European Speed Skating Championships for Women

The International Skating Union has organised the European Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1970, but they were discontinued after the 1974 tournament because of lack of interest. The European Championships for Women were reinstated in 1981.

A Soviet stamp dedicated to the 1984 European Speed Skating Championships for Women

History

Distances used

• In the years 1970–1974 and 1981–1982, four distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1,000 m – 1,500 m – 3,000 m (the mini combination).
• From 1983 to 2017, four distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1,500 m – 3,000 m – 5,000 m (the small combination).
• Starting in 2017, in odd years, a separate competition with four distances is held: 500 m – 1000 m – 500 m – 1000 m (the sprint combination).
• Starting in 2018, in even years, a single distance championships with seven events will be held: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, team pursuit, mass start, and team sprint.^[1]

Ranking systems used

• Since 1970, the samalog system has been in use. However, the rule that a skater winning at least three distances was automatically European Champion remained in effect until (and including) 1986.

Medal winners

Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.

Allround championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970	Heerenveen	Nina Statkevich	Stien Kaiser	Ans Schut
1971	Leningrad	Nina Statkevich (2)	Lyudmila Titova	Kapitolina Seregina
1972	Inzell	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Nina Statkevich	Lyudmila Savrulina
1973	Brandbu	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Trijnie Rep	Nina Statkevich
1974	Alma-Ata	Atje Keulen-Deelstra (3)	Nina Statkevich	Tatyana Shelekhova
1975	Not held due to lack of interest
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981	Heerenveen	Natalya Petrusyova	Karin Enke	Gabi Schönbrunn
1982	Heerenveen	Natalya Petrusyova (2)	Karin Busch	Natalya Glebova
1983	Heerenveen	Andrea Schöne	Karin Enke	Natalya Petrusyova
1984	Alma-Ata	Gabi Schönbrunn	Valentina Lalenkova	Olga Pleshkova
1985	Groningen	Andrea Schöne	Yvonne van Gennip	Sabine Brehm
1986	Geithus	Andrea Ehrig	Yvonne van Gennip	Natalya Artamonova
1987	Groningen	Andrea Ehrig	Yvonne van Gennip	Jacqueline Börner
1988	Kongsberg	Andrea Ehrig (5)	Gunda Kleemann	Yvonne van Gennip
1989	West Berlin	Gunda Kleemann	Constanze Moser	Jacqueline Börner
1990	Heerenveen	Gunda Kleemann	Jacqueline Börner	Heike Schalling
1991	Sarajevo	Gunda Kleemann	Heike Warnicke	Yvonne van Gennip
1992	Heerenveen	Gunda Niemann	Emese Hunyady	Heike Warnicke
1993	Heerenveen	Emese Hunyady	Heike Warnicke	Svetlana Bazhanova
1994	Hamar	Gunda Niemann	Svetlana Bazhanova	Emese Hunyady
1995	Heerenveen	Gunda Niemann	Annamarie Thomas	Tonny de Jong
1996	Heerenveen	Gunda Niemann	Annamarie Thomas	Claudia Pechstein
1997	Heerenveen	Tonny de Jong	Gunda Niemann	Barbara de Loor
1998	Helsinki	Claudia Pechstein	Anni Friesinger	Svetlana Bazhanova
1999	Heerenveen	Tonny de Jong (2)	Claudia Pechstein	Annamarie Thomas
2000	Hamar	Anni Friesinger	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Renate Groenewold
2001	Baselga di Pinè	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (8)	Claudia Pechstein	Wieteke Cramer
2002	Erfurt	Anni Friesinger	Claudia Pechstein	Renate Groenewold
2003	Heerenveen	Anni Friesinger	Claudia Pechstein	Renate Groenewold
2004	Heerenveen	Anni Friesinger	Claudia Pechstein	Renate Groenewold
2005	Heerenveen	Anni Friesinger (5)	Daniela Anschütz	Claudia Pechstein
2006	Hamar	Claudia Pechstein	Renate Groenewold	Ireen Wüst
2007	Collalbo	Martina Sáblíková	Ireen Wüst	Renate Groenewold
2008	Kolomna	Ireen Wüst	Paulien van Deutekom	Martina Sáblíková
2009	Heerenveen	Claudia Pechstein (3)	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Martina Sáblíková
2010	Hamar	Martina Sáblíková	Ireen Wüst	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
2011	Collalbo	Martina Sáblíková	Ireen Wüst	Marrit Leenstra
2012	Budapest	Martina Sáblíková	Claudia Pechstein	Ireen Wüst
2013	Heerenveen	Ireen Wüst	Linda de Vries	Diane Valkenburg
2014	Hamar	Ireen Wüst	Yvonne Nauta	Martina Sáblíková
2015	Chelyabinsk	Ireen Wüst	Martina Sáblíková	Linda de Vries
2016	Minsk	Martina Sáblíková (5)	Ireen Wüst	Antoinette de Jong
2017	Heerenveen	Ireen Wüst (5)	Martina Sáblíková	Antoinette de Jong
2019	Collalbo	Antoinette de Jong	Martina Sáblíková	Francesca Lollobrigida
2021	Heerenveen	Antoinette de Jong	Irene Schouten	Martina Sáblíková
2023	Hamar	Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong (3)	Ragne Wiklund	Marijke Groenewoud

