The 500 metres distance for men in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 18–20 November 2011, and the final occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 9–11 March 2012.2011/2012 ISU World Cup
Mo Tae-bum of South Korea won the cup, while Pekka Koskela of Finland came second, and Tucker Fredricks of the United States came third. Defending champion Lee Kang-seok of South Korea finished in 11th place.
Top three Medal Athlete Points Previous season Gold Mo Tae-bum 702 – Silver Pekka Koskela 674 13th Bronze Tucker Fredricks 646 4th
Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Chelyabinsk, Russia 18 November Pekka Koskela 35.00 Jan Smeekens 35.01 Yūya Oikawa 35.07 19 November Joji Kato 34.92 Mo Tae-bum 35.01 Yūya Oikawa 35.14 2 Astana, Kazakhstan 25 November Mo Tae-bum 34.89 Tucker Fredricks 34.94 Stefan Groothuis 35.01 26 November Jan Smeekens 35.05 Mo Tae-bum 35.06 Tucker Fredricks 35.19 3 Heerenveen, Netherlands 2 December Tucker Fredricks 34.98 Joji Kato 35.07 Mo Tae-bum 35.08 3 December Pekka Koskela 35.01 Joji Kato 35.02 Jesper Hospes 35.06 4 , 21 January Keiichiro Nagashima 34.37 Jan Smeekens 34.40 Tucker Fredricks 34.45 22 January Dmitry Lobkov 34.54 Keiichiro Nagashima 34.57 Tucker Fredricks 34.60 6 Heerenveen, Netherlands 2 March Dmitry Lobkov 35.11 Hein Otterspeer 35.14 Keiichiro Nagashima 35.20 3 March Tucker Fredricks 35.05 Michel Mulder 35.12 Joji Kato 35.16 7 Berlin, Germany 9 March Jamie Gregg 35.06 Pekka Koskela 35.07 Mo Tae-bum 35.17 10 March Michel Mulder 35.01 Mo Tae-bum 35.04 Jan Smeekens 35.08
Standings Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season). # Name Nat. CHE1 CHE2 AST1 AST2 HVN1 HVN2 SLC1 SLC2 HVN3 HVN4 BER1 BER2 Total 1 Mo Tae-bum 25 80 100 80 70 45 45 32 – – 105 120 702 2 100 3 21 21 60 100 50 40 24 45 120 90 674 3 10 28 80 70 100 60 70 70 6 100 16 36 646 4 80 50 16 100 14 50 80 45 16 24 45 105 625 5 45 100 32 36 80 80 18 16 18 70 12 40 547 6 32 6 28 8 25 36 16 50 50 80 36 150 517 7 36 45 5 18 6 32 60 18 45 21 150 75 511 8 40 40 8 14 45 5 100 80 70 40 18 45 505 9 70 70 50 16 50 24 21 24 40 50 14 32 461 10 18 12 36 6 19 25 28 100 100 60 32 21 457 11 Lee Kang-seok 6 60 60 60 40 8 40 28 – – 75 8 385 12 28 18 40 10 36 21 – 8 – 36 90 12 299 13 16 16 10 40 8 12 32 36 32 28 24 28 282 14 19 25 45 12 24 28 24 12 28 18 21 4 260 15 50 21 70 – 21 – 36 – 60 – – – 258 16 14 32 24 45 32 40 8 10 14 16 5 10 250 17 4 10 25 24 28 70 12 5 12 6 10 18 224 18 Lee Kyou-hyuk 60 14 21 50 12 14 14 – – – 28 6 219 19 12 36 12 32 18 10 10 21 36 14 6 5 212 20 – – – – – – 11 25 80 32 40 14 202 21 24 8 6 28 15 0 6 14 8 8 1 1 119 22 Wang Nan 21 24 – – 0 4 1 – 15 25 3 24 117 23 3 4 19 0 11 8 6 – 19 19 8 18 115 24 8 0 15 19 16 18 – – 21 4 4 2 107 25 – – – – – – 25 60 – – – – 85 26 6 15 14 0 0 19 5 6 5 5 – – 75 27 8 1 0 – 4 2 15 19 10 12 – – 71 28 – – – – – – 4 15 25 10 2 3 59 29 0 0 2 25 10 16 – – – – – – 53 30 0 11 0 6 6 15 – – – – – – 38 31 – – – – – – 8 6 11 11 – – 36 32 Lee Ki-ho 15 4 4 11 0 0 0 0 – – – – 34 33 5 5 1 2 8 11 – – – – – – 32 34 0 0 – – – – 19 4 2 6 – – 31 35 Kim Seong-kyu 1 1 6 15 2 6 – – – – – – 31 36 0 0 0 – – – 0 8 6 15 – – 29 37 4 6 0 8 0 0 – 11 – – – – 29 38 0 2 11 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 – – 24 39 Yu Fengtong 2 19 – – 0 0 – – – – – – 21 40 2 2 8 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 – – 19 41 – – – – 5 6 0 1 4 2 – – 18 42 11 0 – – – – – – – – – – 11 43 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 – – 9 44 0 – 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 8 – – 8 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 – – 4 46 – – 0 0 0 0 2 – – – – – 2 47 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 – – 2
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