The 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships took place between 22 and 25 March 2012 in the Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands visited the Championships on 24 March.
Schedule Date Time EventsMarch 22 16:30 1500 m men 3000 m womenMarch 23 15:00 1000 m men 1500 m women 5000 m menMarch 24 12:00 1000 m women 10000 m men 5000 m womenMarch 25 13:30 500 m women 500 m men Team pursuit women Team pursuit men Source: schaatsen.nl& ISU.org
Medal summary
Men's events 500 mMo Tae-bum 69.64Michel Mulder +0.01Pekka Koskela +0.181000 mStefan Groothuis 1:08.57Kjeld Nuis +0.22Shani Davis +0.261500 mDenny Morrison 1:46.44Ivan Skobrev +0.05Håvard Bøkko +0.065000 mSven Kramer 6:13.87Bob de Jong +1.39Jonathan Kuck +2.4110000 mBob de Jong 12:53.91Jorrit Bergsma +3.80Jonathan Kuck +18.75Team pursuitSven KramerKoen VerweijJan Blokhuijsen 3:41.43Shani DavisBrian HansenJonathan Kuck +1.99Ivan SkobrevDenis YuskovYevgeny Lalenkov +2.19 Source: ISU
Women's events 500 mLee Sang-hwa 75.69Yu Jing +0.43Thijsje Oenema +0.591000 mChristine Nesbitt 1:15.16Yu Jing +0.82Margot Boer +1.001500 mChristine Nesbitt 1:56.07Ireen Wüst +0.33Linda de Vries +1.013000 mMartina Sáblíková 4:01.88Stephanie Beckert +2.21Ireen Wüst +2.995000 mMartina Sáblíková 6:50.46Stephanie Beckert +6.18Claudia Pechstein +13.55Team pursuitIreen WüstDiane ValkenburgLinda de Vries 2:59.70Brittany SchusslerChristine NesbittCindy Klassen +0.81Natalia CzerwonkaKatarzyna WoźniakLuiza Złotkowska +3.62 Source: ISU
Medal table
References