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.^[1] Sven Kramer and Ireen Wüst won the European titles.^[2][3]

European Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands
Dates	11–13 January 2013
Competitors	52 from 17 nations
Medalist men
Sven Kramer  NED Jan Blokhuijsen  NED Håvard Bøkko  NOR
Medalist women
Ireen Wüst  NED Linda de Vries  NED Diane Valkenburg  NED
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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.^[4]

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,^[5] the following nations had the right to enter additional competitors in virtue of their results in the previous continental event:^[6]

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:

•  Austria (2)
•  Belarus (2)
•  Belgium (4)
•  Czech Republic (3)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (5)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Netherlands (8)
•  Norway (6)
•  Poland (6)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (5)
•  Sweden (1)

Events

Schedule

10 January Thursday	11 January Friday	12 January Saturday	13 January Sunday
Team leaders meeting Opening draw	Opening ceremony 500 metres men 5000 metres men Drawing for Saturday’s distances	500 metres women 1500 metres men 3000 metres women Drawing for Sunday’s distances	1500 metres women 10000 metres men 5000 metres women Award 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.^[1]

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

3000 metres Rank[8] Athlete Country Time Behind Points 1 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 4:01.25 CR 0.00 40.208 2 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 4:03.68 2.43 40.613 3 Linda de Vries  Netherlands 4:05.33 4.08 40.888 4 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 4:05.84 5.20 41.075 5 Stephanie Beckert  Germany 4:06.45 5.20 41.075 6 Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands 4:07.48 6.23 41.246 7 Ida Njåtun  Norway 4:07.77 6.52 41.295 8 Olga Graf  Russia 4:08.64 7.39 41.440 9 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 4:09.67 8.42 41.611 10 Natalia Czerwonka  Poland 4:10.90 9.65 41.816

1500 metres Rank[9] Athlete Country Time Behind Points 1 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 1:56.39 CR 0.00 38.796 2 Linda de Vries  Netherlands 1:57.57 1.18 39.190 3 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 1:57.76 1.37 39.253 4 Ida Njåtun  Norway 1:58.57 2.18 39.523 5 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 1:58.68 2.29 39.560 6 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 1:58.80 2.41 39.600 7 Yekaterina Shikhova  Russia 1:58.85 2.46 39.616 8 Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands 1:59.02 2.63 39.673 9 Olga Graf  Russia 1:59.24 2.85 39.746 10 Yekaterina Lobysheva  Russia 1:59.50 3.11 39.833

5000 metres Rank[10] Athlete Country Time Behind Points 1 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 6:57.16 0.00 41.716 2 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 7:01.95 4.79 42.195 3 Linda de Vries  Netherlands 7:02.77 5.61 42.277 4 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 7:05.56 8.40 42.556 5 Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands 7:08.52 11.36 42.852 6 Olga Graf  Russia 7:09.90 12.74 42.990 7 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 7:14.08 16.92 43.408 8 Ida Njåtun  Norway 7:17.73 20.57 43.773

Final classification

Rank[11]	Athlete	Country	500 m	3000 m	1500 m	5000 m	Points	Behind
	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	39.69 (4)	4:01.25 (1)	1:56.39 (1)	7:01.95 (2)	160.889 (1)	0.00
	Linda de Vries	Netherlands	39.98 (7)	4:05.33 (3)	1:57.57 (2)	7:02.77 (3)	162.335 (2)	1.45
	Diane Valkenburg	Netherlands	39.93 (6)	4:05.84 (4)	1:57.76 (3)	7:05.56 (4)	162.712 (3)	1.83
4	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	40.95 (16)	4:03.68 (2)	1:58.68 (5)	6:57.16 (1)	162.839 (4)	1.95
5	Antoinette de Jong	Netherlands	39.42 (3)	4:07.48 (6)	1:59.02 (8)	7:08.52 (5)	163.191 (5)	2.31
6	Olga Graf	Russia	40.26 (10)	4:08.64 (8)	4:08.64 (8)	7:09.90 (6)	164.436 (6) NR	3.55
7	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	40.01 (8)	4:09.67 (9)	1:58.80 (6)	7:14.08 (7)	164.629 (7)	3.74
8	Ida Njåtun	Norway	40.15 (9)	4:07.77 (7)	1:58.57 (4)	7:17.73 (8)	164.741 (8)	3.86
9	Yekaterina Lobysheva	Russia	38.98 (2)	4:15.23 (13)	1:59.50 (10)		121.351 (9)
10	Yekaterina Shikhova	Russia	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 Rank[12] Athlete Country Time Behind Points 1 Konrad Niedźwiedzki  Poland 35.93 0.00 35.930 2 Zbigniew Bródka  Poland 36.03 0.10 36.030 3 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 36.14 0.21 36.140 4 Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 36.40 0.47 36.400 5 Simen Spieler Nilsen  Norway 36.54 0.61 36.540 6 Jan Szymański  Poland 36.61 0.68 36.610 7 David Andersson  Sweden 36.70 0.77 36.700 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 36.70 0.77 36.700 9 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway 36.86 0.93 36.860 10 Haralds Silovs  Latvia 36.90 0.97 36.900

