2013 European Speed Skating Championships

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European Speed Skating Championships
VenueThialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands
Dates11–13 January 2013
Competitors52 from 17 nations
Medalist men
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Blokhuijsen NED
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Håvard Bøkko NOR
Medalist women
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ireen Wüst NED
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Linda de Vries NED
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Diane Valkenburg NED

The 2013 European Speed Skating Championships was the 38th continental allround speed skating event for women and the 107th for men. The championships were held at the Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 11 through 13 January 2013. Both the men's and women's championship consisted of four separate distance events and the winners are the skaters with the lowest points total after four distances. The competition was also a qualifying event for the 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships as the entry quotas were allocated according to the results of the European Championships.[1] Sven Kramer and Ireen Wüst won the European titles.[2][3]

Venue

The competition took place at the Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands, an indoor artificial skating rink, on a standard 400 meters track with inner and outer curves with radii of 26 and 30 meters respectively. The venue has a capacity of 12,500 seats.[4]

Participating nations

A provisional list of competitors and staff had to be presented until 24 December 2012, while the final deadline of applications for the European Championships was closed on 8 January 2013. Every European member federation of the International Skating Union (ISU), whose racer met the qualification criteria were eligible to delegate one participant to the event, and, according to the rules of the ISU,[5] the following nations had the right to enter additional competitors in virtue of their results in the previous continental event:[6]

  • Women:
    • 4 competitors: Netherlands
    • 3 competitors: Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia
    • 2 competitors: Austria, Belgium
  • Men:
    • 4 competitors: Netherlands
    • 3 competitors: Norway, Poland
    • 2 competitors: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Russia

Eventually 52 competitors from 17 nations registered officially for the championships, not including the substitutes, in the following distribution:

Events

Schedule

10 January
Thursday		 11 January
Friday		 12 January
Saturday		 13 January
Sunday
Team leaders meeting
Opening draw		 Opening ceremony
500 metres men
5000 metres men
Drawing for Saturday’s distances		 500 metres women
1500 metres men
3000 metres women
Drawing for Sunday’s distances		 1500 metres women
10000 metres men
5000 metres women
Award ceremony

Women's competition

The women's European Championship were held over two days, Saturday and Sunday, with the 500 and 3000 metre events on the first day, followed by the 1500 and 5000 metre events on the second day. Skaters were awarded points according to their times, and the eight best placed competitors after the second day were eligible to participate in the 5000 metres closing event on the last day of the championship.

Martina Sáblíková was the defending 2012 European Champion and also won the title previously in 2007, 2010 and 2011.[1]

500 metres

Rank[7]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic38.72 CR0.0038.720
2Yekaterina Lobysheva Russia38.980.2638.980
3Antoinette de Jong Netherlands39.420.6039.420
4Ireen Wüst Netherlands39.690.9739.690
5Yekaterina Shikhova Russia39.901.2140.670
6Diane Valkenburg Netherlands39.931.2639.930
7Linda de Vries Netherlands39.981.2639.980
8Claudia Pechstein Germany40.011.2940.010
9Ida Njåtun Norway40.151.4340.150
10Olga Graf Russia40.261.5440.260
11Vanessa Bittner Austria40.311.5940.310
12Luiza Złotkowska Poland40.341.6240.340
13Natalia Czerwonka Poland40.351.6340.350
14Ágota Toth-Lykovcan Hungary40.711.9940.710
15Katarzyna Woźniak Poland40.842.1240.840
16Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic40.952.2340.950
17Francesca Lollobrigida Italy41.022.3041.020
18Anna Rokita Austria41.152.4341.150
19Johanna Östlund Sweden41.222.5041.220
20Tatyana Mikhailova Belarus41.232.5141.230

3000 metres

Rank[8]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1Ireen Wüst Netherlands4:01.25 CR0.0040.208
2Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic4:03.682.4340.613
3Linda de Vries Netherlands4:05.334.0840.888
4Diane Valkenburg Netherlands4:05.845.2041.075
5Stephanie Beckert Germany4:06.455.2041.075
6Antoinette de Jong Netherlands4:07.486.2341.246
7Ida Njåtun Norway4:07.776.5241.295
8Olga Graf Russia4:08.647.3941.440
9Claudia Pechstein Germany4:09.678.4241.611
10Natalia Czerwonka Poland4:10.909.6541.816

1500 metres

Rank[9]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1Ireen Wüst Netherlands1:56.39 CR0.0038.796
2Linda de Vries Netherlands1:57.571.1839.190
3Diane Valkenburg Netherlands1:57.761.3739.253
4Ida Njåtun Norway1:58.572.1839.523
5Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic1:58.682.2939.560
6Claudia Pechstein Germany1:58.802.4139.600
7Yekaterina Shikhova Russia1:58.852.4639.616
8Antoinette de Jong Netherlands1:59.022.6339.673
9Olga Graf Russia1:59.242.8539.746
10Yekaterina Lobysheva Russia1:59.503.1139.833

5000 metres

Rank[10]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic6:57.160.0041.716
2Ireen Wüst Netherlands7:01.954.7942.195
3Linda de Vries Netherlands7:02.775.6142.277
4Diane Valkenburg Netherlands7:05.568.4042.556
5Antoinette de Jong Netherlands7:08.5211.3642.852
6Olga Graf Russia7:09.9012.7442.990
7Claudia Pechstein Germany7:14.0816.9243.408
8Ida Njåtun Norway7:17.7320.5743.773

