The first competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from Friday, 13 November, until Sunday, 15 November 2015.

The weekend saw five world records. On Saturday, Heather Richardson-Bergsma of the United States beat fellow American Brittany Bowe's 1000 m world record from 2013. Bowe, who skated in the pairing before Richardson, also skated better than the old record, and finished second, 3/100 behind Richardson. World records were also noted in the team sprints, as they were raced officially for the first time, with the Dutch team winning the men's race, and the Japanese team winning the women's race.

On Sunday, Bowe beat the 1500 m world record, held by Cindy Klassen of Canada since 2005. In the men's 500 metres, Russian Pavel Kulizhnikov set a new world record in the Sunday race, stripping Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada of the record he had held since 2007. Kulizhnikov had previously won the Friday race in a time that was a new national record.

Schedule The detailed schedule of events:  Date   Session   Events   Comment   Friday, 13 November   Morning   09:00: 3000 m women  10:04: 500 m women (1)  10:44: 500 m men (1)   Division B   Afternoon   12:30: 3000 m women  13:34: 500 m women (1)  13:59: 500 m men (1)  14:44: 5000 m men   Division A   16:51: 5000 m men   Division B   Saturday, 14 November   Morning   09:30: 1000 m women  10:21: 1000 m men   Division B   Afternoon   12:30: 1000 m women  13:00: 1000 m men   Division A   13:55: Team pursuit men  14:55: Team pursuit women  15:54: Team sprint men  16:17: Team sprint women   Sunday, 15 November   Morning   09:30: 1500 m women  10:35: 1500 m men   Division B   Afternoon   12:30: 1500 m women  13:12: 1500 m men  14:02: 500 m women (2)  14:27: 500 m men (2)  15:07: Mass start women  15:37: Mass start men   Division A   16:57: 500 m women (2)  17:39: 500 m men (2)  18:27: Mass start women  18:42: Mass start men   Division B  All times are MST (UTC−7).

Medal summary

Men's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.11 Mika Poutala 34.28 William Dutton 34.46 2 Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.00WR William Dutton 34.25 Alex Boisvert-Lacroix 34.30 1000 m Gerben Jorritsma 1:07.20 Pavel Kulizhnikov 1:07.33 Kjeld Nuis 1:07.40 1500 m Denis Yuskov 1:41.88 Bart Swings 1:42.480 Joey Mantia 1:42.482 5000 m Sven Kramer 6:08.61 Jorrit Bergsma 6:10.44 Ted-Jan Bloemen 6:12.72 Mass start Bart Swings 65 Jorrit Bergsma 45 Reyon Kay 25 Team pursuit Ted-Jan BloemenJordan BelchosBenjamin Donnelly 3:39.32 Lee Seung-hoonKim Cheol-minJoo Hyong-jun 3:39.60 Andrea GiovanniniLuca StefaniFabio Francolini 3:41.97 Team sprint Ronald MulderKai VerbijStefan Groothuis 1:18.79WR Mitchell WhitmoreJonathan GarciaJoey Mantia 1:19.39 Ruslan MurashovArtyom KuznetsovAleksey Yesin 1:19.59 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 36.96 Zhang Hong 37.18 Brittany Bowe 37.22 2 Zhang Hong 36.94 Lee Sang-hwa 36.99 Heather Richardson-Bergsma 37.06 1000 m Heather Richardson-Bergsma 1:12.51WR Brittany Bowe 1:12.54 Zhang Hong 1:12.65 1500 m Brittany Bowe 1:51.59WR Heather Richardson-Bergsma 1:52.27 Martina Sáblíková 1:54.18 3000 m Martina Sáblíková 3:57.21 Irene Schouten 3:58.39 Natalya Voronina 3:58.78 Mass start Kim Bo-reum 60 Irene Schouten 41 Ivanie Blondin 23 Team pursuit Marrit LeenstraAntoinette de JongMarije Joling 2:56.11 Ayaka KikuchiMiho TakagiMisaki Oshigiri 2:56.46 Olga GrafNatalya VoroninaElizaveta Kazelina 2:56.98 Team sprint Erina KamiyaMaki TsujiNao Kodaira 1:26.82WR Yu JingZhang HongLi Qishi 1:27.08 Marsha HudeyNoémie FisetHeather McLean 1:28.39 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 Total 1 Pavel Kulizhnikov 100 100 200 2 William Dutton 70 80 150 3 Mika Poutala 80 36 116 4 Ronald Mulder 60 40 100 5 25 70 95 6 Laurent Dubreuil 36 45 81 7 Gilmore Junio 19 60 79 8 Yūya Oikawa 45 32 77 9 Mitchell Whitmore 15 50 65 10 Ruslan Murashov 50 8 58

