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

The 1000 metres distance for women 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.
Christine Nesbitt of Canada won the cup, while the defending champion, Heather Richardson of the United States, came second, and Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Christine Nesbitt | 550 | 2nd |
| Silver | Heather Richardson | 459 | 1st |
| Bronze | Marrit Leenstra | 420 | 9th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 20 November | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.97 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 1:16.52 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:16.77 |
| 2 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 27 November | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:14.82 | Thijsje Oenema Netherlands | 1:16.120 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 1:16.127 |
| 3 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 4 December | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.32 | Yu Jing China | 1:15.85 | Yekaterina Shikhova Russia | 1:16.16 |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 21 January | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:13.36 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:13.99 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:14.51 |
| 4 | Salt Lake City, United States | 22 January | Laurine van Riessen Netherlands | 1:14.21 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:14.41 | Monique Angermüller Germany | 1:14.83 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 4 March | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.82 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:16.48 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:16.54 |
| 7 | Berlin, Germany | 11 March | Christine Nesbitt Canada | 1:15.04 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:15.77 | Zhang Hong China | 1:15.83 |

## Standings

Standings as of 11 March 2012 (end of the season).
| # | Name | CHE | AST | HVN | SLC1 | SLC2 | HVN2 | BER | Total |
| 1 | Christine Nesbitt | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | – | – | 150 | 550 |
| 2 | Heather Richardson | 40 | 24 | 45 | 80 | 50 | 100 | 120 | 459 |
| 3 | Marrit Leenstra | 70 | 60 | 50 | 45 | 80 | 70 | 45 | 420 |
| 4 | Margot Boer | 80 | 70 | 16 | 28 | 36 | 60 | 75 | 365 |
| 5 | Ireen Wüst | 24 | 50 | 40 | 70 | 50 | 80 | – | 314 |
| 6 | Laurine van Riessen | 60 | 40 | 28 | 16 | 100 | 16 | 40 | 300 |
| 7 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 45 | 28 | 70 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 219 |
| 8 | Zhang Hong | 25 | – | 21 | 60 | – | – | 105 | 211 |
| 9 | Yu Jing | 36 | – | 80 | – | – | – | 90 | 206 |
| 10 | Brittany Bowe | 12 | 21 | 14 | 50 | 10 | 50 | 24 | 181 |
| 11 | Monique Angermüller | 2 | 25 | 36 | 36 | 70 | – | – | 169 |
| 12 | Annette Gerritsen | – | – | – | 25 | 60 | 36 | 32 | 153 |
| 13 | Thijsje Oenema | 18 | 80 | 18 | – | – | – | 36 | 152 |
| 14 | Nao Kodaira | 6 | 19 | 32 | 24 | 0 | 40 | 21 | 142 |
| 15 | Maki Tsuji | 32 | 32 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 140 |
| 16 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 21 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 133 |
| 17 | Yuliya Skokova | 15 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 126 |
| 18 | Karolína Erbanová | 19 | 45 | 60 | – | – | – | – | 124 |
| 19 | Olga Fatkulina | 6 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 40 | 21 | 10 | 108 |
| 20 | Yekaterina Aydova | – | 5 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 16 | 103 |
| 21 | Judith Hesse | 14 | 36 | – | 14 | 28 | 8 | – | 100 |
| 22 | Lee Sang-hwa | 50 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 0 | – | – | 99 |
| 23 | Miho Takagi | 16 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 15 | – | 28 | 98 |
| 24 | Jin Peiyu | – | – | 25 | 32 | 14 | – | 5 | 76 |
| 25 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 10 | – | 59 |
| 26 | Kali Christ | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 50 |
| 27 | Ida Njåtun | 5 | 15 | 5 | – | – | 18 | – | 43 |
| 28 | Kaylin Irvine | – | – | – | 4 | 11 | 19 | – | 34 |
| 29 | Yekaterina Malysheva | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 |
| 30 | Miyako Sumiyoshi | 11 | 10 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 32 |
| 31 | Cindy Klassen | 3 | 11 | 4 | – | – | 12 | – | 30 |
| 32 | Heike Hartmann | – | – | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | – | 27 |
| 33 | Anastasia Bucsis | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 25 |
| 34 | Qi Shuai | – | – | – | – | 19 | 5 | – | 24 |
| 35 | Brittany Schussler | – | – | – | 5 | 18 | – | – | 23 |
| 36 | Hege Bøkko | 0 | 2 | 6 | – | – | 15 | – | 23 |
| 37 | Shannon Rempel | 8 | 6 | 0 | – | 8 | – | – | 22 |
| 38 | Yukana Nishina | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | 8 | – | 16 |
| 39 | Claudia Pechstein | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 40 | Kelly Gunther | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | – | 13 |
| 41 | Svetlana Radkevich | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | – | 12 |
| 42 | Yevgenia Dmitrieva | – | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | – | 11 |
| 43 | Wang Beixing | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 44 | Denise Roth | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 45 | Kim Hyun-yung | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 46 | Elina Risku | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 47 | Tamara Oudenaarden | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 |