2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The 2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were a long track speed skating event held on 28 and 29 January 2012 in Olympic Oval, Calgary, Canada.

Men championships

Sprint results

skated a new points record, the previous record belonged to Jeremy Wotherspoon

Rank	Name	Nation	500 m	1000 m	500 m	1000 m	Total	Behind
	Stefan Groothuis		34.84	1:07.50	34.74	1:06.96	136.810
	Lee Kyou-hyuk		34.33	1:08.01	34.67	1:07.99	137.000	+0.18
	Mo Tae-bum		34.67	1:07.99	34.42	1:07.99	137.080	+0.26
	Mika Poutala		34.62	1:08.20	34.38	1:08.34	137.270	+0.45
	Shani Davis		35.16	1:07.25	35.03	1:07.11	137.360	+0.54
	Dmitry Lobkov		34.46	1:08.10	34.71	1:08.40	137.420	+0.60
	Hein Otterspeer		34.72	1:08.54	34.48	1:08.08	137.510	+0.69
	Joji Kato		34.56	1:09.08	34.35	1:08.68	137.790	+0.98
	Jamie Gregg		34.69	1:09.13	34.48	1:08.24	137.855	+1.05
10	Muncef Ouardi		34.54	1:09.06	34.69	1:08.57	138.045	+1.24
11	Aleksey Yesin		35.26	1:08.51	34.77	1:07.84	138.205	+1.40
12	Artyom Kuznetsov		34.92	1:09.27	34.63	1:08.77	138.570	+1.76
13	Denny Morrison		35.25	1:08.05	35.20	1:08.28	138.615	+1.81
14	Artur Waś		34.89	1:09.21	34.61	1:09.44	138.825	+2.02
15	Yūya Oikawa		34.85	1:10.07	34.43	1:09.54	139.085	+2.28
16	Sjoerd de Vries		35.53	1:09.45	35.01	1:07.72	139.125	+2.32
17	Haralds Silovs		35.56	1:08.31	35.55	1:07.98	139.255	+2.45
18	Pim Schipper		35.72	1:08.87	35.18	1:08.32	139.495	+2.69
19	Samuel Schwarz		35.65	1:09.02	35.16	1:08.50	139.570	+2.76
20	Espen Aarnes Hvammen		35.16	1:09.03	35.19	1:09.54	139.635	+2.83
21	Mirko Giacomo Nenzi		35.63	1:08.80	35.15	1:09.42	139.890	+3.08
22	Denis Kuzin		35.80	1:08.65	35.58	1:08.55	139.980	+3.17
23	Ryohei Haga		35.10	1:10.48	34.84	1:09.69	140.025	+3.22
24	Benjamin Macé		36.04	1:08.41	36.35	1:09.12	141.155	+4.35
NQ25	Roman Krech		34.91	1:09.05	34.97
NQ26	Daniel Greig		35.54	1:09.38	34.99
NQ27	Lee Ki-ho		35.17	1:10.47	35.04
NQ28	Ermanno Ioratti		35.26	1:09.97	35.22
NQ29	Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen		35.66	1:09.16	35.72
NQ30	Denny Ihle		35.23	1:10.78	35.43
NQ31	Mitchell Whitmore		35.59	1:10.20	35.78
NQ32	Bram Smallenbroek		37.09	1:11.02	36.71
NQ33	Marius Paraschivoiu		35.89	1:11.64
NQ34	Lee Kang-seok		35.11

NQ = Not qualified for the second 1000m
DQ = disqualified

Women championships

Sprint results

The previous record of 149.305 set by Cindy Klassen in 2006 was beaten by Yu Jing and Christine Nesbitt, both of whom skated in the same pair for the second 1000m.

Rank	Name	Nation	500 m	1000 m	500 m	1000 m	Total	Behind
	Yu Jing		37.72	1:14.43	36.94 WR	1:13.47	148.610
	Christine Nesbitt		37.93	1:12.68 WR	37.89	1:12.94	148.630	+0.02
	Zhang Hong		37.63	1:14.44	37.87	1:13.95	149.700	+1.09
	Margot Boer		37.71	1:14.37	37.83	1:14.17	149.810	+1.20
	Annette Gerritsen		37.67	1:14.67	37.75	1:14.33	149.920	+1.31
	Heather Richardson		38.07	1:14.49	37.85	1:14.05	150.190	+1.58
	Wang Beixing		37.50	1:15.75	37.32	1:15.07	150.230	+1.62
	Marrit Leenstra		38.15	1:14.16	38.29	1:13.89	150.465	+1.86
	Jenny Wolf		37.35	1:14.95	38.04	1:15.59	150.665	+2.06
10	Thijsje Oenema		38.09	1:14.92	37.88	1:14.67	150.765	+2.16
11	Lee Sang-hwa		37.70	1:15.94	37.36	1:15.58	150.820	+2.21
12	Olga Fatkulina		38.33	1:15.28	38.03	1:14.86	151.430	+2.82
13	Nao Kodaira		38.07	1:15.24	38.05	1:15.52	151.500	+2.89
14	Judith Hesse		38.05	1:15.83	37.79	1:17.00	152.255	+3.65
15	Yukana Nishina		38.12	1:16.03	38.17	1:15.94	152.275	+3.67
16	Yekaterina Aydova		38.27	1:16.17	38.15	1:15.80	152.405	+3.80
17	Karolína Erbanová		38.17	1:16.97	38.11	1:15.40	152.465	+3.86
18	Brittany Bowe		38.67	1:15.50	38.40	1:15.80	152.720	+4.11
19	Miho Takagi		38.75	1:15.48	38.75	1:15.62	153.050	+4.44
20	Svetlana Kaykan		38.33	1:17.94	38.04	1:16.60	153.640	+5.03
21	Svetlana Radkevich		38.80	1:17.61	38.55	1:16.79	154.550	+5.94
22	Irina Arshinova		39.07	1:16.47	38.91	1:17.27	154.850	+6.24
23	Kaylin Irvine		39.09	1:17.26	38.87	1:16.71	154.945	+6.34
24	Kim Hyun-yung		38.98	1:17.65	38.44	1:17.45	154.970	+6.36
NQ25	Shannon Rempel		38.75	1:16.50	38.54
NQ26	Monique Angermüller			1:15.37
NQ27	Elina Risku

NQ = Not qualified for the second 1000m
DQ = disqualified

Rules

All participating skaters are allowed to skate the two 500 meters and one 1000 meters; 24 skaters may take part on the second 1000 meters. These 24 skaters are determined by the samalog standings after the three skated distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

Skaters among the top 24 on both lists are qualified.
To make up a total of 24, skaters are then added in order of their best rank on either list.

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