Individual Speed ​​Skating World Championships 2012

Interior view of the Thialf ice rink

The 14th individual distance world championship was held from March 22nd to 25th, 2012 in the Thialf Hall in Heerenveen .

Attendees

Up to 24 athletes took part in the individual disciplines, only 16 athletes were allowed over 5000 m for women and 10,000 m for men. Eight teams were each qualified for the team pursuit. In total, athletes from 22 nations were able to qualify.

Participating Nations
Australia Belgium People's Republic of China Germany Finland France	Italy Japan Canada Kazakhstan Latvia New Zealand	Netherlands Norway Austria Poland Russia Switzerland	South Korea Czech Republic United States Belarus

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Netherlands	5	5	4th	14th
2	Canada	3	1	-	4th
3	Czech Republic	2	-	-	2
	South Korea	2	-	-	3
5	Germany	-	2	1	3
6th	People's Republic of China	-	2	-	2
7th	United States	-	1	3	4th
8th	Russia	-	1	1	2
9	Finland	-	-	1	1
	Norway	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1
total		12	12	12	36

Medalist

Shows the three medal winners of the individual distances.

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Lee Sang-hwa	Yu Jing	Thijsje Oenema
1000 meters	Christine Nesbitt	Yu Jing	Margot Boer
1500 meters	Christine Nesbitt	Ireen Wüst	Linda de Vries
3000 meters	Martina Sáblíková	Stephanie Beckert	Ireen Wüst
5000 meters	Martina Sáblíková	Stephanie Beckert	Claudia Pechstein
Team tracking	Netherlands Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg Linda de Vries	Canada Brittany Schussler Christine Nesbitt Cindy Klassen	Poland Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
2 × 500 meters	Mo Tae-bum	Michel Mulder	Pekka Koskela
1000 meters	Stefan Groothuis	Kjeld Nuis	Shani Davis
1500 meters	Denny Morrison	Ivan Skobrew	Håvard Bøkko
5000 meters	Sven Kramer	Bob de Jong	Jonathan Kuck
10,000 meters	Bob de Jong	Jorrit Bergsma	Jonathan Kuck
Team tracking	Netherlands Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen	United States Shani Davis Brian Hansen Jonathan Kuck	Russia Ivan Skobrew Denis Juskow Yevgeny Lalenkov

Results

Women

2 × 500 meters

The times of both 500 m runs were added to give the total time.

space	Surname	country	1st run 500 meters	2nd run 500 meters	Total time
1	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	38.03 s (1)	37.66 s (1)	75.69 s
2	Yu Jing	People's Republic of China	38.32 s (6)	37.80 s (2)	76.12 s
3	Thijsje Oenema	Netherlands	38.16 s (2)	38.12 s (3)	76.28 s
4th	Heather Richardson	United States	38.27 s (3)	38.22 s (4)	76.49 s
5	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	38.28 s (4)	38.42 s (7)	76.70 s
6th	Jenny Wolf	Germany	38.54 s (10)	38.24 s (5)	76.78 s
7th	Wang Beixing	People's Republic of China	38.44 s (7)	38.36 s (6)	76.80 s
8th	Karolína Erbanová	Czech Republic	38.30 s (5)	38.59 s (10)	76.89 s
9	Margot Boer	Netherlands	38.47 s (8)	38.60 s (11)	77.07 s
10	Maki Tsuji	Japan	38.49 s (9)	38.62 s (12)	77.11 s
11	Judith Hesse	Germany	38.76 s (12)	38.51 s (8)	77.27 s

1000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1: 15.16 min
2	Yu Jing	People's Republic of China	1: 15.98 min
3	Margot Boer	Netherlands	1: 16.16 min
4th	Heather Richardson	United States	1: 16.30 min
5	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 16.33 min
6th	Ekaterina Sheikhova	Russia	1: 16.50 min
7th	Zhang Hong	People's Republic of China	1: 16.50 min
8th	Brittany Bowe	United States	1: 17.12 min
9	Kali Christ	Canada	1: 17.15 min
10	Ekaterina Aidova	Kazakhstan	1: 17.35 min
20th	Judith Hesse	Germany	1: 18.73 min
21st	Gabriele Hirschbichler	Germany	1: 19.09 min
22nd	Heike Hartmann	Germany	1: 19.34 min

