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

The 500 metres distance for women 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]

Yu Jing of China won the cup, while Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea came second, and the defending champion, Jenny Wolf of Germany, came third.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Yu Jing	960	12th
Silver	Lee Sang-hwa	890	2nd
Bronze	Jenny Wolf	869	1st

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Chelyabinsk, Russia	18 November	Yu Jing  China	37.81	Maki Tsuji  Japan Thijsje Oenema  Netherlands	38.22
		19 November	Yu Jing  China	37.65	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.09	Jenny Wolf  Germany	38.22
2	Astana, Kazakhstan	25 November	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.78	Jenny Wolf  Germany	38.04	Thijsje Oenema  Netherlands	38.22
		26 November	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.984	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.985	Nao Kodaira  Japan	37.99
3	Heerenveen, Netherlands	2 December	Yu Jing  China	37.84	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.91	Wang Beixing  China	38.17
		3 December	Yu Jing  China	37.67	Jenny Wolf  Germany	38.19	Laurine van Riessen  Netherlands	38.20
4	Salt Lake City, United States	21 January	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.36	Nao Kodaira  Japan	37.42	Heather Richardson  United States	37.58
		22 January	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.27	Yu Jing  China	37.51	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.62
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	2 March	Yu Jing  China	38.03	Margot Boer  Netherlands	38.30	Heather Richardson  United States	38.51
		3 March	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.93	Yu Jing  China	38.01	Heather Richardson  United States	38.28
7	Berlin, Germany	9 March	Yu Jing  China	37.94	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	38.00	Jenny Wolf  Germany	38.37
		10 March	Yu Jing  China	37.63	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.66	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	38.17

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	Yu Jing		100	100	–	–	100	100	0	80	100	80	150	150	960
2	Lee Sang-hwa		50	80	100	80	80	60	100	100	–	–	120	120	890
3	Jenny Wolf		40	70	80	100	50	80	24	70	60	100	105	90	869
4	Margot Boer		45	50	45	60	18	18	40	36	80	60	75	28	555
5	Thijsje Oenema		80	60	70	40	36	24	32	50	36	16	45	45	534
6	Nao Kodaira		24	36	60	70	60	–	80	45	50	32	32	18	507
7	Wang Beixing		36	32	–	–	70	32	50	60	45	45	40	75	485
8	Maki Tsuji		80	40	50	50	45	28	21	14	40	50	24	32	474
9	Heather Richardson		18	18	21	24	24	40	70	32	70	70	28	36	451
10	Christine Nesbitt		5	14	24	36	28	50	60	–	–	–	90	105	412
11	Annette Gerritsen		60	28	28	32	32	16	28	28	28	14	8	16	318
12	Laurine van Riessen		16	21	40	21	21	70	18	24	32	24	10	6	303
13	Miyako Sumiyoshi		12	5	18	16	14	14	45	40	14	40	12	21	251
14	Zhang Hong		32	45	–	–	40	21	6	18	–	–	36	40	238
15	Jin Peiyu		21	24	–	–	25	36	36	16	21	–	21	24	224
16	Judith Hesse		28	16	36	45	–	–	14	21	24	12	5	8	209
17	Karolína Erbanová		11	25	32	28	16	45	–	–	–	–	18	5	180
18	Anastasia Bucsis		8	8	8	8	1	11	19	25	12	21	14	12	147
19	Olga Fatkulina		19	19	5	4	11	15	16	10	6	10	16	14	145
20	Brittany Bowe		4	2	19	25	10	10	12	12	18	8	4	4	128
21	Yekaterina Aydova		0	2	2	15	6	25	8	5	25	36	–	1	125
22	Jennifer Plate		15	15	16	18	8	0	–	–	19	15	6	10	122
23	Yukana Nishina		10	12	10	5	15	19	10	6	8	6	2	2	105
24	Monique Angermüller		14	10	12	10	19	–	15	15	–	–	–	–	95
25	Svetlana Radkevich		1	6	25	6	5	12	0	4	8	19	–	–	86
26	Yekaterina Malysheva		25	6	14	14	12	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	79
27	Mayon Kuipers		–	–	–	–	–	–	11	19	10	28	–	–	68
28	Qi Shuai		–	–	–	–	–	–	25	8	16	18	–	–	67
29	Shannon Rempel		8	8	15	8	6	6	–	11	0	1	–	–	63
30	Svetlana Kaykan		6	4	–	–	8	11	6	0	15	11	–	–	61
31	Danielle Wotherspoon		–	–	–	–	–	–	4	8	11	25	3	3	54
32	Lauren Cholewinski		1	0	1	19	4	1	8	2	4	8	–	–	48
33	Kim Hyun-yung		6	11	6	12	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	37
34	Anice Das		3	3	8	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25
35	Yuliya Liteykina		2	4	11	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21
36	Lee Bo-ra		2	1	6	6	2	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	21
37	Heike Hartmann		–	–	–	–	0	0	2	6	6	6	–	–	20
38	Erina Kamiya		4	1	4	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
39	Janine Smit		–	–	–	–	0	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
40	Yvonne Dalldossi		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	–	–	4
41	Irina Arshinova		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	–	–	4
42	Kelly Gunther		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	–	3
43	Miho Takagi		–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2

References

1. 2011/2012 ISU World Cup
2. "Rankings 500m Women". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-11-20.