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

The 500 meters distance for women 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.

On Sunday, 20 January 2013, in the Calgary competitions, South Korean Lee Sang-hwa set a new world record of 36.80 seconds.^[1]

Lee Sang-hwa went on to win the cup, while Jenny Wolf of Germany came second, and Wang Beixing of China came third. The defending champion, Yu Jing of China, ended up in 10th place.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Lee Sang-hwa	1055	2nd
Silver	Jenny Wolf	851	3rd
Bronze	Wang Beixing	756	7th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Heerenveen, Netherlands	16 November	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.85	Heather Richardson United States	37.95	Nao Kodaira Japan	38.26	^[2]
1	Heerenveen, Netherlands	17 November	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.92	Heather Richardson United States	38.13	Jenny Wolf Germany	38.14	^[3]
4	Nagano, Japan	8 December	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.63	Nao Kodaira Japan	37.96	Heather Richardson United States	38.01	^[4]
4	Nagano, Japan	9 December	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.60	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.91	Nao Kodaira Japan	38.09	^[5]
5	Harbin, China	15 December	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.94	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.95	Yu Jing China	38.53	^[6]
5	Harbin, China	16 December	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.65	Yu Jing China	38.34	Nao Kodaira Japan	38.38	^[7]
6	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	19 January	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	36.99	Heather Richardson United States	37.12	Yu Jing China	37.28	^[8]
6	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	20 January	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	36.80 WR	Heather Richardson United States	37.42	Margot Boer Netherlands	37.54	^[9]
8	Erfurt, Germany	1 March	Wang Beixing China	38.07	Thijsje Oenema Netherlands	38.34	Jenny Wolf Germany	38.39	^[10]
8	Erfurt, Germany	2 March	Wang Beixing China	38.15	Olga Fatkulina Russia	38.215	Thijsje Oenema Netherlands	38.217	^[11]
9	Heerenveen, Netherlands	8 March	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.77	Wang Beixing China	37.81	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.82	^[12]
9	Heerenveen, Netherlands	10 March	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.77	Wang Beixing China	37.78	Thijsje Oenema Netherlands	38.10	^[13]

Standings

Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season).^[14]

#	Name	HVN1	HVN2	NAG1	NAG2	HAR1	HAR2	CAL1	CAL2	ERF1	ERF2	HVN3	HVN4	Total
1	Lee Sang-hwa	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	–	–	105	150	1055
2	Jenny Wolf	50	70	60	80	80	60	36	45	70	60	150	90	851
3	Wang Beixing	18	40	28	60	45	45	40	40	100	100	120	120	756
4	Olga Fatkulina	40	32	40	36	32	50	60	24	60	80	40	75	569
5	Heather Richardson	80	80	70	45	–	–	80	80	50	45	14	24	568
6	Thijsje Oenema	8	21	50	28	8	24	45	32	80	70	75	105	546
7	Nao Kodaira	70	36	80	70	60	70	5	–	–	–	12	12	415
8	Margot Boer	32	45	14	50	50	40	32	70	45	32	–	–	410
9	Laurine van Riessen	10	24	16	10	40	32	50	50	18	36	75	45	406
10	Yu Jing	45	50	–	–	70	80	70	60	–	–	–	–	375
11	Zhang Hong	60	60	–	–	24	36	–	–	24	32	90	36	362
12	Miyako Sumiyoshi	24	12	45	21	18	18	24	36	36	50	21	40	345
13	Karolína Erbanová	28	28	32	40	28	21	16	28	21	6	16	10	274
14	Maki Tsuji	21	12	18	24	36	28	21	16	32	18	32	16	274
15	Brittany Bowe	15	25	24	18	–	–	18	18	40	40	36	32	266
16	Christine Nesbitt	36	14	36	32	–	–	28	–	–	–	28	–	174
17	Judith Hesse	19	8	–	–	–	–	25	21	28	21	24	14	160
18	Erina Kamiya	6	2	19	25	16	6	14	10	14	14	6	21	153
19	Yekaterina Aydova	11	11	12	12	–	–	0	6	25	24	21	28	150
20	Anastasia Bucsis	8	15	10	8	10	5	10	12	18	16	8	8	128
21	Anice Das	8	25	8	4	–	–	2	0	19	25	10	18	119
22	Denise Roth	0	4	11	19	6	14	15	15	6	10	5	6	111
23	Yekaterina Malysheva	0	19	5	6	21	16	8	8	8	–	–	–	91
24	Marrit Leenstra	14	16	21	16	–	–	12	–	10	–	–	–	89
25	Yuliya Liteykina	4	0	14	25	5	10	–	14	–	12	–	–	84
26	Danielle Wotherspoon	5	5	1	1	11	11	1	19	11	19	–	–	84
27	Jennifer Plate	6	4	4	15	12	8	4	8	12	0	–	–	73
28	Lauren Cholewinski	12	6	6	5	–	–	0	25	5	8	–	–	67
29	Yukana Nishina	0	6	8	4	19	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	62
30	Jin Peiyu	16	18	–	–	14	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	60
31	Qi Shuai	–	–	0	0	25	4	6	6	8	8	–	–	57
32	Yvonne Daldossi	0	0	0	0	8	15	0	0	4	11	–	–	38
32	Kaylin Irvine	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	11	1	15	–	–	38
34	Mayon Kuipers	–	–	–	–	15	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	34
34	Yekaterina Lobysheva	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	–	15	–	–	–	34
36	Sugar Todd	1	1	15	11	–	–	0	0	2	1	–	–	31
37	Kim Hyun-yung	0	0	0	0	1	8	6	1	–	–	–	–	16
38	Shannon Rempel	2	0	6	6	–	–	0	2	–	–	–	–	16
39	Park Seung-ju	0	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	12
40	Li Dan	0	0	2	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
41	Janine Smit	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	6	–	–	10
42	Svetlana Radkevich	0	0	–	–	–	–	8	0	–	–	–	–	8
43	Paola Simionato	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	–	–	8
44	Kali Christ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	6	–	–	–	6
44	Gabriele Hirschbichler	0	0	0	–	6	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	6
46	Vanessa Bittner	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	–	–	4
47	Elina Risku	0	0	–	–	0	2	0	–	0	0	–	–	2