2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships

2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Ventspils, Latvia
Dates	18–20 January
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Last updated October 29, 2022

The 2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 18 and 20 January 2008 in Ventspils, Latvia.

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Latvia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	3	2	1	6
2	Great Britain	2	1	0	3
	Latvia *	2	1	0	3
	Netherlands	2	1	0	3
5	Bulgaria	1	2	1	4
6	Russia	0	2	3	5
7	Hungary	0	1	1	2
8	Germany	0	0	2	2
9	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
9	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	10	30

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Jon Eley (GBR)	42.945	Nicola Rodigari (ITA)	43.073	Tyson Heung (GER)	43.161
1000 metres	Niels Kerstholt (NED)	1:26.625	Haralds Silovs (LAT)	1:26.659	Gábor Galambos (HUN)	1:27.192
1500 metres	Haralds Silovs (LAT)	2:16.377	Vyacheslav Kurginyan (RUS)	2:16.471	Ruslan Zakharov (RUS)	2:16.545
5000 metre relay	Italy Fabio Carta Yuri Confortola Nicola Rodigari Roberto Serra Claudio Rinaldi	6:57.853	Great Britain Jon Eley Tom Iveson Paul Stanley Paul Worth Anthony Douglas	6:58.408	France Maxime Chataignier Thibaut Fauconnet Jeremy Masson Stéphane Périer	6:59.256
Overall Classification	Haralds Silovs (LAT)	89 pts.	Niels Kerstholt (NED)	47 pts.	Nicola Rodigari (ITA)	42 pts.

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Annita van Doorn (NED)	46.072	Erika Huszár (HUN)	46.076	Evgenia Radanova (BUL)	46.115
1000 metres	Evgenia Radanova (BUL)	1:38.046	Arianna Fontana (ITA)	1:38.059	Nina Evteeva (RUS)	1:38.532
1500 metres	Arianna Fontana (ITA)	2:28.559	Nina Evteeva (RUS)	2:28.990	Kateřina Novotná (CZE)	2:29.059
3000 metre relay	Great Britain Elise Christie Charlotte Gilmartin Sarah Lindsay Joanna Williams Alex Whelbourne	4:23.172	Bulgaria Daniela Ivanova Marina Georgieva-Nikolova Gergana Patsova Evgenia Radanova	4:23.243	Germany Tina Grassow Aika Klein Christin Priebst Susanne Rudolph	4:23.417
Overall Classification	Arianna Fontana (ITA)	89 pts.	Evgenia Radanova (BUL)	58 pts.	Nina Evteeva (RUS)	47 pts.

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