The first competition weekend of the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 16 November, until Sunday, 18 November 2012.

Schedule of events Schedule of the event:Heerenveen World Cup announcement Date Time Events 16 November 16:00 CET 3000 m women500 m women5000 m men 17 November 14:00 CET 500 m men500 m women1000 m men1500 m womenTeam pursuit menMass start women 18 November 14:00 CET 500 m men1000 m women1500 m menTeam pursuit womenMass start men

Medal summary

Men's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Pekka Koskela 34.96 Artur Waś 34.98 Jan Smeekens 35.07 2 Joji Kato 34.98 Jan Smeekens 35.04 Mo Tae-bum 35.15 1000 m Denny Morrison 1:09.43 Pekka Koskela 1:09.51 Kjeld Nuis 1:09.53 1500 m Maurice Vriend 1:46.13 Håvard Bøkko 1:46.40 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 1:46.54 5000 m Sven Kramer 6:16.09 Jorrit Bergsma 6:16.78 Jan Blokhuijsen 6:16.81 Mass start Christijn Groeneveld 10:14.55 Arjan Stroetinga 10:14.61 Alexis Contin 10:14.67 Team pursuit Jan BlokhuijsenSven KramerKoen Verweij 3:39.76 Yevgeny LalenkovIvan SkobrevDenis Yuskov 3:42.90 Joo Hyung-joonKo Byung-wookLee Seung-hoon 3:43.57

Women's events Event Race # Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 500 m 1 Lee Sang-hwa 37.85 Heather Richardson 37.95 Nao Kodaira 38.26 2 Lee Sang-hwa 37.92 Heather Richardson 38.13 Jenny Wolf 38.14 1000 m Heather Richardson 1:15.27 Zhang Hong 1:15.41 Lotte van Beek 1:15.83 1500 m Christine Nesbitt 1:56.35 Marrit Leenstra 1:56.42 Lotte van Beek 1:57.42 3000 m Stephanie Beckert 4:04.39 Martina Sáblíková 4:06.71 Jorien Ter Mors 4:06.90 Mass start Mariska Huisman 8:22.96 Jorien Ter Mors 8:22.97 Claudia Pechstein 8:23.05 Team pursuit Stephanie BeckertIsabell OstClaudia Pechstein 3:01.14 Marije JolingMarrit LeenstraDiane Valkenburg 3:02.332 Ivanie BlondinChristine NesbittBrittany Schussler 3:02.337

Standings The top ten standings in the contested cups after the weekend. The top five nations in the team pursuit cups.

Men's cups

500 m # Name Nat. HVN1 HVN2 Total 1 50 100 150 70 80 150 3 Mo Tae-bum 60 70 130 80 50 130 5 100 0 100 6 32 60 92 7 24 45 69 8 40 25 65 9 32 28 60 10 40 18 58

1000 m # Name Nat. HVN Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50 6 45 45 7 40 40 8 Lee Kyou-hyuk 36 36 9 32 32 10 28 28

1500 m # Name Nat. HVN Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50 6 45 45 7 40 40 8 36 36 9 32 32 10 28 28

5000/10000 m # Name Nat. HVN Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50 6 45 45 7 40 40 8 35 35 9 Lee Seung-hoon 32 32 10 30 30

Mass start # Name Nat. HVN Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50 6 45 45 7 40 40 8 36 36 9 32 32 10 28 28

Team pursuit # Name HVN1 Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50

Women's cups

500 m # Name Nat. HVN1 HVN2 Total 1 Lee Sang-hwa 100 100 200 2 80 80 160 3 50 70 120 Zhang Hong 60 60 120 5 70 36 106 6 Yu Jing 45 50 95 7 32 45 77 8 40 32 72 9 Wang Beixing 18 40 58 10 28 28 56

1000 m # Name Nat. HVN Total 1 100 100 2 Zhang Hong 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50 6 45 45 7 40 40 8 36 36 9 Yu Jing 32 32 10 28 28

1500 m # Name Nat. HVN Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50 6 45 45 7 40 40 8 36 36 9 32 32 10 28 28

3000/5000 m # Name Nat. HVN Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50 6 45 45 7 40 40 8 35 35 9 Kim Bo-reum 32 32 10 30 30

Mass start # Name Nat. HVN Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 Kim Bo-reum 60 60 5 50 50 6 Park Do-yeong 45 45 7 40 40 8 36 36 9 32 32 10 Lim Yung-soo 28 28

Team pursuit # Name HVN1 Total 1 100 100 2 80 80 3 70 70 4 60 60 5 50 50

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