| Event: | World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships |
| Venue: | Thialf (Heerenveen) |
| Dates: | 22–25 March 2012 |
| Prev: | 2011 Inzell |
| Next: | 2013 Sochi |
The 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships took place between 22 and 25 March 2012 in the Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands visited the Championships on 24 March.[1]
| Date | Time | Events |
|---|---|---|
| March 22 | 16:30 | 1500 m men |
| 3000 m women | ||
| March 23 | 15:00 | 1000 m men |
| 1500 m women | ||
| 5000 m men | ||
| March 24 | 12:00 | 1000 m women |
| 10000 m men | ||
| 5000 m women | ||
| March 25 | 13:30 | 500 m women |
| 500 m men | ||
| Team pursuit women | ||
| Team pursuit men |
| 500 m | Mo Tae-bum | 69.64 | Michel Mulder | +0.01 | Pekka Koskela | +0.18 | |
| 1000 m | Stefan Groothuis | 1:08.57 | Kjeld Nuis | +0.22 | Shani Davis | +0.26 | |
| 1500 m | Denny Morrison | 1:46.44 | Ivan Skobrev | +0.05 | Håvard Bøkko | +0.06 | |
| 5000 m | Sven Kramer | 6:13.87 | Bob de Jong | +1.39 | Jonathan Kuck | +2.41 | |
| 10000 m | Bob de Jong | 12:53.91 | Jorrit Bergsma | +3.80 | Jonathan Kuck | +18.75 | |
| Team pursuit | Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen | 3:41.43 | Shani Davis Brian Hansen Jonathan Kuck | +1.99 | Ivan Skobrev Denis Yuskov Yevgeny Lalenkov | +2.19 |
| 500 m | Lee Sang-hwa | 75.69 | Yu Jing | +0.43 | Thijsje Oenema | +0.59 | |
| 1000 m | Christine Nesbitt | 1:15.16 | Yu Jing | +0.82 | Margot Boer | +1.00 | |
| 1500 m | Christine Nesbitt | 1:56.07 | Ireen Wüst | +0.33 | Linda de Vries | +1.01 | |
| 3000 m | Martina Sáblíková | 4:01.88 | Stephanie Beckert | +2.21 | Ireen Wüst | +2.99 | |
| 5000 m | Martina Sáblíková | 6:50.46 | Stephanie Beckert | +6.18 | Claudia Pechstein | +13.55 | |
| Team pursuit | Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg Linda de Vries | 2:59.70 | Brittany Schussler Christine Nesbitt Cindy Klassen | +0.81 | Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska | +3.62 |