2013 European Speed Skating Championships Explained

Event:European Speed Skating Championships
Venue:Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands
Dates:11–13 January 2013
Competitors:52
Nations:17
Goldm:Sven Kramer
Silverm:Jan Blokhuijsen
Bronzem:Håvard Bøkko
Goldmnation:NED
Silvermnation:NED
Bronzemnation:NOR
Goldw:Ireen Wüst
Silverw:Linda de Vries
Bronzew:Diane Valkenburg
Goldwnation:NED
Silverwnation:NED
Bronzewnation:NED
Prev:2012 Budapest
Next:2014 Hamar

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]

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

Events

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 - 1 38.72 CR0.00 38.720 - 2 38.98 0.26 38.980 - 3 39.42 0.60 39.420 - 4 39.69 0.97 39.690 - 5 39.90 1.21 40.670 - 6 39.93 1.26 39.930 - 7 39.98 1.26 39.980 - 8 40.01 1.29 40.010 - 9 40.15 1.43 40.150 - 10 40.26 1.54 40.260 - 11 40.31 1.59 40.310 - 12 40.34 1.62 40.340 - 13 40.35 1.63 40.350 - 14 40.71 1.99 40.710 - 15 40.84 2.12 40.840 - 16 40.95 2.23 40.950 - 17 41.02 2.30 41.020 - 18 41.15 2.43 41.150 - 19 41.22 2.50 41.220 - 20 41.23 2.51 41.230

3000 metres

Rank[8] AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints - 1 4:01.25 CR 0.00 40.208 - 2 4:03.68 2.43 40.613 - 3 4:05.33 4.08 40.888 - 4 4:05.84 5.20 41.075 - 5 4:06.45 5.20 41.075 - 6 4:07.48 6.23 41.246 - 7 4:07.77 6.52 41.295 - 8 4:08.64 7.39 41.440 - 9 4:09.67 8.42 41.611 - 10 4:10.90 9.65 41.816 -

1500 metres

Rank[9] AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints - 1 1:56.39 CR 0.00 38.796 - 2 1:57.57 1.18 39.190 - 3 1:57.76 1.37 39.253 - 4 1:58.57 2.18 39.523 - 5 1:58.68 2.29 39.560 - 6 1:58.80 2.41 39.600 - 7 1:58.85 2.46 39.616 - 8 1:59.02 2.63 39.673 - 9 1:59.24 2.85 39.746 - 10 1:59.50 3.11 39.833 -

5000 metres

Rank[10] AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints - 1 6:57.16 0.00 41.716 - 2 7:01.95 4.79 42.195 - 3 7:02.77 5.61 42.277 - 4 7:05.56 8.40 42.556 - 5 7:08.52 11.36 42.852 - 6 7:09.90 12.74 42.990 - 7 7:14.08 16.92 43.408 - 8 7:17.73 20.57 43.773 -

Final classification

Rank[11] AthleteCountry500 m3000 m1500 m5000 mPointsBehind - 39.69 (4) 4:01.25 (1) 1:56.39 (1)7:01.95 (2) 160.889 (1) 0.00 - 39.98 (7) 4:05.33 (3) 1:57.57 (2)7:02.77 (3) 162.335 (2) 1.45 - 39.93 (6) 4:05.84 (4) 1:57.76 (3)7:05.56 (4) 162.712 (3) 1.83 - 4 40.95 (16) 4:03.68 (2) 1:58.68 (5)6:57.16 (1) 162.839 (4) 1.95 - 5 39.42 (3) 4:07.48 (6) 1:59.02 (8)7:08.52 (5) 163.191 (5) 2.31 - 6 40.26 (10) 4:08.64 (8)4:08.64 (8)7:09.90 (6) 164.436 (6) NR3.55 - 7 40.01 (8) 4:09.67 (9) 1:58.80 (6)7:14.08 (7) 164.629 (7) 3.74 - 8 40.15 (9) 4:07.77 (7) 1:58.57 (4)7:17.73 (8) 164.741 (8) 3.86 - 9 38.98 (2) 4:15.23 (13) 1:59.50 (10) 121.351 (9) - 10 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 35.93 0.00 35.930 - 2 36.03 0.10 36.030 - 3 36.14 0.21 36.140 - 4 36.40 0.47 36.400 - 5 36.54 0.61 36.540 - 6 36.61 0.68 36.610 - 7 36.70 0.77 36.700 - 36.70 0.77 36.700 - 9 36.86 0.93 36.860 - 10 36.90 0.97 36.900 -

