European speed skating all-around championship 2015

The 111th European speed skating all-around championship (40th women) was held from January 10th to 11th, 2015 in Chelyabinsk, Russia, in the Uralskaya Molnija ice rink .

The strongest speed skating nation, the Netherlands, considered boycotting the European Championship due to political tension. The Russian speed skating federation RSU in turn demanded from the world federation ISU the expulsion of the Dutch team.

Participating Nations

A total of 39 athletes took part, including 18 women and 21 men from 16 nations.

Participating Nations
Austria Belgium Belarus Czech Republic Denmark Germany	Estonia Hungary Italy Latvia Netherlands Norway	Poland Russia Sweden Switzerland

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 eight 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 eight finalists over 5,000 meters
  • The number in brackets indicates the position per individual route, the fastest in each case in bold.

rank	Surname	500 meters	Pt.	3,000 meters	Pt.	1,500 meters	Pt.	5,000 meters	Pt.	Total pts.
1	Ireen Wüst	39.24 (1)	39.240	4: 07.49 (2)	41.248	1: 56.05 (1)	38.683	7: 05.63 (2)	42,563	161.734
2	Martina Sáblíková	40.06 (6)	40.060	4: 05.23 (1)	40.871	1: 58.24 (3)	39.413	7:00 am (1)	42.070	162.414
3	Linda de Vries	40.05 (5)	40.050	4: 07.50 (3)	41,250	1: 58.33 (4)	39.433	7: 09.52 (4)	42,952	163.695
4th	Olga Graf	40.60 (8)	40,600	4: 08.93 (4)	41,488	1: 58.60 (5)	39,533	7: 09.10 (3)	42.910	164.531
5	Jorien Voorhuis	40.11 (7)	40.110	4: 10.94 (5)	41.823	1: 59.01 (6)	39.670	7: 14.00 (5)	43,400	165.003
6th	Ida Njåtun	39.66 (2)	39.660	4: 11.33 (6)	41.888	1: 58.09 (2)	39,363	7: 21.82 (7)	44.182	165.093
7th	Natalia Voronina	40.64 (9)	40.640	4: 13.60 (8)	42.266	2: 01.69 (8)	40.563	7: 20.66 (6)	44.066	167.535
8th	Julia Skokowa	39.72 (3)	39.720	4: 13.02 (7)	42.170	1: 59.27 (7)	39.756	7: 58.60 (8)	47.860	169.506

Men

Final result of the grand four-way battle

• Shows the eight finalists over 10,000 meters.
  • The number in brackets indicates the position per individual route, the fastest in each case in bold.

rank	Surname	500 meters	Pt.	5,000 meters	Pt.	1,500 meters	Pt.	10,000 meters	Pt.	Total pts.
1	Sven Kramer	37.03 (10)	37.030	6: 17.32 (1)	37.732	1: 47.41 (5)	35,803	13: 07.27 (1)	39,363	149.928
2	Koen Verweij	36.20 (1)	36,200	6: 23.86 (4)	38.386	1: 46.28 (2)	35,426	13: 21.90 (5)	40.095	150.107
3	Denis Yuskov	36.49 (4)	36,490	6: 27.43 (6)	38.743	1: 46.22 (1)	35,406	13: 21.15 (4)	40.057	150.696
4th	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	36.88 (9)	36,880	6: 22.98 (3)	38.298	1: 47.32 (4)	35.773	13: 16.27 (2)	39.813	150.764
5	Beard swings	37.06 (11)	37.060	6: 26.42 (5)	38.642	1: 47.08 (3)	35.693	13: 21.06 (3)	40.053	151.448
6th	Wouter Olde Heuvel	36.85 (8)	36,850	6: 22.32 (2)	38.232	1: 49.30 (9)	36,433	13: 24.95 (6)	40.247	151.762
7th	Haralds Silovs	36.79 (7)	36.790	6: 31.68 (7)	39.168	1: 47.54 (6)	35.846	14: 02.15 (8)	42.107	153.911
8th	Danil Sinitsyn	37.33 (14)	37.330	6: 32.61 (8)	39.261	1: 48.81 (8)	36.270	13: 50.40 (7)	41,520	154.381

Web links

• Official website
• Official ISU results page

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flight MH17 in the head sueddeutsche.de December 11, 2014
2. ↑ Russia calls for the exclusion of spox.com from December 10, 2014