2007 European Speed Skating Championships

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European Speed Skating Championships
Ijsbaan Collalbo zomer.jpg
Venue Arena Ritten (Collalbo)
Dates18 and 19 March 2006
Competitors31 men
27 women
Medalist men
Gold medal icon.svg Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED
Silver medal icon.svg Enrico Fabris Flag of Italy.svg  ITA
Bronze medal icon.svg Carl Verheijen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED
Medalist women
Gold medal icon.svg Martina Sáblíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE
Silver medal icon.svg Ireen Wüst Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED
Bronze medal icon.svg Renate Groenewold Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED

The 2007 European Speed Skating Championships were held on the outdoor artificial ice track Arena Ritten in Collalbo, Italy. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings are determined based on the samalog system.

Contents

Live broadcasts from the Championships were shown on Nederland 1, [1] NRK [2] and Rai Tre/Rai Sport Sat, [3] with highlights on Das Erste.

The two champions were both below 21 years of age; Sven Kramer won his first European gold medal, two years after winning silver in Thialf, while Czech Martina Sáblíková won the women's championship to become the first Czech to medal at a European championship, and also the youngest European women's champion. Kramer is the youngest European Champion since 1992.

Rules

All skaters were allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters took part on the fourth distance. These were qualified by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

  1. Skaters among the top 12 on both lists were qualified.
  2. To make up a total of 12, skaters were then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.

Final standings

Men

The top six skaters from the 2006 Championships were all present. [4]

PlaceAthleteCountry500 m5000 m1500 m10000 mpoints
Gold medal icon.svg Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 36.76 ( 5)6:15.65 ( 1)1:44.86 ( 2)13:10.44 ( 1)148.800
Silver medal icon.svg Enrico Fabris Flag of Italy.svg  ITA 36.38 ( 1)6:20.28 ( 3)1:44.72 ( 1)13:21.51 ( 3)149.389
Bronze medal icon.svg Carl Verheijen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 37.53 (12)6:19.67 ( 2)1:47.34 ( 9)13:15.37 ( 2)151.045
4 Håvard Bøkko Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 36.99 ( 6)6:24.41 ( 4)1:47.10 ( 7)13:27.38 ( 4)151.500
5 Ivan Skobrev Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 36.39 ( 2)6:39.28 (13)1:46.68 ( 4)13:45.01 ( 9)153.128
6 Eskil Ervik Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 37.96 (16)6:24.85 ( 5)1:47.56 (10)13:36.62 ( 8)153.129
7 Tobias Schneider Flag of Germany.svg  GER 37.48 (11)6:35.72 (10)1:47.03 ( 6)13:34.14 ( 5)153.435
8 Mark Tuitert Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 36.60 ( 4)6:36.79 (11)1:46.19 ( 3)14:05.27 (11)153.938
9 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 38.13 (17)6:31.12 ( 7)1:47.87 (12)13:35.72 ( 6)153.984
10 Wouter olde Heuvel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 37.57 (14)6:28.96 ( 6)1:47.60 (11)13:54.40 (10)154.052
11 Sverre Haugli Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 38.20 (18)6:31.55 ( 8)1:48.16 (14)13:35.92 ( 7)154.204
12 Matteo Anesi Flag of Italy.svg  ITA 37.22 ( 8)6:38.62 (12)1:48.85 (15)14:22.38 (12)156.484
13 Konrad Niedźwiedzki Flag of Poland.svg  POL 36.52 ( 3)6:47.81 (19)1:46.96 ( 5)112.954
14 Stefan Heythausen Flag of Germany.svg  GER 37.46 (10)6:42.44 (15)1:47.28 ( 8)113.464
15 Jarmo Valtonen Flag of Finland.svg  FIN 37.14 ( 7)6:48.88 (20)1:47.94 (13)114.008
16 Johan Röjler Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE 38.52 (19)6:35.46 ( 9)1:49.68 (17)114.626
17 Alexis Contin Flag of France.svg  FRA 37.35 ( 9)6:44.91 (18)1:50.43 (18)114.651
18 Joel Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE 37.55 (13)6:52.95 (23)1:49.04 (16)115.191
19 Vitaly Mikhailov Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR 37.58 (15)6:57.52 (25)1:50.48 (19)116.158
20 Artyom Belousov Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 39.01 (22)6:43.24 (16)1:50.91 (20)116.304
21 Sławomir Chmura Flag of Poland.svg  POL 38.78 (21)6:43.64 (17)1:52.07 (22)116.500
22 Alexey Yunin Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 39.57 (27)6:40.83 (14)1:51.12 (21)116.693
23 Christian Pichler Flag of Austria.svg  AUT 39.30 (26)6:50.43 (21)1:52.07 (22)117.699
24 Witold Mazur Flag of Poland.svg  POL 39.24 (25)6:51.29 (22)1:55.13 (27)118.745
25 Maxim Pedos Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR 39.16 (24)7:00.30 (28)1:52.78 (24)118.783
26 Oliver Sundberg Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN 39.02 (23)7:01.16 (29)1:54.26 (25)119.222
27 Martin Hänggi Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI 38.76 (20)7:06.32 (30)1:54.32 (26)119.498
28 Claudiu Grozea Flag of Romania.svg  ROM 39.89 (29)6:55.74 (24)1:55.76 (28)120.050
29 Milan Sáblík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE 39.62 (28)6:59.98 (27)1:57.06 (29)120.638
Kris Schildermans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL DSQ6:58.42 (26)1:57.51 (30)
Stefano Donagrandi Flag of Italy.svg  ITA DNF

