2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 6

The sixth competition weekend of the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from Saturday, 19 January, until Sunday, 20 January 2013.

On the second day of the competition, South Korean Lee Sang-hwa set a new world record of 36.80 seconds in the women's 500 metres.^[1]

Schedule of events

Schedule of the event:^[2]

Date	Time	Events
19 January	12:00 MST	500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men
20 January	11:45 MST	500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.32	Pekka Koskela  Finland	34.361	Jamie Gregg  Canada	34.369	[3]
	2	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.39	Joji Kato  Japan	34.44	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	34.55	[4]
1000 m	1	Shani Davis  United States	1:07.49	Kjeld Nuis  Netherlands	1:07.64	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	1:07.87	[5]
	2	Hein Otterspeer  Netherlands	1:07.76	Shani Davis  United States	1:07.83	Samuel Schwarz  Germany	1:07.85	[6]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	36.99	Heather Richardson  United States	37.12	Yu Jing  China	37.28	[7]
	2	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	36.80 WR	Heather Richardson  United States	37.42	Margot Boer  Netherlands	37.54	[8]
1000 m	1	Heather Richardson  United States	1:13.09	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:13.67	Brittany Bowe  United States	1:13.92	[9]
	2	Heather Richardson  United States	1:13.30	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:13.89	Brittany Bowe  United States	1:13.96	[10]