Final classification

Rank[11]AthleteCountry500 m3000 m1500 m5000 mPointsBehind
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ireen Wüst Netherlands39.69 (4)4:01.25 (1)1:56.39 (1)7:01.95 (2)160.889 (1)0.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Linda de Vries Netherlands39.98 (7)4:05.33 (3)1:57.57 (2)7:02.77 (3)162.335 (2)1.45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Diane Valkenburg Netherlands39.93 (6)4:05.84 (4)1:57.76 (3)7:05.56 (4)162.712 (3)1.83
4Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic40.95 (16)4:03.68 (2)1:58.68 (5)6:57.16 (1)162.839 (4)1.95
5Antoinette de Jong Netherlands39.42 (3)4:07.48 (6)1:59.02 (8)7:08.52 (5)163.191 (5)2.31
6Olga Graf Russia40.26 (10)4:08.64 (8)4:08.64 (8)7:09.90 (6)164.436 (6) NR3.55
7Claudia Pechstein Germany40.01 (8)4:09.67 (9)1:58.80 (6)7:14.08 (7)164.629 (7)3.74
8Ida Njåtun Norway40.15 (9)4:07.77 (7)1:58.57 (4)7:17.73 (8)164.741 (8)3.86
9Yekaterina Lobysheva Russia38.98 (2)4:15.23 (13)1:59.50 (10)121.351 (9)
10Yekaterina Shikhova Russia39.90 (5)4:14.83 (12)1:58.85 (7)177.289 (10)

Men's competition

The men's event took place over three days, with the 500 metres and the 5000 metres race on the first day, the 1500 on the second day and 10,000 meters race on the final day. After the first day, the best 24 out of the 26 skaters got the change to participate in the 5000 meters event, while the best eight competitors after three events took part in the 10,000 meters race.

500 metres

Rank[12]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1Konrad Niedźwiedzki Poland35.930.0035.930
2Zbigniew Bródka Poland36.030.1036.030
3Håvard Bøkko Norway36.140.2136.140
4Jan Blokhuijsen Netherlands36.400.4736.400
5Simen Spieler Nilsen Norway36.540.6136.540
6Jan Szymański Poland36.610.6836.610
7David Andersson Sweden36.700.7736.700
Sven Kramer Netherlands36.700.7736.700
9Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway36.860.9336.860
10Haralds Silovs Latvia36.900.9736.900

5000 metres

Rank[13]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1Sven Kramer Netherlands6:12.550.0037.255
2Jan Blokhuijsen Netherlands6:18.165.6137.816
3Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway6:19.076.5237.907
4Bart Swings Belgium6:19.136.5837.913
5Ivan Skobrev Russia6:19.857.3037.985
6Moritz Geisreiter Germany6:22.109.5538.210
7Håvard Bøkko Norway6:23.3810.8338.338
8Renz Rotteveel Netherlands6:24.4211.8738.442
9Haralds Silovs Latvia6:28.1915.6438.819
10Jan Szymański Poland6:29.8117.2638.981

1500 metres

Rank[14]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1Konrad Niedzwiedzki Poland1:46.320.0035.440
2Zbigniew Brodka Poland1:46.380.0635.460
3Sverre Lunde Pedersen Netherlands1:46.390.0735.463
4Bart Swings Belgium1:46.470.1535.490
5Håvard Bøkko Norway1:46.780.4635.593
6Jan Szymański Poland1:47.240.9235.746
7Haralds Silovs Latvia1:47.290.9735.763
8Sven Kramer Netherlands1:47.491.1735.830
9Renz Rotteveel Netherlands1:47.771.4535.923
10Jan Blokhuijsen Netherlands1:47.891.5735.963

10000 metres

Rank[15]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1Sven Kramer Netherlands12:55.98 CR0.0038.799
2Jan Blokhuijsen Netherlands13:01.605.6239.080
3Bart Swings Belgium13:08.0812.1039.404
4Håvard Bøkko Norway13:08.1612.1839.408
5Moritz Geisreiter Germany13:09.6813.7039.484
6Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway13:12.8616.8839.643
7Ivan Skobrev Russia13:29.2733.2940.463
8Konrad Niedzwiedzki Poland13:45.1349.1541.256

Final classification

Rank[16]AthleteCountry500 m5000 m1500 m10000 mPointsBehind
1st place, gold medalist(s)Sven Kramer Netherlands36.70 (7)6:12.55 (1)1:47.49 (8)12:55.98 (1)148.584 (1)0.00
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Jan Blokhuijsen Netherlands36.40 (4)6:18.16 (2)1:47.89 (10)13:01.60 (2)149.259 (2)0.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Håvard Bøkko Norway36.14 (3)6:23.38 (7)1:46.78 (5)13:08.16 (4)149.479 (3)0.90
4Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway36.86 (9)6:19.07 (3)1:46.39 (3)13:12.86 (6)149.873 (4)1.29
5Bart Swings Belgium37.47 (19)6:19.13 (4)1:46.47 (4)13:08.08 (3)150.277 (5) NR1.70
6Ivan Skobrev Russia36.91 (11)6:19.85 (5)1:48.59 (12)13:29.27 (7)151.554 (6)2.97
7Konrad Niedzwiedzki Poland35.93 (1)6:33.75 (13)1:46.32 (1)13:45.13 (8)152.001 (7)3.42
8Moritz Geisreiter Germany38.03 (21)6:22.10 (6)1:48.96 (13)13:09.68 (5)152.044 (8) NR3.46
9Zbigniew Bródka Poland36.03 (2)6:35.17 (14)1:46.38 (2)111.007 (9)
10Renz Rotteveel Netherlands36.93 (12)6:24.42 (8)1:47.77 (9)111.295 (10)

See also

References

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