2007 European Speed Skating Championships

The 2007 European Speed Skating Championships
European Speed Skating Championships
The European Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of Europe. The International Skating Union has organised the European Championships for Men since 1893 and the European Championships for Women since 1970. The...

were held on the outdoor artificial ice track Arena Ritten in Collalbo, Italy

Italy

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. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings are determined based on the samalog

Samalog

Samalog is a scoring system in speed skating. It is used in allround tournaments to convert results at various distances into points in order to determine an overall champion...

system.

Live broadcasts from the Championships were shown on Nederland 1

Nederland 1

Nederland 1 is the first national television station in the Netherlands, it was launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels Nederland 2 and 3. The several broadcasting organisations of the Publieke Omroep deliver programmes. A wide...

, NRK and Rai Tre

Rai Tre

Rai 3 is part of RAI, the Italian government broadcasting agency, which owns other channels, such as Rai 1 and Rai 2 . Rai 3 first started transmissions on December 15, 1979. In the eighties it was under the predominant political influence of the Italian Communist Party...

/Rai Sport Sat, with highlights on Das Erste

Das Erste

Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...

.

The two champions were both below 21 years of age; Sven Kramer

Sven Kramer

Sven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...

won his first European gold medal, two years after winning silver in Thialf

Thialf

Thialf is an ice arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The stadium is used for long track speed skating, short track speed skating, ice hockey, figure skating, and non-sports events. The outdoor rink was opened in 1967, and the indoor stadium was opened in 1986. Several world records were set in the...

, while Czech Martina Sáblíková

Martina Sáblíková

Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speedskater, specializing in long distance races. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple World champion. She is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.-Career:As a junior, Sáblíková already achieved some notable results during international...

won the women's championship to become the first Czech to medal at a European championship, and also the youngest European women's champion. Kramer is the youngest European Champion since 1992.

Rules

All skaters were allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters took part on the fourth distance. These were qualified by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:

Skaters among the top 12 on both lists were qualified.
To make up a total of 12, skaters were then added in order of their best rank on either list. Samalog standings take precedence over longest-distance standings in the event of a tie.

