The 1500 metres distance for men in the 2009–10 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 Berlin, Germany, on 6–8 November 2009, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 March 2010.

Shani Davis of the United States successfully defended his title from the previous season, while Håvard Bøkko of Norway came second, improving on his third place from the previous season, and Denny Morrison of Canada came third.

On the fifth competition weekend, in Salt Lake City, Davis set a new world record of 1:41.04.

Top three Medal Athlete Points Previous season Gold Shani Davis 630 1st Silver Håvard Bøkko 395 3rd Bronze Denny Morrison 338 7th

Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Berlin, Germany 8 November Shani Davis 1:44.47 Håvard Bøkko 1:45.56 Denny Morrison 1:45.69 2009-10 World Cup #1 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 2 Heerenveen, Netherlands 13 November Shani Davis 1:44.48 Håvard Bøkko 1:45.57 Stefan Groothuis 1:45.74 2009-10 World Cup #2 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 3 Hamar, Norway 21 November Shani Davis 1:44.27 Lucas Makowsky 1:45.40 Håvard Bøkko 1:45.61 2009-10 World Cup #3 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 4 Calgary, Canada 4 December Chad Hedrick 1:42.14 Shani Davis 1:42.19 Denny Morrison 1:42.74 2009-10 World Cup #4 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 5 , 11 December Shani Davis 1:41.04WR Chad Hedrick 1:42.19 Mo Tae-bum 1:42.85 2009-10 World Cup #5 - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. 7 Heerenveen, Netherlands 12 March Shani Davis 1:45.20 Denny Morrison 1:46.12 Kjeld Nuis 1:46.61 2009-10 World Cup #7 Final - Results 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com.

Final standings Standings as of 14 March 2010 (end of the season).Standings men's 1500 metresClassification of the 2009-10 World Cup 1500 meters Men, SpeedSkatingStats.com. # Name Nat. BER HVN1 HAM CAL SLC HVN2 Total 1 100 100 100 80 100 150 630 2 80 80 70 60 60 45 395 3 70 28 – 70 50 120 338 4 50 60 45 45 – 90 290 5 28 0 60 100 80 – 268 6 60 70 10 50 – 75 265 7 18 36 80 28 36 32 230 8 36 45 40 36 40 – 197 9 40 50 14 32 – 28 164 10 – – 25 18 6 105 154 11 10 19 28 40 21 36 154 12 21 32 50 5 45 – 153 13 45 18 – 24 16 18 121 14 24 12 21 21 28 12 118 15 16 40 36 – – 24 116 16 Mo Tae-bum 12 8 – 25 70 – 115 17 32 21 12 8 14 21 108 18 14 24 32 14 8 14 106 19 15 16 18 12 24 10 95 20 19 14 8 6 – 40 87 21 11 10 – 15 10 16 62 22 8 1 24 16 12 – 61 23 1 0 11 – 25 8 45 24 0 6 16 4 18 – 44 25 5 0 4 6 19 – 34 26 8 25 – – 0 – 33 27 – – – – 32 – 32 28 Mun Jun 25 6 – 0 – – 31 29 4 2 – 8 15 – 29 30 4 15 5 2 1 – 27 31 0 – 15 10 – – 25 32 – – – 19 – – 19 33 – – 19 – – – 19 34 0 – 6 11 0 – 17 6 11 – 0 0 – 17 36 2 4 6 0 4 – 16 37 – – – – 11 – 11 38 Lee Jong-woo 0 8 – 0 2 – 10 39 – – 8 1 – – 9 40 – – – 0 8 – 8 41 2 0 – 0 6 – 8 42 Ha Hong-sun 6 0 – 0 0 – 6 43 3 0 – 0 0 – 3 44 0 0 2 0 0 – 2 45 – 0 1 – – – 1 1 – – 0 – – 1

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