# 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres

The 1000 metres distance for men in the 2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over seven 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.
Shani Davis of the United States won the cup, while the defending champion, Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands, came second, and Kjeld Nuis, also of the Netherlands, came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Shani Davis | 600 | 3rd |
| Silver | Stefan Groothuis | 580 | 1st |
| Bronze | Kjeld Nuis | 486 | 19th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 20 November | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:08.49 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08.56 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:09.26 |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 27 November | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:08.85 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08.92 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 1:09.29 |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 4 December | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08.64 | Sjoerd de Vries Netherlands | 1:09.14 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 1:09.18 |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 21 January | Shani Davis United States | 1:07.20 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:07.39 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:07.45 |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 22 January | Shani Davis United States | 1:07.69 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:07.94 | Pekka Koskela Finland | 1:08.17 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 4 March | Shani Davis United States | 1:08.88 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:09.00 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:09.05 |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 11 March | Shani Davis United States | 1:09.24 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:09.36 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 1:09.37 |

## Standings

Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season).
| # | Name | CHE | AST | HVN1 | SLC1 | SLC2 | HVN2 | BER | Total |
| 1 | Shani Davis | 50 | 60 | 40 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 150 | 600 |
| 2 | Stefan Groothuis | 100 | 100 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 80 | 90 | 580 |
| 3 | Kjeld Nuis | 80 | 80 | 100 | 0 | 36 | 70 | 120 | 486 |
| 4 | Denny Morrison | 70 | 50 | 45 | 80 | 60 | 14 | 75 | 394 |
| 5 | Sjoerd de Vries | 60 | 40 | 80 | 60 | 45 | 50 | 24 | 359 |
| 6 | Mo Tae-bum | 25 | 70 | 70 | 36 | 0 | – | 105 | 306 |
| 7 | Samuel Schwarz | 45 | 45 | 36 | 32 | 40 | 21 | 21 | 240 |
| 8 | Jamie Gregg | 21 | 14 | 50 | 50 | – | 28 | 45 | 208 |
| 9 | Pekka Koskela | 15 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 70 | 36 | 3 | 201 |
| 10 | Aleksey Yesin | 14 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 36 | 196 |
| 11 | Michel Mulder | 12 | 8 | – | 2 | 15 | 60 | 32 | 129 |
| 12 | Brian Hansen | 32 | 36 | – | – | – | 32 | 28 | 128 |
| 13 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | 28 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 125 |
| 14 | Dmitry Lobkov | 3 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 50 | – | 8 | 124 |
| 15 | Benjamin Macé | 0 | 25 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 115 |
| 16 | Hein Otterspeer | – | – | – | 0 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 105 |
| 17 | Pim Schipper | 40 | 32 | 28 | – | – | – | – | 100 |
| 18 | Mikael Flygind Larsen | 16 | 28 | 21 | 10 | – | 12 | 10 | 97 |
| 19 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | 11 | 18 | 32 | 16 | 14 | – | 4 | 95 |
| 20 | Denis Kuzin | 24 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 92 |
| 21 | Roman Krech | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 86 |
| 22 | Mika Poutala | 8 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 86 |
| 23 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 18 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 83 |
| 24 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | 36 | 12 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 60 |
| 25 | Haralds Silovs | – | 0 | 0 | 25 | 28 | – | – | 53 |
| 26 | Wang Nan | 19 | – | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | – | 46 |
| 27 | Håvard Bøkko | 6 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 14 | 45 |
| 28 | Lucas Makowsky | 5 | 15 | – | 0 | 11 | – | – | 31 |
| 29 | Daniel Greig | – | – | – | 0 | 15 | 11 | – | 26 |
| 30 | Aleksandr Lebedev | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | – | 26 |
| 31 | Mark Tuitert | – | – | 25 | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| 32 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | – | 21 |
| 33 | Christoffer Fagerli Rukke | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 |
| 34 | Artyom Kuznetsov | – | – | – | 11 | – | 8 | – | 19 |
| 35 | Muncef Ouardi | – | – | – | – | 2 | 15 | – | 17 |
| 36 | Gilmore Junio | 4 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 37 | Philippe Riopel | – | – | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 16 |
| 38 | Kyle Parrott | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 16 |
| 39 | Keiichiro Nagashima | – | 4 | – | 8 | 0 | 2 | – | 14 |
| 40 | Lee Kang-seok | 8 | 0 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| 41 | Ermanno Ioriatti | – | – | 0 | – | – | 6 | – | 6 |
| 42 | Yuji Kamijo | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 43 | Espen-Aarnes Hvammen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | 6 |
| 44 | Mitchell Whitmore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 |
| 45 | Tucker Fredricks | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| 46 | Matteo Anesi | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 |