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

The 500 metres distance for men 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.

Mo Tae-bum of South Korea won the cup, while Pekka Koskela of Finland came second, and Tucker Fredricks of the United States came third. Defending champion Lee Kang-seok of South Korea finished in 11th place.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Mo Tae-bum | 702 | – |
| Silver | Pekka Koskela | 674 | 13th |
| Bronze | Tucker Fredricks | 646 | 4th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 18 November | Pekka Koskela Finland | 35.00 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.01 | Yūya Oikawa Japan | 35.07 |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 19 November | Joji Kato Japan | 34.92 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 35.01 | Yūya Oikawa Japan | 35.14 |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 25 November | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 34.89 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 34.94 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 35.01 |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 26 November | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.05 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 35.06 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.19 |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 2 December | Tucker Fredricks United States | 34.98 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.07 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 35.08 |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 3 December | Pekka Koskela Finland | 35.01 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.02 | Jesper Hospes Netherlands | 35.06 |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 21 January | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 34.37 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 34.40 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 34.45 |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 22 January | Dmitry Lobkov Russia | 34.54 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 34.57 | Tucker Fredricks United States | 34.60 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 2 March | Dmitry Lobkov Russia | 35.11 | Hein Otterspeer Netherlands | 35.14 | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | 35.20 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 3 March | Tucker Fredricks United States | 35.05 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 35.12 | Joji Kato Japan | 35.16 |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 9 March | Jamie Gregg Canada | 35.06 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 35.07 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 35.17 |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 10 March | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 35.01 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 35.04 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.08 |

## 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 | Mo Tae-bum | 25 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 32 | – | – | 105 | 120 | 702 |
| 2 | Pekka Koskela | 100 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 60 | 100 | 50 | 40 | 24 | 45 | 120 | 90 | 674 |
| 3 | Tucker Fredricks | 10 | 28 | 80 | 70 | 100 | 60 | 70 | 70 | 6 | 100 | 16 | 36 | 646 |
| 4 | Jan Smeekens | 80 | 50 | 16 | 100 | 14 | 50 | 80 | 45 | 16 | 24 | 45 | 105 | 625 |
| 5 | Joji Kato | 45 | 100 | 32 | 36 | 80 | 80 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 70 | 12 | 40 | 547 |
| 6 | Michel Mulder | 32 | 6 | 28 | 8 | 25 | 36 | 16 | 50 | 50 | 80 | 36 | 150 | 517 |
| 7 | Jamie Gregg | 36 | 45 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 60 | 18 | 45 | 21 | 150 | 75 | 511 |
| 8 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 40 | 40 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 5 | 100 | 80 | 70 | 40 | 18 | 45 | 505 |
| 9 | Yūya Oikawa | 70 | 70 | 50 | 16 | 50 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 40 | 50 | 14 | 32 | 461 |
| 10 | Dmitry Lobkov | 18 | 12 | 36 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 100 | 100 | 60 | 32 | 21 | 457 |
| 11 | Lee Kang-seok | 6 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 8 | 40 | 28 | – | – | 75 | 8 | 385 |
| 12 | Ronald Mulder | 28 | 18 | 40 | 10 | 36 | 21 | – | 8 | – | 36 | 90 | 12 | 299 |
| 13 | Mika Poutala | 16 | 16 | 10 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 282 |
| 14 | Artur Waś | 19 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 260 |
| 15 | Stefan Groothuis | 50 | 21 | 70 | – | 21 | – | 36 | – | 60 | – | – | – | 258 |
| 16 | Gilmore Junio | 14 | 32 | 24 | 45 | 32 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 250 |
| 17 | Jesper Hospes | 4 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 70 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 224 |
| 18 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | 60 | 14 | 21 | 50 | 12 | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | 28 | 6 | 219 |
| 19 | Yuji Kamijo | 12 | 36 | 12 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 212 |
| 20 | Hein Otterspeer | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 25 | 80 | 32 | 40 | 14 | 202 |
| 21 | Ryohei Haga | 24 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 119 |
| 22 | Wang Nan | 21 | 24 | – | – | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 15 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 117 |
| 23 | Aleksey Yesin | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | – | 19 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 115 |
| 24 | William Dutton | 8 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 18 | – | – | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 107 |
| 25 | Laurent Dubreuil | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 60 | – | – | – | – | 85 |
| 26 | Markus Puolakka | 6 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 75 |
| 27 | Roman Krech | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 12 | – | – | 71 |
| 28 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 59 |
| 29 | Joey Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 |
| 30 | Richard MacLennan | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 |
| 31 | Muncef Ouardi | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6 | 11 | 11 | – | – | 36 |
| 32 | Lee Ki-ho | 15 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 34 |
| 33 | Tyler Derraugh | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 |
| 34 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | – | – | 31 |
| 35 | Kim Seong-kyu | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 |
| 36 | Daniel Greig | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 8 | 6 | 15 | – | – | 29 |
| 37 | Igor Bogolubsky | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | 29 |
| 38 | Viktor Gluschenko | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 24 |
| 39 | Yu Fengtong | 2 | 19 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 |
| 40 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 |
| 41 | Ermanno Ioriatti | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 18 |
| 42 | Nico Ihle | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| 43 | Mitchell Whitmore | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 |
| 44 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | – | 8 |
| 45 | Denny Ihle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 46 | Shani Davis | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 47 | Samuel Schwarz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
