2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres race of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 4, arranged in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, was held on 13 December 2015.[1]

Heather Richardson-Bergsma of the United States won the race, while compatriot Brittany Bowe came second, and Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands came third.[2] Natalia Czerwonka of Poland won the Division B race.

Results

The race took place on Sunday, 13 December, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 09:45, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:00.[3]

Division A

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points	GWC points
	Heather Richardson-Bergsma		10	o	1:55.29	100	100
	Brittany Bowe		10	i	1:55.44	80	80
	Marrit Leenstra		9	o	1:56.12	70	70
4	Martina Sáblíková		9	i	1:56.72	60	60
5	Miho Takagi		7	i	1:57.03	50	50
6	Ida Njåtun		8	i	1:57.34	45	—
7	Marije Joling		8	o	1:57.99	40
8	Antoinette de Jong		6	o	1:58.00	36
9	Ayaka Kikuchi		6	i	1:58.07	32
10	Misaki Oshigiri		7	o	1:58.49	28
11	Sanneke de Neeling		5	o	1:58.55	24
12	Yekaterina Shikhova		3	i	1:58.76	21
13	Diane Valkenburg		5	i	1:58.83	18
14	Luiza Złotkowska		1	i	1:59.29	16
15	Li Qishi		4	i	1:59.41	14
16	Kali Christ		2	i	1:59.55	12
17	Margarita Ryzhova		1	o	1:59.56	10
18	Natalya Voronina		4	o	1:59.89	8
19	Hao Jiachen		3	o	2:01.21	6
20	Elizaveta Kazelina		2	o	2:01.32	5

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Division B

Rank	Name	Nat.	Pair	Lane	Time	WC points
1	Natalia Czerwonka		12	i	1:59.48	25
2	Nana Takagi		12	o	2:00.46	19
3	Zhao Xin		10	i	2:00.88	15
4	Noh Seon-yeong		9	i	2:00.93	11
5	Gabriele Hirschbichler		11	o	2:00.97	8
6	Paige Schwartzburg		10	o	2:01.48	6
7	Roxanne Dufter		11	i	2:01.76	4
8	Brianne Tutt		7	i	2:01.81	2
9	Hege Bøkko		9	o	2:01.95	1
10	Katarzyna Woźniak		8	i	2:02.69	—
11	Liu Jing		8	o	2:03.13
12	Nikola Zdráhalová		3	i	2:03.15
13	Isabelle Weidemann		5	i	2:03.29
14	Park Ji-woo		3	o	2:04.12
15	Saori Toi		6	o	2:04.47
16	Tatyana Mikhailova		5	o	2:04.51
17	Marina Zueva		4	i	2:04.71
18	Natálie Kerschbaummayr		2	o	2:04.92
19	Bente Kraus		2	i	2:04.94
20	Park Do-yeong		4	o	2:05.57
21	Ellen Bjertnes		1	i	2:05.96
22	Saskia Alusalu		1	o	2:08.15
23	Francesca Bettrone		7	o	DQ
24	Yekaterina Aydova		6	i	DNS

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References

1. "ISU World Cup Speed Skating – Announcement" (PDF). KNSB. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
2. "ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2015/16 – Heerenveen (NED) Day 3". International Skating Union. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
3. "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015". International Skating Union. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
4. "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Draw 1500m Ladies Division A – Draw as of Dec 13 2015 2:47PM". International Skating Union. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
5. "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 6:02PM". International Skating Union. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
6. "Grand World Cup 2015 - 2016, Overall Standings Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
7. "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Draw 1500m Ladies Division B – Draw as of Dec 13 2015 11:43AM". International Skating Union. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
8. "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 11-13, 2015 – Result 1500m Ladies Division B – Rankings as of Dec 13 2015 6:02PM". International Skating Union. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.