2013 European Speed Skating Championships

The 2013 European Speed Skating Championships was the 38th continental allround speed skating event for women and the 107th for men. The championships were held at the Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 11 through 13 January 2013. Both the men's and women's championship consisted of four separate distance events and the winners are the skaters with the lowest points total after four distances. The competition was also a qualifying event for the 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships as the entry quotas were allocated according to the results of the European Championships. Sven Kramer and Ireen Wüst won the European titles.

Venue The competition took place at the Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands, an indoor artificial skating rink, on a standard 400 meters track with inner and outer curves with radii of 26 and 30 meters respectively. The venue has a capacity of 12,500 seats.

Participating nations

A provisional list of competitors and staff had to be presented until 24 December 2012, while the final deadline of applications for the European Championships was closed on 8 January 2013. Every European member federation of the International Skating Union (ISU), whose racer met the qualification criteria were eligible to delegate one participant to the event, and, according to the rules of the ISU, the following nations had the right to enter additional competitors in virtue of their results in the previous continental event:

Women: 4 competitors: Netherlands 3 competitors: Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia 2 competitors: Austria, Belgium

Men: 4 competitors: Netherlands 3 competitors: Norway, Poland 2 competitors: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Russia

Eventually 52 competitors from 17 nations registered officially for the championships, not including the substitutes, in the following distribution:

(2) (2) (4) (3) (1) (1) (2) (5) (1) (2) (1) (8) (6) (6) (1) (5) (1)

Events

Schedule 10 JanuaryThursday11 JanuaryFriday12 JanuarySaturday13 JanuarySundayTeam leaders meetingOpening drawOpening ceremony500 metres men5000 metres menDrawing for Saturday’s distances500 metres women1500 metres men3000 metres womenDrawing for Sunday’s distances1500 metres women10000 metres men5000 metres womenAward ceremony

Women's competition The women's European Championship were held over two days, Saturday and Sunday, with the 500 and 3000 metre events on the first day, followed by the 1500 and 5000 metre events on the second day. Skaters were awarded points according to their times, and the eight best placed competitors after the second day were eligible to participate in the 5000 metres closing event on the last day of the championship.

Martina Sáblíková was the defending 2012 European Champion and also won the title previously in 2007, 2010 and 2011.

500 metres RankAthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints 1 Karolína Erbanová 38.72 CR 0.00 38.720 2 Yekaterina Lobysheva 38.98 0.26 38.980 3 Antoinette de Jong 39.42 0.60 39.420 4 Ireen Wüst 39.69 0.97 39.690 5 Yekaterina Shikhova 39.90 1.21 40.670 6 Diane Valkenburg 39.93 1.26 39.930 7 Linda de Vries 39.98 1.26 39.980 8 Claudia Pechstein 40.01 1.29 40.010 9 Ida Njåtun 40.15 1.43 40.150 10 Olga Graf 40.26 1.54 40.260 11 Vanessa Bittner 40.31 1.59 40.310 12 Luiza Złotkowska 40.34 1.62 40.340 13 Natalia Czerwonka 40.35 1.63 40.350 14 Ágota Toth-Lykovcan 40.71 1.99 40.710 15 Katarzyna Woźniak 40.84 2.12 40.840 16 Martina Sáblíková 40.95 2.23 40.950 17 Francesca Lollobrigida 41.02 2.30 41.020 18 Anna Rokita 41.15 2.43 41.150 19 Johanna Östlund 41.22 2.50 41.220 20 Tatyana Mikhailova 41.23 2.51 41.230

3000 metres RankAthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints 1 Ireen Wüst 4:01.25 CR 0.00 40.208 2 Martina Sáblíková 4:03.68 2.43 40.613 3 Linda de Vries 4:05.33 4.08 40.888 4 Diane Valkenburg 4:05.84 5.20 41.075 5 Stephanie Beckert 4:06.45 5.20 41.075 6 Antoinette de Jong 4:07.48 6.23 41.246 7 Ida Njåtun 4:07.77 6.52 41.295 8 Olga Graf 4:08.64 7.39 41.440 9 Claudia Pechstein 4:09.67 8.42 41.611 10 Natalia Czerwonka 4:10.90 9.65 41.816

1500 metres

RankAthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints 1 Ireen Wüst 1:56.39 CR 0.00 38.796 2 Linda de Vries 1:57.57 1.18 39.190 3 Diane Valkenburg 1:57.76 1.37 39.253 4 Ida Njåtun 1:58.57 2.18 39.523 5 Martina Sáblíková 1:58.68 2.29 39.560 6 Claudia Pechstein 1:58.80 2.41 39.600 7 Yekaterina Shikhova 1:58.85 2.46 39.616 8 Antoinette de Jong 1:59.02 2.63 39.673 9 Olga Graf 1:59.24 2.85 39.746 10 Yekaterina Lobysheva 1:59.50 3.11 39.833

5000 metres

RankAthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints 1 Martina Sáblíková 6:57.16 0.00 41.716 2 Ireen Wüst 7:01.95 4.79 42.195 3 Linda de Vries 7:02.77 5.61 42.277 4 Diane Valkenburg 7:05.56 8.40 42.556 5 Antoinette de Jong 7:08.52 11.36 42.852 6 Olga Graf 7:09.90 12.74 42.990 7 Claudia Pechstein 7:14.08 16.92 43.408 8 Ida Njåtun 7:17.73 20.57 43.773