Sprint championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2017	Heerenveen	Karolína Erbanová	Jorien ter Mors	Olga Fatkulina
2019	Collalbo	Vanessa Herzog	Daria Kachanova	Olga Fatkulina
2021	Heerenveen	Jutta Leerdam	Angelina Golikova	Femke Kok
2023	Hamar	Jutta Leerdam (2)	Femke Kok	Vanessa Herzog

500 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Vanessa Herzog	Angelina Golikova	Karolína Erbanová
2020	Heerenveen	Olga Fatkulina	Vanessa Herzog	Angelina Golikova
2022	Heerenveen	Femke Kok	Angelina Golikova	Daria Kachanova
2024	Heerenveen	Femke Kok (2)	Jutta Leerdam	Vanessa Herzog

1000 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Yekaterina Shikhova	Vanessa Herzog	Marrit Leenstra
2020	Heerenveen	Jutta Leerdam	Daria Kachanova	Yekaterina Shikhova
2022	Heerenveen	Jutta Leerdam	Femke Kok	Daria Kachanova
2024	Heerenveen	Jutta Leerdam (3)	Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong	Vanessa Herzog

1500 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Lotte van Beek	Yekaterina Shikhova	Marrit Leenstra
2020	Heerenveen	Ireen Wüst	Evgeniia Lalenkova	Yekaterina Shikhova
2022	Heerenveen	Antoinette de Jong	Ireen Wüst	Francesca Lollobrigida
2024	Heerenveen	Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong (2)	Marijke Groenewoud	Joy Beune

3000 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Esmee Visser	Carlijn Achtereekte	Natalya Voronina
2020	Heerenveen	Esmee Visser (2)	Natalya Voronina	Francesca Lollobrigida
2022	Heerenveen	Irene Schouten	Antoinette de Jong	Francesca Lollobrigida
2024	Heerenveen	Marijke Groenewoud	Irene Schouten	Ragne Wiklund

Mass start

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Francesca Lollobrigida	Francesca Bettrone	Vanessa Herzog
2020	Heerenveen	Irene Schouten	Francesca Lollobrigida	Melissa Wijfje
2022	Heerenveen	Irene Schouten (2)	Marijke Groenewoud	Elizaveta Golubeva
2024	Heerenveen	Marijke Groenewoud	Irene Schouten	Francesca Lollobrigida

Team pursuit

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Lotte van Beek Melissa Wijfje	Russia Olga Graf Yekaterina Shikhova Natalya Voronina	Germany Roxanne Dufter Gabriele Hirschbichler Michelle Uhrig
2020	Heerenveen	Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Melissa Wijfje (2) Ireen Wüst	Russia Elizaveta Kazelina Evgeniia Lalenkova Natalya Voronina	Belarus Tatsiana Mikhailava Yauheniya Varabyova Maryna Zuyeva
2022	Heerenveen	Netherlands Antoinette de Jong (2) Irene Schouten Ireen Wüst (2)	Norway Marit Fjellanger Bøhm Sofie Karoline Haugen Ragne Wiklund	Russia Elizaveta Golubeva Evgeniia Lalenkova Natalya Voronina
2024	Heerenveen	Netherlands Joy Beune Marijke Groenewoud Irene Schouten (2)	Germany Josie Hofmann Josephine Schlörb Lea Sophie Scholz	Switzerland Jasmin Güntert Ramona Härdi Kaitlyn McGregor

