| 2018 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships | |
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| Venue | EnergieVerbund Arena, Dresden, Germany |
| Dates | 12–14 January |
| Competitors | 134 from 26 nations |
The 2018 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place, for the third time, from 12 to 14 January 2018 in Dresden, Germany. [1]
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands (NED) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  Germany (GER)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
The results of the Championships: [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands | 41.377 | Victor An Russia | 41.441 | Sébastien Lepape France | 41.608 |
| 1000 metres | Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands | 1:27.898 | Semion Elistratov Russia | 1:28.119 | Roberto Puķītis Latvia | 1:28.140 |
| 1500 metres | Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands | 2:14.886 | Semion Elistratov Russia | 2:14.942 | Vladislav Bykanov Israel | 2:15.432 |
| 5000 metre relay | Netherlands Daan Breeuwsma Sjinkie Knegt Itzhak de Laat Dennis Visser Dylan Hoogerwerf | 6:36.198 | Russia Semion Elistratov Denis Ayrapetyan Victor An Alexander Shulginov Pavel Sitnikov | 6:36.273 | Hungary Viktor Knoch Csaba Burján Sándor Liu Shaolin Shaoang Liu Cole Krueger | 6:36.348 |
| Overall Classification | Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands | 107 pts. | Vladislav Bykanov Israel | 52 pts. | Semion Elistratov Russia | 43 pts. |
The results of the Championships: [3]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Martina Valcepina Italy | 42.805 | Arianna Fontana Italy | 42.852 | Sofia Prosvirnova Russia | 43.141 |
| 1000 metres | Arianna Fontana Italy | 1:31.921 | Suzanne Schulting Netherlands | 1:31.942 | Anna Seidel Germany | 1:32.417 |
| 1500 metres | Martina Valcepina Italy | 2:36.889 | Yara van Kerkhof Netherlands | 2:37.373 | Sára Luca Bácskai Hungary | 2:37.689 |
| 3000 metre relay | Russia Tatiana Borodulina Emina Malagich Sofia Prosvirnova Ekaterina Efremenkova Ekaterina Konstantinova | 4:11.462 | Hungary Bernadett Heidum Andrea Keszler Zsófia Kónya Petra Jászapáti Sára Bácskai | 4:11.582 | France Veronique Pierron Tifany Hout-Marchand Selma Poutsma Gwendoline Daudet | 4:18.935 |
| Overall Classification | Arianna Fontana Italy | 84 pts. | Martina Valcepina Italy | 70 pts. | Sofia Prosvirnova Russia | 49 pts. |
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