2016 European Speed Skating Championships

The 2016 European Speed Skating Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 10 January 2016. Skaters from 17 countries participated.^[2]

2016 European Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus[1]
Dates	9–10 January 2016[1]
Medalist men
Sven Kramer NED Bart Swings BEL Jan Blokhuijsen NED
Medalist women
Martina Sáblíková CZE Ireen Wüst NED Antoinette de Jong NED
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Sven Kramer and Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands were the defending champions. Kramer successfully defended his title, winning a record 8th title overall, and Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic won her 5th title.^[3]

Schedule

The schedule of events:^[4]

Date	Events
Saturday, 9 January   15:00h	500 m women   500 m men   3000 m women   5000 m men
Sunday, 10 January   15:00h	1500 m women   1500 m men   5000 m women   10,000 m men

All times are FET (UTC+3).

Men's championships

DNS = did not start, WDR = withdrew, DQ = disqualified

Day 1

500 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Denis Yuskov 36.23 36.230 2 Zbigniew Bródka 36.46 +0.23 36.460 3 Konrád Nagy 36.48 +0.25 36.480 4 Sven Kramer 36.56 +0.33 36.560 5 Jan Blokhuijsen 36.57 +0.34 36.570 6 Håvard Bøkko 36.63 +0.40 36.630 7 Haralds Silovs 36.70 +0.47 36.700 8 Sindre Henriksen 36.71 +0.48 36.710 9 Bart Swings 36.73 +0.50 36.730 10 Piotr Puszkarski 36.76 +0.53 36.760 11 Andrea Giovannini 36.87 +0.64 36.870 12 Vitaly Mikhailov 36.88 +0.65 36.880 13 Sergey Trofimov 36.97 +0.74 36.970 14 Sergey Gryaztsov 37.02 +0.79 37.020 15 Nicola Tumolero 37.19 +0.96 37.190 16 Jan Szymański 37.21 +0.98 37.210 17 Linus Heidegger 37.23 +1.00 37.230 18 Livio Wenger 37.38 +1.15 37.380 19 Douwe de Vries 37.75 +1.52 37.750 20 Iñigo Vidondo 38.25 +2.02 38.250 21 Jonas Pflug 38.37 +2.14 38.370 22 Tuomas Rahnasto 38.50 +2.27 38.500 23 Felix Maly 38.76 +2.53 38.760 Sverre Lunde Pedersen WDR [5]

5000 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Sven Kramer 6:19.17 37.917 2 Jan Blokhuijsen 6:22.36 +3.19 38.236 3 Bart Swings 6:24.91 +5.74 38.491 4 Håvard Bøkko 6:31.62 +12.45 39.162 5 Andrea Giovannini 6:32.22 +13.05 39.222 6 Haralds Silovs 6:33.83 +14.66 39.383 7 Jan Szymański 6:34.43 +15.26 39.443 8 Denis Yuskov 6:35.81 +16.64 39.581 9 Nicola Tumolero 6:36.40 +17.23 39.640 10 Sindre Henriksen 6:38.23 +19.06 39.823 11 Vitaly Mikhailov 6:38.56 +19.39 39.856 12 Sergey Gryaztsov 6:39.18 +20.01 39.918 13 Douwe de Vries 6:41.56 +22.39 40.156 14 Sergey Trofimov 6:41.84 +22.67 40.184 15 Zbigniew Bródka 6:42.80 +23.63 40.280 16 Linus Heidegger 6:43.13 +23.96 40.313 17 Livio Wenger 6:44.78 +25.61 40.478 18 Felix Maly 6:46.08 +26.91 40.608 19 Piotr Puszkarski 6:51.77 +32.60 41.177 20 Konrád Nagy 6:58.03 +38.86 41.803 21 Iñigo Vidondo 6:58.59 +39.42 41.859 22 Tuomas Rahnasto 7:02.48 +43.31 42.248 Jonas Pflug DNS Sverre Lunde Pedersen WDR [6]

Day 2

1500 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Denis Yuskov 1:45.18 35.060 2 Bart Swings 1:46.41 +1.23 35.470 3 Jan Szymański 1:47.48 +2.30 35.826 4 Zbigniew Bródka 1:48.05 +2.87 36.016 5 Sven Kramer 1:48.08 +2.90 36.026 6 Haralds Silovs 1:48.46 +3.28 36.153 7 Sindre Henriksen 1:48.56 +3.38 36.186 8 Sergey Gryaztsov 1:48.70 +3.52 36.233 9 Jan Blokhuijsen 1:48.79 +3.61 36.263 10 Håvard Bøkko 1:48.87 +3.69 36.290 11 Sergey Trofimov 1:48.92 +3.74 36.306 12 Andrea Giovannini 1:48.97 +3.79 36.323 13 Konrád Nagy 1:49.03 +3.85 36.343 14 Vitaly Mikhailov 1:49.98 +4.80 36.660 15 Nicola Tumolero 1:50.48 +5.30 36.826 16 Linus Heidegger 1:50.49 +5.31 36.830 17 Livio Wenger 1:51.13 +5.95 37.043 18 Iñigo Vidondo 1:53.62 +8.44 37.873 19 Felix Maly 1:55.24 +10.06 38.413 20 Tuomas Rahnasto 1:56.24 +11.06 38.746 21 Piotr Puszkarski DQ 22 Douwe de Vries WDR Jonas Pflug DNS Sverre Lunde Pedersen WDR [7]

