The 500 meters distance for women 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.
A standout moment was South Korean skater Lee Sang-hwa breaking her own world record twice during the season. On January 19, 2013, at the World Cup event in Calgary, she set a new world record with a time of 36.99 seconds. The following day, January 20, she surpassed this achievement by recording a time of 36.80 seconds, further lowering the world record.
Lee Sang-hwa went on to win the cup, while Jenny Wolf of Germany came second, and Wang Beixing of China came third. The defending champion, Yu Jing of China, ended up in 10th place.
Top three MedalAthletePointsPrevious season Gold Lee Sang-hwa 1055 2nd Silver Jenny Wolf 851 3rd Bronze Wang Beixing 756 7th
Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Heerenveen, Netherlands 16 November Lee Sang-hwa 37.85 Heather Richardson 37.95 Nao Kodaira 38.26 17 November Lee Sang-hwa 37.92 Heather Richardson 38.13 Jenny Wolf 38.14 4 Nagano, Japan 8 December Lee Sang-hwa 37.63 Nao Kodaira 37.96 Heather Richardson 38.01 9 December Lee Sang-hwa 37.60 Jenny Wolf 37.91 Nao Kodaira 38.09 5 Harbin, China 15 December Lee Sang-hwa 37.94 Jenny Wolf 37.95 Yu Jing 38.53 16 December Lee Sang-hwa 37.65 Yu Jing 38.34 Nao Kodaira 38.38 6 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 19 January Lee Sang-hwa 36.99 Heather Richardson 37.12 Yu Jing 37.28 20 January Lee Sang-hwa 36.80 WR Heather Richardson 37.42 Margot Boer 37.54 8 Erfurt, Germany 1 March Wang Beixing 38.07 Thijsje Oenema 38.34 Jenny Wolf 38.39 2 March Wang Beixing 38.15 Olga Fatkulina 38.215 Thijsje Oenema 38.217 9 Heerenveen, Netherlands 8 March Jenny Wolf 37.77 Wang Beixing 37.81 Lee Sang-hwa 37.82 10 March Lee Sang-hwa 37.77 Wang Beixing 37.78 Thijsje Oenema 38.10
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 Lee Sang-hwa 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 – – 105 150 1055 2 50 70 60 80 80 60 36 45 70 60 150 90 851 3 Wang Beixing 18 40 28 60 45 45 40 40 100 100 120 120 756 4 40 32 40 36 32 50 60 24 60 80 40 75 569 5 80 80 70 45 – – 80 80 50 45 14 24 568 6 8 21 50 28 8 24 45 32 80 70 75 105 546 7 70 36 80 70 60 70 5 – – – 12 12 415 8 32 45 14 50 50 40 32 70 45 32 – – 410 9 10 24 16 10 40 32 50 50 18 36 75 45 406 10 Yu Jing 45 50 – – 70 80 70 60 – – – – 375 11 Zhang Hong 60 60 – – 24 36 – – 24 32 90 36 362 12 24 12 45 21 18 18 24 36 36 50 21 40 345 13 28 28 32 40 28 21 16 28 21 6 16 10 274 14 21 12 18 24 36 28 21 16 32 18 32 16 274 15 15 25 24 18 – – 18 18 40 40 36 32 266 16 36 14 36 32 – – 28 – – – 28 – 174 17 19 8 – – – – 25 21 28 21 24 14 160 18 6 2 19 25 16 6 14 10 14 14 6 21 153 19 11 11 12 12 – – 0 6 25 24 21 28 150 20 8 15 10 8 10 5 10 12 18 16 8 8 128 21 8 25 8 4 – – 2 0 19 25 10 18 119 22 0 4 11 19 6 14 15 15 6 10 5 6 111 23 0 19 5 6 21 16 8 8 8 – – – 91 24 14 16 21 16 – – 12 – 10 – – – 89 25 4 0 14 25 5 10 – 14 – 12 – – 84 26 5 5 1 1 11 11 1 19 11 19 – – 84 27 6 4 4 15 12 8 4 8 12 0 – – 73 28 12 6 6 5 – – 0 25 5 8 – – 67 29 0 6 8 4 19 25 – – – – – – 62 30 Jin Peiyu 16 18 – – 14 12 – – – – – – 60 31 Qi Shuai – – 0 0 25 4 6 6 8 8 – – 57 32 0 0 0 0 8 15 0 0 4 11 – – 38 – – – – – – 11 11 1 15 – – 38 34 – – – – 15 19 – – – – – – 34 – – – – – – 19 – 15 – – – 34 36 1 1 15 11 – – 0 0 2 1 – – 31 37 Kim Hyun-yung 0 0 0 0 1 8 6 1 – – – – 16 38 2 0 6 6 – – 0 2 – – – – 16 39 Park Seung-ju 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 – – – – 12 40 Li Dan 0 0 2 8 – – – – – – – – 10 41 – – – – – – – 4 – 6 – – 10 42 0 0 – – – – 8 0 – – – – 8 43 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 – – 8 44 – – – – – – – 0 6 – – – 6 0 0 0 – 6 – – – 0 – – – 6 46 – – – – – – – – 0 4 – – 4 47 0 0 – – 0 2 0 – 0 0 – – 2
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