2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4 explained

The fourth competition weekend of the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the M-Wave arena in Nagano, Japan, from Saturday, 8 December, until Sunday, 9 December 2012.

Schedule of events

Schedule of the event:^[1]

Date	Time	Events
8 December	14:50 JST	500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men
9 December	13:50 JST	500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Pekka Koskela	34.64	Michel Mulder	34.95	Tucker Fredricks	35.10	^[2]
2	Keiichiro Nagashima	35.14	Gilmore Junio	35.16	Jan Smeekens	35.18	^[3]
1000 m	1	Pekka Koskela	1:09.52	Samuel Schwarz	1:09.69	Lee Kyou-hyuk	1:09.85	^[4]
2	Hein Otterspeer	1:09.20	Denny Morrison	1:09.64	Kjeld Nuis	1:09.72	^[5]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Lee Sang-hwa	37.63	Nao Kodaira	37.96	Heather Richardson	38.01	^[6]
2	Lee Sang-hwa	37.60	Jenny Wolf	37.91	Nao Kodaira	38.09	^[7]
1000 m	1	Heather Richardson	1:15.24	Christine Nesbitt	1:15.45	Lotte van Beek	1:16.15	^[8]
2	Christine Nesbitt	1:15.13	Heather Richardson	1:15.26	Lotte van Beek	1:15.87	^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nagano World Cup announcement . 2012-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222747/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3799 . 2016-03-03 . dead .
2. Web site: 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.
3. Web site: 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.
4. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Nagano – Result 1000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 8 2012 5:06PM . 8 December 2012 . International Skating Union . 25 July 2013.
5. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Nagano – Result 1000m Men Division A – Rankings as of Dec 9 2012 5:10PM . 9 December 2012 . International Skating Union . 25 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502080231/http://live.isuresults.eu/2012-2013/NAGANO/r404.htm . 2013-05-02 . dead.
6. Web site: 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.
7. Web site: 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.
8. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Nagano – Result 1000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 8 2012 5:06PM . 8 December 2012 . International Skating Union . 11 July 2013.
9. Web site: Essent ISU World Cup Nagano – Result 1000m Ladies Division A – Rankings as of Dec 9 2012 4:30PM . 9 December 2012 . International Skating Union . 11 July 2013.