2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres races of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Olympic Oval, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, were held on 13 and 15 November 2015.[1]

Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won the first race, while Mika Poutala of Finland came second, and William Dutton of Canada came third.[2] Alex Boisvert-Lacroix of Canada won the first Division B race.

Having beaten the Russian record on the first race, Kulizhnikov skated even better in the second race, winning it in 34.00 seconds, a new world record. William Dutton and Alex Boisvert-Lacroix, both of Canada, came second and third.[3] Hein Otterspeer of the Netherlands won the second Division B race.

Race 1 edit

Race one took place on Friday, 13 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 10:44, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 13:59.[4]

Division A edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points
  Pavel Kulizhnikov   9 i 34.11 NR 100 50
  Mika Poutala   1 o 34.28 NR 80 40
  William Dutton   3 i 34.46 70 35
4 Ronald Mulder   10 i 34.48 60 30
5 Ruslan Murashov   6 i 34.51 50 25
6 Yūya Oikawa   2 o 34.58 45
7 Artur Waś   8 o 34.64 40
8 Laurent Dubreuil   10 o 34.69 36
9 Gerben Jorritsma   4 i 34.70 32
10 Ryohei Haga   6 o 34.72 28
11 Aleksey Yesin   4 o 34.75 24
12 Artyom Kuznetsov   9 o 34.794 21
13 Kjeld Nuis   1 i 34.799 18
14 Kai Verbij   8 i 34.80 16
15 Kim Tae-yun   3 o 34.86 14
16 Joji Kato   2 i 34.95 12
17 Nico Ihle   7 i 35.14 10
18 Espen Aarnes Hvammen   5 o 1:30.29 8
19 Kim Jun-ho   7 o DNF
Hein Otterspeer   5 i DNF
Note: NR = national record.

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Division B edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points
1 Alex Boisvert-Lacroix   9 i 34.39 25
2 Gilmore Junio   12 i 34.48 19
3 Mitchell Whitmore   10 o 34.57 15
4 Alexandre St-Jean   8 o 34.73 11
5 Roman Krech   11 o 34.79 NR 8
6 Pekka Koskela   7 i 34.94 6
7 Lee Kang-seok   2 i 34.97 4
8 Liu Fangyi   7 o 35.01 2
9 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi   2 o 35.05 1
10 Artur Nogal   11 i 35.08
11 Xie Jiaxuan   13 o 35.11
12 David Bosa   13 i 35.14
13 Sung Ching-Yang   4 o 35.15
14 Mu Zhongsheng   14 o 35.24
15 Piotr Michalski   1 i 35.27
16 Tsubasa Hasegawa   8 i 35.33
17 Mo Tae-bum   12 o 35.48
18 Jonathan Garcia   6 o 35.49
19 Daniel Greig   3 i 35.56
20 Kirill Golubev   14 i 35.65
21 Christian Oberbichler   5 i 35.74
22 Joel Dufter   9 o 35.77
23 David Andersson   4 i 35.98
24 Aleksandr Zhigin   3 o 36.14
25 Juho Vaittinen   5 o 37.71
26 Tsukasa Owada   10 i 37.74
27 Liu An   6 i 46.64
Note: NR = national record.

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Race 2 edit

Race two took place on Sunday, 15 November, with Division A scheduled at 14:27, and Division B scheduled at 17:39.[4]

Division A edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points
  Pavel Kulizhnikov   10 i 34.00 WR 100 50
  William Dutton   9 i 34.25 80 40
  Alex Boisvert-Lacroix   5 i 34.300 70 35
4 Gilmore Junio   4 o 34.304 60 30
5 Mitchell Whitmore   3 o 34.331 50 25
6 Laurent Dubreuil   7 o 34.332 45
7 Ronald Mulder   9 o 34.36 40
8 Mika Poutala   10 o 34.44 36
9 Yūya Oikawa   8 o 34.52 32
10 Joji Kato   2 o 34.55 28
11 Gerben Jorritsma   6 i 34.59 24
12 Kai Verbij   3 i 34.60 21
13 Kim Tae-yun   2 i 34.63 18
14 Ryohei Haga   6 o 34.65 16
15 Artyom Kuznetsov   4 i 34.67 14
16 Artur Waś   7 i 34.71 12
17 Aleksey Yesin   5 o 34.74 10
18 Ruslan Murashov   8 i 34.80 8
19 Alexandre St-Jean   1 i 1:07.45 6
20 Nico Ihle   1 o DQ
Note: WR = world record.

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Division B edit

Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points
1 Hein Otterspeer   2 o 34.64 25
2 Espen Aarnes Hvammen   13 o 34.67 NR 19
3 Jan Smeekens   1 o 34.68 15
4 Kim Jun-ho   1 i 34.71 11
5 Roman Krech   13 i 34.75 NR 8
6 Tsubasa Hasegawa   7 i 34.77 6
7 David Bosa   9 i 34.80 NR 4
8 Lee Kang-seok   12 o 34.84 2
9 Mu Zhongsheng   8 i 34.87 1
10 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi   11 o 34.91
11 Piotr Michalski   8 o 34.941
12 Artur Nogal   10 i 34.948
13 Mo Tae-bum   7 o 35.00
14 Tsukasa Owada   3 o 35.06
15 Pekka Koskela   12 i 35.07
16 Liu Fangyi   11 i 35.08
17 Xie Jiaxuan   10 o 35.13
18 Liu An   2 i 35.16
19 Daniel Greig   6 i 35.24
20 Kirill Golubev   5 i 35.33
21 Sung Ching-Yang   9 o 35.37
22 Joel Dufter   4 i 35.55
23 Juho Vaittinen   3 i 35.93
24 Christian Oberbichler   5 o 35.99
25 Fyodor Mezentsev   6 o 36.14
26 David Andersson   4 o DNS
Note: NR = national record.

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References edit

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