The sixth competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 11 March, until Sunday, 13 March 2016.
Schedule The detailed schedule of events: Date Events Friday, 11 March 16:15: 500 m women (1) 16:32: 500 m men (1) 17:07: 3000 m women 18:13: Team pursuit men 18:28: Team sprint women Saturday, 12 March 14:00: 500 m women (2) 14:17: 1000 m men 15:05: 1500 m women 15:48: 5000 m men 17:09: Team pursuit women 17:23: Team sprint men Sunday, 13 March 15:00: 500 m men (2) 15:17: 1000 m women 16:06: 1500 m men 16:49: Mass start women 17:09: Mass start men All times are CET (UTC+1).
Medal summary
Men's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Ruslan Murashov 34.96 Ronald Mulder 35.05 Gilmore Junio 35.123 2 Ronald Mulder 34.81 Ruslan Murashov 34.89 Mika Poutala 35.02 1000 m Kjeld Nuis 1:08:94 Kai Verbij 1:09:08 Denis Yuskov 1:09.22 1500 m Denis Yuskov 1:45.39 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 1:45.46 Bart Swings 1:45.65 5000 m Sven Kramer 6:11.44 Jorrit Bergsma 6:12.74 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 6:16.36 Mass start Bart Swings 68 Fabio Francolini 40 Arjan Stroetinga 21 Team pursuit Jan BlokhuijsenDouwe de VriesArjan Stroetinga 3:42.28 Håvard BøkkoSimen Spieler NilsenSverre Lunde Pedersen 3:43.42 Zbigniew BródkaKonrad NiedźwiedzkiJan Szymański 3:47.03 Team sprint Ronald MulderKai VerbijStefan Groothuis 1:20.40 Gilmore JunioAlexandre St-JeanVincent De Haître 1:20.41 Ruslan MurashovAleksey YesinKirill Golubev 1:20.86 In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.
Women's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Brittany Bowe 37.84 Heather Richardson-Bergsma 38.02 Jorien ter Mors 38.20 2 Brittany Bowe 37.64 Heather Richardson-Bergsma 37.88 Heather McLean 38.07 1000 m Brittany Bowe 1:14.22 Jorien ter Mors 1:14.44 Heather Richardson-Bergsma 1:15.07 1500 m Brittany Bowe 1:54.34 Heather Richardson-Bergsma 1:54.90 Antoinette de Jong 1:56.32 3000 m Natalya Voronina 4:08.15 Jorien Voorhuis 4:08.18 Olga Graf 4:08.40 Mass start Irene Schouten 60 Ivanie Blondin 40 Miho Takagi 20 Team pursuit Misaki OshigiriMiho TakagiNana Takagi 2:58.06 Antoinette de JongMarrit LeenstraIreen Wüst 2:58.21 Natalia CzerwonkaKatarzyna WoźniakLuiza Złotkowska 3:02.34 Team sprint Li QishiYu JingZhang Hong 1:28.98 Maki TsujiNao KodairaErina Kamiya 1:29.98 Janine SmitBo van der WerffMargot Boer 1:30.04 In mass start, race points are accumulated during the race. The skater with most race points is the winner.
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