European speed skating all-around championship 2009

The venue: the Thialf Arena

The 105th European speed skating all-around championship (34th women) was held from January 9th to 11th, 2009 in Heerenveen , the Netherlands .

Participating Nations

• 59 athletes from 20 nations took part

Participating nations (women / men)
Austria (1/0) Belgium (0/1) Belarus (2/1) Czech Republic (2/1) Denmark (1/0) United Kingdom (0/1)	Germany (4/3) Hungary (1/1) Italy (0/3) Netherlands (4/4) Norway (3/4) Poland (2/2)	Romania (2/1) Russia (3/3) Switzerland (0/1) Sweden (2/2) Ukraine (1/0)

competition

In the all-around European championship, there are four distances each. The women run 500, 3,000, 1,500 and 5,000 meters and the men 500, 5,000, 1,500 and 10,000 meters. Each individual distance run is calculated down to 500 meters in seconds and added up. The sum gives the total number of points. The twelve best women and men after three routes will be admitted to the final distance. The champion is whoever has achieved the lowest total number of points after four courses.

Women

Final score of the little four-way fight

• Shows the twelve finalists over 5,000 meters

rank	Surname	500 meters / point	3,000 meters	Pt.	1,500 meters	Pt.	5,000 meters	Pt.	Total pts.
1	Claudia Pechstein	39.74 (2)	4: 04.41 (1)	40.73	1: 57.72 (2)	39.24	7: 02.99 (2)	42.29	162.014
2	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	40.00 (3)	4: 04.97 (2)	40.82	1: 57.21 (1)	39.07	7: 04.09 (3)	42.40	162,307
3	Martina Sáblíková	40.90 (12)	4: 05.34 (4)	40.89	1: 59.12 (6)	39.70	6: 53.19 (1) ( CR )	41.31	162.815
4th	Paulien van Deutekom	40.04 (4)	4: 05.24 (3)	40.87	1: 58.12 (3)	39.37	7: 08.33 (7)	42.83	163.119
5	Renate Groenewold	40.73 (10)	4: 07.52 (5)	41.25	1: 58.66 (5)	39.55	7: 04.29 (4)	42.42	163.965
6th	Ireen Wüst	40.19 (6)	4: 11.36 (7)	41.89	1: 58.28 (4)	39.42	7: 05.33 (5)	42.53	164.042
7th	Elma de Vries	40.46 (8)	4: 13.42 (10)	42.23	2: 00.97 (9)	40.32	7: 14.35 (9)	43.43	166.454
8th	Katarzyna Wójcicka	40.88 (11)	4: 12.92 (9)	42.15	2: 00.69 (8)	40.23	7: 19.00 (11)	43.90	167.163
9	Maren Haugli	41.42 (18)	4: 12.20 (8)	42.03	2: 01.28 (10)	40.42	7: 13.05 (8)	43.30	167.184
10	Anna Rokita	41.37 (17)	4: 14.64 (12)	42.44	2: 02.33 (11)	40.77	7: 18.77 (10)	43.87	168.463
11	Lucille Opitz	41.09 (13)	4: 13.78 (11)	42.29	2: 02.52 (14)	40.84	7: 26.27 (12)	44.62	168.853
12	Stephanie Beckert	43.62 (26)	4: 10.08 (6)	41.68	2: 04.79 (20)	41.59	7: 06.98 (6)	42.69	169.594

500 meters

space	Surname	country	Time / points
1	Alla Shabanova	Russia	39.58
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	39.74
3	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	40.00
4th	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	40.04
5	Ekaterina Abramova	Russia	40.18
6th	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	40.19
7th	Keep Bøkko	Norway	40.42
8th	Elma de Vries	Netherlands	40.46
9	Anna Badayeva	Belarus	40.61
10	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	40.73
13	Lucille Opitz	Germany	41.09
17th	Anna Rokita	Austria	41.37
26th	Stephanie Beckert	Germany	43.62

3,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	4: 04.41	40.73
2	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	4: 04.97	40.82
3	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	4: 05.24	40.87
4th	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	4: 05.34	40.89
5	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	4: 07.52	41.25
6th	Stephanie Beckert	Germany	4: 10.08	41.68
7th	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	4: 11.36	41.89
8th	Maren Haugli	Norway	4: 12.20	42.03
9	Katarzyna Wójcicka	Poland	4: 12.92	42.15
10	Elma de Vries	Netherlands	4: 13.42	42.23
11	Lucille Opitz	Germany	4: 13.78	42.29
12	Anna Rokita	Austria	4: 14.64	42.44

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	1: 57.21	39.07
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1: 57.72	39.24
3	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	1: 58.12	39.37
4th	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1: 58.28	39.42
5	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	1: 58.66	39.55
6th	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	1: 59.12	39.70
7th	Alla Shabanova	Russia	1: 59.81	39.93
8th	Katarzyna Wójcicka	Poland	2: 00.69	40.23
9	Elma de Vries	Netherlands	2: 00.97	40.32
10	Maren Haugli	Norway	2: 01.28	40.42
11	Anna Rokita	Austria	2: 02.33	40.77
14th	Lucille Opitz	Germany	2: 02.52	40.84
20th	Stephanie Beckert	Germany	2: 04.79	41.59

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	6: 53.19 ( CR )	41.31
2	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	7: 02.99	42.29
3	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	7: 04.09	42.40
4th	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	7: 04.29	42.42
5	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	7: 05.33	42.53
6th	Stephanie Beckert	Germany	7: 06.98	42.69
7th	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	7: 08.33	42.83
8th	Maren Haugli	Norway	7: 13.05	43.30
9	Elma de Vries	Netherlands	7: 14.35	43.43
10	Anna Rokita	Austria	7: 18.77	43.87
12	Lucille Opitz	Germany	7: 26.27	44.62