Men

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Athlete	Country	500m	5000m	1500m	10000m	points
	Sven Kramer Sven Kramer Sven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...	Netherlands	36.76 ( 5)	6:15.65 ( 1)	1:44.86 ( 2)	13:10.44 ( 1)	148.800
	Enrico Fabris Enrico Fabris Enrico Fabris is a former Italian long track speed skater who has won three World Cup races and became the first European Allround Champion from Italy when he won the 2006 European Championships one month before the Winter Olympics in Turin. In 2007 he won also the silver medal an in 2008 the...	Italy	36.38 ( 1)	6:20.28 ( 3)	1:44.72 ( 1)	13:21.51 ( 3)	149.389
	Carl Verheijen Carl Verheijen Carl Eduard Verheijen was a Dutch speedskater specializing in the longer distances 5,000-m and the 10,000-m. Verheijen is the son of skater Eddy Verheijen and has a relation with retired skater Andrea Nuyt in Leusden. They have a daughter...	Netherlands	37.53 (12)	6:19.67 ( 2)	1:47.34 ( 9)	13:15.37 ( 2)	151.045
4	Håvard Bøkko Håvard Bøkko Håvard Bøkko is a Norwegian speedskater, widely considered to be one of the most promising talents for many years, with junior results similar to those of Sven Kramer, Gianni Romme and Eric Heiden. He is the older brother of Hege Bøkko.-Speed skating career:In 2006, Bøkko was the Junior World...	Norway	36.99 ( 6)	6:24.41 ( 4)	1:47.10 ( 7)	13:27.38 ( 4)	151.500
5	Ivan Skobrev Ivan Skobrev Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev is a Russian speed skater. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the bronze medal in the 5,000 meters as well as the silver medal in the 10,000 meters. He is the reigning European and World Allround Champion.At the 2006 European Championships he finished in...	Russia	36.39 ( 2)	6:39.28 (13)	1:46.68 ( 4)	13:45.01 ( 9)	153.128
6	Eskil Ervik Eskil Ervik Eskil Ervik is a Norwegian speedskater. Ervik's best distance is traditionally the 5000-m, where he for several years was among the very best of the world, but his top priority for the most part of his career was to perform optimally in the allround championships...	Norway	37.96 (16)	6:24.85 ( 5)	1:47.56 (10)	13:36.62 ( 8)	153.129
7	Tobias Schneider Tobias Schneider Tobias Schneider is a German speedskater.He is employed by the German Army as a Sportsoldat . His best distances are the longer ones, the 5,000 m and 10,000 m, but he is also among the best current German allround skaters. On 25 November 2006 at the World Cup in Moscow he set a new German record...	Germany	37.48 (11)	6:35.72 (10)	1:47.03 ( 6)	13:34.14 ( 5)	153.435
8	Mark Tuitert Mark Tuitert Mark Tuitert ; born April 4, 1980 in Holten, Overijssel) is a Dutch speed skater. He won gold at the 1500m sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-Personal life:Tuitert married fellow Dutch speed skater Helen van Goozen in 2009...	Netherlands	36.60 ( 4)	6:36.79 (11)	1:46.19 ( 3)	14:05.27 (11)	153.938
9	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	38.13 (17)	6:31.12 ( 7)	1:47.87 (12)	13:35.72 ( 6)	153.984
10	Wouter Olde Heuvel Wouter Olde Heuvel Wouter Olde Heuvel is a Dutch long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:World Allround Championships...	Netherlands	37.57 (14)	6:28.96 ( 6)	1:47.60 (11)	13:54.40 (10)	154.052
11	Sverre Haugli	Norway	38.20 (18)	6:31.55 ( 8)	1:48.16 (14)	13:35.92 ( 7)	154.204
