2016 European Speed Skating Championships

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

2016 European Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus[1]
Dates	9–10 January 2016[1]
Medalist men
Sven Kramer  NED Bart Swings  BEL Jan Blokhuijsen  NED
Medalist women
Martina Sáblíková  CZE Ireen Wüst  NED Antoinette de Jong  NED

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

500 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Denis Yuskov 36.23 36.230 2 Zbigniew Bródka 36.46 +0.23 36.460 3 Konrád Nagy 36.48 +0.25 36.480 4 Sven Kramer 36.56 +0.33 36.560 5 Jan Blokhuijsen 36.57 +0.34 36.570 6 Håvard Bøkko 36.63 +0.40 36.630 7 Haralds Silovs 36.70 +0.47 36.700 8 Sindre Henriksen 36.71 +0.48 36.710 9 Bart Swings 36.73 +0.50 36.730 10 Piotr Puszkarski 36.76 +0.53 36.760 11 Andrea Giovannini 36.87 +0.64 36.870 12 Vitaly Mikhailov 36.88 +0.65 36.880 13 Sergey Trofimov 36.97 +0.74 36.970 14 Sergey Gryaztsov 37.02 +0.79 37.020 15 Nicola Tumolero 37.19 +0.96 37.190 16 Jan Szymański 37.21 +0.98 37.210 17 Linus Heidegger 37.23 +1.00 37.230 18 Livio Wenger 37.38 +1.15 37.380 19 Douwe de Vries 37.75 +1.52 37.750 20 Iñigo Vidondo 38.25 +2.02 38.250 21 Jonas Pflug 38.37 +2.14 38.370 22 Tuomas Rahnasto 38.50 +2.27 38.500 23 Felix Maly 38.76 +2.53 38.760 Sverre Lunde Pedersen WDR [5]

5000 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Sven Kramer 6:19.17 37.917 2 Jan Blokhuijsen 6:22.36 +3.19 38.236 3 Bart Swings 6:24.91 +5.74 38.491 4 Håvard Bøkko 6:31.62 +12.45 39.162 5 Andrea Giovannini 6:32.22 +13.05 39.222 6 Haralds Silovs 6:33.83 +14.66 39.383 7 Jan Szymański 6:34.43 +15.26 39.443 8 Denis Yuskov 6:35.81 +16.64 39.581 9 Nicola Tumolero 6:36.40 +17.23 39.640 10 Sindre Henriksen 6:38.23 +19.06 39.823 11 Vitaly Mikhailov 6:38.56 +19.39 39.856 12 Sergey Gryaztsov 6:39.18 +20.01 39.918 13 Douwe de Vries 6:41.56 +22.39 40.156 14 Sergey Trofimov 6:41.84 +22.67 40.184 15 Zbigniew Bródka 6:42.80 +23.63 40.280 16 Linus Heidegger 6:43.13 +23.96 40.313 17 Livio Wenger 6:44.78 +25.61 40.478 18 Felix Maly 6:46.08 +26.91 40.608 19 Piotr Puszkarski 6:51.77 +32.60 41.177 20 Konrád Nagy 6:58.03 +38.86 41.803 21 Iñigo Vidondo 6:58.59 +39.42 41.859 22 Tuomas Rahnasto 7:02.48 +43.31 42.248 Jonas Pflug DNS Sverre Lunde Pedersen WDR [6]

Day 2

1500 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Denis Yuskov 1:45.18 35.060 2 Bart Swings 1:46.41 +1.23 35.470 3 Jan Szymański 1:47.48 +2.30 35.826 4 Zbigniew Bródka 1:48.05 +2.87 36.016 5 Sven Kramer 1:48.08 +2.90 36.026 6 Haralds Silovs 1:48.46 +3.28 36.153 7 Sindre Henriksen 1:48.56 +3.38 36.186 8 Sergey Gryaztsov 1:48.70 +3.52 36.233 9 Jan Blokhuijsen 1:48.79 +3.61 36.263 10 Håvard Bøkko 1:48.87 +3.69 36.290 11 Sergey Trofimov 1:48.92 +3.74 36.306 12 Andrea Giovannini 1:48.97 +3.79 36.323 13 Konrád Nagy 1:49.03 +3.85 36.343 14 Vitaly Mikhailov 1:49.98 +4.80 36.660 15 Nicola Tumolero 1:50.48 +5.30 36.826 16 Linus Heidegger 1:50.49 +5.31 36.830 17 Livio Wenger 1:51.13 +5.95 37.043 18 Iñigo Vidondo 1:53.62 +8.44 37.873 19 Felix Maly 1:55.24 +10.06 38.413 20 Tuomas Rahnasto 1:56.24 +11.06 38.746 21 Piotr Puszkarski DQ 22 Douwe de Vries WDR Jonas Pflug DNS Sverre Lunde Pedersen WDR [7]