Men

Final result of the grand four-way battle

• Shows the twelve finalists over 10,000 meters

rank	Surname	500 meters / point	5,000 meters	Pt.	1,500 meters	Pt.	10,000 meters	Pt.	Total pts.
1	Sven Kramer	36.47 (5)	6: 15.76 (1)	37.57	1: 46.53 (1)	35.51	13: 00.16 (1)	39.00	148.564
2	Håvard Bøkko	37.36 (15)	6: 18.51 (2)	37.85	1: 47.47 (5)	35.82	13: 09.23 (2)	39.46	150.495
3	Wouter Olde Heuvel	36.72 (8)	6: 21.84 (3)	38.18	1: 47.44 (4)	35.81	13: 18.25 (4)	39.91	150.629
4th	Ivan Skobrew	36.68 (7)	6: 30.22 (7)	39.02	1: 47.97 (6)	35.99	13: 19.85 (5)	39.99	151.684
5	Carl Verheijen	37.71 (19)	6: 25.52 (5)	38.55	1: 48.88 (10)	36.29	13: 18.11 (3)	39.90	152,460
6th	Robert Lehmann	36.34 (3)	6: 36.29 (11)	39.62	1: 48.28 (9)	36.09	13: 44.84 (10)	41.24	153,304
7th	Sverre Haugli	37.97 (21)	6: 25.11 (4)	38.51	1: 50.00 (15)	36.66	13: 28.79 (7)	40.78	153.586
8th	Tobias Schneider	37.09 (12)	6: 35.17 (10)	39.51	1: 49.26 (11)	36.42	13: 35.70 (9)	40.78	153.812
9	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	36.25 (2)	6: 44.89 (17)	40.48	1: 48.27 (8)	36.09	14: 07.05 (11)	42.35	155.181
10	Yevgeny Lalenkov	36.20 (1)	6: 47.96 (20)	40.79	1: 46.62 (2)	35.54	14: 35.33 (12)	43.76	156,302
11	Øystein Grødum	39.88 (27)	6: 32.56 (8)	39.25	1: 53.51 (22)	37.83	13: 26.84 (6)	40.34	157.314
12	Koen Verweij	66.95 A (31)	6: 29.91 (6)	38.99	1: 48.24 (7)	36.08	13: 35.07 (8)	40.75	182.774

^A fall

500 meters

space	Surname	country	Time / points
1	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Russia	36.20
2	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	Poland	36.25
3	Robert Lehmann	Germany	36.34
4th	Joel Eriksson	Sweden	36.45
5	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	36.47
6th	Enrico Fabris	Italy	36.55
7th	Ivan Skobrew	Russia	36.68
8th	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Netherlands	36.72
9	Lars Kvaalen	Norway	36.79
10	Matteo Anesi	Italy	36.94
12	Tobias Schneider	Germany	37.09
23	Marco Weber	Germany	38.21
28	Jan Caflisch	Switzerland	40.31

5,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6: 15.76	37.57
2	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	6: 18.51	37.85
3	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Netherlands	6: 21.84	38.18
4th	Sverre Haugli	Norway	6: 25.11	38.51
5	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	6: 25.52	38.55
6th	Koen Verweij	Netherlands	6: 29.91	38.99
7th	Ivan Skobrew	Russia	6: 30.22	39.02
8th	Øystein Grødum	Norway	6: 32.56	39.25
9	Sławomir Chmura	Poland	6: 34.08	39.40
10	Tobias Schneider	Germany	6: 35.17	39.51
11	Robert Lehmann	Germany	6: 36.29	39.62
14th	Marco Weber	Germany	6: 40.35	40.03
26th	Jan Caflisch	Switzerland	7: 07.21	42.72

1,500 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	1: 46.53	35.51
2	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Russia	1: 46.62	35.54
4th	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Netherlands	1: 47.44	35.81
5	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	1: 47.47	35.82
6th	Ivan Skobrew	Russia	1: 47.97	35.99
7th	Koen Verweij	Netherlands	1: 48.24	36.08
8th	Konrad Niedźwiedzki	Poland	1: 48.27	36.09
9	Robert Lehmann	Germany	1: 48.28	36.09
10	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	1: 48.88	36.29
11	Tobias Schneider	Germany	1: 49.26	36.42
20th	Marco Weber	Germany	1: 52.30	37.43
29	Jan Caflisch	Switzerland	2: 00.27	40.09

10,000 meters

space	Surname	country	time	Points
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	13:00, 16	39.00
2	Håvard Bøkko	Norway	13: 09.23	39.46
3	Carl Verheijen	Netherlands	13: 18.11	39.90
4th	Wouter Olde Heuvel	Netherlands	13: 18.25	39.91
5	Ivan Skobrew	Russia	13: 19.85	39.99
6th	Øystein Grødum	Norway	13: 26.84	40.34
7th	Sverre Haugli	Norway	13: 28.79	40.43
8th	Koen Verweij	Netherlands	13: 35.07	40.75
9	Tobias Schneider	Germany	13: 35.70	40.78
10	Robert Lehmann	Germany	13: 44.84	41.24

Trivia

The Dutchman Koen Verweij fell in the 500 meter run. The result was the last place in the overall standings (total number of points) after three routes. He was allowed to start in the final of the top twelve. This was made possible by a regulation regarding the second longest route. In the run over 5000 meters he finished 6th and was able to qualify for the final.

Web links

• Official site - www.ecspeedskating.com
• Results - www.desg.de
• Photos from the EM: ecspeedskating.com , fotos.desg.de

Individual evidence

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