2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1
# 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1

The first competition weekend of the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Uralskaya Molniya in Chelyabinsk, Russia, from Friday, 18 November, until Sunday, 20 November 2011.

## Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is below:

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| 18 November | 15:00 YEKT | 500 m women 500 m men 3000 m women 1500 m men |
| 19 November | 15:00 YEKT | 500 m women 500 m men 1500 m women 5000 m men |
| 20 November | 15:00 YEKT | 1000 m women 1000 m men Team pursuit women Team pursuit men |

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m | 1 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 35.00 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.01 | Yūya Oikawa Japan | 35.07 |
| 500 m | 2 | Joji Kato Japan | 34.92 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 35.01 | Yūya Oikawa Japan | 35.14 |
| 1000 m | | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:08.49 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08.56 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:09.26 |
| 1500 m | | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:45.70 | Shani Davis United States | 1:46.27 | Ivan Skobrev Russia | 1:46.47 |
| 5000 m | | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:18.74 | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:20.60 | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 6:21.96 |
| Team pursuit | | Netherlands Sven Kramer Jan Blokhuijsen Wouter olde Heuvel | 3:41.25 | United States Shani Davis Jonathan Kuck Brian Hansen | 3:44.52 | Germany Patrick Beckert Marco Weber Alexej Baumgartner | 3:45.29 |

### Women's events

| Event | Race # | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 m | 1 | Yu Jing China | 37.81 | Maki Tsuji Japan Thijsje Oenema Netherlands | 38.22 | | |
| 500 m | 2 | Yu Jing China | 37.65 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.09 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.22 |
| 1000 m | | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.97 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 1:16.52 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:16.77 |
| 1500 m | | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:57.02 | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:57.44 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:58.27 |
| 3000 m | | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:06.54 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:07.16 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 4:07.81 |
| Team pursuit | | Canada Brittany Schussler Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt | 3:02.07 | Netherlands Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg Marrit Leenstra | 3:02.72 | Russia Yuliya Skokova Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Shikhova | 3:03.37 |
