2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres explained

The 500 metres distance for men in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 18–20 November 2011, and the final occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 9–11 March 2012.^[1]

Mo Tae-bum of South Korea won the cup, while Pekka Koskela of Finland came second, and Tucker Fredricks of the United States came third. Defending champion Lee Kang-seok of South Korea finished in 11th place.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold		702	–
Silver		674	13th
Bronze		646	4th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Chelyabinsk, Russia	18 November	Pekka Koskela	35.00	Jan Smeekens	35.01	Yūya Oikawa	35.07	http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/chelyabinsk/r101.htm
19 November	Joji Kato	34.92	Mo Tae-bum	35.01	Yūya Oikawa	35.14	http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/chelyabinsk/r102.htm
2	Astana, Kazakhstan	25 November	Mo Tae-bum	34.89	Tucker Fredricks	34.94	Stefan Groothuis	35.01	http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/astana/r201.htm
26 November	Jan Smeekens	35.05	Mo Tae-bum	35.06	Tucker Fredricks	35.19	http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/astana/r202.htm
3	Heerenveen, Netherlands	2 December	Tucker Fredricks	34.98	Joji Kato	35.07	Mo Tae-bum	35.08	https://web.archive.org/web/20111209100603/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/heerenveen-1/r301.htm
3 December	Pekka Koskela	35.01	Joji Kato	35.02	Jesper Hospes	35.06	https://web.archive.org/web/20130502233119/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/heerenveen-1/r302.htm
4	,	21 January	Keiichiro Nagashima	34.37	Jan Smeekens	34.40	Tucker Fredricks	34.45	http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/saltlakecity/r401.htm
22 January	Dmitry Lobkov	34.54	Keiichiro Nagashima	34.57	Tucker Fredricks	34.60	http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/saltlakecity/r403.htm
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	2 March	Dmitry Lobkov	35.11	Hein Otterspeer	35.14	Keiichiro Nagashima	35.20	https://web.archive.org/web/20120305035441/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/heerenveen-2/r601.htm
3 March	Tucker Fredricks	35.05	Michel Mulder	35.12	Joji Kato	35.16	https://web.archive.org/web/20120306014800/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/heerenveen-2/r602.htm
7	Berlin, Germany	9 March	Jamie Gregg	35.06	Pekka Koskela	35.07	Mo Tae-bum	35.17	https://web.archive.org/web/20120313194004/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/berlin/r701.htm
10 March	Michel Mulder	35.01	Mo Tae-bum	35.04	Jan Smeekens	35.08	https://web.archive.org/web/20130602185604/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/berlin/r702.htm

Standings

Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season).^[2]

	Name	Nat.	CHE1	CHE2	AST1	AST2	HVN1	HVN2	SLC1	SLC2	HVN3	HVN4	BER1	BER2	Total
1	align=left			25	80	100	80	bgcolor=CC9966	70	45	45	32	–	–	bgcolor=CC9966	105	120	702
2	align=left			100	3	21	21	60	100	50	40	24	45	120	90	674
3	align=left			10	28	80	bgcolor=CC9966	70	100	60	bgcolor=CC9966	70	bgcolor=CC9966	70	6	100	16	36	646
4	align=left			80	50	16	100	14	50	80	45	16	24	45	bgcolor=CC9966	105	625
5	align=left			45	100	32	36	80	80	18	16	18	bgcolor=CC9966	70	12	40	547
6	align=left			32	6	28	8	25	36	16	50	50	80	36	150	517
7	align=left			36	45	5	18	6	32	60	18	45	21	150	75	511
8	align=left			40	40	8	14	45	5	100	80	bgcolor=CC9966	70	40	18	45	505
9	align=left			bgcolor=CC9966	70	bgcolor=CC9966	70	50	16	50	24	21	24	40	50	14	32	461
10	align=left			18	12	36	6	19	25	28	100	100	60	32	21	457
11	align=left			6	60	60	60	40	8	40	28	–	–	75	8	385
12	align=left			28	18	40	10	36	21	–	8	–	36	90	12	299
13	align=left			16	16	10	40	8	12	32	36	32	28	24	28	282
14	align=left			19	25	45	12	24	28	24	12	28	18	21	4	260
15	align=left			50	21	bgcolor=CC9966	70	–	21	–	36	–	60	–	–	–	258
16	align=left			14	32	24	45	32	40	8	10	14	16	5	10	250
17	align=left			4	10	25	24	28	bgcolor=CC9966	70	12	5	12	6	10	18	224
18	align=left			60	14	21	50	12	14	14	–	–	–	28	6	219
19	align=left			12	36	12	32	18	10	10	21	36	14	6	5	212
20	align=left			–	–	–	–	–	–	11	25	80	32	40	14	202
21	align=left			24	8	6	28	15	0	6	14	8	8	1	1	119
22	align=left			21	24	–	–	0	4	1	–	15	25	3	24	117
23	align=left			3	4	19	0	11	8	6	–	19	19	8	18	115
24	align=left			8	0	15	19	16	18	–	–	21	4	4	2	107
25	align=left			–	–	–	–	–	–	25	60	–	–	–	–	85
26	align=left			6	15	14	0	0	19	5	6	5	5	–	–	75
27	align=left			8	1	0	–	4	2	15	19	10	12	–	–	71
28	align=left			–	–	–	–	–	–	4	15	25	10	2	3	59
29	align=left			0	0	2	25	10	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	53
30	align=left			0	11	0	6	6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	38
31	align=left			–	–	–	–	–	–	8	6	11	11	–	–	36
32	align=left			15	4	4	11	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	34
33	align=left			5	5	1	2	8	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	32
34	align=left			0	0	–	–	–	–	19	4	2	6	–	–	31
35	align=left			1	1	6	15	2	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	31
36	align=left			0	0	0	–	–	–	0	8	6	15	–	–	29
37	align=left			4	6	0	8	0	0	–	11	–	–	–	–	29
38	align=left			0	2	11	1	1	0	0	0	8	1	–	–	24
39	align=left			2	19	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	21
40	align=left			2	2	8	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	–	19
41	align=left			–	–	–	–	5	6	0	1	4	2	–	–	18
42	align=left			11	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
43	align=left			0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	9
44	align=left			0	–	0	0	0	–	0	0	–	8	–	–	8
45	align=left			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–	4
46	align=left			–	–	0	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
47	align=left			1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	2

Notes and References

1. http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=2730 2011/2012 ISU World Cup
2. Web site: Rankings 500m Men . 2011-11-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314083237/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/worldcup/wc1_500.htm . 2012-03-14 . dead .