A placing among the top 16 qualified the nation for the 2007 World Championships as well as the 2008 European Championships (where each federation is automatically entitled to one skater and any additional skaters are added to this quota, with a cap of four.)

Women

Anni Friesinger, five-time European Champion, withdrew to concentrate on the World Sprint Championships a week later. [5]

At first, the Norwegian Skating Federation selected only Maren Haugli, but included Mari Hemmer and Hedvig Bjelkevik after protests from within the speed skating community. [6] [7] Bjelkevik later declined, citing the same reason as Friesinger.

The top seven skaters from the 2006 Championships were all present.

PlaceAthleteCountry500 m1500 m3000 m5000 mpoints
Gold medal icon.svg Martina Sáblíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE 40.97 ( 9)1:58.66 ( 6)4:03.52 ( 1)6:58.45 ( 1)162.954
Silver medal icon.svg Ireen Wüst Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 39.51 ( 1)1:56.78 ( 1)4:07.61 ( 3)7:12.73 ( 6)162.977
Bronze medal icon.svg Renate Groenewold Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 41.05 (10)1:58.64 ( 5)4:04.24 ( 2)7:08.76 ( 2)164.178
4 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Flag of Germany.svg  GER 40.63 ( 7)1:58.08 ( 3)4:08.28 ( 4)7:10.49 ( 4)164.419
5 Claudia Pechstein Flag of Germany.svg  GER 40.28 ( 4)1:58.72 ( 7)4:11.15 ( 6)7:10.05 ( 3)164.716
6 Marja Vis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 40.65 ( 8)1:59.56 ( 8)4:09.99 ( 5)7:11.77 ( 5)165.345
7 Paulien van Deutekom Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 40.51 ( 5)1:58.34 ( 4)4:12.79 (10)7:23.94 (10)166.481
8 Lucille Opitz Flag of Germany.svg  GER 41.16 (12)1:59.77 (10)4:12.13 ( 8)7:17.81 ( 9)166.885
9 Maren Haugli Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 41.13 (11)2:01.50 (13)4:11.89 ( 7)7:14.26 ( 7)167.037
10 Yekaterina Abramova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 39.91 ( 2)1:57.98 ( 2)4:18.79 (13)7:34.62 (12)167.829
11 Katarzyna Wójcicka Flag of Poland.svg  POL 40.56 ( 6)1:59.79 (11)4:16.33 (12)7:31.08 (11)168.319
12 Andrea Jirků Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE 43.46 (26)2:03.37 (16)4:12.51 ( 9)7:17.44 ( 8)170.412
13 Yekaterina Lobysheva Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 40.15 ( 3)1:59.53 ( 8)4:20.23 (15)123.364
14 Katrin Mattscherodt Flag of Germany.svg  GER 41.68 (15)2:02.05 (14)4:15.13 (11)124.884
15 Anna Rokita Flag of Austria.svg  AUT 41.80 (16)2:03.12 (15)4:19.85 (14)126.148
16 Galina Likhachova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 41.41 (13)2:00.93 (12)4:28.57 (24)126.481
17 Luiza Złotkowska Flag of Poland.svg  POL 42.47 (19)2:04.15 (17)4:23.85 (18)127.828
18 Mari Hemmer Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 42.24 (17)2:04.04 (18)4:23.74 (17)127.842
19 Oana Opincariu Flag of Romania.svg  ROM 42.89 (24)2:06.20 (22)4:20.46 (19)128.366
20 Yekaterina Malysheva Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 41.42 (14)2:05.61 (19)4:31.96 (25)128.616
21 Yuliya Yasenok Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR 42.37 (18)2:06.04 (21)4:26.09 (21)128.731
22 Yelena Myagkikh Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR 42.51 (20)2:05.66 (20)4:26.02 (20)128.732
23 Marita Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE 42.54 (21)2:06.28 (23)4:26.85 (23)129.108
24 Martina Windhager Flag of Austria.svg  AUT 43.04 (25)2:07.38 (25)4:26.17 (22)129.861
25 Cathrine Grage Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN 44.52 (27)2:06.89 (24)4:24.55 (19)130.907
26 Daniela Dumitru Flag of Romania.svg  ROM 42.77 (23)2:07.66 (24)4:33.57 (26)130.918
27 Ágota Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN 42.76 (22)2:10.98 (27)4:39.80 (27)133.053

