title: 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4
text: # 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4
  
  The fourth competition weekend of the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the M-Wave arena in Nagano, Japan, from Saturday, 8 December, until Sunday, 9 December 2012.
  
  ## Schedule of events
  
  Schedule of the event:
  
  | Date | Time | Events |
  | - | - | - |
  | 8 December | 14:50 JST | 500 m women 500 m men 1000 m women 1000 m men |
  | 9 December | 13:50 JST | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 m | 1 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 34.64 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 34.95 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.10 |
  | 500 m | 2 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.14 | Gilmore Junio Canada | 35.16 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.18 |
  | 1000 m | 1 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 1:09.52 | Samuel Schwarz Germany | 1:09.69 | Lee Kyou-hyuk South Korea | 1:09.85 |
  | 1000 m | 2 | Hein Otterspeer Netherlands | 1:09.20 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:09.64 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:09.72 |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 m | 1 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.63 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.96 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.01 |
  | 500 m | 2 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.60 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.91 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.09 |
  | 1000 m | 1 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.24 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.45 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:16.15 |
  | 1000 m | 2 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.13 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.26 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:15.87 |
  