The 500 meters distance for men in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 13–15 November 2015, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 11–13 March 2016.
The defending champion, Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, again won the World Cup, finishing with the same total points score as his compatriot Ruslan Murashov.
Top three PositionAthletePointsPrevious season
Race medallists WC # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Calgary, Canada 13 November Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.11 Mika Poutala 34.28 William Dutton 34.46 15 November Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.00WR William Dutton 34.25 Alex Boisvert-Lacroix 34.30 2 , 20 November Pavel Kulizhnikov 33.98WR Mitchell Whitmore 34.19 William Dutton 34.35 22 November Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.13 William Dutton 34.34 Laurent Dubreuil 34.36 3 Inzell, Germany 4 December Gilmore Junio 34.86 Alexandre St-Jean 34.90 Artur Waś 34.97 6 December Artur Waś 34.65 Alex Boisvert-Lacroix 34.74 Kai Verbij 34.80 4 Heerenveen, Netherlands 11 DecemberPavel Kulizhnikov 34.48 Aleksey Yesin 34.63 Alex Boisvert-Lacroix 34.78 13 December Ruslan Murashov 34.67 Alex Boisvert-Lacroix 34.76 Espen Aarnes Hvammen 34.86 5 Stavanger, Norway 29 January Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.71 Ruslan Murashov 34.74 Kai Verbij 34.87 31 January Pavel Kulizhnikov 34.52 Ruslan Murashov 34.78 Gilmore Junio 34.86 6 Heerenveen, Netherlands 11 March Ruslan Murashov 34.96 Ronald Mulder 35.05 Gilmore Junio 35.12 13 March Ronald Mulder 34.81 Ruslan Murashov 34.89 Mika Poutala 35.02
Standings Standings as of 31 January 2016. # Name Nat. CGY1 CGY2 SLC1 SLC2 INZ1 INZ2 HVN1 HVN2 STA1 STA2 HVN3 HVN4 Total 1 100 100 100 100 — — 100 5 100 100 705 2 50 8 5 40 24 8 40 100 80 80 150 120 705 3 19 60 28 18 100 60 24 18 60 70 104 76 637 4 80 36 36 60 — 50 45 32 32 12 577 5 25 70 40 28 32 80 70 80 6 32 508 6 40 12 8 50 70 100 60 18 8 10 492 7 16 21 60 12 16 70 50 40 70 60 487 8 70 80 70 80 8 16 10 6 28 40 468 9 36 45 14 70 60 32 18 50 50 36 411 10 24 10 10 0 28 45 80 45 45 28 315 11 8 19 24 32 21 14 25 70 40 50 303 12 11 6 25 36 80 12 14 60 16 14 274 13 28 16 21 16 45 21 21 24 36 5 233 14 45 32 12 6 36 18 8 14 18 21 210 15 15 50 80 24 — — — — 10 16 195 16 60 40 50 14 — — — — 24 — 188 17 8 8 11 15 14 25 28 21 12 45 187 18 0 25 6 19 50 36 16 28 — — 180 19 21 14 18 10 10 24 19 10 14 18 158 20 Kim Tae-yun 14 18 16 25 12 10 0 12 25 24 156 21 — 15 45 — 18 40 0 36 — — 154 22 12 28 32 45 6 5 5 0 — — 133 23 32 24 — 21 40 — — — 6 0 123 24 Mo Tae-bum 0 0 19 8 11 15 32 15 21 — 121 25 0 4 0 8 25 28 8 8 0 6 87 26 0 6 8 0 2 19 36 2 — — 73 27 18 — — 6 15 — — — — 19 58 28 0 0 0 4 6 19 0 1 11 15 56 29 10 0 0 0 8 0 15 8 4 0 45 30 0 — — — 0 6 0 11 19 6 42 31 — — — — 0 1 11 25 — — 37 32 0 0 6 0 1 0 4 19 5 0 35 33 — — — — — — 12 6 2 15 35 34 Xie Jiaxuan 0 0 2 11 4 0 2 0 8 0 27 35 Gao Tingyu — — — — — — — — 0 25 25 36 Kim Jun-Ho 0 11 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 4 25 37 6 0 0 0 0 8 6 4 0 0 24 38 — — — — — — — — 15 8 23 39 Mu Zhongsheng 0 1 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 40 Lee Kang-seok 4 2 0 0 0 11 0 — — — 17 41 — — — — — — — — 1 8 9 42 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 43 — — — — — — 6 0 — — 6 44 Liu Fangyi 2 0 1 0 — — — — — — 3 45 Jang Won-hoon — — — — — — — — 0 2 2 46 Sung Ching-Yang 0 0 0 2 — — 0 0 0 0 2 47 Kim Jin-su — — — — — — — — 0 1 1
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