title: 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 9
text: # 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:
  
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 m | 1 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.84 | Jamie Gregg Canada | 34.96 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.04 |
  | 500 m | 2 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.83 | Joji Kato Japan | 34.92 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 34.97 |
  | 1000 m | | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:08.91 | Mark Tuitert Netherlands | 1:09.22 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:09.240 |
  | 1500 m | | Bart Swings Belgium | 1:45.50 | Zbigniew Bródka Poland | 1:45.96 | Shani Davis United States | 1:46.13 |
  | 5000 m | | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:10.78 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:15.74 | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 6:18.26 |
  | Mass start | | Bart Swings Belgium | 10:32.32 | Joo Hyung-joon South Korea | 10:32.37 | Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands | 10:32.40 |
  | 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 |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 m | 1 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.77 | Wang Beixing China | 37.81 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.82 |
  | 500 m | 2 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.77 | Wang Beixing China | 37.78 | Thijsje Oenema Netherlands | 38.10 |
  | 1000 m | | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.48 | Zhang Hong China | 1:15.50 | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 1:15.95 |
  | 1500 m | | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:54.67 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:56.58 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:56.86 |
  | 3000 m | | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 3:58.68 | Diane Valkenburg Netherlands | 4:04.75 | Linda de Vries Netherlands | 4:04.87 |
  | Mass start | | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 9:14.26 | Ivanie Blondin Canada | 9:14.29 | Kim Bo-reum South Korea | 9:14.38 |
  | 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 |
  