2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres
# 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 17 November | Pekka Koskela Finland | 34.96 | Artur Waś Poland | 34.98 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.07 |
| 1 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 18 November | Joji Kato Japan | 34.98 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.04 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 35.15 |
| 4 | Nagano, Japan | 8 December | Pekka Koskela Finland | 34.64 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 34.95 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.10 |
| 4 | Nagano, Japan | 9 December | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.14 | Gilmore Junio Canada | 35.16 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.18 |
| 5 | Harbin, China | 15 December | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.15 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 35.20 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.22 |
| 5 | Harbin, China | 16 December | Joji Kato Japan | 34.94 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.21 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.27 |
| 6 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 19 January | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.32 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 34.361 | Jamie Gregg Canada | 34.369 |
| 6 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 20 January | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.39 | Joji Kato Japan | 34.44 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 34.55 |
| 8 | Erfurt, Germany | 2 March | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.06 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.16 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.28 |
| 8 | Erfurt, Germany | 3 March | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.96 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.05 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.28 |
| 9 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 8 March | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.84 | Jamie Gregg Canada | 34.96 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.04 |
| 9 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 10 March | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.83 | Joji Kato Japan | 34.92 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 34.97 |

## Standings

Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season).

| # | 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 |
