2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

ISU Speed Skating World Cup

2014–15

Men

500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 5k/10k | Mass start | Team pursuit Grand World Cup

Women

500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3k/5k | Mass start | Team pursuit Grand World Cup

World Cup weekends

Obihiro | Seoul | Berlin | Heerenveen (1) Hamar | Heerenveen (2) | Erfurt

2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup Women's 1500 metres
Obihiro   Seoul   Berlin Heerenveen   Hamar   Erfurt

The 1500 meters distance for women in the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Obihiro, Japan, on 14–16 November 2014, and the final occasion taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 21–22 March 2015.^[1]

The defending champion was Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands. Wüst's compatriot Marrit Leenstra won the cup, while Wüst had to settle for fourth place.

Top three

Position	Athlete	Points	Previous season
1	Marrit Leenstra	410	5th
2	Heather Richardson	400	17th
3	Brittany Bowe	370	3rd

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Obihiro, Japan	16 November	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:56.93	Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands	1:57.76	Yuliya Skokova  Russia	1:58.10	[2]
2	Seoul, South Korea	22 November	Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands	1:57.76	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:58.33	Olga Graf  Russia	1:59.02	[3]
3	Berlin, Germany	7 December	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:55.89	Heather Richardson  United States	1:55.91	Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands	1:55.93	[4]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 December	Heather Richardson  United States	1:53.87	Brittany Bowe  United States	1:54.70	Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands	1:55.95	[5]
5	Hamar, Norway	31 January	Heather Richardson  United States	1:56.30	Brittany Bowe  United States	1:57.30	Marije Joling  Netherlands	1:57.51	[6]
7	Erfurt, Germany	21 March	Brittany Bowe  United States	1:55.88	Heather Richardson  United States	1:55.99	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	1:56.74	[7]

Standings

Standings as of 21 March 2015 (end of the season).^[8]

#	Name	Nat.	OBI	SEO	BER	HVN	HAM	ERF	Total
1	Leenstra, MarritMarrit Leenstra		80	100	70	70		90	410
2	Richardson, HeatherHeather Richardson				80	100	100	120	400
3	Bowe, BrittanyBrittany Bowe				60	80	80	150	370
4	Wust, IreenIreen Wüst		100	80	100	60			340
5	Sablikova, MartinaMartina Sáblíková		40	32	40	50	45	106	313
6	Njatun, IdaIda Njåtun		60	60	36	40	32	76	304
7	Joling, MarijeMarije Joling		50	36	50		70	45	251
8	Vries, LindaLinda de Vries		45	45	21	45	50	32	238
9	Skokova, YuliyaYuliya Skokova		70	40	24		60	40	234
10	Graf, OlgaOlga Graf		24	70	45	24		36	199
11	Zlotkowska, LuizaLuiza Złotkowska		28	28	32	21	40	21	170
12	Takagi, NanaNana Takagi		36	6	28	18	28	28	144
13	Kikuchi, AyakaAyaka Kikuchi		21	18	12	32	21	24	128
14	Christ, KaliKali Christ		16	24	16	28	36		120
15	Li Qishi		25	50	18				93
16	Zhao Xin		15	16	8	16	14	18	87
17	Hirschbichler, GabrieleGabriele Hirschbichler		10	19	14		16	16	75
18	Jong, AntoinetteAntoinette de Jong				25	36			61
19	Wozniak, KatarzynaKatarzyna Woźniak		8	11	11	14	10		54
20	Noh Seon-yeong			25	6	10	12		53
21	Kim Bo-reum		6	15	5	8	18		52
22	Blondin, IvanieIvanie Blondin					25	24		49
23	Kodaira, NaoNao Kodaira		32	14					46
24	Wijfje, MelissaMelissa Wijfje		19	21					40
25	Erbanova, KarolinaKarolína Erbanová		18	12	10				40
26	Achtereekte, CarlijnCarlijn Achtereekte						25	14	39
27	Bokko, HegeHege Bøkko				19	12	6		37
28	Ryzhova, MargaritaMargarita Ryzhova		12	5	6	6	6		35
29	Peeters, JelenaJelena Peeters		8	8		8			24
30	Mikhailova, TatyanaTatyana Mikhailova					15	8		23
31	Ost, IsabellIsabell Ost				15	5	2		22
32	Oshigiri, MisakiMisaki Oshigiri		11	10					21
33	Fatkulina, OlgaOlga Fatkulina		14			6			20
34	Neeling, SannekeSanneke de Neeling					19			19
	Voorhuis, JorienJorien Voorhuis						19		19
36	Tabata, MakiMaki Tabata				8	11			19
37	Valkenburg, DianeDiane Valkenburg						15		15
38	Takagi, MihoMiho Takagi						11		11
39	Liu Jing		2	6	2		1		11
40	Park Cho-weon		1	8		1			10
41	Pechstein, ClaudiaClaudia Pechstein						8		8
42	Kraus, BenteBente Kraus		6						6
43	Toi, SaoriSaori Toi			2		4			6
44	Goss, AleksandraAleksandra Goss		5						5
45	Aydova, YekaterinaYekaterina Aydova						4		4
	Chernova, AnnaAnna Chernova			4					4
	Dufter, RoxanneRoxanne Dufter				4				4
	Kachurkina, AleksandraAleksandra Kachurkina		4						4
49	Lollobrigida, FrancescaFrancesca Lollobrigida					2			2
50	Spence, JosieJosie Spence			1					1
	Zueva, MarinaMarina Zueva				1				1

References

1. "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889" (PDF). International Skating Union. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
2. "ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 14-16, 2014 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 16 2014 3:04PM". International Skating Union. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
3. "ISU World Cup Seoul – November 21-23, 2014 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 23 2014 3:56PM". International Skating Union. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
4. "ISU World Cup Berlin – December 5-7, 2014 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 7 2014 4:36PM". International Skating Union. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
5. "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 2:42PM". International Skating Union. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
6. "ISU World Cup Hamar – January 31 - February 1, 2015 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Jan 31 2015 2:58PM". International Skating Union. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
7. "ISU World Cup Erfurt – March 21-22, 2015 – Result 1500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Mar 21 2015 3:40PM". International Skating Union. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
8. "ISU WorldCup 2014/2015 – World Cup Ladies 1500m – Rankings 1500m Ladies – Rankings as of Mar 21 2015 5:54PM". International Skating Union. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.