2013 European Speed Skating Championships

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]

European Speed Skating Championships
VenueThialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands
Dates11–13 January 2013
Competitors52 from 17 nations
Medalist men
Sven Kramer  NED
Jan Blokhuijsen  NED
Håvard Bøkko  NOR
Medalist women
Ireen Wüst  NED
Linda de Vries  NED
Diane Valkenburg  NED

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]

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]

Final classification
Rank[11]AthleteCountry500 m3000 m1500 m5000 mPointsBehind
Ireen Wüst Netherlands39.69 (4)4:01.25 (1)1:56.39 (1)7:01.95 (2)160.889 (1)0.00
Linda de Vries Netherlands39.98 (7)4:05.33 (3)1:57.57 (2)7:02.77 (3)162.335 (2)1.45
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.

Final classification
Rank[16]AthleteCountry500 m5000 m1500 m10000 mPointsBehind
Sven Kramer Netherlands36.70 (7)6:12.55 (1)1:47.49 (8)12:55.98 (1)148.584 (1)0.00
Jan Blokhuijsen Netherlands36.40 (4)6:18.16 (2)1:47.89 (10)13:01.60 (2)149.259 (2)0.68
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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  2. "Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships - Heerenveen (NED)". www.isu.org. International Skating Union (ISU). 13 January 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. "Dutch dominate the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating". www.aipsmedia.com. AIPS. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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  5. "Special Regulations and Technical Rules – Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union (ISU). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 6 January 2013. Rule 208, paragraph 5c: Subject to paragraph 3 of this Rule, the maximum entry quota for each Member in the regional qualifying event is four (4) Ladies and four (4) Men, with exceptions as stated below. The entry quotas for each Member will be determined according to the results in the preceding qualifying event as follows: Members without Skaters among the 20 best: 1 Competitor; Members with at least 1 Skater among the 20 best: 2 Competitors; Members with at least 2 Skaters among the 16 best: 3 Competitors; Members with at least 3 Skaters among the 12 best: 4 competitors.
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