2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres
# 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres

The 1000 meters distance for women in the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over nine 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.

Heather Richardson of the United States won the cup, while Brittany Bowe, also of the United States, came second, and Karolína Erbanová of the Czech Republic came third. The defending champion, Christine Nesbitt of Canada, came fourth.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Heather Richardson | 525 | 2nd |
| Silver | Brittany Bowe | 480 | 10th |
| Bronze | Karolína Erbanová | 465 | 18th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 18 November | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.27 | Zhang Hong China | 1:15.41 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:15.83 |
| 4 | Nagano, Japan | 8 December | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.24 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.45 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:16.15 |
| 4 | Nagano, Japan | 9 December | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.13 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.26 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:15.87 |
| 5 | Harbin, China | 15 December | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 1:17.10 | Zhang Hong China | 1:17.14 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 1:17.35 |
| 5 | Harbin, China | 16 December | Zhang Hong China | 1:16.717 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 1:16.718 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 1:17.12 |
| 6 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 19 January | Heather Richardson United States | 1:13.09 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:13.67 | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:13.92 |
| 6 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 20 January | Heather Richardson United States | 1:13.30 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:13.89 | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:13.96 |
| 8 | Erfurt, Germany | 3 March | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:15.34 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:15.74 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 1:15.79 |
| 9 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 9 March | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.48 | Zhang Hong China | 1:15.50 | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 1:15.95 |

## Standings

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

| # | Name | HVN1 | NAG1 | NAG2 | HAR1 | HAR2 | CAL1 | CAL2 | ERF | HVN2 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heather Richardson | 100 | 100 | 80 | – | – | 100 | 100 | 21 | 24 | 525 |
| 2 | Brittany Bowe | 45 | 45 | 60 | – | – | 70 | 70 | 100 | 90 | 480 |
| 3 | Karolína Erbanová | 40 | 40 | 45 | 100 | 80 | 28 | 60 | 36 | 36 | 465 |
| 4 | Christine Nesbitt | 28 | 80 | 100 | – | – | 80 | – | – | 150 | 438 |
| 5 | Zhang Hong | 80 | – | – | 80 | 100 | – | – | 40 | 120 | 420 |
| 6 | Olga Fatkulina | 21 | 60 | 28 | 45 | 70 | 40 | 40 | 70 | 32 | 406 |
| 7 | Lotte van Beek | 70 | 70 | 70 | – | – | 21 | 30 | 45 | 75 | 381 |
| 8 | Laurine van Riessen | 50 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 32 | 35 | 0 | 105 | 378 |
| 9 | Marrit Leenstra | 60 | 50 | 50 | – | – | 50 | 45 | 60 | 28 | 343 |
| 10 | Margot Boer | – | 18 | 36 | 70 | 50 | 36 | 50 | 32 | – | 292 |
| 11 | Yekaterina Aydova | 36 | 28 | 40 | – | – | 14 | 18 | 50 | 45 | 231 |
| 12 | Ireen Wüst | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 80 | 80 | – | 205 |
| 13 | Monique Angermüller | 24 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 21 | 188 |
| 14 | Nao Kodaira | 18 | 32 | 24 | 50 | 36 | 10 | – | – | 10 | 180 |
| 15 | Miyako Sumiyoshi | 6 | 24 | 18 | 40 | 28 | 24 | – | 16 | 14 | 170 |
| 16 | Yekaterina Malysheva | 12 | 21 | 16 | 36 | 40 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 166 |
| 17 | Lee Sang-hwa | 25 | 14 | – | 60 | 45 | 16 | 0 | – | – | 160 |
| 18 | Yu Jing | 32 | – | – | 32 | 32 | 60 | – | – | – | 156 |
| 19 | Wang Beixing | 2 | 12 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 8 | – | 24 | 18 | 137 |
| 20 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 16 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 25 | 18 | 40 | 124 |
| 21 | Maki Tsuji | 6 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 117 |
| 22 | Kaylin Irvine | 0 | 6 | 25 | – | – | 19 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 93 |
| 23 | Brittany Schussler | 11 | 12 | 14 | – | – | 15 | 25 | 6 | – | 83 |
| 24 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 8 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 11 | – | 15 | – | 78 |
| 25 | Anastasia Bucsis | 15 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 8 | – | 75 |
| 26 | Kali Christ | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 57 |
| 27 | Erina Kamiya | 1 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 50 |
| 28 | Yuliya Liteykina | 0 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 35 |
| 29 | Jennifer Plate | 0 | – | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 34 |
| 30 | Yuliya Skokova | 5 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 4 | 19 | – | 28 |
| 31 | Yekaterina Shikhova | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 16 | – | – | 28 |
| 32 | Miho Takagi | 8 | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 |
| 33 | Anice Das | 14 | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| 34 | Nadezhda Aseyeva | – | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| 35 | Yuki Matsuda | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 15 | – | – | 23 |
| 36 | Jin Peiyu | 19 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 |
| 37 | Anna Ringsred | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 6 | 8 | – | 14 |
| 38 | Park Seung-ju | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 14 |
| 39 | Vanessa Bittner | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | 11 |
| 40 | Kim Hyun-yung | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 11 |
| 41 | Diane Valkenburg | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| 42 | Shannon Rempel | – | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| 43 | Denise Roth | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 |
| 44 | Sugar Todd | 0 | 0 | 8 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 |
| 45 | Yukana Nishina | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 46 | Judith Hesse | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | 6 |
| 47 | Liu Yichi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| 48 | Qi Shuai | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 4 |
| 49 | Danielle Wotherspoon | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | – | 2 |
