2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Women's 500 metres

The women'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.[1]

Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won the first race, while Zhang Hong of China came second, and Brittany Bowe of the United States came third.[2] Marsha Hudey of Canada won the first Division B race.

In the second race, Zhang was the winner, with Lee in second place, and Heather Richardson-Bergsma of the United States in third.[3] Yekaterina Aydova of Kazakhstan 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 10:04, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 13:34.[4]

Division A

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points	GWC points
	Lee Sang-hwa		9	o	36.96	100	50
	Zhang Hong		3	i	37.18	80	40
	Brittany Bowe		9	i	37.22	70	35
4	Heather Richardson-Bergsma		8	o	37.29	60	30
5	Vanessa Bittner		5	i	37.49 NR	50	25
6	Yu Jing		1	i	37.58	45	—
7	Maki Tsuji		4	o	37.62	40
8	Erina Kamiya		3	o	37.77	36
9	Jorien ter Mors		8	i	37.82	32
10	Olga Fatkulina		6	i	37.88	28
11	Nao Kodaira		10	o	38.01	24
12	Karolína Erbanová		7	o	38.10	21
13	Arisa Go		1	o	38.12	18
14	Bo van der Werff		7	i	38.21	16
15	Margot Boer		4	i	38.27	14
16	Nadezhda Aseyeva		2	i	38.35	12
17	Floor van den Brandt		6	o	38.38	10
18	Yekaterina Aydova		5	o	38.41	8
19	Janine Smit		2	o	38.58	6
20	Gabriele Hirschbichler		10	i	38.59	5

Note: NR = national record.

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Division B

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points
1	Marsha Hudey		8	o	37.86	25
2	Heather McLean		8	i	37.90	19
3	Li Qishi		7	o	37.93	15
4	Sugar Todd		6	o	38.15	11
5	Kim Min-sun		7	i	38.40	8
6	Kim Hyun-yung		6	i	38.41	6
7	Kaylin Irvine		3	i	38.600	4
	Shannon Rempel		4	i	38.600	4
9	Yekaterina Shikhova		9	o	38.64	1
10	Yvonne Daldossi		10	o	38.70	—
11	Park Soo-jin		5	o	38.73
12	Jang Mi		10	i	38.81
13	Hege Bøkko		2	o	38.84
14	Elina Risku		4	o	38.86
15	Jessica Gregg		5	i	38.97
16	Margarita Ryzhova		9	i	39.05
17	Zhang Xin		3	o	39.07
18	Ksenia Sadovskaya		2	i	39.57
19	Paige Schwartzburg		1	i	39.99

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Race 2

Race two took place on Sunday, 15 November, with Division A scheduled at 14:02, and Division B scheduled at 16:57.[4]

Division A

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points	GWC points
	Zhang Hong		10	o	36.94	100	50
	Lee Sang-hwa		10	i	36.99	80	40
	Heather Richardson-Bergsma		9	o	37.06	70	35
4	Brittany Bowe		9	i	37.12	60	30
5	Yu Jing		8	o	37.32	50	25
6	Jorien ter Mors		6	i	37.50	45	—
7	Erina Kamiya		7	o	37.57	40
8	Vanessa Bittner		8	i	37.64	36
9	Maki Tsuji		7	i	37.65	32
10	Heather McLean		4	o	37.67	28
11	Nao Kodaira		5	o	37.73	24
12	Olga Fatkulina		6	o	37.83	21
13	Karolína Erbanová		4	i	38.01	18
14	Nadezhda Aseyeva		1	i	38.03	16
15	Sugar Todd		1	o	38.04	14
16	Arisa Go		3	i	38.09	12
17	Marsha Hudey		5	i	38.20	10
18	Margot Boer		2	o	38.37	8
19	Li Qishi		2	i	38.42	6
20	Bo van der Werff		3	o	38.48	5

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Division B

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points
1	Yekaterina Aydova		8	i	38.21	25
2	Floor van den Brandt		9	i	38.24	19
3	Janine Smit		7	i	38.26	15
4	Shannon Rempel		7	o	38.332	11
5	Kim Hyun-yung		8	o	38.333	8
6	Kim Min-sun		9	o	38.39	6
7	Jang Mi		4	i	38.44	4
8	Hege Bøkko		4	o	38.45	2
9	Yekaterina Shikhova		6	o	38.55	1
10	Jessica Gregg		3	o	38.63	—
11	Zhang Xin		2	i	38.65
12	Elina Risku		3	i	38.70 NR
13	Park Soo-jin		5	o	38.75
14	Kaylin Irvine		6	i	38.82
15	Yvonne Daldossi		5	i	38.86
16	Elizaveta Kazelina		1	o	39.30
17	Ksenia Sadovskaya		2	o	39.58
18	Paige Schwartzburg		1	i	39.65

Note: NR = national record.

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References

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