The top 14 have qualified their nation for the World Allround Championships. Skaters in the top 16 have given their nation an addition to the basis quota of one skater for the 2008 European Championships, with the quota capped at four skaters per nation.

Friday's events

The competitions began at 13:00 local time.

In the results list, previous European medallists are mentioned, as well as the top ten on each distance.

500 m men

Kramer advanced 13 places from his performance at the 2006 European Championship, and gained 0.8 seconds on Fabris compared to last year's standings. Ervik lost nearly a second, while Bøkko lost half a second and Verheijen gained 0.3 seconds, all compared to the defending champion Fabris. The distance podium is the same as last year, but only Skobrev finished in the same position.

Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints
1.Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Fabris  (ITA)36.381.Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Fabris  (ITA)36.380
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Ivan Skobrev  (RUS)36.392.Flag of Russia.svg  Ivan Skobrev  (RUS)36.390
3.Flag of Poland.svg  Konrad Niedźwiedzki  (POL)36.523.Flag of Poland.svg  Konrad Niedźwiedzki  (POL)36.520
4.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark Tuitert  (NED)36.604.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark Tuitert  (NED)36.600
5.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sven Kramer  (NED)36.765.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sven Kramer  (NED)36.760
6.Flag of Norway.svg  Håvard Bøkko  (NOR)36.996.Flag of Norway.svg  Håvard Bøkko  (NOR)36.990
7.Flag of Finland.svg  Jarmo Valtonen  (FIN)37.147.Flag of Finland.svg  Jarmo Valtonen  (FIN)37.140
8.Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Anesi  (ITA)37.228.Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Anesi  (ITA)37.220
9.Flag of France.svg  Alexis Contin  (FRA)37.359.Flag of France.svg  Alexis Contin  (FRA)37.350
10.Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Heythausen  (GER)37.4610.Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Heythausen  (GER)37.460
12.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Carl Verheijen  (NED)37.5312.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Carl Verheijen  (NED)37.530
16.Flag of Norway.svg  Eskil Ervik  (NOR)37.9616.Flag of Norway.svg  Eskil Ervik  (NOR)37.960
500 m women

Abramova, Lobysheva, Pechstein and Wójcicka all finished in the same order as in Hamar last year, with Abramova gaining a few hundredths of a second. However, Wüst gains over 1.2 seconds on those three compared to last year's performance, where she finished 0.79 500 m-seconds behind Pechstein in the overall standings. Groenewold finishes 0.77 seconds behind Pechstein, gaining 0.13 on 2006.

Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints
1.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ireen Wüst  (NED)39.511.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ireen Wüst  (NED)39.510
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Abramova  (RUS)39.912.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Abramova  (RUS)39.910
3.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Lobysheva  (RUS)40.153.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Lobysheva  (RUS)40.150
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Pechstein  (GER)40.284.Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Pechstein  (GER)40.280
5.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paulien van Deutekom  (NED)40.515.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paulien van Deutekom  (NED)40.510
6.Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Wójcicka  (POL)40.566.Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Wójcicka  (POL)40.560
7.Flag of Germany.svg  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  (GER)40.637.Flag of Germany.svg  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  (GER)40.630
8.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marja Vis  (NED)40.658.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marja Vis  (NED)40.650
9.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martina Sáblíková  (CZE)40.979.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martina Sáblíková  (CZE)40.970
10.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Renate Groenewold  (NED)41.0510.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Renate Groenewold  (NED)41.050
5000 m men

The previous outdoor world best, by Chad Hedrick from the 2005 World Single Distance Championships, was bettered by 9.96 seconds. Verheijen was the first to beat the record, in the 12th of the 15 pairs, before Kramer lowered it by a further four seconds in the 13th pair, recording nine of twelve laps below 30 seconds.

Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints
1.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sven Kramer  (NED)6:15.651.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sven Kramer  (NED)74.325
2.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Carl Verheijen  (NED)6:19.672.Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Fabris  (ITA)74.408
3.Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Fabris  (ITA)6:20.283.Flag of Norway.svg  Håvard Bøkko  (NOR)75.431
4.Flag of Norway.svg  Håvard Bøkko  (NOR)6:24.414.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Carl Verheijen  (NED)75.497
5.Flag of Norway.svg  Eskil Ervik  (NOR)6:24.855.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark Tuitert  (NED)76.279
6.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter olde Heuvel  (NED)6:28.966.Flag of Russia.svg  Ivan Skobrev  (RUS)76.318
7.Flag of Norway.svg  Henrik Christiansen  (NOR)6:31.127.Flag of Norway.svg  Eskil Ervik  (NOR)76.445
8.Flag of Norway.svg  Sverre Haugli  (NOR)6:31.558.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter olde Heuvel  (NED)76.466
9.Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Röjler  (SWE)6:35.469.Flag of Germany.svg  Tobias Schneider  (GER)77.052
10.Flag of Germany.svg  Tobias Schneider  (GER)6:35.7210.Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Anesi  (ITA)77.082
11.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark Tuitert  (NED)6:36.7911.Flag of Norway.svg  Henrik Christiansen  (NOR)77.242

Saturday's events

The competitions began at 13:00 local time.

1500 m women

Wüst and Abramova finished first and second once more, with exactly the same difference in samalog points, while defending champion Pechstein, whose best World Cup ranking is in the long distance cup, advanced to third place in the allround rankings despite recording a worse placing here than on the 500 metres.

Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints
1.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ireen Wüst  (NED)1:56.781.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ireen Wüst  (NED)78.436
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Abramova  (RUS)1:57.982.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Abramova  (RUS)79.236
3.Flag of Germany.svg  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  (GER)1:58.083.Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Pechstein  (GER)79.853
4.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paulien van Deutekom  (NED)1:58.344.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paulien van Deutekom  (NED)79.956
5.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Renate Groenewold  (NED)1:58.645.Flag of Germany.svg  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  (GER)79.990
6.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martina Sáblíková  (CZE)1:58.666.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Lobysheva  (RUS)79.993
7.Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Pechstein  (GER)1:58.727.Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Wójcicka  (POL)80.490
8.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Lobysheva  (RUS)1:59.538.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marja Vis  (NED)80.503
9.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marja Vis  (NED)1:59.569.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martina Sáblíková  (CZE)80.523
10.Flag of Germany.svg  Lucille Opitz  (GER)1:59.7710.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Renate Groenewold  (NED)80.596
1500 m men

In the final pair, Kramer bettered his personal best by nearly two seconds, thus advancing to third place on the Adelskalender. The outdoor world best mark was lowered by nearly three seconds by Fabris, who pipped Kramer to the line in the final pair, but remains 0.72 seconds behind before the final distance tomorrow, where Kramer was world record holder.

Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints
1.Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Fabris  (ITA)1:44.721.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sven Kramer  (NED)109.278
2.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sven Kramer  (NED)1:44.862.Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Fabris  (ITA)109.314
3.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark Tuitert  (NED)1:46.193.Flag of Norway.svg  Håvard Bøkko  (NOR)111.131
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Ivan Skobrev  (RUS)1:46.684.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Carl Verheijen  (NED)111.277
5.Flag of Poland.svg  Konrad Niedźwiedzki  (POL)1:46.965.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark Tuitert  (NED)111.675
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Tobias Schneider  (GER)1:47.036.Flag of Russia.svg  Ivan Skobrev  (RUS)111.878
7.Flag of Norway.svg  Håvard Bøkko  (NOR)1:47.107.Flag of Norway.svg  Eskil Ervik  (NOR)112.298
8.Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Heythausen  (GER)1:47.288.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter olde Heuvel  (NED)112.332
9.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Carl Verheijen  (NED)1:47.349.Flag of Germany.svg  Tobias Schneider  (GER)112.728
10.Flag of Norway.svg  Eskil Ervik  (NOR)1:47.5611.Flag of Norway.svg  Henrik Christiansen  (NOR)113.198
11.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter olde Heuvel  (NED)1:47.6012.Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Anesi  (ITA)113.365
12.Flag of Norway.svg  Henrik Christiansen  (NOR)1:47.8713.Flag of Norway.svg  Sverre Haugli  (NOR)113.408
3000 m women

By winning the distance, 19-year-old Sáblíková advanced seven places in the overall standings, but still needed to beat Wüst by 14.05 seconds on the final 5,000 metres. On this distance, two-thirds the length, she beat Wüst by 4.09 seconds. Renate Groenewold finished second, also advancing seven places in the allround standings, after skating in the same pair as Sáblíková and leading until two laps remained.

Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints
1.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martina Sáblíková  (CZE)4:03.521.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ireen Wüst  (NED)119.704
2.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Renate Groenewold  (NED)4:04.242.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martina Sáblíková  (CZE)121.109
3.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ireen Wüst  (NED)4:07.613.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Renate Groenewold  (NED)121.302
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  (GER)4:08.284.Flag of Germany.svg  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  (GER)121.370
5.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marja Vis  (NED)4:09.995.Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Pechstein  (GER)121.711
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Pechstein  (GER)4:11.156.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paulien van Deutekom  (NED)122.087
7.Flag of Norway.svg  Maren Haugli  (NOR)4:11.857.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marja Vis  (NED)122.168
8.Flag of Germany.svg  Lucille Opitz  (GER)4:12.138.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Abramova  (RUS)122.367
9.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Andrea Jirků  (CZE)4:12.519.Flag of Germany.svg  Lucille Opitz  (GER)123.104
10.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paulien van Deutekom  (NED)4:12.7910.Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Wójcicka  (POL)123.211
11.Flag of Germany.svg  Katrin Mattscherodt  (GER)4:15.1312.Flag of Norway.svg  Maren Haugli  (NOR)123.611
12.Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Wójcicka  (POL)4:16.3316.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Andrea Jirků  (CZE)126.591

Sunday's events

The competitions began at 12:00 local time.

5000 m women

Sáblíková skated in the fifth pair, and after distancing Groenewold by 10 seconds and bettering the world outdoor mark by seven seconds, she set Wüst the task of finishing in 7:12.49 to become European champion. This would be fifth place thus far. Wüst started well, and with five laps to go, she was 0.6 seconds behind Sáblíková, with a cushion of more than 2.5 seconds per lap. But with lap times steadily going upwards, the worst being 37.0 on the penultimate lap, she arrived 0.23 seconds too late to become European champion. Sáblíková thus became the first Czech to win a senior speed skating championship. Neither Pechstein nor Anschütz-Thoms managed to beat Groenewold on the distance, giving Groenewold the bronze medal. Thus, in Friesinger's absence, Germany failed to finish on the podium for the first time since 1974.

Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints
1.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martina Sáblíková  (CZE)6:58.751.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martina Sáblíková  (CZE)162.954
2.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Renate Groenewold  (NED)7:08.762.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ireen Wüst  (NED)162.977
3.Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Pechstein  (GER)7:10.053.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Renate Groenewold  (NED)164.178
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  (GER)7:10.494.Flag of Germany.svg  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms  (GER)164.419
5.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marja Vis  (NED)7:11.775.Flag of Germany.svg  Claudia Pechstein  (GER)164.716
6.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ireen Wüst  (NED)7:12.736.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marja Vis  (NED)165.345
7.Flag of Norway.svg  Maren Haugli  (NOR)7:14.267.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paulien van Deutekom  (NED)166.481
8.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Andrea Jirků  (CZE)7:17.448.Flag of Germany.svg  Lucille Opitz  (GER)166.885
9.Flag of Germany.svg  Lucille Opitz  (GER)7:17.819.Flag of Norway.svg  Maren Haugli  (NOR)167.034
10.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paulien van Deutekom  (NED)7:23.9410.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Abramova  (RUS)167.829
11.Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Wójcicka  (POL)7:31.0811.Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Wójcicka  (POL)168.319
12.Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Abramova  (RUS)7:34.6212.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Andrea Jirků  (CZE)170.412
10,000 m men

The outdoor world best mark was lowered twice during the race; first by Enrico Fabris in the fifth pair, who bettered the old record by four seconds on his way to leading the distance. Sven Kramer was thus required to skate 13:22.21 to win the championship; he kept well ahead of that, even skating the last two laps in times below 30 seconds, much faster than any other lap of the race. Verheijen also managed to beat Bøkko by 0.455 points (9.10 10,000 m-seconds) to take the bronze medal.

Pos.RaceTimePos.Allround rankingsPoints
1.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sven Kramer  (NED)13:10.441.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sven Kramer  (NED)148.800
2.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Carl Verheijen  (NED)13:15.372.Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Fabris  (ITA)149.389
3.Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Fabris  (ITA)13:21.513.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Carl Verheijen  (NED)151.045
4.Flag of Norway.svg  Håvard Bøkko  (NOR)13:27.384.Flag of Norway.svg  Håvard Bøkko  (NOR)151.500
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Tobias Schneider  (GER)13:34.145.Flag of Russia.svg  Ivan Skobrev  (RUS)153.128
6.Flag of Norway.svg  Henrik Christiansen  (NOR)13:35.726.Flag of Norway.svg  Eskil Ervik  (NOR)153.129
7.Flag of Norway.svg  Sverre Haugli  (NOR)13:35.927.Flag of Germany.svg  Tobias Schneider  (GER)153.435
8.Flag of Norway.svg  Eskil Ervik  (NOR)13:36.628.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark Tuitert  (NED)153.928
9.Flag of Russia.svg  Ivan Skobrev  (RUS)13:45.019.Flag of Norway.svg  Henrik Christiansen  (NOR)153.984
10.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter olde Heuvel  (NED)13:54.4010.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wouter olde Heuvel  (NED)154.052
11.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark Tuitert  (NED)14:05.2711.Flag of Norway.svg  Sverre Haugli  (NOR)154.204
12.Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Anesi  (ITA)14:22.3812.Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Anesi  (ITA)156.484

See also

References and notes

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  2. (in Norwegian) Sport - NRK Archived 2007-01-14 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 12 January 2007.
  3. (in Italian) Guida TV Archived 2007-01-15 at the Wayback Machine , from rai.it, (in Italian) Communication from FISG [ permanent dead link ], retrieved 11 January 2006.
  4. List of Competitors Men [ permanent dead link ], from KNSB.
  5. Classification Ladies Archived 2007-01-16 at the Wayback Machine , from Sport Computer Graphics.
  6. (in Norwegian) Mari vant NM - vraket til EM, ANB, from dagbladet.no, retrieved 11 January 2007.
  7. (in Norwegian) Hemmer blir likevel med til EM, ANB, from siste.no, retrieved 11 January 2007.