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Venue | Arena Ritten (Collalbo) | ||||||||||||
Dates | 18 and 19 March 2006 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 men 27 women | ||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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:
The top six skaters from the 2006 Championships were all present. [4]
Place | Athlete | Country | 500 m | 5000 m | 1500 m | 10000 m | points |
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Sven Kramer | NED | 36.76 ( 5) | 6:15.65 ( 1) | 1:44.86 ( 2) | 13:10.44 ( 1) | 148.800 | |
Enrico Fabris | ITA | 36.38 ( 1) | 6:20.28 ( 3) | 1:44.72 ( 1) | 13:21.51 ( 3) | 149.389 | |
Carl Verheijen | NED | 37.53 (12) | 6:19.67 ( 2) | 1:47.34 ( 9) | 13:15.37 ( 2) | 151.045 | |
4 | Håvard Bøkko | NOR | 36.99 ( 6) | 6:24.41 ( 4) | 1:47.10 ( 7) | 13:27.38 ( 4) | 151.500 |
5 | Ivan Skobrev | RUS | 36.39 ( 2) | 6:39.28 (13) | 1:46.68 ( 4) | 13:45.01 ( 9) | 153.128 |
6 | Eskil Ervik | NOR | 37.96 (16) | 6:24.85 ( 5) | 1:47.56 (10) | 13:36.62 ( 8) | 153.129 |
7 | Tobias Schneider | GER | 37.48 (11) | 6:35.72 (10) | 1:47.03 ( 6) | 13:34.14 ( 5) | 153.435 |
8 | Mark Tuitert | NED | 36.60 ( 4) | 6:36.79 (11) | 1:46.19 ( 3) | 14:05.27 (11) | 153.938 |
9 | Henrik Christiansen | NOR | 38.13 (17) | 6:31.12 ( 7) | 1:47.87 (12) | 13:35.72 ( 6) | 153.984 |
10 | Wouter olde Heuvel | NED | 37.57 (14) | 6:28.96 ( 6) | 1:47.60 (11) | 13:54.40 (10) | 154.052 |
11 | Sverre Haugli | NOR | 38.20 (18) | 6:31.55 ( 8) | 1:48.16 (14) | 13:35.92 ( 7) | 154.204 |
12 | Matteo Anesi | ITA | 37.22 ( 8) | 6:38.62 (12) | 1:48.85 (15) | 14:22.38 (12) | 156.484 |
13 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | POL | 36.52 ( 3) | 6:47.81 (19) | 1:46.96 ( 5) | 112.954 | |
14 | Stefan Heythausen | GER | 37.46 (10) | 6:42.44 (15) | 1:47.28 ( 8) | 113.464 | |
15 | Jarmo Valtonen | FIN | 37.14 ( 7) | 6:48.88 (20) | 1:47.94 (13) | 114.008 | |
16 | Johan Röjler | SWE | 38.52 (19) | 6:35.46 ( 9) | 1:49.68 (17) | 114.626 | |
17 | Alexis Contin | FRA | 37.35 ( 9) | 6:44.91 (18) | 1:50.43 (18) | 114.651 | |
18 | Joel Eriksson | SWE | 37.55 (13) | 6:52.95 (23) | 1:49.04 (16) | 115.191 | |
19 | Vitaly Mikhailov | BLR | 37.58 (15) | 6:57.52 (25) | 1:50.48 (19) | 116.158 | |
20 | Artyom Belousov | RUS | 39.01 (22) | 6:43.24 (16) | 1:50.91 (20) | 116.304 | |
21 | Sławomir Chmura | POL | 38.78 (21) | 6:43.64 (17) | 1:52.07 (22) | 116.500 | |
22 | Alexey Yunin | RUS | 39.57 (27) | 6:40.83 (14) | 1:51.12 (21) | 116.693 | |
23 | Christian Pichler | AUT | 39.30 (26) | 6:50.43 (21) | 1:52.07 (22) | 117.699 | |
24 | Witold Mazur | POL | 39.24 (25) | 6:51.29 (22) | 1:55.13 (27) | 118.745 | |
25 | Maxim Pedos | UKR | 39.16 (24) | 7:00.30 (28) | 1:52.78 (24) | 118.783 | |
26 | Oliver Sundberg | DEN | 39.02 (23) | 7:01.16 (29) | 1:54.26 (25) | 119.222 | |
27 | Martin Hänggi | SUI | 38.76 (20) | 7:06.32 (30) | 1:54.32 (26) | 119.498 | |
28 | Claudiu Grozea | ROM | 39.89 (29) | 6:55.74 (24) | 1:55.76 (28) | 120.050 | |
29 | Milan Sáblík | CZE | 39.62 (28) | 6:59.98 (27) | 1:57.06 (29) | 120.638 | |
Kris Schildermans | BEL | DSQ | 6:58.42 (26) | 1:57.51 (30) | |||
Stefano Donagrandi | 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.)