12	Matteo Anesi Matteo Anesi Matteo Anesi is an Italian speed skater who won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 29th in the 1500 m event.-References:...	Italy	37.22 ( 8)	6:38.62 (12)	1:48.85 (15)	14:22.38 (12)	156.484
13	Konrad Niedźwiedzki Konrad Niedzwiedzki Konrad Niedźwiedzki is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...	Poland	36.52 ( 3)	6:47.81 (19)	1:46.96 ( 5)		112.954
14	Stefan Heythausen	Germany	37.46 (10)	6:42.44 (15)	1:47.28 ( 8)		113.464
15	Jarmo Valtonen Jarmo Valtonen Jarmo Valtonen is a Finnish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround Championships...	Finland	37.14 ( 7)	6:48.88 (20)	1:47.94 (13)		114.008
16	Johan Röjler Johan Röjler Johan Röjler is an ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 2002 in Salt Lake City. His main achievements were held as a junior, when he won the Men's Allround Junior World Title in 2000 and took several medals, including 6...	Sweden	38.52 (19)	6:35.46 ( 9)	1:49.68 (17)		114.626
17	Alexis Contin Alexis Contin Alexis Contin is a French speed skater. He is ranked 63 on the Adelskalender and is coached by Jan ven Veen.Contin made his international speedskating debut at the Speed Skating World Cup in December 2005...	France	37.35 ( 9)	6:44.91 (18)	1:50.43 (18)		114.651
18	Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson Joel Eriksson is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:World Sprint ChampionshipsEuropean Allround Championships...	Sweden	37.55 (13)	6:52.95 (23)	1:49.04 (16)		115.191
19	Vitaly Mikhailov Vitaly Mikhailov Vitaly Mikhailov is a Belarusian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround Championships*...	Belarus	37.58 (15)	6:57.52 (25)	1:50.48 (19)		116.158
20	Artyom Belousov	Russia	39.01 (22)	6:43.24 (16)	1:50.91 (20)		116.304
21	Sławomir Chmura	Poland	38.78 (21)	6:43.64 (17)	1:52.07 (22)		116.500
22	Alexey Yunin	Russia	39.57 (27)	6:40.83 (14)	1:51.12 (21)		116.693
23	Christian Pichler Christian Pichler Christian Pichler is an Austrian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround Championships*...	Austria	39.30 (26)	6:50.43 (21)	1:52.07 (22)		117.699
24	Witold Mazur	Poland	39.24 (25)	6:51.29 (22)	1:55.13 (27)		118.745
25	Maxim Pedos	Ukraine	39.16 (24)	7:00.30 (28)	1:52.78 (24)		118.783
26	Oliver Sundberg Oliver Sundberg Oliver Sundberg is a Danish speedskater. Along with Cathrine Grage, Sundberg is the first Danish speedskater to reach international competition levels since Kurt Stille ended his career in 1964....	Denmark	39.02 (23)	7:01.16 (29)	1:54.26 (25)		119.222
27	Martin Hänggi	Switzerland	38.76 (20)	7:06.32 (30)	1:54.32 (26)		119.498
28	Claudiu Grozea	Romania	39.89 (29)	6:55.74 (24)	1:55.76 (28)		120.050
29	Milan Sáblík Milan Sáblík Milan Sáblík is a Czech speedskater and the younger brother of Martina Sáblíková, the 2007 European Champion and double World Single Distances Champion...	Czech Republic	39.62 (28)	6:59.98 (27)	1:57.06 (29)		120.638
	Kris Schildermans Kris Schildermans Kris Schildermans is a Belgian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.By January 11, 2009, Schildermans was placed 262nd on the Adelskalender, the ranking list of all-time personal bests....	Belgium	DSQ	6:58.42 (26)	1:57.51 (30)
	Stefano Donagrandi Stefano Donagrandi Stefano Donagrandi is an ice speed skater from Italy, who won the gold medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 22nd in the 1500 m event, 13th in the 10000 m event, and 16th in 5000 m.-References:...	Italy	DNF