10,000 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Sven Kramer 13:11.98 39.599 2 Bart Swings 13:15.47 +3.49 39.773 3 Jan Blokhuijsen 13:22.14 +10.16 40.107 4 Håvard Bøkko 13:35.21 +23.23 40.760 5 Andrea Giovannini 13:41.39 +29.41 41.069 6 Haralds Silovs 13:53.25 +41.27 41.662 7 Jan Szymański 13:57.27 +45.29 41.863 8 Sindre Henriksen 14:16.64 +64.66 42.832 Denis Yuskov WDR[8] [9]

Final ranking

Rank	Skater	Nat.	500 m	5000 m	1500 m	10,000 m	Points	Behind
	Sven Kramer		36.56 (4)	6:19.17 (1)	1:48.08 (5)	13:11.98 (1)	150.102
	Bart Swings		36.73 (9)	6:24.91 (3)	1:46.41 (2)	13:15.47 (2)	150.464	+0.37
	Jan Blokhuijsen		36.57 (5)	6:22.36 (2)	1:48.79 (9)	13:22.14 (3)	151.176	+1.08
4	Håvard Bøkko		36.63 (6)	6:31.62 (4)	1:48.87 (10)	13:35.21 (4)	152.842	+2.74
5	Andrea Giovannini		36.87 (11)	6:32.22 (5)	1:48.97 (12)	13:41.39 (5)	153.484	+3.39
6	Haralds Silovs		36.70 (7)	6:33.83 (6)	1:48.46 (6)	13:53.25 (6)	153.898	+3.80
7	Jan Szymański		37.21 (16)	6:34.43 (7)	1:47.48 (3)	13:57.27 (7)	154.342	+4.24
8	Sindre Henriksen		36.71 (8)	6:38.23 (10)	1:48.56 (7)	14:16.64 (8)	155.551	+5.45
9	Denis Yuskov		36.23 (1)	6:35.81 (8)	1:45.18 (1)		110.871
10	Zbigniew Bródka		36.46 (2)	6:42.80 (15)	1:48.05 (4)		112.756
11	Sergey Gryaztsov		37.02 (14)	6:39.18 (12)	1:48.70 (8)		113.171
12	Vitaly Mikhailov		36.88 (12)	6:38.56 (11)	1:49.98 (14)		113.396
13	Sergey Trofimov		36.97 (13)	6:41.84 (14)	1:48.92 (11)		113.460
14	Nicola Tumolero		37.19 (15)	6:36.40 (9)	1:50.48 (15)		113.656
15	Linus Heidegger		37.23 (17)	6:43.13 (16)	1:50.49 (16)		114.373
16	Konrád Nagy		36.48 (3)	6:58.03 (20)	1:49.03 (13)		114.626
17	Livio Wenger		37.38 (18)	6:44.78 (17)	1:51.13 (17)		114.901
18	Felix Maly		38.76 (23)	6:46.08 (18)	1:55.24 (19)		117.781
19	Iñigo Vidondo		38.25 (20)	6:58.59 (21)	1:53.62 (18)		117.982
20	Tuomas Rahnasto		38.50 (22)	7:02.48 (22)	1:56.24 (20)		119.494
21	Piotr Puszkarski		36.76 (10)	6:51.77 (19)	DQ (21)		–
22	Douwe de Vries		37.75 (19)	6:41.56 (13)	WDR (22)		–
23	Sverre Lunde Pedersen		WDR (24)	WDR (24)			–
24	Jonas Pflug		38.37 (21)	DNS (23)			–

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Women's championships

Day 1

500 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Ida Njåtun 39.74 39.740 2 Antoinette de Jong 39.76 +0.02 39.760 3 Ireen Wüst 39.90 +0.16 39.900 4 Martina Sáblíková 39.98 +0.24 39.980 5 Elizaveta Kazelina 40.18 +0.44 40.180 6 Marije Joling 40.33 +0.59 40.330 7 Natalia Czerwonka 40.36 +0.62 40.360 8 Natalya Voronina 40.46 +0.72 40.460 9 Luiza Złotkowska 40.47 +0.73 40.470 10 Marina Zueva 40.54 +0.80 40.540 11 Olga Graf 40.57 +0.83 40.570 Francesca Lollobrigida 40.57 +0.83 40.570 13 Tatyana Mikhailova 40.63 +0.89 40.630 14 Nikola Zdráhalová 40.89 +1.15 40.89 15 Sofie-Karoline Haugen 41.07 +1.33 41.070 16 Leia Behlau 42.30 +2.56 42.300 17 Saskia Alusalu 43.09 +3.35 43.090 [11]