Team sprint

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Russia Angelina Golikova Olga Fatkulina Elizaveta Kazelina	Netherlands Mayon Kuipers Sanneke de Neeling Letitia de Jong	Norway Martine Ripsrud Anne Gulbrandsen Sofie Karoline Haugen
2020	Heerenveen	Russia Angelina Golikova (2) Olga Fatkulina (2) Daria Kachanova	Netherlands Femke Kok Letitia de Jong Ireen Wüst	Poland Andżelika Wójcik Kaja Ziomek Natalia Czerwonka
2022	Heerenveen	Poland Andżelika Wójcik Kaja Ziomek Karolina Bosiek	Belarus Yauheniya Varabyova Hanna Nifantava Ekaterina Sloeva	Norway Julie Nistad Samsonsen Martine Ripsrud Ane By Farstad
2024	Heerenveen	Netherlands Marrit Fledderus Femke Kok Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong	Poland Andżelika Wójcik Iga Wojtasik Karolina Bosiek	Norway Carina Jagtøyen Julie Nistad Samsonsen Martine Ripsrud

All-time medal count

Allround and Sprint Championships (1970–2023)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	15	18	21	54
2	Germany	14	13	4	31
3	East Germany	8	6	5	19
4	Czech Republic	6	3	4	13
5	Soviet Union	4	4	8	16
6	Austria	2	1	2	5
7	Russia	0	3	4	7
8	Norway	0	1	0	1
9	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		49	49	49	147

Single Distance Championships (2018–2024)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	21	12	4	37
2	Russia	4	8	8	20
3	Italy	1	2	4	7
4	Austria	1	2	3	6
5	Poland	1	1	1	3
6	Norway	0	1	4	5
7	Belarus	0	1	1	2
	Germany	0	1	1	2
9	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		28	28	28	84

Combined all-time medal count (1970–2024)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	36	30	25	91
2	Germany	14	14	5	33
3	East Germany	8	6	5	19
4	Czech Republic	6	3	5	14
5	Russia	4	11	12	27
6	Soviet Union	4	4	8	16
7	Austria	3	3	5	11
8	Italy	1	2	5	8
9	Poland	1	1	1	3
10	Norway	0	2	4	6
11	Belarus	0	1	1	2
12	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		77	77	77	231

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	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)	East Germany  Germany	1988	2001	8	3	–	11
2	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	2006	2017	5	4	2	11
3	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	2007	2021	5	3	4	12
4	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1998	2005	5	1	–	6
5	Andrea Ehrig (Schöne)	East Germany	1983	1988	5	–	–	5
6	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1996	2012	3	6	2	11
7	Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong	Netherlands	2016	2023	3	–	2	5
8	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Netherlands	1972	1974	3	–	–	3
9	Nina Statkevich	Soviet Union	1970	1974	2	2	1	5
10	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	1995	1999	2	–	1	3
	Natalya Petrusyova	Soviet Union	1981	1983	2	–	1	3

All events

Rank	Skater	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	2006	2022	8	6	2	16
2	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)	East Germany  Germany	1988	2001	8	3	–	11
3	Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong	Netherlands	2016	2024	8	2	2	12
4	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	2007	2021	5	3	4	12
5	Irene Schouten	Netherlands	2020	2024	5	3	–	8
6	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1998	2005	5	1	–	6
	Jutta Leerdam	Netherlands	2020	2024	5	1	–	6
8	Andrea Ehrig (Schöne)	East Germany	1983	1988	5	–	–	5
9	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1996	2012	3	6	2	11
10	Femke Kok	Netherlands	2020	2024	3	3	1	7

See also

• European Speed Skating Championships for Men
• World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women

References

Footnotes

1. "EK sprint en EK afstanden toegevoegd aan schaatskalender". NU.nl (in Dutch). June 8, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2017.

• Medal Winners in European Allround Championships. International Skating Union (2006-04-24). Retrieved on 2007-08-25.