5000 metres Rank[13] Athlete Country Time Behind Points 1 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 6:12.55 0.00 37.255 2 Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 6:18.16 5.61 37.816 3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway 6:19.07 6.52 37.907 4 Bart Swings  Belgium 6:19.13 6.58 37.913 5 Ivan Skobrev  Russia 6:19.85 7.30 37.985 6 Moritz Geisreiter  Germany 6:22.10 9.55 38.210 7 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 6:23.38 10.83 38.338 8 Renz Rotteveel  Netherlands 6:24.42 11.87 38.442 9 Haralds Silovs  Latvia 6:28.19 15.64 38.819 10 Jan Szymański  Poland 6:29.81 17.26 38.981

1500 metres Rank[14] Athlete Country Time Behind Points 1 Konrad Niedzwiedzki  Poland 1:46.32 0.00 35.440 2 Zbigniew Brodka  Poland 1:46.38 0.06 35.460 3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Netherlands 1:46.39 0.07 35.463 4 Bart Swings  Belgium 1:46.47 0.15 35.490 5 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 1:46.78 0.46 35.593 6 Jan Szymański  Poland 1:47.24 0.92 35.746 7 Haralds Silovs  Latvia 1:47.29 0.97 35.763 8 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 1:47.49 1.17 35.830 9 Renz Rotteveel  Netherlands 1:47.77 1.45 35.923 10 Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 1:47.89 1.57 35.963

10000 metres Rank[15] Athlete Country Time Behind Points 1 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 12:55.98 CR 0.00 38.799 2 Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 13:01.60 5.62 39.080 3 Bart Swings  Belgium 13:08.08 12.10 39.404 4 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 13:08.16 12.18 39.408 5 Moritz Geisreiter  Germany 13:09.68 13.70 39.484 6 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway 13:12.86 16.88 39.643 7 Ivan Skobrev  Russia 13:29.27 33.29 40.463 8 Konrad Niedzwiedzki  Poland 13:45.13 49.15 41.256

Final classification

Rank[16]	Athlete	Country	500 m	5000 m	1500 m	10000 m	Points	Behind
	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	36.70 (7)	6:12.55 (1)	1:47.49 (8)	12:55.98 (1)	148.584 (1)	0.00
	Jan Blokhuijsen	Netherlands	36.40 (4)	6:18.16 (2)	1:47.89 (10)	13:01.60 (2)	149.259 (2)	0.68
	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	36.14 (3)	6:23.38 (7)	1:46.78 (5)	13:08.16 (4)	149.479 (3)	0.90
4	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Norway	36.86 (9)	6:19.07 (3)	1:46.39 (3)	13:12.86 (6)	149.873 (4)	1.29
5	Bart Swings	Belgium	37.47 (19)	6:19.13 (4)	1:46.47 (4)	13:08.08 (3)	150.277 (5) NR	1.70
6	Ivan Skobrev	Russia	36.91 (11)	6:19.85 (5)	1:48.59 (12)	13:29.27 (7)	151.554 (6)	2.97
7	Konrad Niedzwiedzki	Poland	35.93 (1)	6:33.75 (13)	1:46.32 (1)	13:45.13 (8)	152.001 (7)	3.42
8	Moritz Geisreiter	Germany	38.03 (21)	6:22.10 (6)	1:48.96 (13)	13:09.68 (5)	152.044 (8) NR	3.46
9	Zbigniew Bródka	Poland	36.03 (2)	6:35.17 (14)	1:46.38 (2)		111.007 (9)
10	Renz Rotteveel	Netherlands	36.93 (12)	6:24.42 (8)	1:47.77 (9)		111.295 (10)

See also

• 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

References

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