The 5000 and 10000 metres distances for men in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were contested over six 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
Dutch skaters dominated the 5000/10000 distance, taking 15 out of 18 available podium places over the season, including all gold and silver medals, and only letting three bronze medals slip to other countries' skaters. Bob de Jong successfully defended his title from the previous season, while his countrymen Sven Kramer and Jorrit Bergsma came second and third, respectively.
Top three Medal Athlete Points Previous season Gold Bob de Jong 510 1st Silver Sven Kramer 440 – Bronze Jorrit Bergsma 435 7th
Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Distance Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Chelyabinsk, Russia 19 November 5000 metres Jorrit Bergsma 6:18.74 Sven Kramer 6:20.60 Bob de Jong 6:21.96 2 Astana, Kazakhstan 26 November 5000 metres Sven Kramer 6:13.38 Jorrit Bergsma 6:15.40 Alexis Contin 6:17.43 3 Heerenveen, Netherlands 3 December 10000 metres Jorrit Bergsma 12:50.33 Bob de Jong 12:55.11 Bob de Vries 13:03.41 5 Hamar, Norway 11 February 5000 metres Bob de Jong 6:21.23 Sven Kramer 6:21.87 Jan Blokhuijsen 6:22.47 6 Heerenveen, Netherlands 3 March 10000 metres Bob de Jong 12:58.47 Jorrit Bergsma 12:59.34 Håvard Bøkko 13:11.95 7 Berlin, Germany 10 March 5000 metres Sven Kramer 6:14.69 Bob de Jong 6:17.83 Jonathan Kuck 6:19.98
Standings Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season). # Name Nat. CHE AST HVN1 HAM HVN2 BER Total 1 70 40 80 100 100 120 510 2 80 100 30 80 – 150 440 3 100 80 100 – 80 75 435 4 32 60 60 50 70 36 308 5 50 70 35 60 45 40 300 6 36 50 – 70 – 90 246 7 60 10 40 – 25 105 240 8 28 32 50 – 60 45 215 9 45 45 25 40 30 28 213 10 25 24 15 36 50 18 168 11 21 21 21 28 35 24 150 12 24 36 45 – – 32 137 13 16 16 25 16 40 21 134 14 19 14 35 32 20 12 132 15 40 18 – 24 15 14 111 16 – – 70 – 35 – 105 17 18 28 – 45 – 10 101 18 10 19 13 21 25 5 93 19 4 15 15 – 30 16 80 20 Lee Seung-hoon 14 12 30 18 – 6 80 21 15 6 11 14 13 8 67 22 12 8 18 5 8 4 55 23 8 8 4 12 9 3 44 24 – – 8 6 21 2 37 25 Joo Hyong-jun 11 5 9 10 – – 35 26 – – 20 8 – – 28 27 5 0 6 0 15 – 26 28 – 25 – – – – 25 28 – – – 25 – – 25 30 6 – – 15 – – 21 31 – – 10 – 11 – 21 32 8 6 – 6 – – 20 33 – – – 19 – – 19 34 – – – – 18 – 18 35 4 2 2 8 – – 16 36 – – – 4 10 – 14 37 6 0 7 0 – – 13 38 0 – 5 0 7 – 12 39 0 0 – 11 – – 11 39 – 11 – – – – 11 41 – – 3 0 6 – 9 42 – – 1 0 5 – 6 43 0 4 0 – – – 4 44 3 0 – – – – 3 45 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0 0 – 2 – – 2 2 0 – – – – 2 48 – – – 1 – – 1 – 1 – – – – 1 1 0 – 0 – – 1
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