The 500 meters distance for men in the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 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.
Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands won the cup, while Joji Kato of Japan came second, and Michel Mulder of the Netherlands came third. The defending champion, Mo Tae-bum of South Korea, ended up in seventh place.
Top three Medal Athlete Points Previous season Gold Jan Smeekens 1130 4th Silver Joji Kato 896 5th Bronze Michel Mulder 665 6th
Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Heerenveen, Netherlands 17 November Pekka Koskela 34.96 Artur Waś 34.98 Jan Smeekens 35.07 18 November Joji Kato 34.98 Jan Smeekens 35.04 Mo Tae-bum 35.15 4 Nagano, Japan 8 December Pekka Koskela 34.64 Michel Mulder 34.95 Tucker Fredricks 35.10 9 December Keiichiro Nagashima 35.14 Gilmore Junio 35.16 Jan Smeekens 35.18 5 Harbin, China 15 December Jan Smeekens 35.15 Michel Mulder 35.20 Joji Kato 35.22 16 December Joji Kato 34.94 Ronald Mulder 35.21 Jan Smeekens 35.27 6 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 19 January Jan Smeekens 34.32 Pekka Koskela 34.361 Jamie Gregg 34.369 20 January Jan Smeekens 34.39 Joji Kato 34.44 Michel Mulder 34.55 8 Erfurt, Germany 2 March Jan Smeekens 35.06 Joji Kato 35.16 Ronald Mulder 35.28 3 March Jan Smeekens 34.96 Joji Kato 35.05 Ronald Mulder 35.28 9 Heerenveen, Netherlands 8 March Jan Smeekens 34.84 Jamie Gregg 34.96 Ronald Mulder 35.04 10 March Jan Smeekens 34.83 Joji Kato 34.92 Michel Mulder 34.97
Standings Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season). # Name Nat. HVN1 HVN2 NAG1 NAG2 HAR1 HAR2 CAL1 CAL2 ERF1 ERF2 HVN3 HVN4 Total 1 70 80 40 70 100 70 100 100 100 100 150 150 1130 2 50 100 45 21 70 100 60 80 80 80 90 120 896 3 45 6 80 60 80 36 18 70 40 50 75 105 665 4 18 16 12 24 60 80 50 45 70 70 105 90 640 5 40 25 14 12 36 16 70 10 45 60 120 32 480 6 24 45 21 100 40 60 21 28 24 36 10 45 454 7 Mo Tae-bum 60 70 50 50 21 24 12 40 – – 24 75 426 8 32 60 24 80 18 50 45 36 18 21 28 8 420 9 8 12 36 45 28 28 28 50 60 24 32 28 379 10 100 0 100 4 – – 80 60 – – – – 344 11 80 50 28 40 50 45 14 6 0 – 8 10 331 12 21 32 60 16 5 12 36 21 36 45 18 18 320 13 11 19 70 18 – – 16 24 28 28 45 36 295 14 40 18 32 14 32 18 24 12 32 18 12 40 292 15 16 21 18 36 14 21 40 16 50 32 – – 264 16 Lee Kang-seok 14 0 28 25 50 40 32 – – – 36 24 249 17 – – 8 4 11 15 25 36 21 40 40 12 212 18 26 24 10 32 24 4 8 14 6 8 14 21 201 19 0 25 8 8 25 32 6 18 10 14 16 16 178 20 14 36 – – 16 8 – 19 16 16 21 – 146 21 0 8 4 25 10 10 8 – 15 25 5 6 116 22 32 28 6 5 6 6 10 5 8 6 – – 112 23 19 6 – – – – 11 25 14 10 6 14 105 24 2 1 19 2 8 5 6 15 25 – – – 83 25 Lee Kyou-hyuk 10 14 16 10 12 14 – – – – – – 76 26 Kim Sung-kyu 8 0 11 8 19 19 0 8 – – – – 73 27 15 0 0 1 4 11 0 2 4 19 – – 56 28 Wang Nan 4 11 0 0 15 25 – – – – – – 55 29 0 – 0 19 – – 0 6 11 19 – – 55 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 8 12 12 – – 52 31 0 2 15 0 6 – 0 0 19 – – – 42 32 Kim Yeong-ho 6 15 5 6 8 0 0 – – – – – 40 33 6 8 1 0 – – 4 11 0 0 – – 30 34 Guo Qiang – – – – 2 6 – – 8 8 – – 24 35 0 0 2 15 0 0 2 1 2 0 – – 22 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 0 1 – – 20 37 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 11 – – 19 38 0 4 0 11 0 2 0 0 – – – – 17 39 5 10 0 0 0 1 – – – – – – 16 40 – – 6 6 – – – – – – – – 12 41 – – – – – – – – 6 4 – – 10 42 – – 0 0 – – – – 0 6 – – 6 43 Liu Fangyi 0 0 – – 1 4 – – – – – – 5 44 Han Jialiang – – – – – – – – 0 2 – – 2 45 – – – – – – 1 0 – – – – 1 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 1 0 – – 1
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