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.
Place | Athlete | Country | 500 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 5000 m | points |
Martina Sáblíková | CZE | 40.97 ( 9) | 1:58.66 ( 6) | 4:03.52 ( 1) | 6:58.45 ( 1) | 162.954 | |
Ireen Wüst | NED | 39.51 ( 1) | 1:56.78 ( 1) | 4:07.61 ( 3) | 7:12.73 ( 6) | 162.977 | |
Renate Groenewold | NED | 41.05 (10) | 1:58.64 ( 5) | 4:04.24 ( 2) | 7:08.76 ( 2) | 164.178 | |
4 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | GER | 40.63 ( 7) | 1:58.08 ( 3) | 4:08.28 ( 4) | 7:10.49 ( 4) | 164.419 |
5 | Claudia Pechstein | GER | 40.28 ( 4) | 1:58.72 ( 7) | 4:11.15 ( 6) | 7:10.05 ( 3) | 164.716 |
6 | Marja Vis | NED | 40.65 ( 8) | 1:59.56 ( 8) | 4:09.99 ( 5) | 7:11.77 ( 5) | 165.345 |
7 | Paulien van Deutekom | NED | 40.51 ( 5) | 1:58.34 ( 4) | 4:12.79 (10) | 7:23.94 (10) | 166.481 |
8 | Lucille Opitz | GER | 41.16 (12) | 1:59.77 (10) | 4:12.13 ( 8) | 7:17.81 ( 9) | 166.885 |
9 | Maren Haugli | NOR | 41.13 (11) | 2:01.50 (13) | 4:11.89 ( 7) | 7:14.26 ( 7) | 167.037 |
10 | Yekaterina Abramova | RUS | 39.91 ( 2) | 1:57.98 ( 2) | 4:18.79 (13) | 7:34.62 (12) | 167.829 |
11 | Katarzyna Wójcicka | POL | 40.56 ( 6) | 1:59.79 (11) | 4:16.33 (12) | 7:31.08 (11) | 168.319 |
12 | Andrea Jirků | CZE | 43.46 (26) | 2:03.37 (16) | 4:12.51 ( 9) | 7:17.44 ( 8) | 170.412 |
13 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | RUS | 40.15 ( 3) | 1:59.53 ( 8) | 4:20.23 (15) | 123.364 | |
14 | Katrin Mattscherodt | GER | 41.68 (15) | 2:02.05 (14) | 4:15.13 (11) | 124.884 | |
15 | Anna Rokita | AUT | 41.80 (16) | 2:03.12 (15) | 4:19.85 (14) | 126.148 | |
16 | Galina Likhachova | RUS | 41.41 (13) | 2:00.93 (12) | 4:28.57 (24) | 126.481 | |
17 | Luiza Złotkowska | POL | 42.47 (19) | 2:04.15 (17) | 4:23.85 (18) | 127.828 | |
18 | Mari Hemmer | NOR | 42.24 (17) | 2:04.04 (18) | 4:23.74 (17) | 127.842 | |
19 | Oana Opincariu | ROM | 42.89 (24) | 2:06.20 (22) | 4:20.46 (19) | 128.366 | |
20 | Yekaterina Malysheva | RUS | 41.42 (14) | 2:05.61 (19) | 4:31.96 (25) | 128.616 | |
21 | Yuliya Yasenok | BLR | 42.37 (18) | 2:06.04 (21) | 4:26.09 (21) | 128.731 | |
22 | Yelena Myagkikh | UKR | 42.51 (20) | 2:05.66 (20) | 4:26.02 (20) | 128.732 | |
23 | Marita Johansson | SWE | 42.54 (21) | 2:06.28 (23) | 4:26.85 (23) | 129.108 | |
24 | Martina Windhager | AUT | 43.04 (25) | 2:07.38 (25) | 4:26.17 (22) | 129.861 | |
25 | Cathrine Grage | DEN | 44.52 (27) | 2:06.89 (24) | 4:24.55 (19) | 130.907 | |
26 | Daniela Dumitru | ROM | 42.77 (23) | 2:07.66 (24) | 4:33.57 (26) | 130.918 | |
27 | Ágota Tóth | 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.
