2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2

The second competition weekend of the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Alau Ice Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, from Friday, 25 November, until Sunday, 27 November 2011.

Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is below:

Date	Time	Events
25 November	15:00 BTT	500 m women 500 m men 3000 m women 1500 m men
26 November	15:00 BTT	500 m women 500 m men 1500 m women 5000 m men
27 November	15:00 BTT	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	Mo Tae-bum South Korea	34.89	Tucker Fredricks United States	34.94	Stefan Groothuis Netherlands	35.01	[1]
	2	Jan Smeekens Netherlands	35.05	Mo Tae-bum South Korea	35.06	Tucker Fredricks United States	35.19	[2]
1000 m		Stefan Groothuis Netherlands	1:08.85	Kjeld Nuis Netherlands	1:08.92	Mo Tae-bum South Korea	1:09.29	[3]
1500 m		Wouter olde Heuvel Netherlands	1:45.69	Denny Morrison Canada	1:45.80	Håvard Bøkko Norway	1:45.97	[4]
5000 m		Sven Kramer Netherlands	6:13.38	Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands	6:15.40	Alexis Contin France	6:17.43	[5]
Mass start		Lee Seung-hoon South Korea	9:40.51	Jonathan Kuck United States	9:40.67	Joo Hyong-jun South Korea	9:40.81	[6]

Women's events

Event	Race #	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
500 m	1	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.78	Jenny Wolf Germany	38.04	Thijsje Oenema Netherlands	38.22	[7]
	2	Jenny Wolf Germany	37.984	Lee Sang-hwa South Korea	37.985	Nao Kodaira Japan	37.99	[8]
1000 m		Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:14.82	Thijsje Oenema Netherlands	1:16.120	Margot Boer Netherlands	1:16.127	[9]
1500 m		Christine Nesbitt Canada	1:56.10	Claudia Pechstein Germany	1:56.77	Ireen Wüst Netherlands	1:57.00	[10]
3000 m		Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic	4:03.28	Claudia Pechstein Germany	4:03.59	Diane Valkenburg Netherlands	4:05.36	[11]
Mass start		Mariska Huisman Netherlands	7:26.53	Claudia Pechstein Germany	7:26.61	Kim Bo-reum South Korea	7:26.85	[12]