The men's 500 metres races of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 4, arranged in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, were held on 11 and 13 December 2015.[1]
Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won race one, while his compatriot Aleksey Yesin came second, and Alex Boisvert-Lacroix of Canada came third.[2] Espen Aarnes Hvammen of Norway won the first Division B race.
Ruslan Murashov of Russia won race two, with Boisvert-Lacroix in second place, and Hvammen in third.[3] Denis Koval of Russia won the second Division B race.
Race 1
Race one took place on Friday, 11 December, with Division B scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:00, and Division A scheduled in the evening session, at 17:22.[4]
Division A
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pavel Kulizhnikov |  | 10 | i | 34.48 | 100 | 50 |
 | Aleksey Yesin | | 3 | i | 34.65 | 80 | 40 |
 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix |  | 8 | i | 34.78 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Artur Waś |  | 9 | o | 34.80 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Kai Verbij |  | 7 | o | 34.86 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Mika Poutala |  | 8 | o | 34.90 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Ruslan Murashov | | 4 | i | 34.96 | 40 | |
| 8 | Tsubasa Hasegawa |  | 2 | o | 34.97 | 36 | |
| 9 | Mo Tae-bum |  | 2 | i | 35.03 | 32 | |
| 10 | Roman Krech |  | 3 | o | 35.04 | 28 | |
| 11 | Gilmore Junio | | 9 | i | 35.09 | 24 | |
| 12 | Ryohei Haga | | 5 | i | 35.12 | 21 | |
| 13 | Laurent Dubreuil | | 7 | i | 35.13 | 18 | |
| 14 | Hein Otterspeer | | 5 | o | 35.19 | 16 | |
| 15 | Alexandre St-Jean | | 6 | i | 35.23 | 14 | |
| 16 | Jesper Hospes | | 1 | o | 35.28 | 12 | |
| 17 | William Dutton | | 10 | o | 35.30 | 10 | |
| 18 | Yūya Oikawa | | 6 | o | 35.37 | 8 | |
| 19 | Michel Mulder | | 1 | i | 35.48 | 6 | |
| 20 | Joji Kato | | 4 | o | 35.68 | 5 |
Division B
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen |  | 15 | o | 35.16 | 25 |
| 2 | Artyom Kuznetsov | | 14 | i | 35.22 | 19 |
| 3 | Nico Ihle |  | 11 | i | 35.27 | 15 |
| 4 | Denis Koval | | 7 | i | 35.33 | 11 |
| 5 | David Bosa |  | 13 | i | 35.43 | 8 |
| 6 | Pekka Koskela | | 10 | o | 35.49 | 6 |
| 7 | Piotr Michalski | | 9 | o | 35.51 | 4 |
| 8 | Xie Jiaxuan |  | 10 | i | 35.522 | 2 |
| 9 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | | 9 | i | 35.527 | 1 |
| 10 | Jan Smeekens | | 15 | i | 35.54 | — |
| 11 | Kim Tae-yun | | 14 | o | 35.55 | |
| 12 | Tsukasa Owada | | 7 | o | 35.61 | |
| 13 | Lee Kang-seok | | 11 | o | 35.640 | |
| 14 | Artur Nogal | | 13 | o | 35.647 | |
| 15 | Mu Zhongsheng | | 12 | i | 35.68 | |
| 16 | Jonathan Garcia |  | 8 | i | 35.72 | |
| 17 | Daniel Greig |  | 6 | o | 35.74 | |
| 18 | Liu An | | 6 | i | 35.76 | |
| 19 | Wang Chaoyu | | 3 | i | 35.88 | |
| 20 | Kim Jun-ho | | 12 | o | 36.03 | |
| 21 | Christian Oberbichler |  | 5 | o | 36.18 | |
| 22 | Joel Dufter | | 5 | i | 36.19 | |
