2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres
# 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

The 500 metres distance for women in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 18–20 November 2011, and the final occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 9–11 March 2012.

Yu Jing of China won the cup, while Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea came second, and the defending champion, Jenny Wolf of Germany, came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Yu Jing | 960 | 12th |
| Silver | Lee Sang-hwa | 890 | 2nd |
| Bronze | Jenny Wolf | 869 | 1st |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 18 November | Yu Jing China | 37.81 | Maki Tsuji Japan Thijsje Oenema Netherlands | 38.22 | | |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 19 November | Yu Jing China | 37.65 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.09 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.22 |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 25 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.78 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.04 | Thijsje Oenema Netherlands | 38.22 |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 26 November | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.984 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.985 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.99 |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 2 December | Yu Jing China | 37.84 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.91 | Wang Beixing China | 38.17 |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 3 December | Yu Jing China | 37.67 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.19 | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 38.20 |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 21 January | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.36 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.42 | Heather Richardson United States | 37.58 |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 22 January | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.27 | Yu Jing China | 37.51 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.62 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 2 March | Yu Jing China | 38.03 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 38.30 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.51 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 3 March | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.93 | Yu Jing China | 38.01 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.28 |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 9 March | Yu Jing China | 37.94 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.00 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.37 |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 10 March | Yu Jing China | 37.63 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.66 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 38.17 |

## Standings

Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season).

| # | Name | CHE1 | CHE2 | AST1 | AST2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | SLC1 | SLC2 | HVN3 | HVN4 | BER1 | BER2 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yu Jing | 100 | 100 | – | – | 100 | 100 | 0 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 150 | 150 | 960 |
| 2 | Lee Sang-hwa | 50 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 60 | 100 | 100 | – | – | 120 | 120 | 890 |
| 3 | Jenny Wolf | 40 | 70 | 80 | 100 | 50 | 80 | 24 | 70 | 60 | 100 | 105 | 90 | 869 |
| 4 | Margot Boer | 45 | 50 | 45 | 60 | 18 | 18 | 40 | 36 | 80 | 60 | 75 | 28 | 555 |
| 5 | Thijsje Oenema | 80 | 60 | 70 | 40 | 36 | 24 | 32 | 50 | 36 | 16 | 45 | 45 | 534 |
| 6 | Nao Kodaira | 24 | 36 | 60 | 70 | 60 | – | 80 | 45 | 50 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 507 |
| 7 | Wang Beixing | 36 | 32 | – | – | 70 | 32 | 50 | 60 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 75 | 485 |
| 8 | Maki Tsuji | 80 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 45 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 40 | 50 | 24 | 32 | 474 |
| 9 | Heather Richardson | 18 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 40 | 70 | 32 | 70 | 70 | 28 | 36 | 451 |
| 10 | Christine Nesbitt | 5 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 28 | 50 | 60 | – | – | – | 90 | 105 | 412 |
| 11 | Annette Gerritsen | 60 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 318 |
| 12 | Laurine van Riessen | 16 | 21 | 40 | 21 | 21 | 70 | 18 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 303 |
| 13 | Miyako Sumiyoshi | 12 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 40 | 14 | 40 | 12 | 21 | 251 |
| 14 | Zhang Hong | 32 | 45 | – | – | 40 | 21 | 6 | 18 | – | – | 36 | 40 | 238 |
| 15 | Jin Peiyu | 21 | 24 | – | – | 25 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 21 | – | 21 | 24 | 224 |
| 16 | Judith Hesse | 28 | 16 | 36 | 45 | – | – | 14 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 209 |
| 17 | Karolína Erbanová | 11 | 25 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 45 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 5 | 180 |
| 18 | Anastasia Bucsis | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 147 |
| 19 | Olga Fatkulina | 19 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 145 |
| 20 | Brittany Bowe | 4 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 128 |
| 21 | Yekaterina Aydova | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 36 | – | 1 | 125 |
| 22 | Jennifer Plate | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 122 |
| 23 | Yukana Nishina | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 105 |
| 24 | Monique Angermüller | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 19 | – | 15 | 15 | – | – | – | – | 95 |
| 25 | Svetlana Radkevich | 1 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 19 | – | – | 86 |
| 26 | Yekaterina Malysheva | 25 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 |
| 27 | Mayon Kuipers | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 19 | 10 | 28 | – | – | 68 |
| 28 | Qi Shuai | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 8 | 16 | 18 | – | – | 67 |
| 29 | Shannon Rempel | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | – | 11 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 63 |
| 30 | Svetlana Kaykan | 6 | 4 | – | – | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 11 | – | – | 61 |
| 31 | Danielle Wotherspoon | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 54 |
| 32 | Lauren Cholewinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | – | – | 48 |
| 33 | Kim Hyun-yung | 6 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 |
| 34 | Anice Das | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| 35 | Yuliya Liteykina | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 |
| 36 | Lee Bo-ra | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 |
| 37 | Heike Hartmann | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | – | – | 20 |
| 38 | Erina Kamiya | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| 39 | Janine Smit | – | – | – | – | 0 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 40 | Yvonne Daldossi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 41 | Irina Arshinova | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| 42 | Kelly Gunther | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| 43 | Miho Takagi | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
