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2012 European Speed Skating Championships

Field	Value
event	European Speed Skating Championships
image	2012 ISU ESSC logo.png
venue	City Park Ice Rink
Budapest, Hungary
dates	6–8 January 2012
competitors	54
nations	18
goldm	Sven Kramer
silverm	Jan Blokhuijsen
bronzem	Håvard Bøkko
goldmNation	NED
silvermNation	NED
bronzemNation	NOR
goldw	Martina Sáblíková
silverw	Claudia Pechstein
bronzew	Ireen Wüst
goldwNation	CZE
silverwNation	GER
bronzewNation	NED
prev	2011 Collalbo
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Budapest, Hungary The 2012 European Speed Skating Championships was the 37th continental speed skating event for women and the 106th for men, that was held at the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest, Hungary, from 6 to 8 January 2012. The competition was also a qualifying event for the 2012 World Allround Speed Skating Championships as the entry quotas were allocated according to the results of the European Championships.

In the absence of defending champion Ivan Skobrev, who did not participate due to an injury, Dutchman Sven Kramer took the men's European title. This was his fifth victory, having won previously four consecutive European Championships between 2007 and 2010. Kramer also ran track records both in the 1500 meters and 5000 metres event, and his overall score of 156.197 is the best ever result at the City Park Ice Rink as well.

In the women's competition previous year's gold medalist Martina Sáblíková retained her title, achieving her third European success in row and fourth overall. Sáblíková also set a new track record in 3000 metres with a time of 4:16.09.

Further two records were beaten over the weekend, both in 500 metres. On the first day of the championships, Sáblíková's compatriot Karolína Erbanová set a new best time, and a day later Konrad Niedźwiedzki of Poland ran a track record on the shortest distance.

Venue

The competition took place at the City Park Ice Rink, an outdoor artificial skating rink situated in the downtown of Budapest. Prior to the championships, the rink went through a renovation and modernization for a fee of 4.7 billion Hungarian Forint (approximately €16 million), of which 3 billion came from the European Regional Development Fund. As a result, the main building was restored to its 19th-century look, the ice surface was expanded by 15 percent and a 210 km embedded cooling system was laid down as well. The races were held on a standard track of 400 meters with outer curves of 29 meters and inner curves of 25 meters radii. Both racing lanes were 4 meters wide, with an additional inside training track of the similar width.

Participating nations

A provisional list of competitors and staff had to be presented until 19 December 2011, while the final deadline of applications for the European Championships was closed on 3 January 2012. 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, the following nations had the right to enter additional competitors in virtue of their results in the previous continental event:

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

Eventually 54 competitors from 18 nations registered officially for the championships, not including the substitutes, in the following distribution:

Although registered for the event, Kaitlyn McGregor from Switzerland and Joel Eriksson from Sweden did not participate at the European Championships.

Events

Schedule

5 January
Thursday	6 January
Friday	7 January
Saturday	8 January
Sunday
Team leaders meeting
Opening draw	Opening ceremony
500 metres women
3000 metres women
Drawing for Saturday’s distances	500 metres men
1500 metres women
5000 metres men
Drawing for Sunday’s distances	1500 metres men
5000 metres women
10000 metres men
Award ceremony

Women's competition

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

The first fourteen skaters earned a spot for their countries for the 2012 World Allround Championships, which means that the Netherlands got four, Russia, Germany Norway and Poland three and the Czech Republic one place.

The entries for the 2013 European Championships were also determined using the results of the European Championships. Countries with at least three skaters in the first twelve earned four entry positions (Netherlands), countries with at least two skaters in the first sixteen earned three quotas (Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia), and countries with at least one skater in the first twenty earned two places for the next continental championship (Austria, Belgium). All other European ISU members have the right to delegate one skater, subject to the qualifying time limits are met.

