2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres

The 500 metres distance for men in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 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]

Mo Tae-bum of South Korea won the cup, while Pekka Koskela of Finland came second, and Tucker Fredricks of the United States came third. Defending champion Lee Kang-seok of South Korea finished in 11th place.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Mo Tae-bum	702	–
Silver	Pekka Koskela	674	13th
Bronze	Tucker Fredricks	646	4th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Chelyabinsk, Russia	18 November	Pekka Koskela  Finland	35.00	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.01	Yūya Oikawa  Japan	35.07
		19 November	Joji Kato  Japan	34.92	Mo Tae-bum  South Korea	35.01	Yūya Oikawa  Japan	35.14
2	Astana, Kazakhstan	25 November	Mo Tae-bum  South Korea	34.89	Tucker Fredricks  United States	34.94	Stefan Groothuis  Netherlands	35.01
		26 November	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.05	Mo Tae-bum  South Korea	35.06	Tucker Fredricks  United States	35.19
3	Heerenveen, Netherlands	2 December	Tucker Fredricks  United States	34.98	Joji Kato  Japan	35.07	Mo Tae-bum  South Korea	35.08
		3 December	Pekka Koskela  Finland	35.01	Joji Kato  Japan	35.02	Jesper Hospes  Netherlands	35.06
4	Salt Lake City, United States	21 January	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	34.37	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.40	Tucker Fredricks  United States	34.45
		22 January	Dmitry Lobkov  Russia	34.54	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	34.57	Tucker Fredricks  United States	34.60
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	2 March	Dmitry Lobkov  Russia	35.11	Hein Otterspeer  Netherlands	35.14	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	35.20
		3 March	Tucker Fredricks  United States	35.05	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	35.12	Joji Kato  Japan	35.16
7	Berlin, Germany	9 March	Jamie Gregg  Canada	35.06	Pekka Koskela  Finland	35.07	Mo Tae-bum  South Korea	35.17
		10 March	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	35.01	Mo Tae-bum  South Korea	35.04	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.08

Standings

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

#	Name	Nat.	CHE1	CHE2	AST1	AST2	HVN1	HVN2	SLC1	SLC2	HVN3	HVN4	BER1	BER2	Total
1	Mo Tae-bum		25	80	100	80	70	45	45	32	–	–	105	120	702
2	Koskela, PekkaPekka Koskela		100	3	21	21	60	100	50	40	24	45	120	90	674
3	Fredricks, TuckerTucker Fredricks		10	28	80	70	100	60	70	70	6	100	16	36	646
4	Smeekens, JanJan Smeekens		80	50	16	100	14	50	80	45	16	24	45	105	625
5	Kato, JojiJoji Kato		45	100	32	36	80	80	18	16	18	70	12	40	547
6	Mulder, MichelMichel Mulder		32	6	28	8	25	36	16	50	50	80	36	150	517
7	Gregg, JamieJamie Gregg		36	45	5	18	6	32	60	18	45	21	150	75	511
8	Nagashima, KeiichiroKeiichiro Nagashima		40	40	8	14	45	5	100	80	70	40	18	45	505
9	Oikawa, YuyaYūya Oikawa		70	70	50	16	50	24	21	24	40	50	14	32	461
10	Lobkov, DmitryDmitry Lobkov		18	12	36	6	19	25	28	100	100	60	32	21	457
11	Lee Kang-seok		6	60	60	60	40	8	40	28	–	–	75	8	385
12	Mulder, RonaldRonald Mulder		28	18	40	10	36	21	–	8	–	36	90	12	299
13	Poutala, MikaMika Poutala		16	16	10	40	8	12	32	36	32	28	24	28	282
14	Was, ArturArtur Waś		19	25	45	12	24	28	24	12	28	18	21	4	260
15	Groothuis, StefanStefan Groothuis		50	21	70	–	21	–	36	–	60	–	–	–	258
16	Junio, GilmoreGilmore Junio		14	32	24	45	32	40	8	10	14	16	5	10	250
17	Hospes, JesperJesper Hospes		4	10	25	24	28	70	12	5	12	6	10	18	224
18	Lee Kyou-hyuk		60	14	21	50	12	14	14	–	–	–	28	6	219
19	Kamijo, YujiYuji Kamijo		12	36	12	32	18	10	10	21	36	14	6	5	212
20	Otterspeer, HeinHein Otterspeer		–	–	–	–	–	–	11	25	80	32	40	14	202
21	Haga, RyoheiRyohei Haga		24	8	6	28	15	0	6	14	8	8	1	1	119
22	Wang Nan		21	24	–	–	0	4	1	–	15	25	3	24	117
23	Yesin, AlekseyAleksey Yesin		3	4	19	0	11	8	6	–	19	19	8	18	115
24	Dutton, WilliamWilliam Dutton		8	0	15	19	16	18	–	–	21	4	4	2	107
25	Dubreuil, LaurentLaurent Dubreuil		–	–	–	–	–	–	25	60	–	–	–	–	85
26	Puolakka, MarkusMarkus Puolakka		6	15	14	0	0	19	5	6	5	5	–	–	75
27	Krech, RomanRoman Krech		8	1	0	–	4	2	15	19	10	12	–	–	71
28	Boisvert-Lacroix, AlexAlex Boisvert-Lacroix		–	–	–	–	–	–	4	15	25	10	2	3	59
29	Lindsey, JoeyJoey Lindsey		0	0	2	25	10	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	53
30	Maclennan, RichardRichard MacLennan		0	11	0	6	6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	38
31	Ouardi, MuncefMuncef Ouardi		–	–	–	–	–	–	8	6	11	11	–	–	36
32	Lee Ki-ho		15	4	4	11	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	34
33	Derraugh, TylerTyler Derraugh		5	5	1	2	8	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	32
34	Kuznetsov, ArtyomArtyom Kuznetsov		0	0	–	–	–	–	19	4	2	6	–	–	31
35	Kim Seong-kyu		1	1	6	15	2	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	31
36	Greig, DanielDaniel Greig		0	0	0	–	–	–	0	8	6	15	–	–	29
37	Bogolubsky, IgorIgor Bogolubsky		4	6	0	8	0	0	–	11	–	–	–	–	29
38	Gluschenko, ViktorViktor Gluschenko		0	2	11	1	1	0	0	0	8	1	–	–	24
39	Yu Fengtong		2	19	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	21
40	Aarnes Hvammen, EspenEspen Aarnes Hvammen		2	2	8	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	–	19
41	Ioriatti, ErmannoErmanno Ioriatti		–	–	–	–	5	6	0	1	4	2	–	–	18
42	Ihle, NicoNico Ihle		11	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
43	Whitmore, MitchellMitchell Whitmore		0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	9
44	Nenzi, Mirko GiacomoMirko Giacomo Nenzi		0	–	0	0	0	–	0	0	–	8	–	–	8
45	Ihle, DennyDenny Ihle		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–	4
46	Davis, ShaniShani Davis		–	–	0	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
47	Schwarz, SamuelSamuel Schwarz		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	2

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