3000 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Martina Sáblíková 4:03.79 40.631 2 Marije Joling 4:07.14 +3.35 41.190 3 Ireen Wüst 4:07.32 +3.53 41.220 4 Antoinette de Jong 4:09.00 +5.21 41.500 5 Natalya Voronina 4:09.61 +5.82 41.601 6 Ida Njåtun 4:10.69 +6.90 41.781 7 Francesca Lollobrigida 4:15.40 +11.61 42.566 8 Olga Graf 4:16.06 +12.27 42.676 9 Elizaveta Kazelina 4:16.13 +12.34 42.688 10 Luiza Złotkowska 4:16.68 +12.89 42.780 11 Marina Zueva 4:17.80 +14.01 42.966 12 Natalia Czerwonka 4:18.20 +14.41 43.033 13 Nikola Zdráhalová 4:19.54 +15.75 43.256 14 Sofie-Karoline Haugen 4:22.40 +18.61 43.733 15 Saskia Alusalu 4:24.31 +20.52 44.051 16 Leia Behlau 4:27.12 +23.33 44.520 17 Tatyana Mikhailova 4:29.60 +25.81 44.933 [12]

Day 2

1500 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Martina Sáblíková 1:57.00 39.000 2 Ireen Wüst 1:57.01 +0.01 39.003 3 Ida Njåtun 1:58.51 +1.51 39.503 4 Antoinette de Jong 1:58.80 +1.80 39.600 5 Marije Joling 1:58.90 +1.90 39.633 6 Olga Graf 1:59.00 +2.00 39.666 7 Luiza Złotkowska 1:59.40 +2.40 39.800 8 Natalia Czerwonka 1:59.57 +2.57 39.856 9 Elizaveta Kazelina 2:00.02 +3.02 40.006 10 Natalya Voronina 2:01.46 +4.46 40.486 11 Francesca Lollobrigida 2:01.90 +4.90 40.633 12 Nikola Zdráhalová 2:03.15 +6.15 41.050 13 Sofie-Karoline Haugen 2:03.50 +6.50 41.166 14 Marina Zueva 2:03.89 +6.89 41.296 15 Tatyana Mikhailova 2:04.10 +7.10 41.366 16 Leia Behlau 2:06.46 +9.46 42.153 17 Saskia Alusalu 2:07.49 +10.49 42.496 [13]

5000 metres Rank Skater Nat. Time Behind Points 1 Martina Sáblíková 6:58.44 41.844 2 Marije Joling 7:10.10 +11.66 43.010 3 Natalya Voronina 7:10.19 +11.75 43.019 4 Ireen Wüst 7:10.65 +12.21 43.065 5 Antoinette de Jong 7:11.83 +13.39 43.183 6 Olga Graf 7:23.33 +24.89 44.333 7 Ida Njåtun 7:25.92 +27.48 44.592 8 Francesca Lollobrigida 7:38.11 +39.67 45.811 [14]

Final ranking

Rank	Skater	Nat.	500 m	3000 m	1500 m	5000 m	Points	Behind
	Martina Sáblíková		39.98 (4)	4:03.79 (1)	1:57.00 (1)	6:58.44 (1)	161.455
	Ireen Wüst		39.90 (3)	4:07.32 (3)	1:57.01 (2)	7:10.65 (4)	163.188	+1.74
	Antoinette de Jong		39.76 (2)	4:09.00 (4)	1:58.80 (4)	7:11.83 (5)	164.043	+2.59
4	Marije Joling		40.33 (6)	4:07.14 (2)	1:58.90 (5)	7:10.10 (2)	164.163	+2.71
5	Natalya Voronina		40.46 (8)	4:09.61 (5)	2:01.46 (10)	7:10.19 (3)	165.566	+4.12
6	Ida Njåtun		39.74 (1)	4:10.69 (6)	1:58.51 (3)	7:25.92 (7)	165.616	+4.17
7	Olga Graf		40.57 (11)	4:16.06 (8)	1:59.00 (6)	7:23.33 (6)	167.245	+5.79
8	Francesca Lollobrigida		40.57 (11)	4:15.40 (7)	2:01.90 (11)	7:38.11 (8)	169.580	+8.13
9	Elizaveta Kazelina		40.18 (5)	4:16.13 (9)	2:00.02 (9)		122.874
10	Luiza Złotkowska		40.47 (9)	4:16.68 (10)	1:59.40 (7)		123.050
11	Natalia Czerwonka		40.36 (7)	4:18.20 (12)	1:59.57 (8)		123.249
12	Marina Zueva		40.54 (10)	4:17.80 (11)	2:03.89 (14)		124.802
13	Nikola Zdráhalová		40.89 (14)	4:19.54 (13)	2:03.15 (12)		125.196
14	Sofie-Karoline Haugen		41.07 (15)	4:22.40 (14)	2:03.50 (13)		125.969
15	Tatyana Mikhailova		40.63 (13)	4:29.60 (17)	2:04.10 (15)		126.929
16	Leia Behlau		42.30 (16)	4:27.12 (16)	2:06.46 (16)		128.973
17	Saskia Alusalu		43.09 (17)	4:24.31 (15)	2:07.49 (17)		129.637

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See also

• 2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships