2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres

The 500 meters distance for men in the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six 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.

Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands won the cup, while Joji Kato of Japan came second, and Michel Mulder of the Netherlands came third. The defending champion, Mo Tae-bum of South Korea, ended up in seventh place.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Jan Smeekens	1130	4th
Silver	Joji Kato	896	5th
Bronze	Michel Mulder	665	6th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Heerenveen, Netherlands	17 November	Pekka Koskela  Finland	34.96	Artur Waś  Poland	34.98	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.07	[1]
		18 November	Joji Kato  Japan	34.98	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.04	Mo Tae-bum  South Korea	35.15	[2]
4	Nagano, Japan	8 December	Pekka Koskela  Finland	34.64	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	34.95	Tucker Fredricks  United States	35.10	[3]
		9 December	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	35.14	Gilmore Junio  Canada	35.16	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.18	[4]
5	Harbin, China	15 December	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.15	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	35.20	Joji Kato  Japan	35.22	[5]
		16 December	Joji Kato  Japan	34.94	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.21	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.27	[6]
6	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	19 January	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.32	Pekka Koskela  Finland	34.361	Jamie Gregg  Canada	34.369	[7]
		20 January	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.39	Joji Kato  Japan	34.44	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	34.55	[8]
8	Erfurt, Germany	2 March	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.06	Joji Kato  Japan	35.16	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.28	[9]
		3 March	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.96	Joji Kato  Japan	35.05	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.28	[10]
9	Heerenveen, Netherlands	8 March	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.84	Jamie Gregg  Canada	34.96	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.04	[11]
		10 March	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.83	Joji Kato  Japan	34.92	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	34.97	[12]

Standings

Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season).[13]

#	Name	Nat.	HVN1	HVN2	NAG1	NAG2	HAR1	HAR2	CAL1	CAL2	ERF1	ERF2	HVN3	HVN4	Total
1	Jan Smeekens		70	80	40	70	100	70	100	100	100	100	150	150	1130
2	Joji Kato		50	100	45	21	70	100	60	80	80	80	90	120	896
3	Michel Mulder		45	6	80	60	80	36	18	70	40	50	75	105	665
4	Ronald Mulder		18	16	12	24	60	80	50	45	70	70	105	90	640
5	Jamie Gregg		40	25	14	12	36	16	70	10	45	60	120	32	480
6	Keiichiro Nagashima		24	45	21	100	40	60	21	28	24	36	10	45	454
7	Mo Tae-bum		60	70	50	50	21	24	12	40	–	–	24	75	426
8	Gilmore Junio		32	60	24	80	18	50	45	36	18	21	28	8	420
9	Yūya Oikawa		8	12	36	45	28	28	28	50	60	24	32	28	379
10	Pekka Koskela		100	0	100	4	–	–	80	60	–	–	–	–	344
11	Artur Waś		80	50	28	40	50	45	14	6	0	–	8	10	331
12	Dmitry Lobkov		21	32	60	16	5	12	36	21	36	45	18	18	320
13	Tucker Fredricks		11	19	70	18	–	–	16	24	28	28	45	36	295
14	Hein Otterspeer		40	18	32	14	32	18	24	12	32	18	12	40	292
15	Mika Poutala		16	21	18	36	14	21	40	16	50	32	–	–	264
16	Lee Kang-seok		14	0	28	25	50	40	32	–	–	–	36	24	249
17	Denis Koval		–	–	8	4	11	15	25	36	21	40	40	12	212
18	Ryohei Haga		26	24	10	32	24	4	8	14	6	8	14	21	201
19	Daniel Greig		0	25	8	8	25	32	6	18	10	14	16	16	178
20	Kjeld Nuis		14	36	–	–	16	8	–	19	16	16	21	–	146
21	Aleksey Yesin		0	8	4	25	10	10	8	–	15	25	5	6	116
22	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix		32	28	6	5	6	6	10	5	8	6	–	–	112
23	Laurent Dubreuil		19	6	–	–	–	–	11	25	14	10	6	14	105
24	Nico Ihle		2	1	19	2	8	5	6	15	25	–	–	–	83
25	Lee Kyou-hyuk		10	14	16	10	12	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	76
26	Kim Sung-kyu		8	0	11	8	19	19	0	8	–	–	–	–	73
27	Espen-Aarnes Hvammen		15	0	0	1	4	11	0	2	4	19	–	–	56
28	Wang Nan		4	11	0	0	15	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	55
29	Mirko Giacomo Nenzi		0	–	0	19	–	–	0	6	11	19	–	–	55
30	William Dutton		1	0	0	0	0	0	19	8	12	12	–	–	52
31	Samuel Schwarz		0	2	15	0	6	–	0	0	19	–	–	–	42
32	Kim Yeong-ho		6	15	5	6	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	40
33	Mitchell Whitmore		6	8	1	0	–	–	4	11	0	0	–	–	30
34	Guo Qiang		–	–	–	–	2	6	–	–	8	8	–	–	24
35	Artyom Kuznetsov		0	0	2	15	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	–	22
36	Denny Ihle		0	0	0	0	0	0	15	4	0	1	–	–	20
37	Igor Bogolubsky		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	11	–	–	19
38	Viktor Gluschenko		0	4	0	11	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	17
39	Tsubasa Hasegawa		5	10	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	16
40	Jesper Hospes		–	–	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12
41	Roman Krech		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	4	–	–	10
42	Jonathan Garcia		–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	6	–	–	6
43	Liu Fangyi		0	0	–	–	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
44	Han Jialiang		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	–	–	2
45	Shunsuke Nakamura		–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	–	–	–	–	1
	Artur Nogal		0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	1

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