European speed skating all-around championship 1990

The 87th European speed skating all-around championship (15th women) was held from 19th to 21st January 1990 in Heerenveen , Netherlands . It was the first European championship in which the men's and women's competitions were held together.

Participating Nations

A total of 59 athletes from 13 nations took part in the all-around event. The last time there was a GDR team with defending champion Gunda Kleemann competed in the women’s race.

Participating Nations
Austria Czechoslovakia Finland FR Germany	GDR Italy Netherlands Poland	Sweden Yugoslavia Switzerland Soviet Union	Norway

competition

Women

Final score of the little four-way fight

• Shows the first twelve finalists of the all-around European championship over 5,000 meters.

Defending champion Gunda Kleemann won her second European title with confidence. She won all four individual routes. Jacqueline Börner and Heike Schalling rounded off the outstanding performance of the GDR starters with silver and bronze. Constanze Moser, who was still in second place after 3 disciplines, was disqualified in the last race and thus lost her safe medal.

rank	Surname	500 meters	3,000 meters	1,500 meters	5,000 meters	Total pts.
1	Gunda Kleemann	40.79 (1)	4: 20.32 (1)	2: 05.91 (1)	7: 24.76 (1)	170.622
2	Jacqueline Borner	41.48 (5)	4: 25.68 (5)	2: 05.95 (3)	7: 35.90 (3)	173.333
3	Heike Schalling	43.11 (21)	4: 23.96 (4)	2: 07.53 (4)	7: 31.53 (2)	174.766
4th	Svetlana Sjurova-Boyko	43.10 (19)	4: 23.95 (3)	2: 08.84 (8)	7: 36.35 (4)	175.672
5	Herma Emmens-Meijer	41.26 (2)	4: 30.98 (12)	2: 081.59 (7)	7: 44.20 (10)	175.706
6th	Irina Abdullina	41.52 (6)	4: 30.56 (9)	2: 08.98 (10)	7: 45.13 (11)	176.119
7th	Lyudmila Prokaschowa	41.89 (9)	4: 30.78 (10)	2: 10.02 (16)	7: 40.69 (8)	176.429
8th	Irina Bogatova	41.39 (4)	4: 32.17 (13)	2: 08.27 (6)	7: 51.27 (13)	176.634
9	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	42.61 (14)	4: 29.69 (8)	2: 09.14 (11)	7: 40.67 (7)	176.671
10	Hanneke de Vries	43.46 (22)	4: 27.20 (6)	2: 09.41 (13)	7: 36.66 (5)	176.795
11	Jasmin Krohn	43.07 (18)	4: 32.25 (14)	2: 08.89 (9)	7: 42.20 (9)	177.628
12	Emese Nemeth-Hunyady	42.08 (11)	4: 30.81 (11)	2: 08.26 (5)	7: 57.55 (14)	177.723

500 meters

Over the unpopular sprint distance, Gunda Kleemann set a first warning by winning the distance by over four tenths of a second.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Kleemann	GDR	40.79
2	Herma Emmens-Meijer	Netherlands	41.26
3	Sandra Voetelink	Netherlands	41.36
4th	Irina Bogatova	Soviet Union	41.39
5	Jacqueline Borner	GDR	41.48
6th	Irina Abdullina	Soviet Union	41.52
7th	Constanze Moser	GDR	41.77
8th	Else Ragni Yttredal	Norway	41.84
9	Lyudmila Prokaschowa	Soviet Union	41.89
10	Emese Hunyady	Austria	42.08
15th	Anja Mischke	BR Germany	42.76
21st	Heike Schalling	GDR	43.11
25th	Petra Becker	BR Germany	44.26

3,000 meters

Over the first long distance, the dominance of the GDR runners became apparent for the first time. Only Svetlana Sjurova-Bojko from the Soviet Union was able to break into the phalanx and took third place.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Kleemann	GDR	4: 20.32
2	Constanze Moser	GDR	4: 22.67
3	Svetlana Sjurova-Boyko	Soviet Union	4: 23.95
4th	Heike Schalling	GDR	4: 23.96
5	Jacqueline Borner	GDR	4: 25.68
6th	Hanneke de Vries	Netherlands	4: 27.20
7th	Petra Becker	BR Germany	4: 29.05
8th	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	4: 29.69
9	Irina Abdullina	Soviet Union	4: 30.56
10	Lyudmila Prokaschowa	Soviet Union	4: 30.78
11	Emese Hunyady	Austria	4: 30.81
21st	Anja Mischke	BR Germany	4: 36.93

