The 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2012–2013, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 16 November 2012 in Heerenveen, Netherlands, and ended with the final on 10 March 2013, also in Heerenveen. In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 82 races took place.
This season world cup points was awarded in the mass start event. 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 Thialf 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w 2 Kolomna Speed Skating Centre m, w w m m, w 3 Astana Alau Ice Palace m, w w m m, w 4 Nagano M-Wave 2m, 2w 2m, 2w 5 Harbin Heilongjiang Indoor Rink 2m, 2w 2m, 2w Heerenveen Thialf 2013 European Speed Skating Championships 6 Calgary Olympic Oval 2m, 2w 2m, 2w Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval 2013 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 7 Inzell Eisstadion Inzell m, w w m m, w Hamar Vikingskipet 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 8 Erfurt Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w 9 Heerenveen Thialf 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w m, w 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 2012–13 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 36.94 Yu Jing 29 January 2012 Olympic Oval, Calgary 1000 m 1:12.68 Christine Nesbitt 28 January 2012 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
At the World Cup stop in Calgary on 20 January 2013, Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea set a new world record on the women's 500 metres with a time of 36.80 seconds.
Men's standings
500 m
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men 500m | Rankings 500m Men ISUresults.eu 1 Jan Smeekens 1130 2 Joji Kato 896 3 Michel Mulder 665
1000 m
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men 1000m | Rankings 1000m Men ISUresults.eu 1 Kjeld Nuis587 2 Shani Davis546 3 Hein Otterspeer507
1500 m
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men 1500m | Rankings 1500m Men ISUresults.eu 1 Zbigniew Bródka460 2 Bart Swings336 3 Håvard Bøkko329
5000 and 10000 m
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men 5000m | Rankings 5000m Men ISUresults.eu 1 Jorrit Bergsma520 2 Bob de Jong485 3 Sven Kramer450
Mass start
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Men Mass Start ISUresults.eu 1 Arjan Stroetinga330 2 Bart Swings310 3 Jordan Belchos216
Team pursuit
RankTeamPointsRankings Team Pursuit Men ISUresults.eu 1 450 2 350 3 285
Women's standings
500 m
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies 500m | Rankings 500m Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 Lee Sang-hwa1055 2 Jenny Wolf851 3 Wang Beixing 756
1000 m
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies 1000m | Rankings 1000m Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 Heather Richardson 525 2 Brittany Bowe 480 3 Karolína Erbanová465
1500 m
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies 1500m | Rankings 1500m Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 Marrit Leenstra411 2 Christine Nesbitt375 3 Ireen Wüst350
3000 and 5000 m
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies 3000m | Rankings 3000m Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 Martina Sáblíková475 2 Claudia Pechstein421 3 Diane Valkenburg410
Mass start
RankNamePointsWorld Cup Ladies Mass Start ISUresults.eu 1 Kim Bo-reum365 2 Mariska Huisman330 3 Ivanie Blondin300
Team pursuit
RankTeamPointsRankings Team Pursuit Ladies ISUresults.eu 1 400 2 370 3 295
Medal table
References
External links International Skating Union 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup Results at ISUresults.eu