| 23 | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | | 1 | i | 36.37 | |
| 24 | David Andersson |  | 4 | o | 36.38 | |
| 25 | Marten Liiv |  | 3 | o | 36.56 | |
| 26 | Harri Levo | | 4 | i | 36.63 | |
| 27 | Denis Kuzin | | 2 | o | 36.73 | |
| 28 | Artyom Chaban |  | 2 | i | 36.93 | |
| 29 | Sung Ching-yang |  | 8 | o | DQ |
Race 2
Race two took place on Sunday, 13 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:15, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:27.[4]
Division A
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ruslan Murashov | | 5 | i | 34.67 | 100 | 50 |
| | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | | 10 | o | 34.76 | 80 | 40 |
| | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | | 3 | i | 34.86 | 70 | 35 |
| 4 | Alexandre St-Jean | | 6 | o | 34.87 | 60 | 30 |
| 5 | Laurent Dubreuil | | 7 | i | 34.90 | 50 | 25 |
| 6 | Aleksey Yesin | | 6 | i | 34.97 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Kai Verbij | | 7 | o | 34.981 | 40 | |
| 8 | Jan Smeekens | | 3 | o | 34.984 | 36 | |
| 9 | Mika Poutala | | 8 | o | 35.01 | 32 | |
| 10 | Hein Otterspeer | | 4 | o | 35.09 | 28 | |
| 11 | Ryohei Haga | | 5 | o | 35.12 | 24 | |
| 12 | Roman Krech | | 2 | o | 35.17 | 21 | |
| 13 | Gilmore Junio | | 8 | i | 35.183 | 18 | |
| Artur Waś | | 9 | i | 35.183 | 18 | ||
| 15 | Yūya Oikawa | | 4 | i | 35.22 | 14 | |
| 16 | Kim Tae-yun | | 1 | i | 35.28 | 12 | |
| 17 | Artyom Kuznetsov | | 2 | i | 35.29 | 10 | |
| 18 | Nico Ihle | | 1 | o | 35.30 | 8 | |
| 19 | William Dutton | | 9 | o | 35.44 | 6 | |
| 20 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | | 10 | i | 1:26.89 | 5 | |
| 21 | Joji Kato | | — | — | WDR | — |
Division B
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denis Koval | | 9 | o | 35.17 | 25 |
| 2 | Piotr Michalski | | 8 | i | 35.20 | 19 |
| 3 | Mo Tae-bum | | 13 | i | 35.23 | 15 |
| 4 | Jonathan Garcia | | 7 | o | 35.29 | 11 |
| 5 | David Bosa | | 13 | o | 35.33 | 8 |
| 6 | Jesper Hospes | | 9 | i | 35.35 | 6 |
| 7 | Pekka Koskela | | 10 | i | 35.37 | 4 |
| 8 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | | 12 | i | 35.41 | 2 |
| 9 | Artur Nogal | | 12 | o | 35.44 | 1 |
| 10 | Michel Mulder | | 7 | i | 35.475 | — |
| 11 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | | 8 | o | 35.476 | |
| 12 | Daniel Greig | | 5 | o | 35.50 | |
| 13 | Liu An | | 5 | i | 35.56 | |
| 14 | Xie Jiaxuan | | 10 | o | 35.57 | |
| 15 | Tsukasa Owada | | 6 | o | 35.59 | |
| 16 | Mu Zhongsheng | | 11 | i | 35.68 | |
| 17 | Kim Jun-ho | | 11 | o | 35.77 | |
| 18 | Sung Ching-yang | | 6 | i | 35.82 | |
| 19 | Christian Oberbichler | | 4 | o | 36.05 | |
| 20 | Wang Chaoyu | | 3 | i | 36.08 | |
| 21 | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | | 2 | i | 36.09 | |
| 22 | Joel Dufter | | 4 | i | 36.22 | |
| 23 | Harri Levo | | 3 | o | 36.30 | |
| 24 | Denis Kuzin | | 1 | i | 36.46 | |
| 25 | Artyom Chaban | | 2 | o | 36.84 | |
| 26 | David Andersson | | — | — | WDR | |
| Hubert Hirschbichler | | — | — | WDR |