1,500 meters

There was a novelty on the second short course: Moser and Kleemann, who started in the same run, crossed the finish line at the same time, accurate to a hundredth. Jacqueline Börner came in just four hundredths behind. Heike Schalling in fourth place ensured the four-fold triumph of the GDR runners on this route.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Kleemann	GDR	2: 05.91
	Constanze Moser	GDR	2: 05.91
3	Jacqueline Borner	GDR	2: 05.95
4th	Heike Schalling	GDR	2: 07.53
5	Emese Hunyady	Austria	2: 08.26
6th	Irina Bogatova	Soviet Union	2: 08.27
7th	Herma Emmens-Meijer	Netherlands	2: 08.59
8th	Svetlana Sjurova-Boyko	Soviet Union	2: 08.84
9	Jasmin Krohn	Sweden	2: 08.89
10	Irina Abdullina	Soviet Union	2: 08.98
19th	Anja Mischke	BR Germany	2: 10.91
22nd	Petra Becker	BR Germany	2: 11.88

5,000 meters

Before the final long distance, Constanze Moser lay in front of her club mate Gunda Kleemann on the silver court. Again both runners started against each other. In the opinion of the competition management, when he switched to the inner lane, Moser prevented Kleemann. Moser was subsequently disqualified and thus lost her podium place, which was believed to be safe. Heike Schalling and Jacqueline Börner took the other places in the 5,000 m run. The German starter Petra Becker, who had qualified for the last run after 3 disciplines, set an exclamation mark with sixth place and a new state record.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Gunda Kleemann	GDR	7: 24.76
2	Heike Schalling	GDR	7: 31.53
3	Jacqueline Borner	GDR	7: 35.90
4th	Svetlana Sjurova-Boyko	Soviet Union	7: 36.35
5	Hanneke de Vries	Netherlands	7: 36.66
6th	Petra Becker	BR Germany	7: 40.29
7th	Elena Belci-Dal Farra	Italy	7: 40.67
8th	Lyudmila Prokaschowa	Soviet Union	7: 40.69
9	Jasmin Krohn	Sweden	7: 42.20
10	Herma Emmens-Meijer	Netherlands	7: 44.20
14th	Emese Hunyady	Austria	7: 57.55

Men

Final result of the grand four-way battle

• Shows the first twelve finalists of the all-around European Championship over 10,000 meters.

At the EM, Bart Veldkamp's star rose in front of a home crowd. In the strong men's competition with old master Tomas Gustafson, defending champion and compatriot Leo Visser, and an up-and-coming Johann Olav Koss, who became all-around world champion for the first time some time later, the Dutchman won two of four distances and in the end was able to win the competition with a small margin. The equilibrium of the competitors was also shown by the fact that there was only a good 0.6 point difference between places 1 and 5.

rank	Surname	500 meters	5,000 meters	1,500 meters	10,000 meters	Total pts.
1	Bart Veldkamp	38.38 (15)	6: 45.66 (1)	1: 55.83 (8)	14: 01.08 (1)	160.110
2	Tomas Gustafson	38.10 (4)	6: 56.06 (9)	1: 54.04 (2)	14: 12.57 (6)	160,347
3	Leo Visser	38.99 (16)	6: 49.51 (4)	1: 54.65 (3)	13: 06.95 (4)	160.504
4th	Johann Olav Koss	38.63 (11)	6: 49.11 (2)	1: 54.93 (4)	14: 13.66 (7)	160.534
5	Ben van der Burg	38.40 (8)	6: 50.31 (5)	1: 54.00 (1)	14: 26.27 (9)	160.744
6th	Michael Hadschieff	37.90 (2)	6: 53.20 (6)	1: 55.48 (6)	14: 27.47 (10)	161.086
7th	Roberto Sighel	38.56 (10)	6: 54.97 (8)	1: 55.67 (7)	14: 10.52 (5)	161.139
8th	Thomas Bos	38.79 (12)	6: 54.51 (7)	1: 56.82 (12)	14: 03.01 (2)	161.331
9	Geir Karlstad	39.49 (19)	6: 49.12 (3)	1: 57.06 (14)	14: 05.45 (3)	161.694
10	Peter Adeberg	37.91 (3)	7: 01.11 (12)	1: 55.33 (5)	14: 55.33 (16)	163.230
11	Markus Tröger	39.06 (17)	6: 59.87 (11)	1: 57.24 (15)	14: 36.36 (11)	163.945
12	Ildar Garajev	38.85 (14)	7: 02.25 (14)	1: 56.09 (9)	14: 45.34 (13)	164.038