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.
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. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
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1. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 36.38 | 1. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 36.380 |
2. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 36.39 | 2. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 36.390 |
3. | Konrad Niedźwiedzki (POL) | 36.52 | 3. | Konrad Niedźwiedzki (POL) | 36.520 |
4. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 36.60 | 4. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 36.600 |
5. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 36.76 | 5. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 36.760 |
6. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 36.99 | 6. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 36.990 |
7. | Jarmo Valtonen (FIN) | 37.14 | 7. | Jarmo Valtonen (FIN) | 37.140 |
8. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 37.22 | 8. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 37.220 |
9. | Alexis Contin (FRA) | 37.35 | 9. | Alexis Contin (FRA) | 37.350 |
10. | Stefan Heythausen (GER) | 37.46 | 10. | Stefan Heythausen (GER) | 37.460 |
12. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 37.53 | 12. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 37.530 |
16. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 37.96 | 16. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 37.960 |
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. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
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1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 39.51 | 1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 39.510 |
2. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 39.91 | 2. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 39.910 |
3. | Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) | 40.15 | 3. | Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) | 40.150 |
4. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 40.28 | 4. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 40.280 |
5. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 40.51 | 5. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 40.510 |
6. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 40.56 | 6. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 40.560 |
7. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 40.63 | 7. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 40.630 |
8. | Marja Vis (NED) | 40.65 | 8. | Marja Vis (NED) | 40.650 |
9. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 40.97 | 9. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 40.970 |
10. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 41.05 | 10. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 41.050 |
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. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
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1. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 6:15.65 | 1. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 74.325 |
2. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 6:19.67 | 2. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 74.408 |
3. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 6:20.28 | 3. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 75.431 |
4. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 6:24.41 | 4. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 75.497 |
5. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 6:24.85 | 5. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 76.279 |
6. | Wouter olde Heuvel (NED) | 6:28.96 | 6. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 76.318 |
7. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 6:31.12 | 7. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 76.445 |
8. | Sverre Haugli (NOR) | 6:31.55 | 8. | Wouter olde Heuvel (NED) | 76.466 |
9. | Johan Röjler (SWE) | 6:35.46 | 9. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 77.052 |
10. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 6:35.72 | 10. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 77.082 |
11. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 6:36.79 | 11. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 77.242 |
The competitions began at 13:00 local time.
