The 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2010–2011, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 12 November 2010 in Heerenveen, Netherlands, and ended on 6 March 2011, also in Heerenveen.World Cups of the 2010-11 season, SpeedSkatingStats.com. In total, eight competition weekends were held at seven different locations, ten cups were contested (five for men, and five for women), and 70 races took place.
The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).
Calendar City Venue Date 1 Heerenveen Thialf 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m 2 Berlin Hohenschönhausen 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 3 Hamar Vikingskipet m, w w m m, w 4 Changchun Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink 2m, 2w 2m, 2w 5 Obihiro Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval 2m, 2w 2m, 2w Harbin Heilongjiang Indoor Rink 2011 Asian Speed Skating Championships Collalbo Arena Ritten 2011 European Speed Skating Championships Heerenveen Thialf 2011 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 6 Moscow Krylatskoye Skating Hall 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w Calgary Olympic Oval 2011 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 7 Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval m, w w m 8 Heerenveen Thialf 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m Inzell Eisstadion Inzell 2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships Total 4w 2m Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.
World records
World records going into the 2010–11 season.
Men
Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference 500 m 34.03 Jeremy Wotherspoon 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 1000 m 1:06.42 Shani Davis 7 March 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 1500 m 1:41.04 Shani Davis 11 December 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 5000 m 6:03.32 Sven Kramer 17 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary 10000 m 12:41.69 Sven Kramer 10 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Team pursuit (8 laps) 3:37.80 Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
Women
Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference 500 m 37.00 Jenny Wolf 11 December 2009 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 1000 m 1:13.11 Cindy Klassen 25 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary 1500 m 1:51.79 Cindy Klassen 20 November 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City 3000 m 3:53.34 Cindy Klassen 18 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary 5000 m 6:45.61 Martina Sáblíková 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City Team pursuit (6 laps) 2:55.79 Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler 6 December 2009 Olympic Oval, Calgary
At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 18 February 2011, Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic set a new world record on the women's 5000 metres with a time of 6:42.66.
Men's standings
500 m
RankNamePoints 1 Lee Kang-seok 845 2 Lee Kyou-hyuk 745 3 Joji Kato 671
1000 m
RankNamePoints 1 Stefan Groothuis 580 2 Lee Kyou-hyuk 522 3 Shani Davis 485
1500 m
RankNamePoints 1 Shani Davis 440 2 Håvard Bøkko 357 3 Stefan Groothuis 342
5000 and 10000 m
RankNamePoints 1 Bob de Jong 610 2 Ivan Skobrev 400 3 Bob de Vries 356
Team pursuit
RankNamePoints 1 270 2 250 3 232
Women's standings
500 m
RankNamePoints 1 Jenny Wolf 1190 2 Lee Sang-hwa 875 3 Margot Boer 735
1000 m
RankNamePoints 1 Heather Richardson 605 2 Christine Nesbitt 590 3 Margot Boer 360
1500 m
RankNamePoints 1 Christine Nesbitt 575 2 Marrit Leenstra 466 3 Ireen Wüst 460
3000 and 5000 m
RankNamePoints 1 Martina Sáblíková 510 2 Stephanie Beckert 475 3 Jilleanne Rookard 351
Team pursuit
RankNamePoints 1 300 2 250 3 250
References
External links International Skating Union 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup