| 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Alau Ice Palace, Astana, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 28 February – 1 March 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 59 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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The 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 28 February to 1 March 2015.
The schedule of events: [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 28 February 2015 | 17:30 | 500 m women |
| 500 m men | ||
| 1000 m women | ||
| 1000 m men | ||
| Sunday, 1 March 2015 | 18:30 | 500 m women |
| 500 m men | ||
| 1000 m women | ||
| 1000 m men |
All times are local (UTC+6).
59 speed skaters from 16 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.
| Participating nations |
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men [2] | Pavel Kulizhnikov RUS | 138.325 | Hein Otterspeer NED | 139.335 | Aleksey Yesin RUS | 139.855 |
| Women [3] | Brittany Bowe USA | 149.600 | Heather Richardson USA | 150.815 | Karolína Erbanová CZE | 152.625 |
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