title: 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 8
text: # 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:
  
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 m | 1 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.06 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.16 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.28 |
  | 500 m | 2 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.96 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.05 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.28 |
  | 1000 m | | Brian Hansen United States | 1:09.79 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:09.84 | Dmitry Lobkov Russia Nico Ihle Germany | 1:10.18 |
  | 1500 m | | Zbigniew Bródka Poland | 1:46.88 | Haralds Silovs Latvia | 1:46.98 | Brian Hansen United States | 1:47.01 |
  | 10000 m | | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 12:53.56 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:55.36 | Lee Seung-hoon South Korea | 13:19.84 |
  | 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 |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 m | 1 | Wang Beixing China | 38.07 | Thijsje Oenema Netherlands | 38.34 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.39 |
  | 500 m | 2 | Wang Beixing China | 38.15 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 38.215 | Thijsje Oenema Netherlands | 38.217 |
  | 1000 m | | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:15.34 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:15.74 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 1:15.79 |
  | 1500 m | | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:55.61 | Diane Valkenburg Netherlands | 1:58.32 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:58.38 |
  | 5000 m | | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 7:01.33 | Stephanie Beckert Germany | 7:02.84 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 7:06.96 |
  | 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 |
  