The 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2011–2012, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 18 November 2011 in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and ended on 11 March 2012 in Berlin, Germany. In total, seven competition weekends were held at six different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 72 races took place.

The mass start was introduced as a new event for the season. Additionally, the team sprint was contested as a demonstration event at both Heerenveen competitions. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Calendar City Venue Date 1 Chelyabinsk Uralskaya Molniya 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 2 Astana Alau Ice Palace 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 3 Heerenveen Thialf 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w Budapest City Park Ice Rink 2012 European Speed Skating Championships 4 Utah Olympic Oval 2m, 2w 2m, 2w Calgary Olympic Oval 2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 5 Hamar Vikingskipet m, w w m m, w Moscow Krylatskoye Sport Complex 2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 6 Heerenveen Thialf 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 7 Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w Heerenveen Thialf 2012 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.

Source: ISU.

World records

World records going into the 2011–12 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 6:42.66 Martina Sáblíková 18 February 2011 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

Men's standings

500 m

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men 500m | Rankings 500m Men ISUresults.eu 1 Mo Tae-bum 702 2 Pekka Koskela 674 3 Tucker Fredricks 646

1000 m

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men 1000m | Rankings 1000m Men ISUresults.eu 1 Shani Davis 600 2 Stefan Groothuis 580 3 Kjeld Nuis 486

1500 m

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men 1500m | Rankings 1500m Men ISUresults.eu 1 Håvard Bøkko 472 2 Kjeld Nuis 430 3 Shani Davis 425

5000 and 10000 m

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men 5000m | Rankings 5000m Men ISUresults.eu 1 Bob de Jong 510 2 Sven Kramer 440 3 Jorrit Bergsma 435

Mass start

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men Mass Start ISUresults.eu 1 Alexis Contin 250 2 Jorrit Bergsma 212 3 Jonathan Kuck 196

Team pursuit

RankTeamPointsRankings Team Pursuit Men ISUresults.eu 1 374 2 340 3 300

Women's standings

500 m

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies 500m | Rankings 500m Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 Yu Jing 960 2 Lee Sang-hwa 890 3 Jenny Wolf 869

1000 m

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies 1000m | Rankings 1000m Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 Christine Nesbitt 550 2 Heather Richardson 459 3 Marrit Leenstra 420

1500 m

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies 1500m | Rankings 1500m Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 Christine Nesbitt 510 2 Ireen Wüst 450 3 Marrit Leenstra 401

3000 and 5000 m

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies 3000m | Rankings 3000m Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 Martina Sáblíková 650 2 Stephanie Beckert 410 3 Claudia Pechstein 405

Mass start

RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies Mass Start ISUresults.eu 1 Mariska Huisman 320 2 Claudia Pechstein 310 3 Anna Rokita 175

Team pursuit

RankTeamPointsRankings Team Pursuit Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 390 2 355 3 320

See also 2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

References

External links International Skating Union 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup Results at ISUresults.eu Results of WC1 Chelyabinsk ISUresults.eu Results of WC2 Astana ISUresults.eu Results of WC3 Heerenveen ISUresults.eu Results of WC4 Salt Lake City ISUresults.eu Results of WC5 Hamar ISUresults.eu