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{{Infobox Skating event
|event        = 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
|image        = [[File:Alau Ice Place 2014-03-15.JPG|250px]]
|caption      = Alau Ice Palace
|venue        = [[Alau Ice Palace]], [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]
|dates        = 28 February – 1 March 2015
|competitors  = 59
|nations      = [[#Participating nations|16]]
|prev         = [[2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2014]]
|next         = [[2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2016]]
}}
The '''2015 [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships]]''' were held in [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]], from 28 February to 1 March 2015.

==Schedule==
The schedule of events:<ref>[http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/186315/announcement-wsss15-astana.pdf Schedule]</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Date
! Time
! Event
|-
| rowspan=4|Saturday, 28 February 2015 || rowspan=4|17:30 || 500 m women
|-
| 500 m men
|-
| 1000 m women
|-
| 1000 m men
|-
| rowspan=4|Sunday, 1 March 2015 || rowspan=4|18:30 || 500 m women
|-
| 500 m men
|-
| 1000 m women
|-
| 1000 m men
|}

''All times are local ([[Time in Kazakhstan|UTC+6]]).''

==Participating nations==
59 speed skaters from 16 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Participating nations<br /><small>Click on a nation to go to the nations' 2015 Championships page</small>
|-
|
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagWSSC|Austria||1}}
* {{flagWSSC|Belarus||2}}
* {{flagWSSC|Canada||6}}
* {{flagWSSC|China||5}}
* {{flagWSSC|Czech Republic||1}}
* {{flagWSSC|Finland||3}}
* {{flagWSSC|Germany||3}}
* {{flagWSSC|Italy||3}}
* {{flagWSSC|Japan||5}}
* {{flagWSSC|Kazakhstan||4}}
* {{flagWSSC|Netherlands||6}}
* {{flagWSSC|Norway||3}}
* {{flagWSSC|Poland||2}}
* {{flagWSSC|Russia||6}}
* {{flagWSSC|South Korea||3}}
* {{flagWSSC|United States||6}}
{{div col end}}
|}

==Medal summary==
===Medal table===
{| {{RankedMedalTable|nation-width=200px}}
|-
|1||align=left|{{flagWSSC|USA}}||1||1||0||2
|-
|2||align=left|{{flagWSSC|RUS}}||1||0||1||2
|-
|3||align=left|{{flagWSSC|NED}}||0||1||0||1
|-
|4||align=left|{{flagWSSC|CZE}}||0||0||1||1
|-
!colspan=2| Total || 2 || 2 || 2 || 6
|}

===Medalists===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|Men<ref>[http://live.isuresults.eu/2014-2015/astana/standings1.htm Men Results]</ref><br/>{{DetailsLink|2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Men}}
| [[Pavel Kulizhnikov]]<br><small>{{flagWSSC|RUS}}</small> || 138.325
| [[Hein Otterspeer]]<br><small>{{flagWSSC|NED}}</small> || 139.335
| [[Aleksey Yesin]]<br><small>{{flagWSSC|RUS}}</small> || 139.855
|-
|Women<ref>[http://live.isuresults.eu/2014-2015/astana/standings2.htm Women Results]</ref><br/>{{DetailsLink|2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women}}
| [[Brittany Bowe]]<br><small>{{flagWSSC|USA}}</small> || 149.600
| [[Heather Richardson]]<br><small>{{flagWSSC|USA}}</small> || 150.815
| [[Karolína Erbanová]]<br><small>{{flagWSSC|CZE}}</small> || 152.625
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://live.isuresults.eu/2014-2015/astana/ ISU website]

{{World Speed Skating Championships}}
{{World championships in 2015}}

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