title: 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Men's 500 metres
text: # 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Men's 500 metres
  
  The men's 500 metres races of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Utah Olympic Oval, in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on November 20 and 22, 2015.
  
  Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won race one on a new world record, while Mitchell Whitmore of the United States came second, and William Dutton of Canada came third. Alexandre St-Jean of Canada won the first Division B race.
  
  Kulizhnikov also won race two, with Dutton in second place, and Laurent Dubreuil of Canada in third. Kim Tae-yun of South Korea won the second Division B race.
  
  ## Race 1
  
  Race one took place on Friday, November 20, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 11:04, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 14:35.
  
  ### Division A
  
  | Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 10 | i | 33.98 WR | 100 | 50 |
  | | Mitchell Whitmore | 6 | i | 34.19 NR | 80 | 40 |
  | | William Dutton | 10 | o | 34.35 | 70 | 35 |
  | 4 | Kai Verbij | 4 | o | 34.36 | 60 | 30 |
  | 5 | Ronald Mulder | 9 | o | 34.37 | 50 | 25 |
  | 6 | Jan Smeekens | 1 | i | 34.41 | 45 | — |
  | 7 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 8 | i | 34.44 | 40 | |
  | 8 | Mika Poutala | 9 | i | 34.50 | 36 | |
  | 9 | Joji Kato | 4 | i | 34.52 | 32 | |
  | 10 | Gilmore Junio | 7 | i | 34.530 | 28 | |
  | 11 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 2 | i | 34.538 NR | 24 | |
  | 12 | Ryohei Haga | 5 | o | 34.56 | 21 | |
  | 13 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 3 | i | 34.58 | 18 | |
  | 14 | Kim Tae-yun | 1 | o | 34.59 | 16 | |
  | 15 | Laurent Dubreuil | 8 | o | 34.60 | 14 | |
  | 16 | Yūya Oikawa | 7 | o | 34.634 | 12 | |
  | 17 | Aleksey Yesin | 3 | o | 34.637 | 10 | |
  | 18 | Artur Waś | 5 | i | 34.662 | 8 | |
  | 19 | Hein Otterspeer | 2 | o | 34.664 | 6 | |
  | 20 | Ruslan Murashov | 6 | o | 34.81 | 5 | |
  
      Note: WR = world record, NR = national record.
  
  ### Division B
  
  | Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Alexandre St-Jean | 14 | i | 34.57 | 25 |
  | 2 | Mo Tae-bum | 8 | o | 34.70 | 19 |
  | 3 | Mu Zhongsheng | 10 | o | 34.77 | 15 |
  | 4 | Roman Krech | 14 | o | 34.79 | 11 |
  | 5 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 12 | i | 34.81 | 8 |
  | 6 | Piotr Michalski | 9 | o | 34.83 | 6 |
  | 7 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 9 | i | 34.84 | 4 |
  | 8 | Xie Jiaxuan | 7 | o | 34.93 | 2 |
  | 9 | Liu Fangyi | 10 | i | 34.94 | 1 |
  | 10 | David Bosa | 11 | o | 35.00 | — |
  | 11 | Kim Jun-ho | 13 | i | 35.01 | |
  | 12 | Sung Ching-Yang | 6 | i | 35.11 | |
  | 13 | Nico Ihle | 13 | o | 35.13 | |
  | 14 | Tsukasa Owada | 7 | i | 35.166 | |
  | 15 | Lee Kang-seok | 11 | i | 35.167 | |
  | 16 | Jonathan Garcia | 4 | i | 35.230 | |
  | 17 | Artur Nogal | 8 | i | 35.233 | |
  | 18 | Liu An | 6 | o | 35.26 | |
  | 19 | Kimani Griffin | 2 | o | 35.31 | |
  | 20 | Pekka Koskela | 12 | o | 35.32 | |
  | 21 | Daniel Greig | 5 | i | 35.37 | |
  | 22 | Christian Oberbichler | 3 | i | 35.68 NR | |
  | 23 | Fyodor Mezentsev | 2 | i | 35.77 | |
  | 24 | Joel Dufter | 4 | o | 35.81 | |
  | 25 | Juho Vaittinen | 3 | o | 35.82 | |
  | 26 | Hubert Hirschbichler | 1 | o | 35.96 | |
  | 27 | Brett Perry | 1 | i | 36.19 | |
  | 28 | Kirill Golubev | 5 | o | DQ | |
  
      Note: NR = national record.
  
