		70	40	21	70	80	120	401
4	Martina Sáblíková		21	60	50	40	–	105	276
5	Diane Valkenburg		40	45	24	50	70	36	265
6	Yekaterina Shikhova		60	18	70	14	60	12	234
7	Yuliya Skokova		19	16	60	32	40	18	185
8	Yekaterina Lobysheva		24	32	32	60	18	16	182
9	Ida Njåtun		45	28	16	45	32	14	180
10	Brittany Schussler		14	10	36	6	–	90	156
11	Claudia Pechstein		36	80	18	8	–	–	142
12	Linda de Vries		32	36	28	–	–	45	141
13	Miho Takagi		25	14	10	10	–	75	134
14	Cindy Klassen		28	50	6	16	–	32	132
15	Yevgenia Dmitrieva		18	25	45	12	24	8	131
16	Margot Boer		16	21	–	36	50	–	123
17	Hege Bøkko		8	25	8	18	36	28	123
18	Natalia Czerwonka		8	4	11	24	28	40	115
19	Monique Angermüller		60	8	40	–	–	–	108
20	Ayaka Kikuchi		6	15	14	21	16	10	82
21	Heather Richardson		10	19	5	–	45	–	79
22	Kim Bo-reum		11	5	8	28	–	21	73
23	Kali Christ		–	–	–	4	25	24	53
24	Nao Kodaira		12	12	12	–	–	–	36
25	Noh Seon-yeong		4	11	4	15	–	–	34
26	Paulien van Deutekom		–	–	–	19	12	–	31
27	Olga Graf		–	–	–	8	21	–	29
28	Isabell Ost		6	6	6	1	10	–	29
29	Lee Ju-yeon		1	0	1	25	–	–	27
30	Annouk van der Weijden		–	–	25	–	–	–	25
31	Brittany Bowe		3	8	0	–	14	–	25
32	Jilleanne Rookard		–	–	–	5	19	–	24
33	Dong Feifei		–	–	15	–	8	–	23
34	Gabriele Hirschbichler		15	6	0	2	–	–	23
35	Alla Shabanova		1	1	19	–	–	–	21
36	Luiza Złotkowska		–	–	–	0	15	–	15
37	Karolína Erbanová		4	–	–	11	–	–	15
38	Shiho Ishizawa		0	0	0	0	11	–	11
39	Katarzyna Woźniak		0	0	–	0	8	–	8
40	Mari Hemmer		0	0	0	6	1	–	7
41	Bente Kraus		–	–	0	0	6	–	6
42	Nicole Garrido		5	0	0	0	–	–	5
43	Anna Rokita		0	0	0	–	4	–	4
44	Eriko Ishino		2	2	0	0	0	–	4
45	Ji Jia		–	–	–	–	2	–	2
46	Shannon Rempel		2	0	–	–	–	–	2
	Wang Fei		–	–	2	–	–	–	2