500 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time	Behind	Points
1	Karolína Erbanová	39.87 TR	0.00	39.870
2	Ireen Wüst	40.21	0.34	40.210
3	Yuliya Skokova	40.40	0.53	40.400
4	Yekaterina Lobysheva	40.62	0.75	40.620
5	Claudia Pechstein	40.67	0.80	40.670
6	Annouk van der Weijden	41.13	1.26	41.130
7	Ida Njåtun	41.20	1.33	41.200
8	Natalia Czerwonka	41.22	1.35	41.220
9	Linda de Vries	41.33	1.46	41.330
10	Hege Bøkko	41.48	1.61	41.480
11	Diane Valkenburg	41.56	1.69	41.560
12	Katarzyna Woźniak	41.59	1.72	41.590
13	Mari Hemmer	41.73	1.86	41.730
14	Martina Sáblíková	41.79	1.92	41.790
15	Olga Graf	42.08	2.21	42.080
16	Isabell Ost	42.11	2.24	42.110
17	Luiza Złotkowska	42.22	2.35	42.220
18	Anna Rokita	42.32	2.45	42.320
19	Bente Kraus	43.07	3.20	43.070
20	Ágota Tóth	43.29	3.42	43.290
21	Nele Armée	43.56	3.69	43.560
22	Tatyana Mikhailova	43.58	3.71	43.580
23	Sara Bak	44.81	4.94	44.810

3000 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time	Behind	Points
1	Martina Sáblíková	4:16.09 TR	0.00	42.681
2	Natalia Czerwonka	4:19.41	3.32	43.235
3	Claudia Pechstein	4:19.71	3.62	43.285
4	Diane Valkenburg	4:21.29	5.20	43.548
5	Ireen Wüst	4:22.59	6.50	43.765
6	Isabell Ost	4:22.65	6.56	43.775
7	Linda de Vries	4:25.40	9.31	44.233
8	Olga Graf	4:26.08	9.99	44.346
9	Hege Bøkko	4:26.39	10.30	44.398
10	Yuliya Skokova	4:26.78	10.69	44.463
11	Katarzyna Woźniak	4:28.38	12.29	44.730
12	Annouk van der Weijden	4:28.84	12.75	44.806
13	Bente Kraus	4:28.85	12.76	44.808
14	Anna Rokita	4:29.37	13.28	44.895
15	Yekaterina Lobysheva	4:30.20	14.11	45.033
16	Nele Armée	4:31.99	15.90	45.331
17	Ida Njåtun	4:33.01	16.92	45.501
18	Luiza Złotkowska	4:35.67	19.58	45.945
19	Mari Hemmer	4:36.37	20.28	46.061
20	Karolína Erbanová	4:41.89	25.80	46.981
21	Tatyana Mikhailova	4:43.76	27.67	47.293
22	Sara Bak	4:45.07	28.98	48.511
23	Ágota Tóth	4:50.82	34.73	48.470

1500 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time	Behind	Points
1	Martina Sáblíková	2:03.64	0.00	41.123
2	Linda de Vries	2:04.70	1.06	41.556
3	Yuliya Skokova	2:05.18	1.54	41.726
4	Diane Valkenburg	2:05.61	1.97	41.870
5	Yekaterina Lobysheva	2:06.01	2.37	42.003
6	Ireen Wüst	2:06.36	2.72	42.120
7	Olga Graf	2:07.93	4.29	42.643
8	Annouk van der Weijden	2:08.15	4.51	42.716
9	Natalia Czerwonka	2:08.65	5.01	42.883
10	Claudia Pechstein	2:08.72	5.08	42.906
11	Hege Bøkko	2:09.03	5.39	43.010
12	Ida Njåtun	2:09.19	5.55	43.063
13	Katarzyna Woźniak	2:09.56	5.92	43.186
14	Luiza Złotkowska	2:10.08	6.44	43.360
15	Nele Armée	2:10.81	7.17	43.603
16	Karolína Erbanová	2:10.91	7.27	43.636
17	Anna Rokita	2:11.38	7.74	43.793
18	Isabell Ost	2:11.68	8.04	43.893
19	Mari Hemmer	2:12.07	8.43	44.023
20	Tatyana Mikhailova	2:13.49	9.85	44.496
21	Bente Kraus	2:14.29	10.65	44.763
22	Ágota Tóth	2:15.44	11.80	45.146
23	Sara Bak	2:16.56	12.92	45.520

