2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 8

The eighth competition weekend of the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle in Erfurt, Germany, from Friday, 1 March, until Sunday, 3 March 2013.

Schedule of events

Schedule of the event:^[1]

Date	Time	Events
1 March	15:00 CET	500 m women 10000 m men 5000 m women
2 March	12:30 CET	500 m men 500 m women 1000 m men 1500 m women Team pursuit men
3 March	12:30 CET	500 m men 1000 m women 1500 m men Team pursuit women

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.06	Joji Kato  Japan	35.16	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.28	[2]
	2	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.96	Joji Kato  Japan	35.05	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.28	[3]
1000 m		Brian Hansen  United States	1:09.79	Stefan Groothuis  Netherlands	1:09.84	Dmitry Lobkov  Russia Nico Ihle  Germany	1:10.18	[4]
1500 m		Zbigniew Bródka  Poland	1:46.88	Haralds Silovs  Latvia	1:46.98	Brian Hansen  United States	1:47.01	[5]
10000 m		Bob de Jong  Netherlands	12:53.56	Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands	12:55.36	Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea	13:19.84	[6]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Koen Verweij	3:45.21	South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Ko Byung-wook Kim Cheol-min	3:45.33	Poland Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański	3:45.79	[7]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Wang Beixing  China	38.07	Thijsje Oenema  Netherlands	38.34	Jenny Wolf  Germany	38.39	[8]
	2	Wang Beixing  China	38.15	Olga Fatkulina  Russia	38.215	Thijsje Oenema  Netherlands	38.217	[9]
1000 m		Brittany Bowe  United States	1:15.34	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:15.74	Olga Fatkulina  Russia	1:15.79	[10]
1500 m		Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:55.61	Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands	1:58.32	Marrit Leenstra  Netherlands	1:58.38	[11]
5000 m		Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	7:01.33	Stephanie Beckert  Germany	7:02.84	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	7:06.96	[12]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Diane Valkenburg Ireen Wüst	3:02.83	Canada Ivanie Blondin Kali Christ Cindy Klassen	3:04.34	Poland Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska	3:05.23	[13]