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.

Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won the first race, while Mika Poutala of Finland came second, and William Dutton of Canada came third. 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. Hein Otterspeer of the Netherlands won the second Division B race.

Race 1 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.

Division A Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points 9 i 34.11 NR 100 50 1 o 34.28 NR 80 40 3 i 34.46 70 35 10 i 34.48 60 30 6 i 34.51 50 25 2 o 34.58 45 — 8 o 34.64 40 10 o 34.69 36 4 i 34.70 32 10 6 o 34.72 28 11 4 o 34.75 24 12 9 o 34.794 21 13 1 i 34.799 18 14 8 i 34.80 16 15 Kim Tae-yun 3 o 34.86 14 16 2 i 34.95 12 17 7 i 35.14 10 18 5 o 8 19 Kim Jun-ho 7 o 5 i Note: NR = national record.

Division B Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points 1 9 i 34.39 25 2 12 i 34.48 19 3 10 o 34.57 15 4 8 o 34.73 11 5 11 o 34.79 NR 8 6 7 i 34.94 6 7 Lee Kang-seok 2 i 34.97 4 8 Liu Fangyi 7 o 35.01 2 9 2 o 35.05 1 10 11 i 35.08 — 11 Xie Jiaxuan 13 o 35.11 12 13 i 35.14 13 Sung Ching-Yang 4 o 35.15 14 Mu Zhongsheng 14 o 35.24 15 1 i 35.27 16 8 i 35.33 17 Mo Tae-bum 12 o 35.48 18 6 o 35.49 19 3 i 35.56 20 14 i 35.65 21 5 i 35.74 22 9 o 35.77 23 4 i 35.98 24 3 o 36.14 25 5 o 37.71 26 10 i 37.74 27 Liu An 6 i 46.64 Note: NR = national record.

Race 2 Race two took place on Sunday, 15 November, with Division A scheduled at 14:27, and Division B scheduled at 17:39.

Division A Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points 10 i 34.00 WR 100 50 9 i 34.25 80 40 5 i 34.300 70 35 4 o 34.304 60 30 3 o 34.331 50 25 7 o 34.332 45 — 9 o 34.36 40 10 o 34.44 36 8 o 34.52 32 10 2 o 34.55 28 11 6 i 34.59 24 12 3 i 34.60 21 13 Kim Tae-yun 2 i 34.63 18 14 6 o 34.65 16 15 4 i 34.67 14 16 7 i 34.71 12 17 5 o 34.74 10 18 8 i 34.80 8 19 1 i 6 20 1 o Note: WR = world record.

Division B Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points 1 2 o 34.64 25 2 13 o 34.67 NR 19 3 1 o 34.68 15 4 Kim Jun-ho 1 i 34.71 11 5 13 i 34.75 NR 8 6 7 i 34.77 6 7 9 i 34.80 NR 4 8 Lee Kang-seok 12 o 34.84 2 9 Mu Zhongsheng 8 i 34.87 1 10 11 o 34.91 — 11 8 o 34.941 12 10 i 34.948 13 Mo Tae-bum 7 o 35.00 14 3 o 35.06 15 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 6 i 35.24 20 5 i 35.33 21 Sung Ching-Yang 9 o 35.37 22 4 i 35.55 23 3 i 35.93 24 5 o 35.99 25 6 o 36.14 26 4 o Note: NR = national record.

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