5000 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time	Behind	Points
1	Martina Sáblíková	7:22.38	0.00	44.238
2	Claudia Pechstein	7:34.51	12.13	45.451
3	Ireen Wüst	7:43.59	21.21	46.359
4	Linda de Vries	7:45.27	22.89	46.527
5	Diane Valkenburg	7:48.04	25.66	46.804
6	Olga Graf	7:52.54	30.16	47.254
7	Isabell Ost	7:55.11	32.73	47.511
8	Natalia Czerwonka	7:56.18	33.80	47.618
9	Annouk van der Weijden	8:00.32	37.94	48.032
10	Yuliya Skokova	8:02.16	39.78	48.216
11	Katarzyna Woźniak	8:08.95	46.57	48.895
12	Hege Bøkko	8:35.95	73.57	51.595

Points evolution and overall result

Rank	Athlete	500 m	3000 m	1500 m	5000 m	Behind
	Martina Sáblíková	41.790 (14)	84.471 (4)	125.684 (1)	169.922 (1)	0.00
	Claudia Pechstein	40.670 (5)	83.955 (1)	126.861 (4)	172.312 (2)	2.39
	Ireen Wüst	40.210 (2)	83.975 (2)	126.095 (1)	172.454 (3)	2.59
4	Linda de Vries	41.330 (9)	85.563 (7)	127.129 (6)	173.656 (4)	3.74
5	Diane Valkenburg	41.560 (11)	85.108 (6)	126.978 (5)	173.782 (5)	3.86
6	Yuliya Skokova	40.400 (3)	84.863 (5)	126.589 (3)	174.805 (6)	4.89
7	Natalia Czerwonka	41.220 (8)	84.455 (3)	127.338 (7)	174.956 (7) PB	5.04
8	Olga Graf	42.080 (15)	86.426 (13)	129.069 (11)	176.323 (8)	6.41
9	Annouk van der Weijden	41.130 (6)	85.936 (11)	128.652 (9)	176.684 (9)	6.77
10	Isabell Ost	42.110 (16)	85.885 (10)	129.778 (14)	177.289 (10)	7.37
11	Katarzyna Woźniak	41.590 (12)	86.320 (12)	129.506 (12)	178.401 (11)	8.48
12	Hege Bøkko	41.480 (10)	85.878 (9)	128.888 (10)	180.483 (12)	10.57
13	Yekaterina Lobysheva	40.620 (4)	85.653 (8)	127.656 (8)
14	Ida Njåtun	41.200 (7)	86.701 (14)	129.764 (13)
15	Karolína Erbanová	39.870 (1)	86.851 (15)	130.487 (15)
16	Anna Rokita	42.320 (18)	87.215 (16)	131.008 (16)
17	Luiza Złotkowska	42.220 (17)	88.165 (19)	131.525 (17)
18	Mari Hemmer	41.730 (13)	87.791 (17)	131.814 (18)
19	Nele Armée	43.560 (21)	88.891 (20)	132.494 (19)
20	Bente Kraus	43.070 (19)	87.878 (18)	132.641 (20)
21	Tatyana Mikhailova	43.580 (22)	90.873 (21)	135.369 (21)
22	Ágota Tóth	43.290 (20)	91.760 (22)	136.906 (22)
23	Sara Bak	44.810 (23)	92.321 (23)	137.841 (23)

Men's competition

The men's event took place on Saturday and Sunday, with the 500 metres and the 5000 metres race at the first day and the 1500 and 10,000 meters final race in the second day. After the first day, the best 24 out of the 29 skaters got the change to participate in the 5000 meters event, while the best 12 competitors after three events took part in the 10,000 meters race.

According to the ISU rules, the fourteen best placed skaters won for their country an entry spots for the 2012 Allround World Championships. Based on the final result, the Netherlands earned four places for the World event, Norway and Poland got two, and Belgium, France, Germany, Latvia and Russia got one each.

The places for the 2013 Allround European Championships were also distributed using the classification of the European Championships. Countries with at least three skaters in the first twelve earned four spots (Netherlands), countries with at least two skaters in the first sixteen earned three (Norway and Poland), and countries with at least one skater in the first twenty earned two starting places (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Russia). All other European ISU members have got one spot, subject to the time limits set are met.

