The 2016 European Speed Skating Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 10 January 2016. Skaters from 17 countries participated.[2]

Sven Kramer and Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands were the defending champions. Kramer successfully defended his title, winning a record 8th title overall, and Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic won her 5th title.[3]

Schedule

The schedule of events:[4]

 Date   Events 
 Saturday, 9 January 
 15:00h
 500 m women 
 500 m men 
 3000 m women 
 5000 m men 
 Sunday, 10 January 
 15:00h
 1500 m women 
 1500 m men 
 5000 m women 
 10,000 m men 

All times are FET (UTC+3).

Men's championships

DNS = did not start, WDR = withdrew, DQ = disqualified

Day 1

Day 2

Final ranking

Rank Skater Nat. 500 m 5000 m 1500 m 10,000 m Points Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer Netherlands 36.56 (4) 6:19.17 (1) 1:48.08 (5) 13:11.98 (1) 150.102
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bart Swings Belgium 36.73 (9) 6:24.91 (3) 1:46.41 (2) 13:15.47 (2) 150.464 +0.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jan Blokhuijsen Netherlands 36.57 (5) 6:22.36 (2) 1:48.79 (9) 13:22.14 (3) 151.176 +1.08
4 Håvard Bøkko Norway 36.63 (6) 6:31.62 (4) 1:48.87 (10) 13:35.21 (4) 152.842 +2.74
5 Andrea Giovannini Italy 36.87 (11) 6:32.22 (5) 1:48.97 (12) 13:41.39 (5) 153.484 +3.39
6 Haralds Silovs Latvia 36.70 (7) 6:33.83 (6) 1:48.46 (6) 13:53.25 (6) 153.898 +3.80
7 Jan Szymański Poland 37.21 (16) 6:34.43 (7) 1:47.48 (3) 13:57.27 (7) 154.342 +4.24
8 Sindre Henriksen Norway 36.71 (8) 6:38.23 (10) 1:48.56 (7) 14:16.64 (8) 155.551 +5.45
9 Denis Yuskov Russia 36.23 (1) 6:35.81 (8) 1:45.18 (1) 110.871
10 Zbigniew Bródka Poland 36.46 (2) 6:42.80 (15) 1:48.05 (4) 112.756
11 Sergey Gryaztsov Russia 37.02 (14) 6:39.18 (12) 1:48.70 (8) 113.171
12 Vitaly Mikhailov Belarus 36.88 (12) 6:38.56 (11) 1:49.98 (14) 113.396
13 Sergey Trofimov Russia 36.97 (13) 6:41.84 (14) 1:48.92 (11) 113.460
14 Nicola Tumolero Italy 37.19 (15) 6:36.40 (9) 1:50.48 (15) 113.656
15 Linus Heidegger Austria 37.23 (17) 6:43.13 (16) 1:50.49 (16) 114.373
16 Konrád Nagy Hungary 36.48 (3) 6:58.03 (20) 1:49.03 (13) 114.626
17 Livio Wenger Switzerland 37.38 (18) 6:44.78 (17) 1:51.13 (17) 114.901
18 Felix Maly Germany 38.76 (23) 6:46.08 (18) 1:55.24 (19) 117.781
19 Iñigo Vidondo Spain 38.25 (20) 6:58.59 (21) 1:53.62 (18) 117.982
20 Tuomas Rahnasto Finland 38.50 (22) 7:02.48 (22) 1:56.24 (20) 119.494
21 Piotr Puszkarski Poland 36.76 (10) 6:51.77 (19) DQ (21)
22 Douwe de Vries Netherlands 37.75 (19) 6:41.56 (13) WDR (22)
23 Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway WDR (24) WDR (24)
24 Jonas Pflug Germany 38.37 (21) DNS (23)

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Women's championships

Day 1

Day 2

Final ranking

Rank Skater Nat. 500 m 3000 m 1500 m 5000 m Points Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic 39.98 (4) 4:03.79 (1) 1:57.00 (1) 6:58.44 (1) 161.455
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ireen Wüst Netherlands 39.90 (3) 4:07.32 (3) 1:57.01 (2) 7:10.65 (4) 163.188 +1.74
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antoinette de Jong Netherlands 39.76 (2) 4:09.00 (4) 1:58.80 (4) 7:11.83 (5) 164.043 +2.59
4 Marije Joling Netherlands 40.33 (6) 4:07.14 (2) 1:58.90 (5) 7:10.10 (2) 164.163 +2.71
5 Natalya Voronina Russia 40.46 (8) 4:09.61 (5) 2:01.46 (10) 7:10.19 (3) 165.566 +4.12
6 Ida Njåtun Norway 39.74 (1) 4:10.69 (6) 1:58.51 (3) 7:25.92 (7) 165.616 +4.17
7 Olga Graf Russia 40.57 (11) 4:16.06 (8) 1:59.00 (6) 7:23.33 (6) 167.245 +5.79
8 Francesca Lollobrigida Italy 40.57 (11) 4:15.40 (7) 2:01.90 (11) 7:38.11 (8) 169.580 +8.13
9 Elizaveta Kazelina Russia 40.18 (5) 4:16.13 (9) 2:00.02 (9) 122.874
10 Luiza Złotkowska Poland 40.47 (9) 4:16.68 (10) 1:59.40 (7) 123.050
11 Natalia Czerwonka Poland 40.36 (7) 4:18.20 (12) 1:59.57 (8) 123.249
12 Marina Zueva Belarus 40.54 (10) 4:17.80 (11) 2:03.89 (14) 124.802
13 Nikola Zdráhalová Czech Republic 40.89 (14) 4:19.54 (13) 2:03.15 (12) 125.196
14 Sofie-Karoline Haugen Norway 41.07 (15) 4:22.40 (14) 2:03.50 (13) 125.969
15 Tatyana Mikhailova Belarus 40.63 (13) 4:29.60 (17) 2:04.10 (15) 126.929
16 Leia Behlau Germany 42.30 (16) 4:27.12 (16) 2:06.46 (16) 128.973
17 Saskia Alusalu Estonia 43.09 (17) 4:24.31 (15) 2:07.49 (17) 129.637

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Speed Skating Stadium". Minsk-Arena. Archived from the original on 2 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ "ISU European Speed Skating Championships". Skating Union of Belarus. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Kramer wins record eighth European skating title". The Washington Times/Associated Press. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Announcement" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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  6. ^ "ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2016 – Result 5000m Men". International Skating Union. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. ^ "ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2016 – Result 1500m Men". International Skating Union. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. ^ "ISU European Speed Skating Championships– Minsk (BLR) Day 2". International Skating Union. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
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  12. ^ "ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2016 – Result 3000m Women". International Skating Union. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  13. ^ "ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2016 – Result 1500m Ladies". International Skating Union. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  14. ^ "ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2016 – Result 5000m Ladies". International Skating Union. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  15. ^ "ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2016 – Classification Ladies". International Skating Union. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.