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

The 500 meters distance for men 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.

Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands won the cup, while Joji Kato of Japan came second, and Michel Mulder of the Netherlands came third. The defending champion, Mo Tae-bum of South Korea, ended up in seventh place.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Jan Smeekens	1130	4th
Silver	Joji Kato	896	5th
Bronze	Michel Mulder	665	6th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Heerenveen, Netherlands	17 November	Pekka Koskela Finland	34.96	Artur Waś Poland	34.98	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	35.07	^[1]
1	Heerenveen, Netherlands	18 November	Joji Kato Japan	34.98	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	35.04	Mo Tae-bum South Korea	35.15	^[2]
4	Nagano, Japan	8 December	Pekka Koskela Finland	34.64	Michel Mulder Netherlands	34.95	Tucker Fredricks United States	35.10	^[3]
4	Nagano, Japan	9 December	Keiichiro Nagashima Japan	35.14	Gilmore Junio Canada	35.16	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	35.18	^[4]
5	Harbin, China	15 December	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	35.15	Michel Mulder Netherlands	35.20	Joji Kato Japan	35.22	^[5]
5	Harbin, China	16 December	Joji Kato Japan	34.94	Ronald Mulder Netherlands	35.21	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	35.27	^[6]
6	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	19 January	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	34.32	Pekka Koskela Finland	34.361	Jamie Gregg Canada	34.369	^[7]
6	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	20 January	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	34.39	Joji Kato Japan	34.44	Michel Mulder Netherlands	34.55	^[8]
8	Erfurt, Germany	2 March	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	35.06	Joji Kato Japan	35.16	Ronald Mulder Netherlands	35.28	^[9]
8	Erfurt, Germany	3 March	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	34.96	Joji Kato Japan	35.05	Ronald Mulder Netherlands	35.28	^[10]
9	Heerenveen, Netherlands	8 March	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	34.84	Jamie Gregg Canada	34.96	Ronald Mulder Netherlands	35.04	^[11]
9	Heerenveen, Netherlands	10 March	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	34.83	Joji Kato Japan	34.92	Michel Mulder Netherlands	34.97	^[12]

Standings

Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season).^[13]

#	Name	HVN1	HVN2	NAG1	NAG2	HAR1	HAR2	CAL1	CAL2	ERF1	ERF2	HVN3	HVN4	Total
1	Jan Smeekens	70	80	40	70	100	70	100	100	100	100	150	150	1130
2	Joji Kato	50	100	45	21	70	100	60	80	80	80	90	120	896
3	Michel Mulder	45	6	80	60	80	36	18	70	40	50	75	105	665
4	Ronald Mulder	18	16	12	24	60	80	50	45	70	70	105	90	640
5	Jamie Gregg	40	25	14	12	36	16	70	10	45	60	120	32	480
6	Keiichiro Nagashima	24	45	21	100	40	60	21	28	24	36	10	45	454
7	Mo Tae-bum	60	70	50	50	21	24	12	40	–	–	24	75	426
8	Gilmore Junio	32	60	24	80	18	50	45	36	18	21	28	8	420
9	Yūya Oikawa	8	12	36	45	28	28	28	50	60	24	32	28	379
10	Pekka Koskela	100	0	100	4	–	–	80	60	–	–	–	–	344
11	Artur Waś	80	50	28	40	50	45	14	6	0	–	8	10	331
12	Dmitry Lobkov	21	32	60	16	5	12	36	21	36	45	18	18	320
13	Tucker Fredricks	11	19	70	18	–	–	16	24	28	28	45	36	295
14	Hein Otterspeer	40	18	32	14	32	18	24	12	32	18	12	40	292
15	Mika Poutala	16	21	18	36	14	21	40	16	50	32	–	–	264
16	Lee Kang-seok	14	0	28	25	50	40	32	–	–	–	36	24	249
17	Denis Koval	–	–	8	4	11	15	25	36	21	40	40	12	212
18	Ryohei Haga	26	24	10	32	24	4	8	14	6	8	14	21	201
19	Daniel Greig	0	25	8	8	25	32	6	18	10	14	16	16	178
20	Kjeld Nuis	14	36	–	–	16	8	–	19	16	16	21	–	146
21	Aleksey Yesin	0	8	4	25	10	10	8	–	15	25	5	6	116
22	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix	32	28	6	5	6	6	10	5	8	6	–	–	112
23	Laurent Dubreuil	19	6	–	–	–	–	11	25	14	10	6	14	105
24	Nico Ihle	2	1	19	2	8	5	6	15	25	–	–	–	83
25	Lee Kyou-hyuk	10	14	16	10	12	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	76
26	Kim Sung-kyu	8	0	11	8	19	19	0	8	–	–	–	–	73
27	Espen-Aarnes Hvammen	15	0	0	1	4	11	0	2	4	19	–	–	56
28	Wang Nan	4	11	0	0	15	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	55
29	Mirko Giacomo Nenzi	0	–	0	19	–	–	0	6	11	19	–	–	55
30	William Dutton	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	8	12	12	–	–	52
31	Samuel Schwarz	0	2	15	0	6	–	0	0	19	–	–	–	42
32	Kim Yeong-ho	6	15	5	6	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	40
33	Mitchell Whitmore	6	8	1	0	–	–	4	11	0	0	–	–	30
34	Guo Qiang	–	–	–	–	2	6	–	–	8	8	–	–	24
35	Artyom Kuznetsov	0	0	2	15	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	–	22
36	Denny Ihle	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	4	0	1	–	–	20
37	Igor Bogolubsky	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	11	–	–	19
38	Viktor Gluschenko	0	4	0	11	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	17
39	Tsubasa Hasegawa	5	10	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	16
40	Jesper Hospes	–	–	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12
41	Roman Krech	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	4	–	–	10
42	Jonathan Garcia	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	6	–	–	6
43	Liu Fangyi	0	0	–	–	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
44	Han Jialiang	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	–	–	2
45	Shunsuke Nakamura	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	–	–	–	–	1
45	Artur Nogal	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	1