500 metres

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind	Points
1	Konrad Niedźwiedzki		36.89 TR	0.00	36.890
2	Zbigniew Bródka		36.90	0.01	36.900
3	Jan Blokhuijsen		36.93	0.04	36.930
4	Tommi Pulli		37.14	0.25	37.140
5	Håvard Bøkko		37.25	0.36	37.250
6	Haralds Silovs		37.46	0.57	37.460
7	Jan Szymański		37.48	0.59	37.480
Benjamin Macé		37.48	0.59	37.480
9	Kristian Reistad Fredriksen		37.51	0.62	37.510
10	Koen Verweij		37.73	0.84	37.730
11	Bram Smallenbroek		37.75	0.86	37.750
12	Sven Kramer		37.77	0.88	37.770
13	Alexis Contin		37.80	0.91	37.800
14	Ted-Jan Bloemen		37.84	0.95	37.840
15	Luca Stefani		37.89	1.00	37.890
16	Pavel Baynov		38.00	1.11	38.000
17	Sverre Lunde Pedersen		38.04	1.15	38.040
18	Simen Spieler Nilsen		38.17	1.28	38.170
19	Milan Sáblík		38.24	1.35	38.240
20	Marco Cignini		38.31	1.42	38.310
21	Vitaly Mikhailov		38.34	1.45	38.340
22	Sergey Gryaztsov		38.35	1.46	38.350
23	Denis Yuskov		38.46	1.57	38.460
24	Patrick Beckert		38.56	1.67	38.560
25	Bart Swings		38.81	1.92	38.810
26	Moritz Geisreiter		39.33	2.44	39.330
27	Ferre Spruyt		39.46 PB	2.57	39.460
28	Martin Hänggi		40.32	3.43	40.320
29	Marian Ion		DSQ	—	—

5000 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time	Behind	Points
1	Sven Kramer	6:31.82 TR	0.00	39.182
2	Jan Blokhuijsen	6:36.49	4.67	39.649
3	Alexis Contin	6:38.08	6.26	39.808
4	Ted-Jan Bloemen	6:38.27	6.45	39.827
5	Håvard Bøkko	6:40.60	8.78	40.060
6	Haralds Silovs	6:41.39	9.57	40.139
7	Koen Verweij	6:41.42	9.60	40.142
8	Denis Yuskov	6:41.89	10.07	40.189
9	Bart Swings	6:43.33	11.51	40.333
10	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	6:44.64	12.82	40.464
11	Patrick Beckert	6:45.22	13.40	40.522
12	Moritz Geisreiter	6:46.46	14.64	40.646
13	Jan Szymański	6:47.61	15.79	40.761
14	Luca Stefani	6:56.05	24.23	41.605
15	Kristian Reistad Fredriksen	6:57.42	25.60	41.742
16	Marco Cignini	6:58.67	26.85	41.867
17	Sergey Gryaztsov	7:00.38	28.56	42.038
18	Bram Smallenbroek	7:00.69	28.87	42.069
19	Ferre Spruyt	7:01.38	29.56	42.138
20	Vitaly Mikhailov	7:01.44	29.62	42.144
21	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	7:02.62	30.80	42.262
22	Benjamin Macé	7:03.02	31.20	42.302
23	Zbigniew Bródka	7:06.06	34.24	42.606
24	Milan Sáblík	7:07.68	35.86	42.768
25	Simen Spieler Nilsen	7:08.04	36.22	42.804
26	Martin Hänggi	7:09.80	37.98	42.980
27	Marian Ion	7:14.52	42.70	43.452
28	Pavel Baynov	7:16.25	44.43	43.625
29	Tommi Pulli	7:24.50	52.68	44.450

1500 metres

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1	Sven Kramer	1:53.98 TR	0.00	37.993
2	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	1:54.87	0.89	38.290
3	Jan Blokhuijsen	1:54.93	0.95	38.310
4	Denis Yuskov	1:55.13	1.15	38.376
5	Koen Verweij	1:55.42	1.44	38.473
6	Haralds Silovs	1:55.48	1.50	38.493
7	Zbigniew Bródka	1:55.98	2.00	38.660
8	Bart Swings	1:56.08	2.10	38.693
9	Håvard Bøkko	1:56.35	2.37	38.783
10	Jan Szymański	1:56.55	2.57	38.850
11	Bram Smallenbroek	1:57.44	3.46	39.146
12	Alexis Contin	1:57.58	3.60	39.193
13	Benjamin Macé	1:57.80	3.82	39.266
14	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	1:57.92	3.94	39.306
15	Sergey Gryaztsov	1:58.73	4.75	39.576
16	Patrick Beckert	1:59.08	5.10	39.693
17	Kristian Reistad Fredriksen	1:59.19	5.21	39.730
18	Luca Stefani	1:59.82	5.84	39.940
19	Marco Cignini	1:59.97	5.99	39.990
20	Ferre Spruyt	2:00.00	6.02	40.000
21	Vitaly Mikhailov	2:00.75	6.77	40.520
22	Milan Sáblík	2:00.95	6.97	40.316
23	Ted-Jan Bloemen	2:01.58	7.60	40.526
24	Moritz Geisreiter	2:01.64	7.66	40.566