  ## Race 2
  
  Race two took place on Sunday, November 22, with Division B scheduled at 09:50, and Division A scheduled at 13:35.
  
  ### Division A
  
  | Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points | GWC points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 10 | i | 34.13 | 100 | 50 |
  | | William Dutton | 10 | o | 34.34 | 80 | 40 |
  | | Laurent Dubreuil | 6 | i | 34.36 | 70 | 35 |
  | 4 | Mika Poutala | 9 | i | 34.37 | 60 | 30 |
  | 5 | Artur Waś | 4 | o | 34.42 NR | 50 | 25 |
  | 6 | Joji Kato | 5 | i | 34.432 | 45 | — |
  | 7 | Ruslan Murashov | 4 | i | 34.434 | 40 | |
  | 8 | Alexandre St-Jean | 2 | o | 34.460 | 36 | |
  | 9 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 2 | i | 34.464 NR | 32 | |
  | 10 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 8 | o | 34.467 | 28 | |
  | 11 | Mitchell Whitmore | 8 | i | 34.50 | 24 | |
  | 12 | Gerben Jorritsma | 3 | i | 34.532 | 21 | |
  | 13 | Gilmore Junio | 7 | i | 34.538 | 18 | |
  | 14 | Ryohei Haga | 5 | o | 34.574 | 16 | |
  | 15 | Ronald Mulder | 9 | o | 34.579 | 14 | |
  | 16 | Kai Verbij | 7 | o | 34.58 | 12 | |
  | 17 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 3 | o | 34.64 | 10 | |
  | 18 | Mo Tae-bum | 1 | i | 34.67 | 8 | |
  | 19 | Yūya Oikawa | 6 | o | 34.69 | 6 | |
  | 20 | Mu Zhongsheng | 1 | o | 34.89 | 5 | |
  
      Note: NR = national record.
  
  ### Division B
  
  | Rank | Name | Pair | Lane | Time | WC points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kim Tae-yun | 15 | i | 34.59 | 25 |
  | 2 | Hein Otterspeer | 14 | i | 34.65 | 19 |
  | 3 | Roman Krech | 14 | o | 34.66 NR | 15 |
  | 4 | Xie Jiaxuan | 8 | i | 34.795 | 11 |
  | 5 | David Bosa | 9 | i | 34.796 NR | 8 |
  | 6 | Kjeld Nuis | 13 | i | 34.81 | 6 |
  | 7 | Artur Nogal | 8 | o | 34.98 | 4 |
  | 8 | Sung Ching-Yang | 7 | o | 35.063 | 2 |
  | 9 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 10 | o | 35.064 | 1 |
  | 10 | Jonathan Garcia | 6 | o | 35.07 | — |
  | 11 | Tsukasa Owada | 7 | i | 35.17 | |
  | 12 | Liu Fangyi | 9 | o | 35.17 | |
  | 13 | Kim Jun-ho | 12 | i | 35.20 | |
  | 14 | Liu An | 6 | i | 35.31 | |
  | 15 | Lee Kang-seok | 10 | i | 35.36 | |
  | 16 | Piotr Michalski | 11 | i | 35.40 | |
  | 17 | Daniel Greig | 5 | i | 35.54 | |
  | 18 | Christian Oberbichler | 3 | i | 35.55 NR | |
  | 19 | Kirill Golubev | 4 | i | 35.60 | |
  | 20 | Kimani Griffin | 5 | o | 35.68 | |
  | 21 | Hubert Hirschbichler | 2 | i | 35.84 | |
  | 22 | Joel Dufter | 4 | o | 35.88 | |
  | 23 | Brett Perry | 2 | o | 36.20 | |
  | 24 | Nico Ihle | 12 | o | 36.21 | |
  | 25 | Aleksandr Zhigin | 1 | o | 36.45 | |
  | 26 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 13 | o | 1:04.52 | |
  | 27 | Aleksey Yesin | 15 | o | DQ | |
  | 27 | Juho Vaittinen | 3 | o | DQ | |
  | 29 | David Andersson | 1 | i | DNS | |
  | 30 | Pekka Koskela | 11 | o | WDR | |
  
      Note: NR = national record.
  