2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres explained

The 3000 and 5000 metres distances for women in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were contested over six 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]

Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season by winning all races, while Stephanie Beckert of Germany came second, and Claudia Pechstein, also of Germany, came third.

Top three

Medal	Points	Previous season
Gold	650	1st
Silver	410	2nd
Bronze	405	15th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Distance	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Chelyabinsk, Russia	18 November	3000 metres	Martina Sáblíková	4:06.54	Ireen Wüst	4:07.16	Claudia Pechstein	4:07.81	http://live.isuresults.eu/2010-2011/heerenveen2/r115.htm
2	Astana, Kazakhstan	25 November	3000 metres	Martina Sáblíková	4:03.28	Claudia Pechstein	4:03.59	Diane Valkenburg	4:05.36	http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/astana/r215.htm
3	Heerenveen, Netherlands	2 December	5000 metres	Martina Sáblíková	6:58.87	Claudia Pechstein	7:02.92	Stephanie Beckert	7:04.77	https://web.archive.org/web/20111209090052/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/heerenveen-1/r315.htm
5	Hamar, Norway	12 February	3000 metres	Martina Sáblíková	4:05.88	Stephanie Beckert	4:06.42	Ireen Wüst	4:06.57	https://web.archive.org/web/20120214232716/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/hamar/r512.htm
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	2 March	5000 metres	Martina Sáblíková	6:52.50	Stephanie Beckert	6:53.36	Claudia Pechstein	7:05.37	https://web.archive.org/web/20120305035451/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/heerenveen-2/r615.htm
7	Berlin, Germany	9 March	3000 metres	Martina Sáblíková	4:03.14	Stephanie Beckert	4:05.62	Claudia Pechstein	4:07.64	https://web.archive.org/web/20120313195648/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/berlin/r715.htm

Standings

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

	Name	AST	HVN1	HAM	HVN2	BER	Total
1	align=left	100	100	100	100	100	150	650
2	align=left	36	24	bgcolor=CC9966	70	80	80	120	410
3	align=left	bgcolor=CC9966	70	80	80	–	bgcolor=CC9966	70	bgcolor=CC9966	105	405
4	align=left	50	bgcolor=CC9966	70	–	60	40	75	295
5	align=left	60	36	60	–	–	90	246
6	align=left	40	40	0	45	60	40	225
7	align=left	45	50	45	50	25	10	225
8	align=left	80	60	–	bgcolor=CC9966	70	–	–	210
9	align=left	32	18	20	24	50	32	176
10	align=left	25	45	35	21	20	8	154
11	align=left	16	12	25	32	45	21	151
12	align=left	21	16	50	8	35	16	146
13	align=left	–	–	30	40	35	28	133
14	align=left	–	–	–	36	30	45	111
15	align=left	28	32	–	16	15	12	103
16	align=left	8	25	30	10	11	18	102
17	align=left	15	8	21	14	21	14	93
18	align=left	–	–	–	25	30	36	91
19	align=left	24	21	40	–	–	–	85
20	align=left	18	6	18	18	–	24	84
21	align=left	12	14	25	–	13	–	64
22	align=left	–	28	–	28	–	–	56
23	align=left	8	15	–	6	18	5	52
24	align=left	–	–	8	11	25	6	50
25	align=left	19	5	7	12	–	–	43
26	align=left	–	–	35	–	–	–	35
27	align=left	4	4	–	19	8	–	35
28	align=left	6	2	10	8	9	–	35
29	align=left	10	0	13	5	5	–	33
30	align=left	0	0	1	15	15	–	31
31	align=left	6	19	–	–	–	–	25
32	align=left	–	–	15	0	10	–	25
33	align=left	14	10	–	–	–	–	24
34	align=left	2	1	9	0	6	–	18
35	align=left	11	6	–	–	–	–	17
36	align=left	3	8	–	6	–	–	17
37	align=left	4	11	–	1	–	–	16
38	align=left	5	0	11	–	–	–	16
39	align=left	–	–	5	0	7	–	12
40	align=left	1	0	6	–	–	–	7
41	align=left	1	0	–	4	–	–	5
42	align=left	–	–	2	–	3	–	5
43	align=left	–	–	–	–	4	–	4
44	align=left	–	–	4	0	–	–	4
45	align=left	–	–	3	0	–	–	3
46	align=left	–	–	–	2	–	–	2
46	align=left	2	0	–	0	–	–	2

Notes and References

http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=2730 2011/2012 ISU World Cup
Web site: 3000 & 5000 m Women . 2011-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314083259/http://live.isuresults.eu/2011-2012/worldcup/wc2_3000.htm . 2012-03-14 . dead .