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

The 500 meters distance for men in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 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, Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, again won the World Cup, finishing with the same total points score as his compatriot Ruslan Murashov.

Top three

Position	Athlete	Points	Previous season

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Calgary, Canada	13 November	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	34.11	Mika Poutala  Finland	34.28	William Dutton  Canada	34.46	[2]
		15 November	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	34.00 WR	William Dutton  Canada	34.25	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix  Canada	34.30	[3]
2	Salt Lake City, United States	20 November	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	33.98 WR	Mitchell Whitmore  United States	34.19	William Dutton  Canada	34.35	[4]
		22 November	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	34.13	William Dutton  Canada	34.34	Laurent Dubreuil  Canada	34.36	[5]
3	Inzell, Germany	4 December	Gilmore Junio  Canada	34.86	Alexandre St-Jean  Canada	34.90	Artur Waś  Poland	34.97	[6]
		6 December	Artur Waś  Poland	34.65	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix  Canada	34.74	Kai Verbij  Netherlands	34.80	[7]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	11 December	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	34.48	Aleksey Yesin  Russia	34.63	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix  Canada	34.78	[8]
		13 December	Ruslan Murashov  Russia	34.67	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix  Canada	34.76	Espen Aarnes Hvammen  Norway	34.86	[9]
5	Stavanger, Norway	29 January	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	34.71	Ruslan Murashov  Russia	34.74	Kai Verbij  Netherlands	34.87	[10]
		31 January	Pavel Kulizhnikov  Russia	34.52	Ruslan Murashov  Russia	34.78	Gilmore Junio  Canada	34.86	[11]
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	11 March	Ruslan Murashov  Russia	34.96	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.05	Gilmore Junio  Canada	35.12	[12]
		13 March	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	34.81	Ruslan Murashov  Russia	34.89	Mika Poutala  Finland	35.02	[13]

Standings

Standings as of 31 January 2016.[14]

#	Name	Nat.	CGY1	CGY2	SLC1	SLC2	INZ1	INZ2	HVN1	HVN2	STA1	STA2	HVN3	HVN4	Total
1	Pavel Kulizhnikov		100	100	100	100	—	—	100	5	100	100			705
2	Ruslan Murashov		50	8	5	40	24	8	40	100	80	80	150	120	705
3	Gilmore Junio		19	60	28	18	100	60	24	18	60	70	104	76	637
4	Mika Poutala		80	36	36	60	—	50	45	32	32	12			577
5	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix		25	70	40	28	32	80	70	80	6	32			508
6	Artur Waś		40	12	8	50	70	100	60	18	8	10			492
7	Kai Verbij		16	21	60	12	16	70	50	40	70	60			487
8	William Dutton		70	80	70	80	8	16	10	6	28	40			468
9	Laurent Dubreuil		36	45	14	70	60	32	18	50	50	36			411
10	Aleksey Yesin		24	10	10	0	28	45	80	45	45	28			315
11	Espen Aarnes Hvammen		8	19	24	32	21	14	25	70	40	50			303
12	Alexandre St-Jean		11	6	25	36	80	12	14	60	16	14			274
13	Ryohei Haga		28	16	21	16	45	21	21	24	36	5			233
14	Yūya Oikawa		45	32	12	6	36	18	8	14	18	21			210
15	Mitchell Whitmore		15	50	80	24	—	—	—	—	10	16			195
16	Ronald Mulder		60	40	50	14	—	—	—	—	24	—			188
17	Roman Krech		8	8	11	15	14	25	28	21	12	45			187
18	Hein Otterspeer		0	25	6	19	50	36	16	28	—	—			180
19	Artyom Kuznetsov		21	14	18	10	10	24	19	10	14	18			158
20	Kim Tae-yun		14	18	16	25	12	10	0	12	25	24			156
21	Jan Smeekens		—	15	45	—	18	40	0	36	—	—			154
22	Joji Kato		12	28	32	45	6	5	5	0	—	—			133
23	Gerben Jorritsma		32	24	—	21	40	—	—	—	6	0			123
24	Mo Tae-bum		0	0	19	8	11	15	32	15	21	—			121
25	David Bosa		0	4	0	8	25	28	8	8	0	6			87
26	Tsubasa Hasegawa		0	6	8	0	2	19	36	2	—	—			73
27	Kjeld Nuis		18	—	—	6	15	—	—	—	—	19			58
28	Artur Nogal		0	0	0	4	6	19	0	1	11	15			56
29	Nico Ihle		10	0	0	0	8	0	15	8	4	0			45
30	Jonathan Garcia		0	—	—	—	0	6	0	11	19	6			42
31	Denis Koval		—	—	—	—	0	1	11	25	—	—			37
32	Piotr Michalski		0	0	6	0	1	0	4	19	5	0			35
33	Jesper Hospes		—	—	—	—	—	—	12	6	2	15			35
34	Xie Jiaxuan		0	0	2	11	4	0	2	0	8	0			27
35	Gao Tingyu		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	25			25
36	Kim Jun-Ho		0	11	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	4			25
37	Pekka Koskela		6	0	0	0	0	8	6	4	0	0			24
38	Yuma Murakami		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15	8			23
39	Mu Zhongsheng		0	1	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			21
40	Lee Kang-seok		4	2	0	0	0	11	0	—	—	—			17
41	Mikhail Kazelin		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	8			9
42	Mirko Giacomo Nenzi		1	0	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0			9
43	Michel Mulder		—	—	—	—	—	—	6	0	—	—			6
44	Liu Fangyi		2	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—			3
45	Jang Won-hoon		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2			2
46	Sung Ching-Yang		0	0	0	2	—	—	0	0	0	0			2
47	Kim Jin-su		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1			1

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