European Speed Skating Championships

The European Speed Skating Championships are a series of long track speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of Europe.

History

The International Skating Union has organised the European Championships for Men since 1893 (unofficial Championships were held in the years 1891–1892) and the European Championships for Women since 1970. Since 1990, the men's and women's European Championships have been held at the same time and venue.

Starting in 2017, in odd years, the men's and women's European Sprint Speed Skating Championships are also held at the same time and venue. Starting in 2018, in even years, the men's and women's single distance championships are held instead of Allround and Sprint championships.

Medal winners

Main articles: European Speed Skating Championships for Men and European Speed Skating Championships for Women

Allround and Sprint Championships (1891–2019)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	48	46	45	139
2	Norway	38	38	37	113
3	Germany	16	13	5	34
4	Soviet Union	14	11	16	41
5	Sweden	10	3	8	21
6	East Germany	8	6	5	19
7	Finland	7	9	6	22
8	Czech Republic	6	3	3	12
9	Austria	5	6	4	15
10	Russia	5	3	10	18
11	Italy	1	4	3	8
12	Latvia	1	0	0	1
13	Belgium	0	2	1	3
14	France	0	1	1	2
15	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		159	145	145	449

Single Distance Championships (2018–2020)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	14	8	7	29
2	Russia	10	12	9	31
3	Italy	2	3	1	6
4	Austria	1	2	1	4
5	Belgium	1	0	0	1
6	Finland	0	2	0	2
7	Norway	0	1	2	3
8	Poland	0	0	3	3
9	Germany	0	0	2	2
10	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		28	28	28	84

Combined all-time medal count (1891–2020)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	62	54	52	168
2	Norway	38	39	39	116
3	Germany	16	13	7	36
4	Russia	15	15	19	49
5	Soviet Union	14	11	16	41
6	Sweden	10	3	8	21
7	East Germany	8	6	5	19
8	Finland	7	11	6	24
9	Austria	6	8	5	19
10	Czech Republic	6	3	4	13
11	Italy	3	7	4	14
12	Belgium	1	2	1	4
13	Latvia	1	0	0	1
14	France	0	1	1	2
15	Poland	0	0	3	3
16	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 nations)		187	173	173	533

Multiple medalists

Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Allround and Sprint Championships

Rank	Skater	Country	Gender	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	M	2005	2019	10	1	–	11
2	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)	East Germany  Germany	F	1988	2001	8	3	–	11
3	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	M	1992	2003	6	2	2	10
4	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	F	2006	2017	5	4	2	11
5	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	F	2007	2019	5	3	3	11
6	Anni Friesinger	Germany	F	1998	2005	5	1	–	6
7	Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Schöne-Mitscherlich)	East Germany	F	1983	1988	5	–	–	5
8	Clas Thunberg	Finland	M	1922	1932	4	4	–	8
9	Ivar Ballangrud	Norway	M	1927	1938	4	–	2	6
10	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	F	1996	2012	3	6	2	11

All events

Rank	Skater	Country	Gender	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	M	2005	2020	11	2	–	13
2	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)	East Germany  Germany	F	1988	2001	8	3	–	11
3	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	F	2006	2020	7	5	2	14
4	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	M	1992	2003	6	2	2	10
5	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	F	2007	2019	5	3	3	11
6	Anni Friesinger	Germany	F	1998	2005	5	1	–	6
7	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Russia	M	2018	2020	5	–	1	6
8	Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Schöne-Mitscherlich)	East Germany	F	1983	1988	5	–	–	5
9	Clas Thunberg	Finland	M	1922	1932	4	4	–	8
10	Ivar Ballangrud	Norway	M	1927	1938	4	–	2	6

References