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	Report
500 m	1	Dmitry Lobkov Russia	35.11	Hein Otterspeer Netherlands	35.14	Keiichiro Nagashima Japan	35.20	[1]
	2	Tucker Fredricks United States	35.05	Michel Mulder Netherlands	35.12	Joji Kato Japan	35.16	[2]
1000 m		Shani Davis United States	1:08.88	Stefan Groothuis Netherlands	1:09.00	Kjeld Nuis Netherlands	1:09.05	[3]
1500 m		Shani Davis United States	1:46.89	Kjeld Nuis Netherlands	1:46.98	Håvard Bøkko Norway	1:47.21	[4]
10000 m		Bob de Jong Netherlands	12:58.47	Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands	12:59.34	Håvard Bøkko Norway	13:11.95	[5]
Mass start		Jonathan Kuck United States	10:09.89	Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands	10:10.25	Alexis Contin France	10:10.31	[6]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Yu Jing China	38.03	Margot Boer Netherlands	38.30	Heather Richardson United States	38.51	[7]
	2	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.93	Yu Jing China	38.01	Heather Richardson United States	38.28	[8]
1000 m		Heather Richardson United States	1:15.82	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:16.48	Marrit Leenstra Netherlands	1:16.54	[9]
1500 m		Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:56.01	Marrit Leenstra Netherlands	1:57.35	Diane Valkenburg Netherlands	1:58.05	[10]
5000 m		Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic	6:52.50	Stephanie Beckert Germany	6:53.36	Claudia Pechstein Germany	7:05.37	[11]
Mass start		Mariska Huisman Netherlands	8:23.46	Claudia Pechstein Germany	8:24.13	Foske Tamar van der Wal Netherlands	8:23.47	[12]

External links

• Official website