10,000 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Sven Kramer 13:11.98 39.599 2 Bart Swings 13:15.47 +3.49 39.773 3 Jan Blokhuijsen 13:22.14 +10.16 40.107 4 Håvard Bøkko 13:35.21 +23.23 40.760 5 Andrea Giovannini 13:41.39 +29.41 41.069 6 Haralds Silovs 13:53.25 +41.27 41.662 7 Jan Szymański 13:57.27 +45.29 41.863 8 Sindre Henriksen 14:16.64 +64.66 42.832 Denis Yuskov WDR[8] [9]

Final ranking

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

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Women's championships

Day 1

500 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Ida Njåtun 39.74 39.740 2 Antoinette de Jong 39.76 +0.02 39.760 3 Ireen Wüst 39.90 +0.16 39.900 4 Martina Sáblíková 39.98 +0.24 39.980 5 Elizaveta Kazelina 40.18 +0.44 40.180 6 Marije Joling 40.33 +0.59 40.330 7 Natalia Czerwonka 40.36 +0.62 40.360 8 Natalya Voronina 40.46 +0.72 40.460 9 Luiza Złotkowska 40.47 +0.73 40.470 10 Marina Zueva 40.54 +0.80 40.540 11 Olga Graf 40.57 +0.83 40.570 Francesca Lollobrigida 40.57 +0.83 40.570 13 Tatyana Mikhailova 40.63 +0.89 40.630 14 Nikola Zdráhalová 40.89 +1.15 40.89 15 Sofie-Karoline Haugen 41.07 +1.33 41.070 16 Leia Behlau 42.30 +2.56 42.300 17 Saskia Alusalu 43.09 +3.35 43.090 [11]

3000 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Martina Sáblíková 4:03.79 40.631 2 Marije Joling 4:07.14 +3.35 41.190 3 Ireen Wüst 4:07.32 +3.53 41.220 4 Antoinette de Jong 4:09.00 +5.21 41.500 5 Natalya Voronina 4:09.61 +5.82 41.601 6 Ida Njåtun 4:10.69 +6.90 41.781 7 Francesca Lollobrigida 4:15.40 +11.61 42.566 8 Olga Graf 4:16.06 +12.27 42.676 9 Elizaveta Kazelina 4:16.13 +12.34 42.688 10 Luiza Złotkowska 4:16.68 +12.89 42.780 11 Marina Zueva 4:17.80 +14.01 42.966 12 Natalia Czerwonka 4:18.20 +14.41 43.033 13 Nikola Zdráhalová 4:19.54 +15.75 43.256 14 Sofie-Karoline Haugen 4:22.40 +18.61 43.733 15 Saskia Alusalu 4:24.31 +20.52 44.051 16 Leia Behlau 4:27.12 +23.33 44.520 17 Tatyana Mikhailova 4:29.60 +25.81 44.933 [12]

Day 2

1500 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Martina Sáblíková 1:57.00 39.000 2 Ireen Wüst 1:57.01 +0.01 39.003 3 Ida Njåtun 1:58.51 +1.51 39.503 4 Antoinette de Jong 1:58.80 +1.80 39.600 5 Marije Joling 1:58.90 +1.90 39.633 6 Olga Graf 1:59.00 +2.00 39.666 7 Luiza Złotkowska 1:59.40 +2.40 39.800 8 Natalia Czerwonka 1:59.57 +2.57 39.856 9 Elizaveta Kazelina 2:00.02 +3.02 40.006 10 Natalya Voronina 2:01.46 +4.46 40.486 11 Francesca Lollobrigida 2:01.90 +4.90 40.633 12 Nikola Zdráhalová 2:03.15 +6.15 41.050 13 Sofie-Karoline Haugen 2:03.50 +6.50 41.166 14 Marina Zueva 2:03.89 +6.89 41.296 15 Tatyana Mikhailova 2:04.10 +7.10 41.366 16 Leia Behlau 2:06.46 +9.46 42.153 17 Saskia Alusalu 2:07.49 +10.49 42.496 [13]

5000 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Martina Sáblíková 6:58.44 41.844 2 Marije Joling 7:10.10 +11.66 43.010 3 Natalya Voronina 7:10.19 +11.75 43.019 4 Ireen Wüst 7:10.65 +12.21 43.065 5 Antoinette de Jong 7:11.83 +13.39 43.183 6 Olga Graf 7:23.33 +24.89 44.333 7 Ida Njåtun 7:25.92 +27.48 44.592 8 Francesca Lollobrigida 7:38.11 +39.67 45.811 [14]

Final ranking

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

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See also

• 2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

References

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