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

None 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 NED Jan Smeekens 1130 4th Silver JPN Joji Kato 896 5th Bronze NED 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 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-1/r101.htm Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 18 2012 5:50PM 18 November 2012 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130502064629/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-1/r101.htm 2013-05-02 dead 18 November Joji Kato 34.98 Jan Smeekens 35.04 Mo Tae-bum 35.15 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-1/r102.htm Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Nov 18 2012 5:50PM 18 November 2012 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130502102128/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-1/r102.htm 2013-05-02 dead 4 Nagano, Japan 8 December Pekka Koskela 34.64 Michel Mulder 34.95 Tucker Fredricks 35.10 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/nagano/r401.htm Essent ISU World Cup Nagano – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 9 2012 9:48AM 9 December 2012 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 9 December Keiichiro Nagashima 35.14 Gilmore Junio 35.16 Jan Smeekens 35.18 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/nagano/r403.htm Essent ISU World Cup Nagano – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 9 2012 3:57PM 9 December 2012 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 5 Harbin, China 15 December Jan Smeekens 35.15 Michel Mulder 35.20 Joji Kato 35.22 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/harbin/r501.htm Essent ISU World Cup Harbin – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 16 2012 12:42PM 16 December 2012 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 16 December Joji Kato 34.94 Ronald Mulder 35.21 Jan Smeekens 35.27 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/harbin/r503.htm Essent ISU World Cup Harbin – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 16 2012 3:50PM 16 December 2012 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 6 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 19 January Jan Smeekens 34.32 Pekka Koskela 34.361 Jamie Gregg 34.369 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/calgary/r601.htm Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Jan 19 2013 3:55PM 19 January 2013 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130527072911/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/calgary/r601.htm 2013-05-27 dead 20 January Jan Smeekens 34.39 Joji Kato 34.44 Michel Mulder 34.55 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/calgary/r603.htm Essent ISU World Cup Calgary – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Jan 20 2013 12:28PM 20 January 2013 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130524142329/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/calgary/r603.htm 2013-05-24 dead 8 Erfurt, Germany 2 March Jan Smeekens 35.06 Joji Kato 35.16 Ronald Mulder 35.28 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/erfurt/r801.htm Essent ISU World Cup Erfurt – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Mar 3 2013 1:29PM 3 March 2013 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130529193250/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/erfurt/r801.htm 2013-05-29 dead 3 March Jan Smeekens 34.96 Joji Kato 35.05 Ronald Mulder 35.28 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/erfurt/r802.htm Essent ISU World Cup Erfurt – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Mar 3 2013 1:29PM 3 March 2013 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130527190020/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/erfurt/r802.htm 2013-05-27 dead 9 Heerenveen, Netherlands 8 March Jan Smeekens 34.84 Jamie Gregg 34.96 Ronald Mulder 35.04 