2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The 2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were a long track speed skating event held on 28 and 29 January 2012 in Olympic Oval, Calgary, Canada.

Men championships Sprint results Stefan Groothuis skated a new points record (136.810), the previous record belonged to Jeremy Wotherspoon (137.230 )VK.nl Groothuis verbetert wereldrecord punten Rank Name Nation 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Total Behind Stefan Groothuis 34.84 1:07.50 34.74 1:06.96 136.810WR Lee Kyou-hyuk 34.33 1:08.01 34.67 1:07.99 137.000 +0.18 Mo Tae-bum 34.67 1:07.99 34.42 1:07.99 137.080 +0.26 Mika Poutala 34.62 1:08.20 34.38 1:08.34 137.270 +0.45 Shani Davis 35.16 1:07.25 35.03 1:07.11 137.360 +0.54 Dmitry Lobkov 34.46 1:08.10 34.71 1:08.40 137.420 +0.60 Hein Otterspeer 34.72 1:08.54 34.48 1:08.08 137.510 +0.69 Joji Kato 34.56 1:09.08 34.35 1:08.68 137.790 +0.98 Jamie Gregg 34.69 1:09.13 34.48 1:08.24 137.855 +1.05 10 Muncef Ouardi 34.54 1:09.06 34.69 1:08.57 138.045 +1.24 11 Aleksey Yesin 35.26 1:08.51 34.77 1:07.84 138.205 +1.40 12 Artyom Kuznetsov 34.92 1:09.27 34.63 1:08.77 138.570 +1.76 13 Denny Morrison 35.25 1:08.05 35.20 1:08.28 138.615 +1.81 14 Artur Waś 34.89 1:09.21 34.61 1:09.44 138.825 +2.02 15 Yūya Oikawa 34.85 1:10.07 34.43 1:09.54 139.085 +2.28 16 Sjoerd de Vries 35.53 1:09.45 35.01 1:07.72 139.125 +2.32 17 Haralds Silovs 35.56 1:08.31 35.55 1:07.98 139.255 +2.45 18 Pim Schipper 35.72 1:08.87 35.18 1:08.32 139.495 +2.69 19 Samuel Schwarz 35.65 1:09.02 35.16 1:08.50 139.570 +2.76 20 Espen Aarnes Hvammen 35.16 1:09.03 35.19 1:09.54 139.635 +2.83 21 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi 35.63 1:08.80 35.15 1:09.42 139.890 +3.08 22 Denis Kuzin 35.80 1:08.65 35.58 1:08.55 139.980 +3.17 23 Ryohei Haga 35.10 1:10.48 34.84 1:09.69 140.025 +3.22 24 Benjamin Macé 36.04 1:08.41 36.35 1:09.12 141.155 +4.35 NQ25 Roman Krech 34.91 1:09.05 34.97 NQ26 Daniel Greig 35.54 1:09.38 34.99 NQ27 Lee Ki-ho 35.17 1:10.47 35.04 NQ28 Ermanno Ioratti 35.26 1:09.97 35.22 NQ29 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen 35.66 1:09.16 35.72 NQ30 Denny Ihle 35.23 1:10.78 35.43 NQ31 Mitchell Whitmore 35.59 1:10.20 35.78 NQ32 Bram Smallenbroek 37.09 1:11.02 36.71 NQ33 Marius Paraschivoiu 35.89 1:11.64 NQ34 Lee Kang-seok 35.11 NQ = Not qualified for the second 1000m (only the best 24 are qualified)DQ = disqualified

Women championships Sprint results The previous record of 149.305 set by Cindy Klassen in 2006 was beaten by Yu Jing and Christine Nesbitt, both of whom skated in the same pair for the second 1000m. Rank Name Nation 500 m (1) 1000 m (1) 500 m (2) 1000 m (2) Total Behind Yu Jing 37.72 1:14.43 36.94 WR 1:13.47 148.610WR Christine Nesbitt 37.93 1:12.68 WR 37.89 1:12.94 148.630 +0.02 Zhang Hong 37.63 1:14.44 37.87 1:13.95 149.700 +1.09 Margot Boer 37.71 1:14.37 37.83 1:14.17 149.810 +1.20 Annette Gerritsen 37.67 1:14.67 37.75 1:14.33 149.920 +1.31 Heather Richardson 38.07 1:14.49 37.85 1:14.05 150.190 +1.58 Wang Beixing 37.50 1:15.75 37.32 1:15.07 150.230 +1.62 Marrit Leenstra 38.15 1:14.16 38.29 1:13.89 150.465 +1.86 Jenny Wolf 37.35 1:14.95 38.04 1:15.59 150.665 +2.06 10 Thijsje Oenema 38.09 1:14.92 37.88 1:14.67 150.765 +2.16 11 Lee Sang-hwa 37.70 1:15.94 37.36 1:15.58 150.820 +2.21 12 Olga Fatkulina 38.33 1:15.28 38.03 1:14.86 151.430 +2.82 13 Nao Kodaira 38.07 1:15.24 38.05 1:15.52 151.500 +2.89 14 Judith Hesse 38.05 1:15.83 37.79 1:17.00 152.255 +3.65 15 Yukana Nishina 38.12 1:16.03 38.17 1:15.94 152.275 +3.67 16 Yekaterina Aydova 38.27 1:16.17 38.15 1:15.80 152.405 +3.80 17 Karolína Erbanová 38.17 1:16.97 38.11 1:15.40 152.465 +3.86 18 Brittany Bowe 38.67 1:15.50 38.40 1:15.80 152.720 +4.11 19 Miho Takagi 38.75 1:15.48 38.75 1:15.62 153.050 +4.44 20 Svetlana Kaykan 38.33 1:17.94 38.04 1:16.60 153.640 +5.03 21 Svetlana Radkevich 38.80 1:17.61 38.55 1:16.79 154.550 +5.94 22 Irina Arshinova 39.07 1:16.47 38.91 1:17.27 154.850 +6.24 23 Kaylin Irvine 39.09 1:17.26 38.87 1:16.71 154.945 +6.34 24 Kim Hyun-yung 38.98 1:17.65 38.44 1:17.45 154.970 +6.36 NQ25 Shannon Rempel 38.75 1:16.50 38.54 NQ26 Monique Angermüller 1:15.37 NQ27 Elina Risku NQ = Not qualified for the second 1000m (only the best 24 are qualified)DQ = disqualified

Rules All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 meters and one 1000 meters; 24 skaters may take part on the second 1000 meters. These 24 skaters are determined by the samalog standings after the three skated distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

Skaters among the top 24 on both lists are qualified. To make up a total of 24, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list.

References

External links ISU website