2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Events
500 m	men	women
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3k/5k		women
5k/10k	men
Team pursuit	men	women

The 1500 metres distance for women in the 2009–10 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 Berlin, Germany, on 6–8 November 2009, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 March 2010.^[1]

Kristina Groves of Canada successfully defended her title from the previous season, while fellow Canadian Christine Nesbitt came second, and Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic came third.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Kristina Groves	560	1st
Silver	Christine Nesbitt	374	3rd
Bronze	Martina Sáblíková	348	16th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	8 November	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:55.54	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	1:56.99	Brittany Schussler  Canada	1:57.26	[2]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	14 November	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:56.69	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:56.74	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:57.05	[3]
3	Hamar, Norway	22 November	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:55.16	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:55.95	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	1:56.34	[4]
4	Calgary, Canada	5 December	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:54.35	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:54.43	Elma de Vries  Netherlands	1:54.55	[5]
5	Salt Lake City, United States	12 December	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:52.76	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:53.32	Jennifer Rodriguez  United States	1:54.19	[6]
7	Heerenveen, Netherlands	13 March	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:58.15	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	1:58.27	Brittany Schussler  Canada	1:58.60	[7]

Final standings

Standings as of 14 March 2010 (end of the season).^[8][9]

#	Name	Nat.	BER	HVN1	HAM	CAL	SLC	HVN2	Total
1	Kristina Groves		60	70	100	100	80	150	560
2	Christine Nesbitt		100	80	–	80	100	14	374
3	Martina Sáblíková		80	10	70	32	36	120	348
4	Brittany Schussler		70	21	–	60	40	105	296
5	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms		36	60	60	28	–	75	259
6	Ireen Wüst		24	100	80	21	32	–	257
7	Diane Valkenburg		45	45	40	12	–	90	232
8	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś		21	28	45	50	28	36	208
9	Jennifer Rodriguez		25	32	–	45	70	18	190
10	Yekaterina Shikhova		18	40	–	36	45	45	184
11	Anni Friesinger-Postma		40	50	–	45	–	32	167
12	Maki Tabata		16	16	28	18	60	21	159
13	Margot Boer		50	36	14	–	–	40	140
14	Elma de Vries		–	–	25	70	14	5	114
15	Cindy Klassen		32	24	–	24	18	16	114
16	Alla Shabanova		4	25	50	6	8	8	101
17	Nao Kodaira		28	12	–	15	21	12	88
18	Annette Gerritsen		6	19	36	–	–	24	85
19	Monique Angermüller		10	–	–	19	50	–	79
20	Masako Hozumi		15	8	18	8	24	6	79
21	Laurine van Riessen		–	–	–	14	25	28	67
22	Karolína Erbanová		2	6	24	25	5	–	62
23	Wang Fei		8	15	32	0	–	–	55
24	Jilleanne Rookard		0	8	21	4	12	10	55
25	Noh Seon-yeong		19	18	–	–	16	–	53
26	Shannon Rempel		–	–	–	16	19	–	35
27	Dong Feifei		4	4	16	0	10	–	34
28	Lee Ju-yeon		14	14	–	6	–	–	34
29	Catherine Raney		–	–	19	5	6	–	30
30	Hege Bøkko		12	6	–	2	2	–	22
31	Natasja Bruintjes		8	11	–	–	–	–	19
	Yekaterina Lobysheva		–	–	–	8	11	–	19
	Luiza Złotkowska		0	–	8	11	–	–	19
34	Galina Likhachova		11	5	–	0	–	–	16
35	Paulien van Deutekom		–	–	–	–	15	–	15
	Olga Graf		–	–	15	–	–	–	15
37	Justine L'Heureux		1	0	12	–	–	–	13
38	Katrin Mattscherodt		5	0	8	0	–	–	13
39	Ida Njåtun		–	–	11	0	–	–	11
40	Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr		0	1	10	0	0	–	11
41	Marrit Leenstra		–	–	–	10	0	–	10
42	Isabell Ost		2	2	–	0	6	–	10
43	Fu Chunyan		3	0	6	0	–	–	9
44	Maren Haugli		0	0	–	–	8	–	8
45	Stephanie Beckert		–	0	6	–	0	–	6
	Eriko Ishino		6	0	–	0	0	–	6
47	Ji Jia		1	0	5	0	0	–	6
48	Natalia Czerwonka		0	0	–	0	4	–	4
	Katarzyna Woźniak		–	0	4	–	0	–	4
50	Shiho Ishizawa		–	–	2	–	–	–	2
51	Yekaterina Abramova		–	–	–	1	–	–	1
	Nicole Garrido		–	–	1	–	–	–	1
	Anna Rokita		0	0	0	0	1	–	1

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