1500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1: 56.07 min
2	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 56.40 min
3	Linda de Vries	Netherlands	1: 57.08 min
4th	Cindy classes	Canada	1: 57.30 min
5	Ekaterina Lobysheva	Russia	1: 58.13 min
6th	Diane Valkenburg	Netherlands	1: 58.37 min
7th	Ekaterina Sheikhova	Russia	1: 58.48 min
8th	Yuliya Skokova	Russia	1: 58.66 min
9	Miho Takagi	Japan	1: 58.84 min
10	Natalia Czerwonka	Poland	1: 58.88 min
20th	Gabriele Hirschbichler	Germany	2: 02.13 min

3000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	4: 01.88 min
2	Stephanie Beckert	Germany	4: 04.09 min
3	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	4: 04.87 min
4th	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	4: 04.99 min
5	Linda de Vries	Netherlands	4: 06.33 min
6th	Cindy classes	Canada	4: 07.14 min
7th	Yevgenia Dmitrieva	Russia	4: 09.51 min
8th	Diane Valkenburg	Netherlands	4: 09.53 min
	Brittany Schussler	Canada	4: 09.53 min
10	Olga Graf	Russia	4: 09.90 min
17th	Isabell East	Germany	4: 15.05 min

5000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	6: 50.46 min
2	Stephanie Beckert	Germany	6: 56.64 min
3	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7:04.01 min
4th	Olga Graf	Russia	7: 10.22 min
5	Diane Valkenburg	Netherlands	7: 13.61 min
6th	Park Do-yeong	South Korea	7: 13.74 min
7th	Cindy classes	Canada	7: 14.19 min
8th	Annouk van der Weijden	Netherlands	7: 15.84 min
9	Jorien Voorhuis	Netherlands	7: 16.21 min
10	Ayaka Kikuchi	Japan	7: 17.18 min
13	Bente Kraus	Germany	7: 20.96 min

Team competition

The team competition lasted six rounds (inner lane only, approx. 2310 m). Eight teams took part.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg Linda de Vries	Netherlands	2: 59.70 min
2	Brittany Schussler Christine Nesbitt Cindy Klassen	Canada	3: 00.51 min
3	Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	Poland	3: 03.32 min
4th	Ekaterina Lobysheva Ekaterina Schichowa Yuliya Skokova	Russia	3: 03.45 min
5	Stephanie Beckert Claudia Pechstein Isabell Ost	Germany	3: 03.63 min
6th	Lee Ju-youn Noh Seon-yeong Kim Bo-reum	South Korea	3: 03.86 min
7th	Masako Hozumi Miho Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi	South Korea	3: 04.10 min
8th	Jilleanne Rookard Heather Richardson Maria Lamb	United States	3: 07.22 min

Men

2 × 500 meters

The times of both 500 m runs were added to give the total time.

space	Surname	country	1st run 500 meters	2nd run 500 meters	Total time
1	Mo Tae-bum	South Korea	34.80 s (1)	34.84 s (2)	69.64 s
2	Michel Mulder	Netherlands	34.99 s (5)	34.66 s (1)	69.65 s
3	Pekka Koskela	Finland	34.87 s (2)	34.95 s (4)	69.82 s
4th	Jōji Katō	Japan	34.93 s (4)	35.07 s (8)	70.00 s
5	Tucker Fredricks	United States	35.06 s (7)	34.98 s (5)	70.04 s
6th	Ronald Mulder	Netherlands	35.22 s (12)	34.85 s (3)	70.07 s
7th	Mika Poutala	Finland	35.17 s (10)	34.99 s (6)	70.16 s
8th	Dmitri Lobkov	Russia	34.87 s (2)	35.31 s (14)	70.18 s
9	Jamie Gregg	Canada	35.03 s (6)	35.18 s (11)	70.21 s
10	Yūya Oikawa	Russia	35.10 s (8)	35.17 s (10)	70.27 s
23	Denny Ihle	Germany	36.10 s (23)	36.33 s (23)	72.43 s

