2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres races of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Utah Olympic Oval, in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on November 20 and 22, 2015.[1]

Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won race one on a new world record, while Mitchell Whitmore of the United States came second, and William Dutton of Canada came third.[2] Alexandre St-Jean of Canada won the first Division B race.

Kulizhnikov also won race two, with Dutton in second place, and Laurent Dubreuil of Canada in third.[3] Kim Tae-yun of South Korea won the second Division B race.

Race 1

Race one took place on Friday, November 20, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 11:04, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:35.[4]

Division A

RankNameNat.PairLaneTimeWC pointsGWC points
Pavel Kulizhnikov 10i33.98 WR10050
Mitchell Whitmore 6i34.19 NR 8040
William Dutton 10o34.357035
4Kai Verbij 4o34.366030
5Ronald Mulder 9o34.375025
6Jan Smeekens 1i34.4145
7Alex Boisvert-Lacroix 8i34.4440
8Mika Poutala 9i34.5036
9Joji Kato 4i34.5232
10Gilmore Junio 7i34.53028
11Espen Aarnes Hvammen 2i34.538 NR 24
12Ryohei Haga 5o34.5621
13Artyom Kuznetsov 3i34.5818
14Kim Tae-yun 1o34.5916
15Laurent Dubreuil 8o34.6014
16Yūya Oikawa 7o34.63412
17Aleksey Yesin 3o34.63710
18Artur Waś 5i34.6628
19Hein Otterspeer 2o34.6646
20Ruslan Murashov 6o34.815
Note: WR = world record, NR = national record.

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Division B

RankNameNat.PairLaneTimeWC points
1Alexandre St-Jean 14i34.5725
2Mo Tae-bum 8o34.7019
3Mu Zhongsheng 10o34.7715
4Roman Krech 14o34.7911
5Tsubasa Hasegawa 12i34.818
6Piotr Michalski 9o34.836
7Mirko Giacomo Nenzi 9i34.844
8Xie Jiaxuan 7o34.932
9Liu Fangyi 10i34.941
10David Bosa 11o35.00
11Kim Jun-ho 13i35.01
12Sung Ching-Yang 6i35.11
13Nico Ihle 13o35.13
14Tsukasa Owada 7i35.166
15Lee Kang-seok 11i35.167
16Jonathan Garcia 4i35.230
17Artur Nogal 8i35.233
18Liu An 6o35.26
19Kimani Griffin 2o35.31
20Pekka Koskela 12o35.32
21Daniel Greig 5i35.37
22Christian Oberbichler 3i35.68 NR
23Fyodor Mezentsev 2i35.77
24Joel Dufter 4o35.81
25Juho Vaittinen 3o35.82
26Hubert Hirschbichler 1o35.96
27Brett Perry 1i36.19
28Kirill Golubev 5oDQ
Note: NR = national record.

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Race 2

Race two took place on Sunday, November 22, with Division B scheduled at 09:50, and Division A scheduled at 13:35.[4]

Division A

RankNameNat.PairLaneTimeWC pointsGWC points
Pavel Kulizhnikov 10i34.1310050
William Dutton 10o34.348040
Laurent Dubreuil 6i34.367035
4Mika Poutala 9i34.376030
5Artur Waś 4o34.42 NR 5025
6Joji Kato 5i34.43245
7Ruslan Murashov 4i34.43440
8Alexandre St-Jean 2o34.46036
9Espen Aarnes Hvammen 2i34.464 NR 32
10Alex Boisvert-Lacroix 8o34.46728
11Mitchell Whitmore 8i34.5024
12Gerben Jorritsma 3i34.53221
13Gilmore Junio 7i34.53818
14Ryohei Haga 5o34.57416
15Ronald Mulder 9o34.57914
16Kai Verbij 7o34.5812
17Artyom Kuznetsov 3o34.6410
18Mo Tae-bum 1i34.678
19Yūya Oikawa 6o34.696
20Mu Zhongsheng 1o34.895
Note: NR = national record.

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Division B

RankNameNat.PairLaneTimeWC points
1Kim Tae-yun 15i34.5925
2Hein Otterspeer 14i34.6519
3Roman Krech 14o34.66 NR 15
4Xie Jiaxuan 8i34.79511
5David Bosa 9i34.796 NR 8
6Kjeld Nuis 13i34.816
7Artur Nogal 8o34.984
8Sung Ching-Yang 7o35.0632
9Mirko Giacomo Nenzi 10o35.0641
10Jonathan Garcia 6o35.07
11Tsukasa Owada 7i35.17
12Liu Fangyi 9o35.17
13Kim Jun-ho 12i35.20
14Liu An 6i35.31
15Lee Kang-seok 10i35.36
16Piotr Michalski 11i35.40
17Daniel Greig 5i35.54
18Christian Oberbichler 3i35.55 NR
19Kirill Golubev 4i35.60
20Kimani Griffin 5o35.68
21Hubert Hirschbichler 2i35.84
22Joel Dufter 4o35.88
23Brett Perry 2o36.20
24Nico Ihle 12o36.21
25Aleksandr Zhigin 1o36.45
26Tsubasa Hasegawa 13o1:04.52
27Aleksey Yesin 15oDQ
Juho Vaittinen 3oDQ
29David Andersson 1iDNS
30Pekka Koskela 11oWDR
Note: NR = national record.

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