The 3000 and 5000 meters distances for women in the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 16–18 November 2012, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 8–10 March 2013.

Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Claudia Pechstein of Germany came second, and Diane Valkenburg the Netherlands came third.

Top three MedalAthletePointsPrevious season Gold Martina Sáblíková 475 1st Silver Claudia Pechstein 421 3rd Bronze Diane Valkenburg 410 4th

Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Distance Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Heerenveen, Netherlands 16 November 3000 metres Stephanie Beckert 4:04.39 Martina Sáblíková 4:06.71 Jorien Ter Mors 4:06.90 2 Kolomna, Russia 25 November 3000 metres Claudia Pechstein 4:02.31 Martina Sáblíková 4:02.46 Marije Joling 4:03.90 3 Astana, Kazachstan 1 December 5000 metres Martina Sáblíková 7:00.75 Claudia Pechstein 7:01.05 Olga Graf 7:01.38 7 Inzell, Germany 10 February 3000 metres Ireen Wüst 4:02.23 Diane Valkenburg 4:05.31 Martina Sáblíková 4:05.41 8 Erfurt, Germany 1 March 5000 metres Martina Sáblíková 7:01.33 Stephanie Beckert 7:02.84 Claudia Pechstein 7:06.96 9 Heerenveen, Netherlands 9 March 3000 metres Ireen Wüst 3:58.68 Diane Valkenburg 4:04.75 Linda de Vries 4:04.87

Standings Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season). # Name Nat. HVN1 KOL AST INZ ERF HVN2 Total 1 80 80 100 70 100 45 475 2 21 100 80 60 70 90 421 3 60 50 50 80 50 120 410 4 100 60 60 50 80 21 371 5 45 70 45 21 35 75 291 6 35 – – 100 – 150 285 7 50 35 70 25 40 24 244 8 – 45 – 45 45 105 240 9 16 23 25 35 60 40 199 10 Kim Bo-reum 32 40 40 16 21 36 185 11 27 25 18 40 0 32 142 12 18 18 35 18 30 14 133 13 30 21 21 30 – 28 130 14 25 16 30 12 6 15 105 15 – 12 15 32 25 12 96 16 9 3 – 11 32 18 73 17 70 – – – – – 70 18 40 30 – – – – 70 19 4 6 9 23 27 – 69 20 3 4 27 14 11 – 59 21 19 14 – 19 – – 52 22 – – 32 – 19 – 51 23 14 15 11 10 1 – 51 24 0 2 19 27 – – 48 25 Park Do-yeong 23 10 0 2 7 – 42 26 5 0 – 5 23 – 33 27 – 32 – – – – 32 28 – 27 – – – – 27 29 – – 23 – – – 23 30 11 5 7 – – – 23 31 – – – 7 15 – 22 15 1 6 – – – 22 33 0 19 – – – – 19 34 – – – 15 – – 15 35 12 0 3 – – – 15 36 – – – 6 9 – 15 – 9 4 0 2 – 15 38 7 7 – – – – 14 39 1 11 – – – – 12 40 2 0 – 4 5 – 11 41 6 0 1 3 – – 10 42 – – – 9 – – 9 43 0 – 5 – – – 5 44 – – – 0 4 – 4 45 – – – – 3 – 3 46 – – 2 – – – 2 47 – – – 1 – – 1

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