2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 6
# 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 6

The sixth competition weekend of the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from Friday, 2 March, until Sunday, 4 March 2012.

## Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is below:

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| 2 March | 16:00 CET | 500 m women 500 m men 5000 m women 1500 m men |
| 3 March | 13:15 CET | 500 m women 500 m men 1500 m women 10000 m men |
| 4 March | 14:00 CET | 1000 m women 1000 m men Mass start women Mass start men |

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m | 1 | Dmitry Lobkov Russia | 35.11 | Hein Otterspeer Netherlands | 35.14 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.20 |
| 500 m | 2 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.05 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 35.12 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.16 |
| 1000 m | | Shani Davis United States | 1:08.88 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:09.00 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:09.05 |
| 1500 m | | Shani Davis United States | 1:46.89 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:46.98 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:47.21 |
| 10000 m | | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 12:58.47 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:59.34 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 13:11.95 |
| Mass start | | Jonathan Kuck United States | 10:09.89 | Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands | 10:10.25 | Alexis Contin France | 10:10.31 |

### Women's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m | 1 | Yu Jing China | 38.03 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 38.30 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.51 |
| 500 m | 2 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.93 | Yu Jing China | 38.01 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.28 |
| 1000 m | | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.82 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:16.48 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:16.54 |
| 1500 m | | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:56.01 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:57.35 | Diane Valkenburg Netherlands | 1:58.05 |
| 5000 m | | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:52.50 | Stephanie Beckert Germany | 6:53.36 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 7:05.37 |
| Mass start | | Mariska Huisman Netherlands | 8:23.46 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 8:24.13 | Foske Tamar van der Wal Netherlands | 8:23.47 |
