2013 European Speed Skating Championships

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European Speed Skating Championships
Thialf stadion 2008.jpg
Venue Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands
Dates11–13 January 2013
Competitors52 from 17 nations
Medalist men
Gold medal icon.svg Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED
Silver medal icon.svg Jan Blokhuijsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED
Bronze medal icon.svg Håvard Bøkko Flag of Norway.svg  NOR
Medalist women
Gold medal icon.svg Ireen Wüst Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED
Silver medal icon.svg Linda de Vries Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED
Bronze medal icon.svg Diane Valkenburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED

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]

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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]

Eventually 52 competitors from 17 nations registered officially for the championships, not including the substitutes, in the following distribution:

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]

Final classification

Rank [11] AthleteCountry500 m3000 m1500 m5000 mPointsBehind
Gold medal icon.svg Ireen Wüst Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 39.69 (4)4:01.25 (1)1:56.39 (1)7:01.95 (2)160.889 (1)0.00
Silver medal icon.svg Linda de Vries Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 39.98 (7)4:05.33 (3)1:57.57 (2)7:02.77 (3)162.335 (2)1.45
Bronze medal icon.svg Diane Valkenburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 39.93 (6)4:05.84 (4)1:57.76 (3)7:05.56 (4)162.712 (3)1.83
4 Martina Sáblíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  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 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 39.42 (3)4:07.48 (6)1:59.02 (8)7:08.52 (5)163.191 (5)2.31
6 Olga Graf Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 40.26 (10)4:08.64 (8)4:08.64 (8)7:09.90 (6)164.436 (6) NR3.55
7 Claudia Pechstein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 40.01 (8)4:09.67 (9)1:58.80 (6)7:14.08 (7)164.629 (7)3.74
8 Ida Njåtun Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 40.15 (9)4:07.77 (7)1:58.57 (4)7:17.73 (8)164.741 (8)3.86
9 Yekaterina Lobysheva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 38.98 (2)4:15.23 (13)1:59.50 (10)121.351 (9)
10 Yekaterina Shikhova Flag of Russia.svg  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.

Final classification

Rank [16] AthleteCountry500 m5000 m1500 m10000 mPointsBehind
Gold medal icon.svg Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 36.70 (7)6:12.55 (1)1:47.49 (8)12:55.98 (1)148.584 (1)0.00
Silver medal icon.svg Jan Blokhuijsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 36.40 (4)6:18.16 (2)1:47.89 (10)13:01.60 (2)149.259 (2)0.68
Bronze medal icon.svg Håvard Bøkko Flag of Norway.svg  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 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 36.86 (9)6:19.07 (3)1:46.39 (3)13:12.86 (6)149.873 (4)1.29
5 Bart Swings Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 37.47 (19)6:19.13 (4)1:46.47 (4)13:08.08 (3)150.277 (5) NR1.70
6 Ivan Skobrev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 36.91 (11)6:19.85 (5)1:48.59 (12)13:29.27 (7)151.554 (6)2.97
7 Konrad Niedzwiedzki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 35.93 (1)6:33.75 (13)1:46.32 (1)13:45.13 (8)152.001 (7)3.42
8 Moritz Geisreiter Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 38.03 (21)6:22.10 (6)1:48.96 (13)13:09.68 (5)152.044 (8) NR3.46
9 Zbigniew Bródka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 36.03 (2)6:35.17 (14)1:46.38 (2)111.007 (9)
10 Renz Rotteveel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 36.93 (12)6:24.42 (8)1:47.77 (9)111.295 (10)

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