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-2/r901.htm Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Mar 8 2013 7:08PM 8 March 2013 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130527191511/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-2/r901.htm 2013-05-27 dead 10 March Jan Smeekens 34.83 Joji Kato 34.92 Michel Mulder 34.97 http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-2/r902.htm Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result 500m Men Division A – Rankings as of Mar 10 2013 3:05PM 10 March 2013 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130502052127/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-2/r902.htm 2013-05-02 dead Standings Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season). http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/worldcup/wc1_500.htm Essent ISU WorldCup 2012/2013 – World Cup Men 500m – Rankings 500m Men – Rankings as of Mar 10 2013 6:56PM 10 March 2013 International Skating Union 19 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130524070512/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/worldcup/wc1_500.htm 2013-05-24 dead # Name Nat. HVN1 HVN2 NAG1 NAG2 HAR1 HAR2 CAL1 CAL2 ERF1 ERF2 HVN3 HVN4 Total 1 Jan Smeekens NED 70 80 40 70 100 70 100 100 100 100 150 150 1130 2 Joji Kato JPN 50 100 45 21 70 100 60 80 80 80 90 120 896 3 Michel Mulder NED 45 6 80 60 80 36 18 70 40 50 75 105 665 4 Ronald Mulder NED 18 16 12 24 60 80 50 45 70 70 105 90 640 5 Jamie Gregg CAN 40 25 14 12 36 16 70 10 45 60 120 32 480 6 Keiichiro Nagashima JPN 24 45 21 100 40 60 21 28 24 36 10 45 454 7 Mo Tae-bum KOR 60 70 50 50 21 24 12 40 – – 24 75 426 8 Gilmore Junio CAN 32 60 24 80 18 50 45 36 18 21 28 8 420 9 Yūya Oikawa Oikawa, Yuya JPN 8 12 36 45 28 28 28 50 60 24 32 28 379 10 Pekka Koskela FIN 100 0 100 4 – – 80 60 – – – – 344 11 Artur Waś Was, Artur POL 80 50 28 40 50 45 14 6 0 – 8 10 331 12 Dmitry Lobkov RUS 21 32 60 16 5 12 36 21 36 45 18 18 320 13 Tucker Fredricks USA 11 19 70 18 – – 16 24 28 28 45 36 295 14 Hein Otterspeer NED 40 18 32 14 32 18 24 12 32 18 12 40 292 15 Mika Poutala FIN 16 21 18 36 14 21 40 16 50 32 – – 264 16 Lee Kang-seok KOR 14 0 28 25 50 40 32 – – – 36 24 249 17 Denis Koval RUS – – 8 4 11 15 25 36 21 40 40 12 212 18 Ryohei Haga JPN 26 24 10 32 24 4 8 14 6 8 14 21 201 19 Daniel Greig AUS 0 25 8 8 25 32 6 18 10 14 16 16 178 20 Kjeld Nuis NED 14 36 – – 16 8 – 19 16 16 21 – 146 21 Aleksey Yesin RUS 0 8 4 25 10 10 8 – 15 25 5 6 116 22 Alex Boisvert-Lacroix CAN 32 28 6 5 6 6 10 5 8 6 – – 112 23 Laurent Dubreuil CAN 19 6 – – – – 11 25 14 10 6 14 105 24 Nico Ihle GER 2 1 19 2 8 5 6 15 25 – – – 83 25 Lee Kyou-hyuk KOR 10 14 16 10 12 14 – – – – – – 76 26 Kim Sung-kyu KOR 8 0 11 8 19 19 0 8 – – – – 73 27 Espen-Aarnes Hvammen NOR 15 0 0 1 4 11 0 2 4 19 – – 56 28 Wang Nan CHN 4 11 0 0 15 25 – – – – – – 55 29 Mirko Giacomo Nenzi ITA 0 – 0 19 – – 0 6 11 19 – – 55 30 William Dutton William Dutton (speed skater) CAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 8 12 12 – – 52 31 Samuel Schwarz Samuel Schwarz (speed skater) GER 0 2 15 0 6 – 0 0 19 – – – 42 32 Kim Yeong-ho KOR 6 15 5 6 8 0 0 – – – – – 40 33 Mitchell Whitmore USA 6 8 1 0 – – 4 11 0 0 – – 30 34 Guo Qiang CHN – – – – 2 6 – – 8 8 – – 24 35 Artyom Kuznetsov RUS 0 0 2 15 0 0 2 1 2 0 – – 22 36 Denny Ihle GER 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 0 1 – – 20 37 Igor Bogolubsky RUS 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 11 – – 19 38 Viktor Gluschenko KAZ 0 4 0 11 0 2 0 0 – – – – 17 39 Tsubasa Hasegawa JPN 5 10 0 0 0 1 – – – – – – 16 40 Jesper Hospes NED – – 6 6 – – – – – – – – 12 41 Roman Krech KAZ – – – – – – – – 6 4 – – 10 42 Jonathan Garcia USA – – 0 0 – – – – 0 6 – – 6 43 Liu Fangyi CHN 0 0 – – 1 4 – – – – – – 5 44 Han Jialiang CHN – – – – – – – – 0 2 – – 2 45 Shunsuke Nakamura Shunsuke Nakamura (speed skater) JPN – – – – – – 1 0 – – – – 1 Artur Nogal POL 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 1 0 – – 1 References Men 0500