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. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
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1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 1:56.78 | 1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 78.436 |
2. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 1:57.98 | 2. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 79.236 |
3. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 1:58.08 | 3. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 79.853 |
4. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 1:58.34 | 4. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 79.956 |
5. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 1:58.64 | 5. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 79.990 |
6. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 1:58.66 | 6. | Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) | 79.993 |
7. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 1:58.72 | 7. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 80.490 |
8. | Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) | 1:59.53 | 8. | Marja Vis (NED) | 80.503 |
9. | Marja Vis (NED) | 1:59.56 | 9. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 80.523 |
10. | Lucille Opitz (GER) | 1:59.77 | 10. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 80.596 |
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. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
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1. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 1:44.72 | 1. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 109.278 |
2. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 1:44.86 | 2. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 109.314 |
3. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 1:46.19 | 3. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 111.131 |
4. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 1:46.68 | 4. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 111.277 |
5. | Konrad Niedźwiedzki (POL) | 1:46.96 | 5. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 111.675 |
6. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 1:47.03 | 6. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 111.878 |
7. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 1:47.10 | 7. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 112.298 |
8. | Stefan Heythausen (GER) | 1:47.28 | 8. | Wouter olde Heuvel (NED) | 112.332 |
9. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 1:47.34 | 9. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 112.728 |
10. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 1:47.56 | 11. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 113.198 |
11. | Wouter olde Heuvel (NED) | 1:47.60 | 12. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 113.365 |
12. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 1:47.87 | 13. | Sverre Haugli (NOR) | 113.408 |
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. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
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1. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 4:03.52 | 1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 119.704 |
2. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 4:04.24 | 2. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 121.109 |
3. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 4:07.61 | 3. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 121.302 |
4. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 4:08.28 | 4. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 121.370 |
5. | Marja Vis (NED) | 4:09.99 | 5. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 121.711 |
6. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 4:11.15 | 6. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 122.087 |
7. | Maren Haugli (NOR) | 4:11.85 | 7. | Marja Vis (NED) | 122.168 |
8. | Lucille Opitz (GER) | 4:12.13 | 8. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 122.367 |
9. | Andrea Jirků (CZE) | 4:12.51 | 9. | Lucille Opitz (GER) | 123.104 |
10. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 4:12.79 | 10. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 123.211 |
11. | Katrin Mattscherodt (GER) | 4:15.13 | 12. | Maren Haugli (NOR) | 123.611 |
12. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 4:16.33 | 16. | Andrea Jirků (CZE) | 126.591 |
The competitions began at 12:00 local time.
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. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
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1. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 6:58.75 | 1. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 162.954 |
2. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 7:08.76 | 2. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 162.977 |
3. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 7:10.05 | 3. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 164.178 |
4. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 7:10.49 | 4. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 164.419 |
5. | Marja Vis (NED) | 7:11.77 | 5. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 164.716 |
6. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 7:12.73 | 6. | Marja Vis (NED) | 165.345 |
7. | Maren Haugli (NOR) | 7:14.26 | 7. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 166.481 |
8. | Andrea Jirků (CZE) | 7:17.44 | 8. | Lucille Opitz (GER) | 166.885 |
9. | Lucille Opitz (GER) | 7:17.81 | 9. | Maren Haugli (NOR) | 167.034 |
10. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 7:23.94 | 10. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 167.829 |
11. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 7:31.08 | 11. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 168.319 |
12. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 7:34.62 | 12. | Andrea Jirků (CZE) | 170.412 |
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. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
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1. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 13:10.44 | 1. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 148.800 |
2. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 13:15.37 | 2. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 149.389 |
3. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 13:21.51 | 3. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 151.045 |
4. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 13:27.38 | 4. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 151.500 |
5. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 13:34.14 | 5. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 153.128 |
6. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 13:35.72 | 6. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 153.129 |
7. | Sverre Haugli (NOR) | 13:35.92 | 7. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 153.435 |
8. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 13:36.62 | 8. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 153.928 |
9. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 13:45.01 | 9. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 153.984 |
10. | Wouter olde Heuvel (NED) | 13:54.40 | 10. | Wouter olde Heuvel (NED) | 154.052 |
11. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 14:05.27 | 11. | Sverre Haugli (NOR) | 154.204 |
12. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 14:22.38 | 12. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 156.484 |
Rolf Falk-Larssen is a former speed skater. Representing Trondhjems Skøiteklub, Rolf Falk-Larssen made his international debut at the European Allround Championships of 1982 and he was in the lead after three distances. On the final distance, he was paired against Tomas Gustafson, the number two after three distances. With just one lap left to go in that 10,000 m, it seemed that Falk-Larssen would be crowned as the new European Champion, but Gustafson skated an extraordinary last lap, setting a new world record of 14:23.59, and beating Falk-Larssen by 0.021 points. So Falk-Larssen won silver, and he would win a second European Allround silver medal in 1984. Three weeks later, at the 1982 World Allround Championships, Falk-Larssen won bronze.