1000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Stefan Groothuis	Netherlands	1: 08.57 min
2	Kjeld Nuis	Netherlands	1: 08.79 min
3	Shani Davis	United States	1: 08.83 min
4th	Denny Morrison	Canada	1: 09.04 min
5	Mo Tae-bum	South Korea	1: 09.09 min
6th	Hein Otterspeer	Netherlands	1: 09.55 min
7th	Jamie Gregg	Canada	1: 09.73 min
8th	Samuel Black	Germany	1: 09.75 min
9	Alexei Jessin	Russia	1: 09.84 min
10	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Russia	1: 09.94 min

1500 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Denny Morrison	Canada	1: 46.44 min
2	Ivan Skobrew	Russia	1: 46.49 min
3	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	1: 46.50 min
4th	Shani Davis	United States	1: 46.64 min
5	Stefan Groothuis	Netherlands	1: 46.65 min
6th	Denis Yuskov	Russia	1: 46.81 min
7th	Jonathan Kuck	United States	1: 46.83 min
8th	Kjeld Nuis	Netherlands	1: 47.06 min
9	Zbigniew Bródka	Poland	1: 47.10 min
10	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	Poland	1: 47.12 min
21st	Patrick Beckert	Germany	1: 49.50 min

5000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6: 13.87 min
2	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	6: 15.26 min
3	Jonathan Kuck	United States	6: 16.28 min
4th	Jan Blokhuijsen	Netherlands	6: 16.82 min
5	Alexis Contin	France	6: 21.44 min
6th	Ivan Skobrew	Russia	6: 24.05 min
7th	Denis Yuskov	Russia	6: 24.74 min
8th	Patrick Beckert	Germany	6: 26.25 min
9	Moritz Geisreiter	Germany	6: 26.64 min
10	Beard swings	Belgium	6: 28.07 min
15th	Alexej Baumgartner	Germany	6: 32.11 min

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time
1	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	12: 53.91 min
2	Jorrit Bergsma	Netherlands	12: 57.71 min
3	Jonathan Kuck	United States	13: 12.66 min
4th	Moritz Geisreiter	Germany	13: 21.10 min
5	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	13: 23.70 min
6th	Bob de Vries	Netherlands	13: 25.74 min
7th	Marco Weber	Germany	13: 28.44 min
8th	Shane Dobbin	New Zealand	13: 28.84 min
9	Alexej Baumgartner	Germany	13: 29.02 min
10	Alexis Contin	France	13: 29.92 min

Team competition

The team competition lasted eight laps (inner lane only, approx. 3080 m). Eight teams took part.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen	Netherlands	3: 41.43 min
2	Shani Davis Brian Hansen Jonathan Kuck	United States	3: 43.42 min
3	Ivan Skobrew Denis Juskow Yevgeny Lalenkov	Russia	3: 43.62 min
4th	Denny Morrison Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky	Canada	3: 44.38 min
5	Sverre Lunde Pedersen Håvard Bøkko Kristian Reistad Fredriksen	Norway	3: 46.33 min
6th	Patrick Beckert Marco Weber Robert Lehmann	Germany	3: 46.48 min
7th	Lee Seung-hoon Ko Byung-wook Joo Hyung-joon	South Korea	3: 47.18 min
8th	Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański	Poland	3: 47.72 min

Web links

• World Cup website
• ISU results page
• Results overview on speedskatingnews.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final qualification status for World Single Distances Championships 2012. (PDF (120 kB)) ISU , accessed on March 24, 2012 (English).