2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

None 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. http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&g=w&event=500 Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women www.speedskatingstats.com 30 September 2013 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 KOR Lee Sang-hwa 1055 2nd Silver GER Jenny Wolf 851 3rd Bronze CHN 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 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-1/r111.htm Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 19 2012 11:36AM 19 November 2012 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130527210246/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-1/r111.htm 2013-05-27 dead 17 November Lee Sang-hwa 37.92 Heather Richardson 38.13 Jenny Wolf 38.14 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-1/r112.htm Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Nov 19 2012 11:35AM 19 November 2012 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130527170355/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-1/r112.htm 2013-05-27 dead 4 Nagano, Japan 8 December Lee Sang-hwa 37.63 Nao Kodaira 37.96 Heather Richardson 38.01 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/nagano/r411.htm Essent ISU World Cup Nagano – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 9 2012 2:25PM 9 December 2012 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 9 December Lee Sang-hwa 37.60 Jenny Wolf 37.91 Nao Kodaira 38.09 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/nagano/r413.htm Essent ISU World Cup Nagano – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 9 2012 2:25PM 9 December 2012 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 5 Harbin, China 15 December Lee Sang-hwa 37.94 Jenny Wolf 37.95 Yu Jing 38.53 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/harbin/r511.htm Essent ISU World Cup Harbin – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 15 2012 8:51PM 15 December 2012 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 16 December Lee Sang-hwa 37.65 Yu Jing 38.34 Nao Kodaira 38.38 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/harbin/r513.htm Essent ISU World Cup Harbin – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 16 2012 3:22PM 16 December 2012 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 6 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 19 January Lee Sang-hwa 36.99 Heather Richardson 37.12 Yu Jing 37.28 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/calgary/r611.htm Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Jan 19 2013 12:27PM 19 January 2013 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130502131450/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/calgary/r611.htm 2013-05-02 dead 20 January Lee Sang-hwa 36.80 WR Heather Richardson 37.42 Margot Boer 37.54 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/calgary/r613.htm Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Jan 20 2013 12:44PM 20 January 2013 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130527161416/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/calgary/r613.htm 2013-05-27 dead 8 Erfurt, Germany 1 March Wang Beixing 38.07 Thijsje Oenema 38.34 Jenny Wolf 38.39 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/erfurt/r811.htm Essent ISU World Cup Erfurt – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Mar 3 2013 1:29PM 3 March 2013 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130528142705/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/erfurt/r811.htm 2013-05-28 dead 2 March Wang Beixing 38.15 Olga Fatkulina 38.215 Thijsje Oenema 38.217 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/erfurt/r812.htm Essent ISU World Cup Erfurt – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Mar 3 2013 1:29PM 3 March 2013 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130502063457/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/erfurt/r812.htm 2013-05-02 dead 9 Heerenveen, Netherlands 8 March Jenny Wolf 37.77 Wang Beixing 37.81 