10000 metres

Rank	Athlete	Time	Behind	Points
1	Sven Kramer	13:45.05	0.00	41.252
2	Jan Blokhuijsen	13:52.48	7.43	41.624
3	Håvard Bøkko	14:02.83	17.78	42.141
4	Alexis Contin	14:05.84	20.79	42.292
5	Koen Verweij	14:05.98	20.93	42.299
6	Ted-Jan Bloemen	14:08.83	23.71	42.441
7	Bart Swings	14:19.14	34.09	42.957
8	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	14:21.61	36.56	43.080
9	Haralds Silovs	14:23.38 NR	38.33	43.169
10	Denis Yuskov	14:23.93	38.88	43.196
11	Jan Szymański	14:41.24	56.19	44.062
12	Zbigniew Bródka	14:44.55 PB	59.50	44.227

Points evolution and overall result

Rank	Athlete	500 m	5000 m	1500 m	10000 m	Behind
	Sven Kramer	37.770 (12)	76.952 (2)	114.945 (2)	156.197 (1) TR	0.00
	Jan Blokhuijsen	36.930 (3)	76.579 (1)	114.889 (1)	156.513 (2)	0.32
	Håvard Bøkko	37.250 (5)	77.310 (3)	116.093 (4)	158.234 (3)	2.04
4	Koen Verweij	37.730 (10)	77.872 (7)	116.345 (5)	158.644 (4)	2.45
5	Alexis Contin	37.800 (13)	77.608 (5)	116.801 (7)	159.093 (5)	2.95
6	Haralds Silovs	37.460 (6)	77.599 (4)	116.092 (3)	159.261 (6) PB	3.07
7	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	38.040 (17)	78.504 (9)	116.794 (6)	159.874 (7)	3.68
8	Denis Yuskov	38.460 (23)	78.649 (10)	117.025 (8)	160.221 (8)	4.03
9	Ted-Jan Bloemen	37.840 (14)	77.667 (6)	118.193 (12)	160.634 (9)	4.44
10	Bart Swings	38.810 (25)	79.143 (12)	117.836 (10)	160.793 (10) PB	4.60
11	Jan Szymański	37.480 (7)	78.241 (8)	117.091 (9)	161.153 (11) PB	4.96
12	Zbigniew Bródka	36.900 (2)	79.506 (16)	118.166 (11)	162.393 (12)	6.20
13	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	36.890 (1)	79.152 (13)	118.458 (13)
14	Patrick Beckert	38.560 (24)	79.082 (11)	118.775 (14)
15	Bram Smallenbroek	37.750 (11)	79.819 (18)	118.965 (15)
16	Kristian Reistad Fredriksen	37.510 (9)	79.252 (14)	118.982 (16)
17	Benjamin Macé	37.480 (7)	79.782 (17)	119.048 (17)
18	Luca Stefani	37.890 (15)	79.495 (15)	119.435 (18)
19	Sergey Gryaztsov	38.350 (22)	80.388 (21)	119.964 (19)
20	Marco Cignini	38.310 (20)	80.177 (20)	120.167 (20)
21	Moritz Geisreiter	39.330 (26)	79.976 (19)	120.522 (21)
22	Vitaly Mikhailov	38.340 (21)	80.484 (22)	120.734 (22)
23	Milan Sáblík	38.240 (19)	81.008 (24)	121.324 (23)
24	Ferre Spruyt	39.460 (27)	81.598 (26)	121.598 (24)
25	Simen Spieler Nilsen	38.170 (18)	80.974 (23)
26	Tommi Pulli	37.140 (4)	81.590 (25)
27	Pavel Baynov	38.000 (16)	81.625 (27)
28	Martin Hänggi	40.320 (28)	83.300 (28)
29	Marian Ion	920.000 (DSQ)	963.452 (29)

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