1000 m # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 Gerben Jorritsma 100 100 2 Pavel Kulizhnikov 80 80 3 Kjeld Nuis 70 70 4 Joey Mantia 60 60 5 Shani Davis 50 50 6 Aleksey Yesin 45 45 7 Kai Verbij 40 40 8 36 36 9 Denis Kuzin 32 32 10 Piotr Michalski 28 28

1500 m # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 Denis Yuskov 100 100 2 Bart Swings 80 80 3 Joey Mantia 70 70 4 Kjeld Nuis 60 60 5 Konrad Niedźwiedzki 50 50 6 Thomas Krol 45 45 7 40 40 8 Shani Davis 36 36 9 Gerben Jorritsma 32 32 10 Li Bailin 28 28

5000/10000 m # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 Sven Kramer 100 100 2 Jorrit Bergsma 80 80 3 Ted-Jan Bloemen 70 70 4 Patrick Beckert 60 60 5 Bart Swings 50 50 6 Douwe de Vries 45 45 7 40 40 8 Erik Jan Kooiman 35 35 9 Peter Michael 32 32 10 Aleksandr Rumyantsev 30 30

Mass start # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 Bart Swings 100 100 2 Jorrit Bergsma 80 80 3 Reyon Kay 70 70 4 Livio Wenger 60 60 5 Arjan Stroetinga 50 50 6 Shane Williamson 45 45 7 Peter Michael 40 40 8 Sun Longjiang 36 36 9 32 32 10 Fabio Francolini 28 28

Team pursuit # Country CGY Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50

Team sprint # Country CGY Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50

Grand World Cup # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 Bart Swings 230 230 2 180 180 3 Jorrit Bergsma 160 160 4 Joey Mantia 130 130 Kjeld Nuis 130 130 6 Gerben Jorritsma 100 100 Sven Kramer 100 100 Denis Yuskov 100 100 9 William Dutton 75 75 10 Ted-Jan Bloemen 70 70 Reyon Kay 70 70

Women's cups

500 m # Name Nat. CGY1 CGY2 Total 1 Lee Sang-hwa 100 80 180 Zhang Hong 80 100 180 3 Brittany Bowe 70 60 130 60 70 130 5 Yu Jing 45 50 95 6 Vanessa Bittner 50 36 86 7 Jorien ter Mors 21 45 77 8 Erina Kamiya 36 40 76 9 Maki Tsuji 40 32 72 10 Olga Fatkulina 28 21 49

1000 m # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 100 100 2 Brittany Bowe 80 80 3 Zhang Hong 70 70 4 Jorien ter Mors 60 60 5 Vanessa Bittner 50 50 6 Marrit Leenstra 45 45 7 Ida Njåtun 40 40 8 Karolína Erbanová 36 36 9 Margot Boer 32 32 10 Lee Sang-hwa 28 28

1500 m # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 Brittany Bowe 100 100 2 80 80 3 Martina Sáblíková 70 70 4 Ida Njåtun 60 60 5 Marrit Leenstra 50 50 6 Marije Joling 45 45 7 Li Qishi 40 40 8 Antoinette de Jong 36 36 9 Sanneke de Neeling 32 32 10 Misaki Oshigiri 28 28

3000/5000 m # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 Martina Sáblíková 100 100 2 Irene Schouten 80 80 3 Natalya Voronina 70 70 4 Jorien Voorhuis 60 60 5 50 50 6 Marije Joling 45 45 7 Ivanie Blondin 40 40 8 Claudia Pechstein 35 35 9 Misaki Oshigiri 32 32 10 Olga Graf 30 30

Mass start # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 Kim Bo-reum 100 100 2 Irene Schouten 80 80 3 Ivanie Blondin 70 70 4 Martina Sáblíková 60 60 5 50 50 6 Nikola Zdráhalová 45 45 7 Park Do-yeong 40 40 8 Miho Takagi 36 36 9 Janneke Ensing 32 32 10 Nana Takagi 28 28

Team pursuit # Country CGY Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50

Team sprint # Country CGY Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50

Grand World Cup # Name Nat. CGY Total 1 295 295 2 Brittany Bowe 245 245 3 Martina Sáblíková 230 230 4 Irene Schouten 160 160 Zhang Hong 160 160 6 Kim Bo-reum 100 100 7 Lee Sang-hwa 90 90 8 Vanessa Bittner 75 75 9 Ivanie Blondin 70 70 Natalya Voronina 70 70

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