A placing among the top 16 qualified the nation for the 2007 World Championships

2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The 2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 9 February, 10 February and 11 February 2007. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings...

as well as the 2008 European Championships (where each federation is automatically entitled to one skater and any additional skaters are added to this quota, with a cap of four.)

Women

Anni Friesinger

Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...

, five-time European Champion, withdrew to concentrate on the World Sprint Championships

2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Vikingskipet, Hamar on 20 January and 21 January 2007. They were the 36th World Championships, and it was the third time the Championships were held in Hamar...

a week later.

At first, the Norwegian Skating Federation selected only Maren Haugli, but included Mari Hemmer and Hedvig Bjelkevik after protests from within the speed skating community. Bjelkevik later declined, citing the same reason as Friesinger.

The top seven skaters from the 2006 Championships were all present.
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Athlete	Country	500m	1500m	3000m	10000m	points
	Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speedskater, specializing in long distance races. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple World champion. She is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.-Career:As a junior, Sáblíková already achieved some notable results during international...	Czech Republic	40.97 ( 9)	1:58.66 ( 6)	4:03.52 ( 1)	6:58.45 ( 1)	162.954
	Ireen Wüst Ireen Wüst Ireen Wüst is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event...	Netherlands	39.51 ( 1)	1:56.78 ( 1)	4:07.61 ( 3)	7:12.73 ( 6)	162.977
	Renate Groenewold Renate Groenewold Renate Groenewold is a Dutch long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.Groenewold has won several Dutch Championships....	Netherlands	41.05 (10)	1:58.64 ( 5)	4:04.24 ( 2)	7:08.76 ( 2)	164.178
4	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Daniela Anschütz-Thoms is a German speed skater. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit with teammates Anni Friesinger and Claudia Pechstein.-External links:*...	Germany	40.63 ( 7)	1:58.08 ( 3)	4:08.28 ( 4)	7:10.49 ( 4)	164.419
5	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...	Germany	40.28 ( 4)	1:58.72 ( 7)	4:11.15 ( 6)	7:10.05 ( 3)	164.716
6	Marja Vis	Netherlands	40.65 ( 8)	1:59.56 ( 8)	4:09.99 ( 5)	7:11.77 ( 5)	165.345
7	Paulien van Deutekom Paulien van Deutekom Paulien van Deutekom is a Dutch speed skater who is specialised in the middle long distances, over 1000 and 1500 metres....	Netherlands	40.51 ( 5)	1:58.34 ( 4)	4:12.79 (10)	7:23.94 (10)	166.481
8	Lucille Opitz Lucille Opitz Lucille Opitz is a German speed skater who won a gold medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...	Germany	41.16 (12)	1:59.77 (10)	4:12.13 ( 8)	7:17.81 ( 9)	166.885
9	Maren Haugli Maren Haugli Maren Haugli is a Norwegian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.She represents the sports club Jevnaker IF and is the granddaughter of Sverre Ingolf Haugli and sister of Sverre Haugli.-Personal records:...	Norway	41.13 (11)	2:01.50 (13)	4:11.89 ( 7)	7:14.26 ( 7)	167.037
10	Yekaterina Abramova Yekaterina Abramova Yekaterina Konstantinovna Abramova is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-Personal records:...	Russia	39.91 ( 2)	1:57.98 ( 2)	4:18.79 (13)	7:34.62 (12)	167.829
11	Katarzyna Wójcicka	Poland	40.56 ( 6)	1:59.79 (11)	4:16.33 (12)	7:31.08 (11)	168.319
12	Andrea Jirků Andrea Jirku Andrea Jirků is a Czech long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround Championships-External links:**...	Czech Republic	43.46 (26)	2:03.37 (16)	4:12.51 ( 9)	7:17.44 ( 8)	170.412
13	Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She's specialized in the distances of 1000 m, 1500 m and Team Pursuit....	Russia	40.15 ( 3)	1:59.53 ( 8)	4:20.23 (15)		123.364
14	Katrin Mattscherodt Katrin Mattscherodt Katrin Mattscherodt is a German long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. In the team pursuit final against Japan at the 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics, she was a replacement for Anni Friesinger-Postma in the final , and won a gold medal as part of the German...	Germany	41.68 (15)	2:02.05 (14)	4:15.13 (11)		124.884
15	Anna Rokita Anna Rokita Anna Rokita is an Austrian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...	Austria	41.80 (16)	2:03.12 (15)	4:19.85 (14)		126.148
16	Galina Likhachova Galina Likhachova Galina Vladimirovna Likhachova is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:*...	Russia	41.41 (13)	2:00.93 (12)	4:28.57 (24)		126.481
17	Luiza Złotkowska Luiza Złotkowska Luiza Złotkowska is a Polish speed skater. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit with compatriots Katarzyna Woźniak and Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś...	Poland	42.47 (19)	2:04.15 (17)	4:23.85 (18)		127.828
18	Mari Hemmer Mari Hemmer Mari Hemmer is a Norwegian long-track speedskater, with particular strength in the longer distances 3000-m and 5000-m. She is the Norwegian Allround Champion for 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, the Norwegian Sprint Champion for 2005, 2009, 2010, and has also won numerous gold, silver, and bronze medals...	Norway	42.24 (17)	2:04.04 (18)	4:23.74 (17)		127.842
19	Oana Opincariu	Romania	42.89 (24)	2:06.20 (22)	4:20.46 (19)		128.366
20	Yekaterina Malysheva	Russia	41.42 (14)	2:05.61 (19)	4:31.96 (25)		128.616
21	Yuliya Yasenok	Belarus	42.37 (18)	2:06.04 (21)	4:26.09 (21)		128.731
22	Yelena Myagkikh Yelena Myagkikh Olena Vasylivna Myahkikh is a Ukrainian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...	Ukraine	42.51 (20)	2:05.66 (20)	4:26.02 (20)		128.732
23	Marita Johansson Marita Johansson Marita Johansson is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround Championships...	Sweden	42.54 (21)	2:06.28 (23)	4:26.85 (23)		129.108
24	Martina Windhager	Austria	43.04 (25)	2:07.38 (25)	4:26.17 (22)		129.861
25	Cathrine Grage Cathrine Grage Cathrine Grage is a Danish Olympic speedskater. Grage and fellow skater Oliver Sundberg are the first Danish speedskaters to reach international competition levels since Kurt Stille ended his career in 1964....	Denmark	44.52 (27)	2:06.89 (24)	4:24.55 (19)		130.907
26	Daniela Dumitru	Romania	42.77 (23)	2:07.66 (24)	4:33.57 (26)		130.918
27	Ágota Tóth Ágota Tóth Ágota Tóth is a Hungarian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:World Sprint ChampionshipsEuropean Allround Championships...	Hungary	42.76 (22)	2:10.98 (27)	4:39.80 (27)		133.053

The top 14 have qualified their nation for the World Allround Championships

2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

. Skaters in the top 16 have given their nation an addition to the basis quota of one skater for the 2008 European Championships, with the quota capped at four skaters per nation.

