2026 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships

2026 ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Venue	IJssportcentrum Tilburg
Location	Tilburg, Netherlands
Dates	16–18 January
Competitors	120 from 25 nations
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The 2026 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place from 16 to 18 January 2026 in the IJssportcentrum in Tilburg. ^[1] The event is seen as a test for the 2026 Winter Olympics. ^[2]

Schedule

The Championships has nine events: three individual events for men and women and three team events. The schedule is: ^[3]

		Fri 16	Sat 17	Sun 18
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

Participating nations

The final entry list totalled 120 athletes from 25 countries.

•   Austria (2)
•   Belgium (5)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•   Bulgaria (4)
•   Croatia (4)
•   Czech Republic (5)
•   France (9)
•   Germany (6)
•   Great Britain (6)
•   Hungary (10)
•   Ireland (2)
•   Italy (10)
•   Latvia (5)
•   Lithuania (1)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Netherlands (10)
•   Norway (6)
•   Poland (10)
•   Romania (1)
•   Serbia (1)
•   Slovakia (3)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   Switzerland (2)
•   Turkey (5)
•   Ukraine (9)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands*	7	5	2	14
2	Italy	2	2	4	8
3	Poland	0	1	1	2
4	Latvia	0	1	0	1
5	Hungary	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		9	9	9	27

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Jens van 't Wout   Netherlands	40.848	Teun Boer   Netherlands	40.936	Melle van 't Wout   Netherlands	41.046
1000 metres	Jens van 't Wout   Netherlands	1:24.470	Luca Spechenhauser   Italy	1:24.928	Thomas Nadalini   Italy	1:24.990
1500 metres	Jens van 't Wout   Netherlands	2:28.011	Roberts Krūzbergs   Latvia	2:28.126	Thomas Nadalini   Italy	2:28.321
5000 metre relay	Italy Andrea Cassinelli Thomas Nadalini Pietro Sighel Luca Spechenhauser Lorenzo Previtali	6:47.817	Netherlands Teun Boer Itzhak de Laat Friso Emons Jens van 't Wout Melle van 't Wout	6:48.185	Poland Łukasz Kuczyński Michał Niewiński Félix Pigeon Diané Sellier Neithan Thomas	6:51.085

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Xandra Velzeboer   Netherlands	41.859	Michelle Velzeboer   Netherlands	42.009	Selma Poutsma   Netherlands	42.020
1000 metres	Xandra Velzeboer   Netherlands	1:29.394	Michelle Velzeboer   Netherlands	1:29.471	Elisa Confortola   Italy	1:29.499
1500 metres	Arianna Fontana   Italy	2:42.479	Zoë Deltrap   Netherlands	2:42.718	Arianna Sighel   Italy	2:42.762
3000 metre relay	Netherlands Zoë Deltrap Selma Poutsma Michelle Velzeboer Xandra Velzeboer Diede van Oorschot	4:12.126	Italy Chiara Betti Elisa Confortola Arianna Fontana Martina Valcepina Arianna Sighel	4:12.596	Hungary Sára Bácskai Maja Somodi Rebeka Sziliczei-Német Diána Laura Végi	4:36.126

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2000 metre relay	Netherlands Teun Boer Jens van 't Wout Michelle Velzeboer Xandra Velzeboer Selma Poutsma Melle van 't Wout	2:37.896	Poland Natalia Maliszewska Michał Niewiński Félix Pigeon Gabriela Topolska Kamila Sellier Diané Sellier	2:38.342	Hungary Moon Won-jun Bence Nógrádi Maja Somodi Diána Laura Végi Dániel Tiborcz	2:38.828

References

1. "EK Shorttrack 2026 | Agenda | info in Tilburg". infointilburg.com. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
2. Elst, Maarten (14 January 2026). "Laatste serieuze krachtmeting voor de Olympische Spelen: Dit staat er op het spel tijdens EK shorttrack in Tilburg". BN de Stem. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
3. "ISU Short Track European Championships, Tilburg". isu-skating.com. Retrieved 2026-01-15.

External links

• ISU website
• Results book