2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 9

The ninth and final competition weekend 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 8 March, until Sunday, 10 March 2013.

Schedule of events

Schedule of the event:^[1]

Date	Time	Events
8 March	18:00 CET	500 m women 500 m men Team pursuit women Team pursuit men
9 March	13:15 CET	1000 m women 1000 m men 3000 m women 5000 m men
10 March	14:00 CET	500 m women 500 m men 1500 m women 1500 m men Mass start women Mass start men

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.84	Jamie Gregg  Canada	34.96	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.04	[2]
	2	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.83	Joji Kato  Japan	34.92	Michel Mulder  Netherlands	34.97	[3]
1000 m		Stefan Groothuis  Netherlands	1:08.91	Mark Tuitert  Netherlands	1:09.22	Kjeld Nuis  Netherlands	1:09.240	[4]
1500 m		Bart Swings  Belgium	1:45.50	Zbigniew Bródka  Poland	1:45.96	Shani Davis  United States	1:46.13	[5]
5000 m		Sven Kramer  Netherlands	6:10.78	Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands	6:15.74	Bob de Jong  Netherlands	6:18.26	[6]
Mass start		Bart Swings  Belgium	10:32.32	Joo Hyung-joon  South Korea	10:32.37	Arjan Stroetinga  Netherlands	10:32.40	[7]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Jorrit Bergsma	3:40.64	South Korea Joo Hyung-joon Ko Byung-wook Lee Seung-hoon Kim Cheol-min	3:42.69	Russia Yevgeny Lalenkov Ivan Skobrev Denis Yuskov	3:43.02	[8]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Jenny Wolf  Germany	37.77	Wang Beixing  China	37.81	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.82	[9]
	2	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	37.77	Wang Beixing  China	37.78	Thijsje Oenema  Netherlands	38.10	[10]
1000 m		Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:15.48	Zhang Hong  China	1:15.50	Laurine van Riessen  Netherlands	1:15.95	[11]
1500 m		Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:54.67	Lotte van Beek  Netherlands	1:56.58	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:56.86	[12]
3000 m		Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	3:58.68	Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands	4:04.75	Linda de Vries  Netherlands	4:04.87	[13]
Mass start		Irene Schouten  Netherlands	9:14.26	Ivanie Blondin  Canada	9:14.29	Kim Bo-reum  South Korea	9:14.38	[14]
Team pursuit		Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Linda de Vries Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg	3:00.50	Canada Kali Christ Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler Ivanie Blondin	3:03.50	Poland Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska Natalia Czerwonka	3:04.19	[15]