European Short Track Championships 2008
The 2008 European Short Track Championships took place between January 18th and 20th, 2008 in Ventspils , Latvia . A total of four European championship titles were awarded, one each in the all-around competition and one in the relay for women and men. It was the first international short track championships to be held in Latvia. The host was the International Skating Union (ISU).
In the women, the Italian Arianna Fontana won ahead of the defending champion Evgenija Radanowa from Bulgaria, in the men’s race, Haralds Silovs from Latvia won ahead of Niels Kerstholt from the Netherlands and the defending champion Nicola Rodigari from Italy. In the relay competition, the British quartet prevailed among the women and the Italian quartet among the men.
Participating Nations
A total of 130 athletes from 25 countries took part in the European Championships, including 71 men and 59 women.
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Time schedule
The schedule was designed in parallel for women and men as follows.
Friday January 18, 2008
- 1500 m: preliminary, semi-finals, final
- Season: forward
Saturday 19th January 2008
- 500 m: preliminary run, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final
- Season: semifinals
Sunday January 20, 2008
- 1000 m: preliminary, semi-finals, final
- 3000 m: Superfinal
- Season: Finale
Results
Women
All-around
- In the columns 1500 m, 500 m, 1000 m and 3000 m it is first indicated which position the athlete achieved, followed by in brackets how many points he received for it.
- Every athlete who has reached a final receives points there for his placement, from 34 points for first place to one point for eighth place. If an athlete does not compete (DNS), is disqualified (DSQ) or does not reach the finish (DNF), he will not receive any points for the all-round competition.
rank | Surname | Points | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3000 m |
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1. |
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89 | 15 (0) | 2 (21) | 1 (34) | 1 (34) |
2. |
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58 | 3 (13) | 1 (34) | 6 (3) | 4 (8) |
3. |
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47 | 7 (0) | 3 (13) | 2 (21) | 3 (13) |
4th |
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42 | 2 (21) | 18 (0) | 8 (0) | 2 (21) |
5. |
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39 | 1 (34) | 31 (0) | 18 (0) | 5 (5) |
6th |
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22nd | 5 (0) | 4 (8) | 3 (13) | 8 (1) |
7th |
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10 | 25 (0) | 6 (0) | 4 (8) | 7 (2) |
8th. |
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8th | 13 (0) | 36 (0) | 5 (5) | 6 (3) |
Single routes
- 500 meters
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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46.072 s |
2. |
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46.076 s |
3. |
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46.115 s |
4th |
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disqualified |
Date: January 19, 2008
- 1000 meters
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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1: 38.046 min |
2. |
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1: 38.059 min |
3. |
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1: 38.532 min |
4th |
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1: 38.552 min |
Date: January 20, 2008
- 1500 meters
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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2: 28.559 min |
2. |
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2: 28.990 min |
3. |
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2: 29.059 min |
4th |
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2: 29.110 min |
5. |
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2: 29.765 min |
6th |
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2: 30.295 min |
Date: January 18, 2008
- 3000 meters superfinal
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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5: 43.030 min |
2. |
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5: 44.081 min |
3. |
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5: 44.130 min |
4th |
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5: 44.398 min |
5. |
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5: 45.178 min |
6th |
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5: 49.147 min |
7th |
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5: 57.046 min |
8th. |
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6: 09.824 min |
Date: January 20, 2008
Season
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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4: 23.172 min |
2. |
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4: 23.243 min |
3. |
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4: 23.417 min |
4th |
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4: 25.857 min |
5 |
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not at the start |
Date: January 18-20, 2008
Men
All-around
- In the columns 1500 m, 500 m, 1000 m and 3000 m it is first indicated which position the athlete achieved, followed by in brackets how many points he received for it.
- Every athlete who has reached a final receives points there for his placement, from 34 points for first place to one point for eighth place. If an athlete does not compete (DNS), is disqualified (DSQ) or does not reach the finish (DNF), he will not receive any points for the all-round competition.
rank | Surname | Points | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3000 m |
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1. |
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89 | 7 (0) | 2 (21) | 1 (34) | 1 (34) |
2. |
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47 | 15 (0) | 1 (34) | 19 (0) | 3 (13) |
3. |
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42 | 2 (21) | 12 (0) | 7 (0) | 2 (21) |
4th |
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36 | 1 (34) | 8 (0) | 11 (0) | 7 (2) |
5. |
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21st | 3 (13) | 7 (0) | 13 (0) | 4 (8) |
6th |
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21st | 24 (0) | 4 (0) | 2 (21) | 9 (0) |
7th |
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18th | 19 (0) | 43 (0) | 3 (13) | 5 (5) |
8th. |
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16 | 14 (0) | 3 (13) | 15 (0) | 6 (3) |
Single routes
- 500 meters
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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42.945 s |
2. |
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43.073 s |
3. |
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43.161 s |
4th |
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43.194 s |
Date: January 19, 2008
- 1000 meters
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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1: 26.625 min |
2. |
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1: 26.659 min |
3. |
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1: 27.192 min |
4th |
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did not reach the goal |
Date: January 20, 2008
- 1500 meters
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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2: 16.377 min |
2. |
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2: 16.471 min |
3. |
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2: 16.545 min |
4th |
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2: 16.547 min |
5. |
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2: 16.954 min |
6th |
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3: 05.021 min |
Date: January 18, 2008
- 3000 meters superfinal
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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5: 03.706 min |
2. |
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5: 03.762 min |
3. |
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5: 03.931 min |
4th |
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5: 03.964 min |
5. |
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5: 04.204 min |
6th |
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5: 10.242 min |
7th |
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5: 24.596 min |
8th |
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not at the start |
Date: January 20, 2008
Season
rank | Surname | time |
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1. |
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6: 57.853 min |
2. |
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6: 58.408 min |
3. |
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6: 59.256 min |
4th |
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6: 59.894 min |
Date: January 18-20, 2008
Medal table
rank | nation | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 |
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2 | - | 1 | 3 |
2 |
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1 | 1 | - | 2 |
3 |
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1 | - | - | 1 |
4th |
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- | 2 | - | 2 |
5 |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
6th |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
total | 4th | 4th | 4th | 12 |
Web links
- Results of the European Championship 2009
- Official final report with all results and participants (English; PDF; 871 kB)