Sven Kramer is a retired Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record ten European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meters at the Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, and won a record 21 gold medals at the World Single Distance Championships; eight in the 5000 meters, five in the 10,000 meters, and eight in the team pursuit. Kramer used to be the world record holder in the team pursuit and broke the world records in the 5000 meter and 10,000 meter events three times. By winning the 2010 World Allround Championship, Kramer became the first speed skater in history to win four consecutive world allround championships and eight consecutive international all round championships. He was undefeated in the 18 international allround championships he participated in from the 2006/2007 season until the 2016/2017 season. From November 2007 to March 2009, he was ranked first in the Adelskalender, but despite his dominance as an all-round skater he has since been overtaken on that list by Shani Davis and, more recently, by his teammate Patrick Roest.
The men's 5000 m speed skating competition was held on 11 February, the first day of competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The American Chad Hedrick, a former inline skater, began his quest to emulate Eric Heiden by taking five gold medals by racing a time of 6:14.68, 0.02 second behind the four-year-old Olympic record of Jochem Uytdehaage, which was enough to clinch gold. Dutchman Sven Kramer won the silver medal, 1.72 seconds adrift, while home skater Enrico Fabris claimed Italy's first medal by skating home the bronze in the last pair.
Irene Karlijn (Ireen) Wüst is a Dutch former long track speed skater of German ancestry. Wüst became the most successful speed skating Olympian ever by achieving at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearances. Wüst is also the only athlete to win an individual gold medal in five consecutive Olympics, Summer or Winter.
The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1936. Unofficial championships were held in the years 1933–1935.
The International Skating Union has organised the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1970. The first two years, they were called the ISU Sprint Championships.
The 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships took place in Assen at De Smelt ice rink on 3–5 November 2006. Although this tournament was held in 2006 it was the 2006 edition as it was part of the 2006–2007 speed skating season.
Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speed skater, specializing in long track speed skating. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple European and World allround champion. She became the first Czech to win two Olympic gold medals at one Winter Games in 2010. Sáblíková also competes in inline speed skating and road cycling races as a part of her summer preparation for the skating season. In cycling, she focuses on individual time trial discipline in which Sáblíková holds multiple Czech Republic National Championships titles and belongs to the world's top 15 female time-trialists. Sáblíková is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.
The 2007 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships in speed skating were held in the Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 23 and 24 December 2006. Although the event took place in December 2006 this was the 2007 edition as it is part of the 2006–07 speed skating season.
The 2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 9–11 February 2007. 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. The organising body, the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond (KNSB), celebrated its 125-year anniversary with full stands on all three days.
The 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the indoor ice rink of the Vikingskipet Olympic Arena in Hamar (Norway) on 7 and 8 February 2009.
The 2008 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships in speed skating were held at the Kardinge ice stadium in Groningen, Netherlands on 27 and 28 December 2007. Although the event took place in December 2007 this was the 2008 edition as it is part of the 2007-08 speed skating season.
The 2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the indoor ice rink of the Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 19, 20 and 21 March 2010.
The 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place between 16 and 17 February 2013, at Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway.
The 2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena in Moscow, Russia, on 5 and 6 February 2005.
The 2004 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway, on 7 and 8 February 2004:
The 2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place on 17 and 18 February 2012, at the Krylatskoye Sport Complex in Moscow, Russia.
The 2014 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at the indoor ice rink of the Thialf arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 22–23 March 2014.
The 2000 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 5–6 February 2000 in the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee.
The women's 3000 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 9 February 2014 at 15:30 MSK. The competition was won by Ireen Wüst from the Netherlands, who previously won the same distance at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Martina Sáblíková from the Czech Republic, the defending champion, finished second, while Olga Graf won the bronze medal.