Friday's events

The competitions began at 13:00 local time.

In the results list, previous European medallists are mentioned, as well as the top ten on each distance.

500 m men

Kramer advanced 13 places from his performance at the 2006 European Championship, and gained 0.8 seconds on Fabris compared to last year's standings. Ervik lost nearly a second, while Bøkko lost half a second and Verheijen gained 0.3 seconds, all compared to the defending champion Fabris. The distance podium is the same as last year, but only Skobrev finished in the same position.

Pos.	Time	Pos.	Points
1.	36.38	1.	36.380
2.	36.39	2.	36.390
3.	36.52	3.	36.520
4.	36.60	4.	36.600
5.	36.76	5.	36.760
6.	36.99	6.	36.990
7.	37.14	7.	37.140
8.	37.22	8.	37.220
9.	37.35	9.	37.350
10.	37.46	10.	37.460
12.	37.53	12.	37.530
16.	37.96	16.	37.960

500 m women

Abramova, Lobysheva, Pechstein and Wójcicka all finished in the same order as in Hamar last year, with Abramova gaining a few hundredths of a second. However, Wüst gains over 1.2 seconds on those three compared to last year's performance, where she finished 0.79 500 m-seconds behind Pechstein in the overall standings. Groenewold finishes 0.77 seconds behind Pechstein, gaining 0.13 on 2006.

Pos.	Time	Pos.	Points
1.	39.51	1.	39.510
2.	39.91	2.	39.910
3.	40.15	3.	40.150
4.	40.28	4.	40.280
5.	40.51	5.	40.510
6.	40.56	6.	40.560
7.	40.63	7.	40.630
8.	40.65	8.	40.650
9.	40.97	9.	40.970
10.	41.05	10.	41.050

5000 m men

The previous outdoor world best, by Chad Hedrick

Chad Hedrick

Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push or DP...

from the 2005 World Single Distance Championships

World Single Distance Championships

The World Single Distance Championships are a series of speed skating competitions organised by the International Skating Union.-History:Since the late 19th century, speed skating championships were always decided by racing multiple distances – four different distances for the allround...

, was bettered by 9.96 seconds. Verheijen was the first to beat the record, in the 12th of the 15 pairs, before Kramer lowered it by a further four seconds in the 13th pair, recording nine of twelve laps below 30 seconds.

Pos.	Time	Pos.	Points
1.	6:15.65	1.	74.325
2.	6:19.67	2.	74.408
3.	6:20.28	3.	75.431
4.	6:24.41	4.	75.497
5.	6:24.85	5.	76.279
6.	6:28.96	6.	76.318
7.	6:31.12	7.	76.445
8.	6:31.55	8.	76.466
9.	6:35.46	9.	77.052
10.	6:35.72	10.	77.082
11.	6:36.79	11.	77.242

Saturday's events

The competitions began at 13:00 local time.

1500 m women

Wüst and Abramova finished first and second once more, with exactly the same difference in samalog points, while defending champion Pechstein, whose best World Cup ranking is in the long distance cup, advanced to third place in the allround rankings despite recording a worse placing here than on the 500 metres.

Pos.	Time	Pos.	Points
1.	1:56.78	1.	78.436
2.	1:57.98	2.	79.236
3.	1:58.08	3.	79.853
4.	1:58.34	4.	79.956
5.	1:58.64	5.	79.990
6.	1:58.66	6.	79.993
7.	1:58.72	7.	80.490
8.	1:59.53	8.	80.503
9.	1:59.56	9.	80.523
10.	1:59.77	10.	80.596

1500 m men

In the final pair, Kramer bettered his personal best by nearly two seconds, thus advancing to third place on the Adelskalender. The outdoor world best mark was lowered by nearly three seconds by Fabris, who pipped Kramer to the line in the final pair, but remains 0.72 seconds behind before the final distance tomorrow, where Kramer was world record holder.