500 meters

Over the sprint distance, the Olympic champion from Calgary over 1000 m and all- around European champion from 1987 Nikolai Guljajew prevailed. Middle distance runner Peter Adeberg from TSC Berlin set a warning sign with 3rd place. Actually more at home on the long haul, old master Gustafson could be more than satisfied with a 4th place. Bart Veldkamp came in 15th.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Nikolai Gulyayev	Soviet Union	37.76
2	Michael Hadschieff	Austria	37.90
3	Petr Adeberg	GDR	37.91
4th	Tomas Gustafson	Sweden	38.10
5	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	38.12
6th	Nikolai Radtsyenko	Soviet Union	38.17
7th	Yuri Syulga	Soviet Union	38.19
8th	Ben van der Burg	Netherlands	38.40
9	Georg Herda	BR Germany	38.55
10	Roberto Sighel	Italy	38.56
17th	Markus Tröger	BR Germany	39.06
18th	Hubert Kreutz	Austria	39.39
20th	Michael Spielmann	GDR	39.53
22nd	Zsolt Zakarias	Austria	39.94
23	Christian Eminger	Austria	40.03
25th	Rudolf Jeklic	BR Germany	40.63
26th	Uwe Tonat	GDR	40.73

5,000 meters

Sieger Veldkamp made people sit up and take notice for the first time on the first of the two long distances. With a new European record, he outclassed the rest of the competition by over three seconds.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	6: 45.66
2	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	6: 49.11
3	Geir Karlstad	Norway	6: 49.12
4th	Leo Visser	Netherlands	6: 49.51
5	Ben van der Burg	Netherlands	6: 50.31
6th	Michael Hadschieff	Austria	6: 53.20
7th	Tomas Bos	Netherlands	6: 54.51
8th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	6: 54.97
9	Tomas Gustafson	Sweden	6: 56.06
10	Jaromir Radke	Poland	6: 58.60
11	Markus Tröger	BR Germany	6: 59.87
12	Peter Adeberg	GDR	7: 01.11
13	Christian Eminger	Austria	7: 01.36
15th	Michael Spielmann	GDR	7: 02.75
16	Georg Herda	BR Germany	7: 05.49
17th	Rudolf Jeklic	BR Germany	7: 06.45
21st	Zsolt Zakarias	Austria	7: 09.10
22nd	Uwe Tonat	GDR	7: 09.99
22nd	Notker leather tanner	Switzerland	7: 20.70

1,500 meters

The previously unknown Dutchman Ben van der Burg won the middle distance. He relegated Gustafson to second place with a tiny margin of four hundredths. Leo Visser was able to make up ground with third place in the overall standings, while Bart Veldkamp only came in ninth. Peter Adeberg finished fifth on his parade route.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Ben van der Burg	Netherlands	1: 54.00
2	Tomas Gustafson	Sweden	1: 54.04
3	Leo Visser	Netherlands	1: 54.56
4th	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	6: 49.51
5	Peter Adeberg	GDR	1: 55.33
6th	Michael Hadschieff	Austria	1: 55.48
7th	Roberto Sighel	Italy	1: 55.67
8th	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	1: 55.83
9	Ildar Garajev	Soviet Union	6: 56.06
10	Ådne Søndrål	Norway	6: 58.60
15th	Markus Tröger	BR Germany	1: 57.24
17th	Georg Herda	BR Germany	1: 58.31
19th	Christian Eminger	Austria	1: 58.56
20th	Rudolf Jeklic	BR Germany	1: 59.32
21st	Michael Spielmann	GDR	1: 59.64
24	Hubert Kreutz	Austria	2: 00.61
26th	Notker leather tanner	Austria	2: 01.35
27	Uwe Tonat	GDR	2: 01.86
31	Zsolt Zakarias	Switzerland	2: 28.06

10,000 meters

The final 10,000 m race ended with a Dutch double victory. Veldkamp ran a European record again and took away from his worst competitor Gustafson a whopping 11 seconds. In the end, this was enough for the overall victory.

space	Surname	country	time
1	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	14: 01.08
2	Tomas Bos	Netherlands	14: 03.01
3	Geir Karlstad	Norway	14: 05.45
4th	Leo Visser	Netherlands	14: 06.95
5	Roberto Sighel	Italy	14: 10.52
6th	Tomas Gustafson	Sweden	14: 12.57
7th	Johann Olav Koss	Norway	14: 13.66
8th	Jaromir Radke	Poland	14: 16.73
9	Ben van der Burg	Netherlands	14: 26.27
10	Michael Hadschieff	Austria	14: 27.47
11	Markus Tröger	BR Germany	14: 36.36
12	Michael Spielmann	GDR	14: 41.83
14th	Christian Eminger	Austria	14: 50.42
15th	Georg Herda	BR Germany	14: 53.58
16	Peter Adeberg	GDR	14: 55.33

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Neues Deutschland from January 22, 1990 p. 7

Web links

• Results of men
• Results of women