2013 European Allround Speed Skating Championships

European Allround Speed Skating Championships
VenueThialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands
Dates11–13 January 2013
Competitors52 from 17 nations
Medalists men
   NED
   NED
   NOR
Medalists women
   NED
   NED
   NED
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The 2013 European Allround 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 Allround Championship were held over two days, Saturday and Sunday, with the 500 metres and the 3000 metres event on the first day, followed by the 1500 metres and 5000 metrers event 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
1 Karolína Erbanová  Czech Republic 38.72 CR 0.00 38.720
2 Yekaterina Lobysheva  Russia 38.98 0.26 38.980
3 Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands 39.42 0.60 39.420
4 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 39.69 0.97 39.690
5 Yekaterina Shikhova  Russia 39.90 1.21 40.670
6 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 39.93 1.26 39.930
7 Linda de Vries  Netherlands 39.98 1.26 39.980
8 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 40.01 1.29 40.010
9 Ida Njåtun  Norway 40.15 1.43 40.150
10 Olga Graf  Russia 40.26 1.54 40.260
11 Vanessa Bittner  Austria 40.31 1.59 40.310
12 Luiza Złotkowska  Poland 40.34 1.62 40.340
13 Natalia Czerwonka  Poland 40.35 1.63 40.350
14 Ágota Toth-Lykovcan  Hungary 40.71 1.99 40.710
15 Katarzyna Woźniak  Poland 40.84 2.12 40.840
16 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 40.95 2.23 40.950
17 Francesca Lollobrigida  Italy 41.02 2.30 41.020
18 Anna Rokita  Austria 41.15 2.43 41.150
19 Johanna Östlund  Sweden 41.22 2.50 41.220
20 Tatyana Mikhailova  Belarus 41.23 2.51 41.230

3000 metres

Rank[8]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 4:01.25 CR 0.00 40.208
2 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 4:03.68 2.43 40.613
3 Linda de Vries  Netherlands 4:05.33 4.08 40.888
4 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 4:05.84 5.20 41.075
5 Stephanie Beckert  Germany 4:06.45 5.20 41.075
6 Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands 4:07.48 6.23 41.246
7 Ida Njåtun  Norway 4:07.77 6.52 41.295
8 Olga Graf  Russia 4:08.64 7.39 41.440
9 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 4:09.67 8.42 41.611
10 Natalia Czerwonka  Poland 4:10.90 9.65 41.816

1500 metres

Rank[9]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 1:56.39 CR 0.00 38.796
2 Linda de Vries  Netherlands 1:57.57 1.18 39.190
3 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 1:57.76 1.37 39.253
4 Ida Njåtun  Norway 1:58.57 2.18 39.523
5 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 1:58.68 2.29 39.560
6 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 1:58.80 2.41 39.600
7 Yekaterina Shikhova  Russia 1:58.85 2.46 39.616
8 Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands 1:59.02 2.63 39.673
9 Olga Graf  Russia 1:59.24 2.85 39.746
10 Yekaterina Lobysheva  Russia 1:59.50 3.11 39.833

5000 metres

Rank[10]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 6:57.16 0.00 41.716
2 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 7:01.95 4.79 42.195
3 Linda de Vries  Netherlands 7:02.77 5.61 42.277
4 Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 7:05.56 8.40 42.556
5 Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands 7:08.52 11.36 42.852
6 Olga Graf  Russia 7:09.90 12.74 42.990
7 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 7:14.08 16.92 43.408
8 Ida Njåtun  Norway 7:17.73 20.57 43.773

Final classification

Rank[11]AthleteCountry500 m3000 m1500 m5000 mPointsBehind
1st, gold medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 39.69 (4) 4:01.25 (1) 1:56.39 (1)7:01.95 (2) 160.889 (1) 0.00
2nd, silver medalist(s) Linda de Vries  Netherlands 39.98 (7) 4:05.33 (3) 1:57.57 (2)7:02.77 (3) 162.335 (2) 1.45
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Diane Valkenburg  Netherlands 39.93 (6) 4:05.84 (4) 1:57.76 (3)7:05.56 (4) 162.712 (3) 1.83
4 Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 40.95 (16) 4:03.68 (2) 1:58.68 (5)6:57.16 (1) 162.839 (4) 1.95
5 Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands 39.42 (3) 4:07.48 (6) 1:59.02 (8)7:08.52 (5) 163.191 (5) 2.31
6 Olga Graf  Russia 40.26 (10) 4:08.64 (8)4:08.64 (8)7:09.90 (6) 164.436 (6) NR 3.55
7 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 40.01 (8) 4:09.67 (9) 1:58.80 (6)7:14.08 (7) 164.629 (7) 3.74
8 Ida Njåtun  Norway 40.15 (9) 4:07.77 (7) 1:58.57 (4)7:17.73 (8) 164.741 (8) 3.86
9 Yekaterina Lobysheva  Russia 38.98 (2) 4:15.23 (13) 1:59.50 (10) 121.351 (9)
10 Yekaterina Shikhova  Russia 39.90 (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
1 Konrad Niedźwiedzki  Poland 35.93 0.00 35.930
2 Zbigniew Bródka  Poland 36.03 0.10 36.030
3 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 36.14 0.21 36.140
4 Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 36.40 0.47 36.400
5 Simen Spieler Nilsen  Norway 36.54 0.61 36.540
6 Jan Szymański  Poland 36.61 0.68 36.610
7 David Andersson  Sweden 36.70 0.77 36.700
Sven Kramer  Netherlands 36.70 0.77 36.700
9 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway 36.86 0.93 36.860
10 Haralds Silovs  Latvia 36.90 0.97 36.900