Lee Sang-hwa 37.82 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-2/r911.htm Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Mar 8 2013 6:19PM 8 March 2013 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130528121753/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-2/r911.htm 2013-05-28 dead 10 March Lee Sang-hwa 37.77 Wang Beixing 37.78 Thijsje Oenema 38.10 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-2/r912.htm Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result 500m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Mar 10 2013 2:31PM 10 March 2013 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130528164354/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-2/r912.htm 2013-05-28 dead Standings Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season). http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/worldcup/wc2_500.htm Essent ISU WorldCup 2012/2013 – World Cup Ladies 500m – Rankings 500m Ladies – Rankings as of Mar 10 2013 6:56PM 10 March 2013 International Skating Union 27 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130527065002/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/worldcup/wc2_500.htm 2013-05-27 dead # Name Nat. HVN1 HVN2 NAG1 NAG2 HAR1 HAR2 CAL1 CAL2 ERF1 ERF2 HVN3 HVN4 Total 1 Lee Sang-hwa KOR 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 – – 105 150 1055 2 Jenny Wolf GER 50 70 60 80 80 60 36 45 70 60 150 90 851 3 Wang Beixing CHN 18 40 28 60 45 45 40 40 100 100 120 120 756 4 Olga Fatkulina RUS 40 32 40 36 32 50 60 24 60 80 40 75 569 5 Heather Richardson USA 80 80 70 45 – – 80 80 50 45 14 24 568 6 Thijsje Oenema NED 8 21 50 28 8 24 45 32 80 70 75 105 546 7 Nao Kodaira JPN 70 36 80 70 60 70 5 – – – 12 12 415 8 Margot Boer NED 32 45 14 50 50 40 32 70 45 32 – – 410 9 Laurine van Riessen Riessen, Laurine NED 10 24 16 10 40 32 50 50 18 36 75 45 406 10 Yu Jing CHN 45 50 – – 70 80 70 60 – – – – 375 11 Zhang Hong CHN 60 60 – – 24 36 – – 24 32 90 36 362 12 Miyako Sumiyoshi JPN 24 12 45 21 18 18 24 36 36 50 21 40 345 13 Karolína Erbanová Erbanova, Karolina CZE 28 28 32 40 28 21 16 28 21 6 16 10 274 14 Maki Tsuji JPN 21 12 18 24 36 28 21 16 32 18 32 16 274 15 Brittany Bowe USA 15 25 24 18 – – 18 18 40 40 36 32 266 16 Christine Nesbitt CAN 36 14 36 32 – – 28 – – – 28 – 174 17 Judith Hesse GER 19 8 – – – – 25 21 28 21 24 14 160 18 Erina Kamiya speed skater JPN 6 2 19 25 16 6 14 10 14 14 6 21 153 19 Yekaterina Aydova KAZ 11 11 12 12 – – 0 6 25 24 21 28 150 20 Anastasia Bucsis CAN 8 15 10 8 10 5 10 12 18 16 8 8 128 21 Anice Das NED 8 25 8 4 – – 2 0 19 25 10 18 119 22 Denise Roth GER 0 4 11 19 6 14 15 15 6 10 5 6 111 23 Yekaterina Malysheva RUS 0 19 5 6 21 16 8 8 8 – – – 91 24 Marrit Leenstra Marrit Leenstra (speed skater) NED 14 16 21 16 – – 12 – 10 – – – 89 25 Yuliya Liteykina RUS 4 0 14 25 5 10 – 14 – 12 – – 84 26 Danielle Wotherspoon Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg CAN 5 5 1 1 11 11 1 19 11 19 – – 84 27 Jennifer Plate GER 6 4 4 15 12 8 4 8 12 0 – – 73 28 Lauren Cholewinski USA 12 6 6 5 – – 0 25 5 8 – – 67 29 Yukana Nishina JPN 0 6 8 4 19 25 – – – – – – 62 30 Jin Peiyu CHN 16 18 – – 14 12 – – – – – – 60 31 Qi Shuai CHN – – 0 0 25 4 6 6 8 8 – – 57 32 Yvonne Daldossi ITA 0 0 0 0 8 15 0 0 4 11 – – 38 Kaylin Irvine CAN – – – – – – 11 11 1 15 – – 38 34 Mayon Kuipers NED – – – – 15 19 – – – – – – 34 Yekaterina Lobysheva RUS – – – – – – 19 – 15 – – – 34 36 Sugar Todd USA 1 1 15 11 – – 0 0 2 1 – – 31 37 Kim Hyun-yung KOR 0 0 0 0 1 8 6 1 – – – – 16 38 Shannon Rempel CAN 2 0 6 6 – – 0 2 – – – – 16 39 Park Seung-ju KOR 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 – – – – 12 40 Li Dan CHN 0 0 2 8 – – – – – – – – 10 41 Janine Smit NED – – – – – – – 4 – 6 – – 10 42 Svetlana Radkevich BLR 0 0 – – – – 8 0 – – – – 8 43 Paola Simionato ITA 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 – – 8 44 Kali Christ CAN – – – – – – – 0 6 – – – 6 Gabriele Hirschbichler GER 0 0 0 – 6 – – – 0 – – – 6 46 Vanessa Bittner Vanessa Herzog AUT – – – – – – – – 0 4 – – 4 47 Elina Risku FIN 0 0 – – 0 2 0 – 0 0 – – 2 References Women 0500 ISU