2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres
# 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

The 1500 meters distance for women in the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six 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.

Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands won the cup, while the defending champion, Christine Nesbitt of Canada, came second, and Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Marrit Leenstra | 411 | 3rd |
| Silver | Christine Nesbitt | 375 | 1st |
| Bronze | Ireen Wüst | 350 | 2nd |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 17 November | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:56.35 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:56.42 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:57.42 |
| 2 | Kolomna, Russia | 24 November | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:55.03 | Yekaterina Shikhova Russia | 1:55.52 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:56.16 |
| 3 | Astana, Kazachstan | 2 December | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:57.18 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:57.29 | Linda de Vries Netherlands | 1:57.30 |
| 7 | Inzell, Germany | 9 February | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:55.95 | Diane Valkenburg Netherlands | 1:56.42 | Yekaterina Shikhova Russia | 1:57.07 |
| 8 | Erfurt, Germany | 2 March | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:55.61 | Diane Valkenburg Netherlands | 1:58.32 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:58.38 |
| 9 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 10 March | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:54.67 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:56.58 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:56.86 |

## Standings

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

| # | Name | HVN1 | KOL | AST | INZ | ERF | HVN2 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marrit Leenstra | 80 | 100 | 80 | 45 | 70 | 36 | 411 |
| 2 | Christine Nesbitt | 100 | 70 | 100 | – | – | 105 | 375 |
| 3 | Ireen Wüst | – | – | – | 100 | 100 | 150 | 350 |
| 4 | Linda de Vries | 0 | 25 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 75 | 280 |
| 5 | Lotte van Beek | 70 | 0 | 45 | – | 28 | 120 | 263 |
| 6 | Diane Valkenburg | – | – | 60 | 80 | 80 | 40 | 260 |
| 7 | Yekaterina Shikhova | – | 80 | 50 | 70 | 32 | – | 232 |
| 8 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 24 | 40 | 18 | 50 | 40 | 28 | 200 |
| 9 | Kali Christ | 11 | 10 | – | 40 | 36 | 90 | 187 |
| 10 | Martina Sáblíková | 50 | 60 | 36 | – | – | 32 | 178 |
| 11 | Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś | 15 | 18 | 5 | 32 | 60 | 45 | 175 |
| 12 | Ida Njåtun | 36 | 24 | 28 | 36 | 14 | 24 | 162 |
| 13 | Kim Bo-reum | 25 | 50 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 133 |
| 14 | Claudia Pechstein | 60 | 28 | 32 | – | – | – | 120 |
| 15 | Brittany Schussler | 28 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 115 |
| 16 | Marije Joling | 45 | 32 | 8 | 18 | – | – | 103 |
| 17 | Natalia Czerwonka | 21 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 100 |
| 18 | Olga Graf | 32 | 45 | – | 10 | – | 8 | 95 |
| 19 | Miho Takagi | 14 | 14 | – | 24 | 24 | 18 | 94 |
| 20 | Yuliya Skokova | 18 | 36 | 14 | – | 16 | 6 | 90 |
| 21 | Monique Angermüller | 16 | – | – | 19 | 45 | – | 80 |
| 22 | Cindy Klassen | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 75 |
| 23 | Karolína Erbanová | – | 19 | 40 | – | 6 | – | 65 |
| 24 | Laurine van Riessen | 40 | 21 | – | – | – | – | 61 |
| 25 | Luiza Złotkowska | 8 | 6 | 16 | 16 | – | – | 46 |
| 26 | Hege Bøkko | 6 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 5 | – | 42 |
| 27 | Yevgenia Dmitrieva | 8 | 11 | – | 21 | – | – | 40 |
| 28 | Brittany Bowe | – | – | – | – | 25 | 10 | 35 |
| 29 | Masako Hozumi | – | – | 0 | 25 | 10 | – | 35 |
| 30 | Jelena Peeters | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 | – | 27 |
| 31 | Mari Hemmer | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | – | – | 24 |
| 32 | Ayaka Kikuchi | 1 | 15 | 6 | – | – | – | 22 |
| 33 | Heather Richardson | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | 19 |
| 33 | Zhang Hong | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 19 |
| 35 | Yekaterina Aydova | 0 | – | 6 | 11 | – | – | 17 |
| 36 | Kaylin Irvine | 0 | 0 | 15 | – | – | – | 15 |
| 36 | Maki Tabata | – | – | – | 15 | – | – | 15 |
| 38 | Misaki Oshigiri | 0 | 4 | 11 | – | – | – | 15 |
| 39 | Park Do-yeong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | – | 11 |
| 40 | Nao Kodaira | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| 41 | Noh Seon-yeong | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 |
| 41 | Anna Ringsred | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | – | 9 |
| 43 | Ivanie Blondin | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 8 |
| 43 | Katarzyna Woźniak | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | 8 |
| 45 | Zhao Xin | 0 | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 8 |
| 46 | Isabell Ost | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 |
| 47 | Jennifer Bay | – | – | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 |
| 47 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 6 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 6 |
| 49 | Yuki Matsuda | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 49 | Jilleanne Rookard | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 51 | Anna Rokita | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 51 | Tatyana Sokirko | – | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | – | 2 |
| 53 | Kaitlyn McGregor | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