5000 metres

Rank[13]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 6:12.55 0.00 37.255
2 Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 6:18.16 5.61 37.816
3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway 6:19.07 6.52 37.907
4 Bart Swings  Belgium 6:19.13 6.58 37.913
5 Ivan Skobrev  Russia 6:19.85 7.30 37.985
6 Moritz Geisreiter  Germany 6:22.10 9.55 38.210
7 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 6:23.38 10.83 38.338
8 Renz Rotteveel  Netherlands 6:24.42 11.87 38.442
9 Haralds Silovs  Latvia 6:28.19 15.64 38.819
10 Jan Szymański  Poland 6:29.81 17.26 38.981

1500 metres

Rank[14]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1 Konrad Niedzwiedzki  Poland 1:46.32 0.00 35.440
2 Zbigniew Brodka  Poland 1:46.38 0.06 35.460
3 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Netherlands 1:46.39 0.07 35.463
4 Bart Swings  Belgium 1:46.47 0.15 35.490
5 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 1:46.78 0.46 35.593
6 Jan Szymański  Poland 1:47.24 0.92 35.746
7 Haralds Silovs  Latvia 1:47.29 0.97 35.763
8 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 1:47.49 1.17 35.830
9 Renz Rotteveel  Netherlands 1:47.77 1.45 35.923
10 Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 1:47.89 1.57 35.963

10000 metres

Rank[15]AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints
1 Sven Kramer  Netherlands 12:55.98 CR 0.00 38.799
2 Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 13:01.60 5.62 39.080
3 Bart Swings  Belgium 13:08.08 12.10 39.404
4 Håvard Bøkko  Norway 13:08.16 12.18 39.408
5 Moritz Geisreiter  Germany 13:09.68 13.70 39.484
6 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway 13:12.86 16.88 39.643
7 Ivan Skobrev  Russia 13:29.27 33.29 40.463
8 Konrad Niedzwiedzki  Poland 13:45.13 49.15 41.256

Final classification

Rank[16]AthleteCountry500 m5000 m1500 m10000 mPointsBehind
1st, gold medalist(s) Sven Kramer  Netherlands 36.70 (7) 6:12.55 (1) 1:47.49 (8)12:55.98 (1) 148.584 (1) 0.00
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jan Blokhuijsen  Netherlands 36.40 (4) 6:18.16 (2) 1:47.89 (10)13:01.60 (2) 149.259 (2) 0.68
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Håvard Bøkko  Norway 36.14 (3) 6:23.38 (7) 1:46.78 (5)13:08.16 (4) 149.479 (3) 0.90
4 Sverre Lunde Pedersen  Norway 36.86 (9) 6:19.07 (3) 1:46.39 (3)13:12.86 (6) 149.873 (4) 1.29
5 Bart Swings  Belgium 37.47 (19) 6:19.13 (4) 1:46.47 (4) 13:08.08 (3) 150.277 (5) NR 1.70
6 Ivan Skobrev  Russia 36.91 (11) 6:19.85 (5) 1:48.59 (12)13:29.27 (7) 151.554 (6) 2.97
7 Konrad Niedzwiedzki  Poland 35.93 (1) 6:33.75 (13)1:46.32 (1) 13:45.13 (8) 152.001 (7) 3.42
8 Moritz Geisreiter  Germany 38.03 (21) 6:22.10 (6) 1:48.96 (13)13:09.68 (5) 152.044 (8) NR 3.46
9 Zbigniew Bródka  Poland 36.03 (2) 6:35.17 (14) 1:46.38 (2) 111.007 (9)
10 Renz Rotteveel  Netherlands 36.93 (12) 6:24.42 (8) 1:47.77 (9) 111.295 (10)

See also

References

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  5. "Special Regulations and Technical Rules – Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union (ISU). 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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