5000 metres

Rank[13] AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints - 1 6:12.55 0.00 37.255 - 2 6:18.165.61 37.816 - 3 6:19.07 6.52 37.907 - 4 6:19.13 6.58 37.913 - 5 6:19.85 7.30 37.985 - 6 6:22.10 9.55 38.210 - 7 6:23.38 10.83 38.338 - 8 6:24.42 11.87 38.442 - 9 6:28.19 15.64 38.819 - 10 6:29.81 17.26 38.981 -

1500 metres

Rank[14] AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints - 1 1:46.32 0.00 35.440 - 2 1:46.38 0.06 35.460 - 3 1:46.39 0.07 35.463 - 4 1:46.47 0.15 35.490 - 5 1:46.78 0.46 35.593 - 6 1:47.24 0.92 35.746 - 7 1:47.29 0.97 35.763 - 8 1:47.49 1.17 35.830 - 9 1:47.77 1.45 35.923 - 10 1:47.89 1.57 35.963 -

10000 metres

Rank[15] AthleteCountryTimeBehindPoints - 1 12:55.98 CR 0.00 38.799 - 2 13:01.60 5.62 39.080 - 3 13:08.08 12.10 39.404 - 4 13:08.16 12.18 39.408 - 5 13:09.68 13.70 39.484 - 6 13:12.86 16.88 39.643 - 7 13:29.27 33.29 40.463 - 8 13:45.13 49.15 41.256 -

Final classification

Rank[16] AthleteCountry500 m5000 m1500 m10000 mPointsBehind - 36.70 (7) 6:12.55 (1) 1:47.49 (8)12:55.98 (1) 148.584 (1) 0.00 - 36.40 (4) 6:18.16 (2) 1:47.89 (10)13:01.60 (2) 149.259 (2) 0.68 - 36.14 (3) 6:23.38 (7) 1:46.78 (5)13:08.16 (4) 149.479 (3) 0.90 - 4 36.86 (9) 6:19.07 (3) 1:46.39 (3)13:12.86 (6) 149.873 (4) 1.29 - 5 37.47 (19) 6:19.13 (4) 1:46.47 (4) 13:08.08 (3) 150.277 (5) NR1.70 - 6 36.91 (11) 6:19.85 (5) 1:48.59 (12)13:29.27 (7) 151.554 (6) 2.97 - 7 35.93 (1) 6:33.75 (13)1:46.32 (1) 13:45.13 (8) 152.001 (7) 3.42 - 8 38.03 (21) 6:22.10 (6) 1:48.96 (13)13:09.68 (5) 152.044 (8) NR3.46 - 9 36.03 (2) 6:35.17 (14) 1:46.38 (2) 111.007 (9) - 10 36.93 (12) 6:24.42 (8) 1:47.77 (9) 111.295 (10)-

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2013 - Preview. www.isu.org. International Skating Union (ISU). 28 December 2014. 10 Jan 2013.
  2. Web site: Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships - Heerenveen (NED). www.isu.org. International Skating Union (ISU). 28 December 2014. 13 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Dutch dominate the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating. www.aipsmedia.com. AIPS. 29 December 2014. 14 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships Announcement. pzls.pl. Polski Związek Łyżwiarstwa Szybkiego (Polish Association of Speed Skating). 29 December 2014. PDF.
  5. Web site: Special Regulations and Technical Rules – Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating. International Skating Union (ISU). 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 Ladies and four 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.. 6 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120204034005/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-203082-220305-167852-0-file,00.pdf. 2012-02-04. dead.
  6. Web site: Communication No. 1751 – Entries ISU Championships 2013. International Skating Union (ISU). 28 December 2014. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20141229051731/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3620. 2014-12-29. dead.
  7. Web site: Result 500m Ladies. International Skating Union (ISU). 12 January 2013. 28 December 2014.
  8. Web site: Result 3000m Ladies. International Skating Union (ISU). 12 January 2013. 28 December 2014.
  9. Web site: Result 1500m Ladies. International Skating Union (ISU). 13 January 2013. 28 December 2014.
  10. Web site: Result 5000m Ladies. International Skating Union (ISU). 13 January 2013. 28 December 2014.
  11. Web site: Classification Ladies . International Skating Union (ISU). 13 January 2013. 28 December 2014.
  12. Web site: Result 500m Men. International Skating Union (ISU). 11 January 2013. 28 December 2014.
  13. Web site: Result 5000m Men. International Skating Union (ISU). 11 January 2013. 28 December 2014.
  14. Web site: Result 1500m Men. International Skating Union (ISU). 12 January 2013. 28 December 2014.
  15. Web site: Result 10000m Men. International Skating Union (ISU). 13 January 2013. 28 December 2014.
  16. Web site: Classification Men . International Skating Union. 13 January 2013. 28 December 2014.

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