2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit explained

The women's team pursuit in the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over four races on four 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.

The Netherlands won the cup, while the defending champions, Canada, came second, and Poland came third.

Top three

Medal	Points	Previous season
Gold	400	6th
Silver	370	1st
Bronze	295	4th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Heerenveen, Netherlands	18 November	Stephanie Beckert Isabell Ost Claudia Pechstein	3:01.14	Marije Joling Marrit Leenstra Diane Valkenburg	3:02.332	Ivanie Blondin Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	3:02.337	^[1]
3	Astana, Kazachstan	2 December	Ivanie Blondin Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	2:58.40	Kim Bo-reum Noh Seon-yeong Park Do-yeong	3:00.55	Marrit Leenstra Diane Valkenburg Linda de Vries	3:00.71	^[2]
8	Erfurt, Germany	3 March	Marrit Leenstra Diane Valkenburg Ireen Wüst	3:02.83	Ivanie Blondin Kali Christ Cindy Klassen	3:04.34	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska	3:05.23	^[3]
9	Heerenveen, Netherlands	8 March	Marrit Leenstra Linda de Vries Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg	3:00.50	Kali Christ Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler Ivanie Blondin	3:03.50	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska Natalia Czerwonka	3:04.19	^[4]

Standings

Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season).^[5]

	Country	AST	ERF	HVN2	Total
1	align=left	80	bgcolor=CC9966	70	100	150	400
2	align=left	bgcolor=CC9966	70	100	80	120	370
3	align=left	60	60	bgcolor=CC9966	70	bgcolor=CC9966	105	295
4	align=left	100	45	45	90	280
5	align=left	50	80	30	–	160
6	align=left	45	40	50	–	135
7	align=left	40	50	40	–	130
8	align=left	35	0	60	–	95
9	align=left	25	–	35	–	60
10	align=left	30	–	25	–	55
11	align=left	21	–	21	–	42
12	align=left	–	35	–	–	35

Notes and References

Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Nov 18 2012 5:50PM . 18 November 2012 . International Skating Union . 28 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502071400/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-1/r116.htm . 2013-05-02 . dead.
Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Astana – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 2 2012 6:52PM . 2 December 2012 . International Skating Union . 28 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054821/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/astana/r313.htm . 2013-09-21 . dead.
Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Erfurt – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Mar 3 2013 3:14PM . 3 March 2013 . International Skating Union . 28 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530052806/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/erfurt/r816.htm . 2013-05-30 . dead.
Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Heerenveen – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Mar 8 2013 7:42PM . 8 March 2013 . International Skating Union . 28 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130527173145/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/heerenveen-2/r917.htm . 2013-05-27 . dead.
Web site: Essent ISU WorldCup 2011/2012 – Rankings Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Mar 10 2013 6:56PM . 10 March 2013 . International Skating Union . 28 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502060035/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/worldcup/wc2_4400.htm . 2013-05-02 . dead.