Final classification RankAthleteCountry500 m3000 m1500 m5000 mPointsBehind Ireen Wüst 39.69 (4) 4:01.25 (1) 1:56.39 (1)7:01.95 (2) 160.889 (1) 0.00 Linda de Vries 39.98 (7) 4:05.33 (3) 1:57.57 (2)7:02.77 (3) 162.335 (2) 1.45 Diane Valkenburg 39.93 (6) 4:05.84 (4) 1:57.76 (3)7:05.56 (4) 162.712 (3) 1.83 4 Martina Sáblíková 40.95 (16) 4:03.68 (2) 1:58.68 (5)6:57.16 (1) 162.839 (4) 1.95 5 Antoinette de Jong 39.42 (3) 4:07.48 (6) 1:59.02 (8)7:08.52 (5) 163.191 (5) 2.31 6 Olga Graf 40.26 (10) 4:08.64 (8)4:08.64 (8)7:09.90 (6) 164.436 (6) NR 3.55 7 Claudia Pechstein 40.01 (8) 4:09.67 (9) 1:58.80 (6)7:14.08 (7) 164.629 (7) 3.74 8 Ida Njåtun 40.15 (9) 4:07.77 (7) 1:58.57 (4)7:17.73 (8) 164.741 (8) 3.86 9 Yekaterina Lobysheva 38.98 (2) 4:15.23 (13) 1:59.50 (10) 121.351 (9) 10 Yekaterina Shikhova 39.90 (5) 4:14.83 (12) 1:58.85 (7) 177.289 (10)

Men's competition The men's event took place over three days, with the 500 metres and the 5000 metres race on the first day, the 1500 on the second day and 10,000 meters race on the final day. After the first day, the best 24 out of the 26 skaters got the change to participate in the 5000 meters event, while the best eight competitors after three events took part in the 10,000 meters race.

500 metres RankAthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints 1 Konrad Niedźwiedzki 35.93 0.00 35.930 2 Zbigniew Bródka 36.03 0.10 36.030 3 Håvard Bøkko 36.14 0.21 36.140 4 Jan Blokhuijsen 36.40 0.47 36.400 5 Simen Spieler Nilsen 36.54 0.61 36.540 6 Jan Szymański 36.61 0.68 36.610 7 David Andersson 36.70 0.77 36.700 Sven Kramer 36.70 0.77 36.700 9 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 36.86 0.93 36.860 10 Haralds Silovs 36.90 0.97 36.900

5000 metres RankAthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints 1 Sven Kramer 6:12.55 0.00 37.255 2 Jan Blokhuijsen 6:18.16 5.61 37.816 3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 6:19.07 6.52 37.907 4 Bart Swings 6:19.13 6.58 37.913 5 Ivan Skobrev 6:19.85 7.30 37.985 6 Moritz Geisreiter 6:22.10 9.55 38.210 7 Håvard Bøkko 6:23.38 10.83 38.338 8 Renz Rotteveel 6:24.42 11.87 38.442 9 Haralds Silovs 6:28.19 15.64 38.819 10 Jan Szymański 6:29.81 17.26 38.981

1500 metres RankAthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints 1 Konrad Niedzwiedzki 1:46.32 0.00 35.440 2 Zbigniew Brodka 1:46.38 0.06 35.460 3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 1:46.39 0.07 35.463 4 Bart Swings 1:46.47 0.15 35.490 5 Håvard Bøkko 1:46.78 0.46 35.593 6 Jan Szymański 1:47.24 0.92 35.746 7 Haralds Silovs 1:47.29 0.97 35.763 8 Sven Kramer 1:47.49 1.17 35.830 9 Renz Rotteveel 1:47.77 1.45 35.923 10 Jan Blokhuijsen 1:47.89 1.57 35.963

10000 metres

RankAthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints 1 Sven Kramer 12:55.98 CR 0.00 38.799 2 Jan Blokhuijsen 13:01.60 5.62 39.080 3 Bart Swings 13:08.08 12.10 39.404 4 Håvard Bøkko 13:08.16 12.18 39.408 5 Moritz Geisreiter 13:09.68 13.70 39.484 6 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 13:12.86 16.88 39.643 7 Ivan Skobrev 13:29.27 33.29 40.463 8 Konrad Niedzwiedzki 13:45.13 49.15 41.256

Final classification RankAthleteCountry500 m5000 m1500 m10000 mPointsBehind Sven Kramer 36.70 (7) 6:12.55 (1) 1:47.49 (8)12:55.98 (1) 148.584 (1) 0.00 Jan Blokhuijsen 36.40 (4) 6:18.16 (2) 1:47.89 (10)13:01.60 (2) 149.259 (2) 0.68 Håvard Bøkko 36.14 (3) 6:23.38 (7) 1:46.78 (5)13:08.16 (4) 149.479 (3) 0.90 4 Sverre Lunde Pedersen 36.86 (9) 6:19.07 (3) 1:46.39 (3)13:12.86 (6) 149.873 (4) 1.29 5 Bart Swings 37.47 (19) 6:19.13 (4) 1:46.47 (4) 13:08.08 (3) 150.277 (5) NR 1.70 6 Ivan Skobrev 36.91 (11) 6:19.85 (5) 1:48.59 (12)13:29.27 (7) 151.554 (6) 2.97 7 Konrad Niedzwiedzki 35.93 (1) 6:33.75 (13)1:46.32 (1) 13:45.13 (8) 152.001 (7) 3.42 8 Moritz Geisreiter 38.03 (21) 6:22.10 (6) 1:48.96 (13)13:09.68 (5) 152.044 (8) NR 3.46 9 Zbigniew Bródka 36.03 (2) 6:35.17 (14) 1:46.38 (2) 111.007 (9) 10 Renz Rotteveel 36.93 (12) 6:24.42 (8) 1:47.77 (9) 111.295 (10)

See also 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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