| 2022 European Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands |
| Dates | 7–9 January |
| 2022 European Speed Skating Championships | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
| Team sprint | men | women |
| Mass start | men | women |
The 2022 European Speed Skating Championships was held between 7 and 9 January 2022, at the Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands. [1] [2]
All times are local (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 7 January | 18:55 | Team sprint women Team pursuit men 3000 m women 1000 m men |
| 8 January | 14:30 | Team sprint men 500 m women 5000 m men 1500 m women |
| 9 January | 14:05 | Team pursuit women 1500 m men 1000 m women 500 m men Mass start women Mass start men |
* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands * | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 |  Poland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Russia | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | Piotr Michalski Poland | 34.60 | Merijn Scheperkamp Netherlands | 34.61 | Dai Dai N'tab Netherlands | 34.76 |
| 1000 m | Thomas Krol Netherlands | 1:07.77 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:07.86 | Kai Verbij Netherlands | 1:07.94 |
| 1500 m | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:43.60 | Thomas Krol Netherlands | 1:43.91 | Allan Dahl Johansson Norway | 1:44.16 |
| 5000 m | Patrick Roest Netherlands | 6:11.54 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:13.47 | Hallgeir Engebråten Norway | 6:13.67 |
| Team pursuit | Netherlands Marcel Bosker Sven Kramer Patrick Roest | 3:37.97 TR | Norway Hallgeir Engebråten Allan Dahl Johansson Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 3:38.92 | Italy Davide Ghiotto Andrea Giovannini Michele Malfatti | 3:43.41 |
| Team sprint | Netherlands Merijn Scheperkamp Tijmen Snel Kai Verbij | 1:19.71 | Norway Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Bjørn Magnussen Henrik Fagerli Rukke | 1:19.83 | Poland Marek Kania Piotr Michalski Damian Żurek | 1:20.54 |
| Mass start | Bart Swings Belgium | 61 pts | Livio Wenger Switzerland | 40 pts | Ruslan Zakharov Russia | 20 pts |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | Femke Kok Netherlands | 37.32 | Angelina Golikova Russia | 37.43 | Daria Kachanova Russia | 37.58 |
| 1000 m | Jutta Leerdam Netherlands | 1:13.60 | Femke Kok Netherlands | 1:14.80 | Daria Kachanova Russia | 1:14.94 |
| 1500 m | Antoinette de Jong Netherlands | 1:53.81 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:54.08 | Francesca Lollobrigida Italy | 1:54.50 |
| 3000 m | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 3:56.62 | Antoinette de Jong Netherlands | 3:59.79 | Francesca Lollobrigida Italy | 4:00.61 |
| Team pursuit | Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Irene Schouten Ireen Wüst | 2:54.12 TR | Norway Marit Fjellanger Bøhm Sofie Karoline Haugen Ragne Wiklund | 2:58.54 | Russia Elizaveta Golubeva Evgeniia Lalenkova Natalya Voronina | 2:59.32 |
| Team sprint | Poland Karolina Bosiek Andżelika Wójcik Kaja Ziomek | 1:27.26 | Belarus Hanna Nifantava Ekaterina Sloeva Yauheniya Varabyova | 1:31.18 | Norway Ane By Farstad Martine Ripsrud Julie Nistad Samsonsen | 1:31.43 |
| Mass start | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 60 pts | Marijke Groenewoud Netherlands | 42 pts | Elizaveta Golubeva Russia | 20 pts |
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