| 2025 ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Joynext Arena |
| Location |  Dresden, Germany |
| Dates | 17–19 January, 2025 |
| Competitors | 149 from 25 nations |
The 2025 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 17 to 19 January 2025 in the Joynext Arena in Dresden. [1]
The Championships had nine events: three individual events for men and women and three team events. [2]
| Fri 17 | Sat 18 | Sun 19 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 500 m | H | R, QF, SF, F | |
| 1000 m | H | R, QF, SF, F | ||
| 1500 m | QF | R, SF, F | ||
| 5000 m relay | QF | SF | F | |
| Women | 500 m | H | R, QF, SF, F | |
| 1000 m | H | R, QF, SF, F | ||
| 1500 m | QF | R, SF, F | ||
| 3000 m relay | SF, F | |||
| Mixed | 2000 m relay | QF | SF | F |
The final entry list totalled 149 athletes from 25 countries. [2]
Austria (4)
Belgium (6)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Bulgaria (4)
Croatia (4)
Czech Republic (6)
France (8) Germany (10)
Great Britain (5)
Hungary (12)
Ireland (1)
Italy (17)
Latvia (6)
Lithuania (1)
Netherlands (20)
Norway (7)
Poland (10)
Romania (1)
Serbia (1)
Slovakia (2)
Slovenia (1)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (3)
Turkey (6)
Ukraine (12)* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Jens van 't Wout Netherlands | 40.642 | Pietro Sighel Italy | 41.245 | Quentin Fercoq France | 41.310 |
| 1000 metres | Pietro Sighel Italy | 1:23.788 | Jens van 't Wout Netherlands | 1:23.797 | Luca Spechenhauser Italy | 1:24.121 |
| 1500 metres | Jens van 't Wout Netherlands | 2:14.434 | Stijn Desmet Belgium Sven Roes Netherlands | 2:14.492 | Not awarded | |
| 5000 metre relay | Italy Thomas Nadalini Lorenzo Previtali Pietro Sighel Luca Spechenhauser Mattia Antonioli | 6:47.181 | Poland Łukasz Kuczyński Michał Niewiński Diané Sellier Neithan Thomas Paweł Adamski | 6:47.353 | Belgium Stijn Desmet Warre Noiron Ward Pétré Warre Van Damme | 6:48.712 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Petra Jászapáti Hungary | 43.087 | Arianna Sighel Italy | 43.236 | Chiara Betti Italy | 43.345 |
| 1000 metres | Arianna Fontana Italy | 1:32.567 | Petra Jászapáti Hungary | 1:32.887 | Elisa Confortola Italy | 1:42.652 |
| 1500 metres | Xandra Velzeboer Netherlands | 2:38.364 | Gloria Ioriatti Italy | 2:38.451 | Elisa Confortola Italy | 2:38.529 |
| 3000 metre relay | Italy Chiara Betti Elisa Confortola Arianna Fontana Gloria Ioriatti Arianna Sighel | 4:11.703 | Hungary Sára Bácskai Petra Jászapáti Zsófia Kónya Maja Somodi Rebeka Sziliczei-Német | 4:12.324 | Poland Natalia Maliszewska Nikola Mazur Kamila Stormowska Gabriela Topolska | 4:17.021 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 metre relay | France Etienne Bastier Quentin Fercoq Aurélie Lévêque Cloé Ollivier Gwendoline Daudet Tawan Thomas | 2:40.460 | Netherlands Teun Boer Zoë Deltrap Jens van 't Wout Michelle Velzeboer Sjinkie Knegt Diede van Oorschot | 2:48.607 | Poland Natalia Maliszewska Michał Niewiński Diané Sellier Kamila Stormowska Łukasz Kuczyński Nikola Mazur | 2:54.651 |
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