Pos.	Time	Pos.	Points
1.	1:44.72	1.	109.278
2.	1:44.86	2.	109.314
3.	1:46.19	3.	111.131
4.	1:46.68	4.	111.277
5.	1:46.96	5.	111.675
6.	1:47.03	6.	111.878
7.	1:47.10	7.	112.298
8.	1:47.28	8.	112.332
9.	1:47.34	9.	112.728
10.	1:47.56	11.	113.198
11.	1:47.60	12.	113.365
12.	1:47.87	13.	113.408

3000 m women

By winning the distance, 19-year-old Sáblíková advanced seven places in the overall standings, but still needed to beat Wüst by 14.05 seconds on the final 5,000 metres. On this distance, two-thirds the length, she beat Wüst by 4.09 seconds. Renate Groenewold

Renate Groenewold

Renate Groenewold is a Dutch long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.Groenewold has won several Dutch Championships....

finished second, also advancing seven places in the allround standings, after skating in the same pair as Sáblíková and leading until two laps remained.

Pos.	Time	Pos.	Points
1.	4:03.52	1.	119.704
2.	4:04.24	2.	121.109
3.	4:07.61	3.	121.302
4.	4:08.28	4.	121.370
5.	4:09.99	5.	121.711
6.	4:11.15	6.	122.087
7.	4:11.85	7.	122.168
8.	4:12.13	8.	122.367
9.	4:12.51	9.	123.104
10.	4:12.79	10.	123.211
11.	4:15.13	12.	123.611
12.	4:16.33	16.	126.591

Sunday's events

The competitions began at 12:00 local time.

5000 m women

Sáblíková skated in the fifth pair, and after distancing Groenewold by 10 seconds and bettering the world outdoor mark by seven seconds, she set Wüst the task of finishing in 7:12.49 to become European champion. This would be fifth place thus far. Wüst started well, and with five laps to go, she was 0.6 seconds behind Sáblíková, with a cushion of more than 2.5 seconds per lap. But with lap times steadily going upwards, the worst being 37.0 on the penultimate lap, she arrived 0.23 seconds too late to become European champion. Sáblíková thus became the first Czech to win a senior speed skating championship. Neither Pechstein nor Anschütz-Thoms managed to beat Groenewold on the distance, giving Groenewold the bronze medal. Thus, in Friesinger's absence, Germany failed to finish on the podium for the first time since 1974.

Pos.	Time	Pos.	Points
1.	6:58.75	1.	162.954
2.	7:08.76	2.	162.977
3.	7:10.05	3.	164.178
4.	7:10.49	4.	164.419
5.	7:11.77	5.	164.716
6.	7:12.73	6.	165.345
7.	7:14.26	7.	166.481
8.	7:17.44	8.	166.885
9.	7:17.81	9.	167.034
10.	7:23.94	10.	167.829
11.	7:31.08	11.	168.319
12.	7:34.62	12.	170.412

10,000 m men

The outdoor world best mark was lowered twice during the race; first by Enrico Fabris in the fifth pair, who bettered the old record by four seconds on his way to leading the distance. Sven Kramer was thus required to skate 13:22.21 to win the championship; he kept well ahead of that, even skating the last two laps in times below 30 seconds, much faster than any other lap of the race. Verheijen also managed to beat Bøkko by 0.455 points (9.10 10,000 m-seconds) to take the bronze medal.

Pos.	Time	Pos.	Points
1.	13:10.44	1.	148.800
2.	13:15.37	2.	149.389
3.	13:21.51	3.	151.045
4.	13:27.38	4.	151.500
5.	13:34.14	5.	153.128
6.	13:35.72	6.	153.129
7.	13:35.92	7.	153.435
8.	13:36.62	8.	153.928
9.	13:45.01	9.	153.984
10.	13:54.40	10.	154.052
11.	14:05.27	11.	154.204
12.	14:22.38	12.	156.484

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