2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team sprint

2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup Women's team sprint
Calgary   Salt Lake City Heerenveen (1)   Heerenveen (2)

The women's team sprint in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over four races, out of a total of six World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 14 November 2015, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 11 March 2016.^[1]

The team sprint was a new event for the season. China won two out of four races and the inaugural classification.

Top three

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Calgary, Canada	14 November	Japan Erina Kamiya Maki Tsuji Nao Kodaira	1:26.82 WR	China Yu Jing Zhang Hong Li Qishi	1:27.08	Canada Marsha Hudey Noémie Fiset Heather McLean	1:28.39	[2][3]
2	Salt Lake City, United States	22 November	China Yu Jing Zhang Hong Li Qishi	1.24.65 WR	Russia Yekaterina Shikhova Nadezhda Aseyeva Olga Fatkulina	1.26.07	Japan Erina Kamiya Maki Tsuji Nao Kodaira	1.26.62	[4]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	11 December	Netherlands Floor van den Brandt Janine Smit Margot Boer Sanneke de Neeling	1:29.23	Russia Yekaterina Shikhova Nadezhda Aseyeva Olga Fatkulina Margarita Ryzhova	1:29.64	Canada Marsha Hudey Kaylin Irvine Heather McLean  Norway Martine Ripsrud Hege Bøkko Ida Njåtun	DNF	[5]
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	11 March	China Yu Jing Zhang Hong Li Qishi	1:28.98	Japan Erina Kamiya Maki Tsuji Nao Kodaira	1:29.98	Netherlands Bo Van Der Werff Margot Boer Janine Smit	1:30.04	[6]

Note: the races are over 3 laps.

Standings

#	Country	CGY	SLC	HVN1	HVN2	Total
1	China	80	100	0	150	330
2	Netherlands	60	50	100	104	314
3	Japan	100	70	—	120	290
4	Russia	0	80	80		160
5	Canada	70	60	0		130
6	Belarus	50	40	—		90
7	South Korea	—	45	0		45
8	Norway	—	—	0		0

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