European Short Track Championships 2004

The 2004 European Short Track Championships took place from January 16 to January 18, 2004 in Zoetermeer . After The Hague in 2001, this was the second time that the Netherlands had hosted the continental championships. 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. The host was the International Skating Union (ISU).

In the all-around competition, Evgenia Radanova continued her winning streak and won her fifth all- around title in a row. Tatjana Borodulina and Marta Capurso landed on the seats . Italy dominated the men. It won Nicola Rodigari in front of his compatriots Fabio Carta and Nicola Franceschina . In the relay, Russia prevailed over Italy for women and Italy over Russia for men. Third place went to the German quartet.

Participating Nations

A total of 132 athletes from 24 countries took part in the European Championships, including 78 men and 54 women.

Participating nations (women / men)
Belgium (1/5) Bulgaria (5/5) Germany (5/5) France (1/5) Great Britain (2/5)	Israel (2/2) Italy (5/5) Croatia (0/2) Latvia (2/1) Netherlands (5/5)	Norway (0/1) Austria (2/2) Poland (0/5) Romania (1/1) Russia (5/5)	Sweden (1/1) Switzerland (0/2) Serbia and Montenegro (1/0) Slovakia (1/5) Slovenia (2/0)	Czech Republic (5/1) Ukraine (1/5) Hungary (5/5) Belarus (2/5)

Time schedule

The schedule was designed in parallel for women and men as follows.

Friday January 16, 2004

• 1500 m: preliminary, semi-finals, final
• Season: forward

Saturday 17th January 2004

• 500 m: preliminary run, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final
• Season: semifinals

Sunday January 18, 2004

• 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
1.	Evgenia Radanova	104	1 (34)	1 (34)	1 (34)	7 (2)
2.	Tatiana Borodulina	76	6 (0)	2 (21)	2 (21)	1 (34)
3.	Marta Capurso	34	8 (0)	8 (0)	3 (13)	2 (21)
4th	Aika Klein	29	49 (0)	4 (8)	4 (8)	3 (13)
5.	Katia Zini	29	2 (21)	16 (0)	7 (0)	4 (8)
6th	Nina Yevteeva	22nd	4 (8)	3 (13)	8 (0)	8 (1)
7th	Kateřina Novotná	18th	3 (13)	14 (0)	9 (0)	5 (5)
8th.	Mara Zini	8th	7 (0)	7 (0)	5 (5)	6 (3)

Single routes

500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Evgenia Radanova	44,882 s
2.	Katia Zini	45.636 s
3.	Kateřina Novotná	46.050 s
4th	Nina Yevteeva	46.199 s

Date: January 17, 2004

1000 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Evgenia Radanova	1: 37.158 min
2.	Tatiana Borodulina	1: 37.881 min
3.	Nina Yevteeva	1: 37.891 min
4th	Aika Klein	1: 38.253 min

Date: January 18, 2004

1500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Evgenia Radanova	2: 48.282 min
2.	Tatiana Borodulina	2: 48.429 min
3.	Marta Capurso	2: 48.533 min
4th	Aika Klein	2: 48.642 min
5.	Mara Zini	2: 48.651 min
6th	Christin Priebst	2: 48.722 min

Date: January 16, 2004

3000 meters superfinal

rank	Surname	time
1.	Tatiana Borodulina	5: 33.897 min
2.	Marta Capurso	5: 35.153 min
3.	Aika Klein	5: 43.759 min
4th	Katia Zini	5: 44.870 min
5.	Kateřina Novotná	5: 45.681 min
6th	Mara Zini	5: 47.109 min
7th	Evgenia Radanova	5: 47.490 min
8th.	Nina Yevteeva	5: 51.390 min

Date: January 18, 2004

Season

rank	Surname	time
1.	Russia Jelisaveta Iwljewa Nina Evtejewa Tatiana Borodulina Marina Tretyakova	4: 26.687 min
2.	Italy Katia Zini Catia Borrello Evelina Rodigari Marta Capurso	4: 26.764 min
3.	Germany Christin Priebst Aika Klein Yvonne Kunze Ulrike Lehmann	4: 27.055 min
4th	Bulgaria Anna Krastewa Daniela Wlaewja Evgenija Radanowa Milena Popowska	4: 35.023 min

Date: January 16-18, 2004

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
1.	Nicola Rodigari	81	2 (21)	3 (13)	1 (34)	3 (13)
2.	Fabio Carta	63	7 (0)	1 (34)	2 (21)	4 (8)
3.	Nicola Franceschina	57	1 (34)	2 (21)	17 (0)	7 (2)
4th	Pieter Gysel	47	35 (0)	7 (0)	3 (13)	1 (34)
5.	Sebastian Praus	29	5 (5)	11 (0)	6 (3)	2 (21)
6th	Sergei Prankevich	18th	3 (13)	37 (0)	9 (0)	5 (5)
7th	Jon Eley	17th	4 (8)	5 (0)	4 (8)	8 (1)
8th.	Cees Juffermans	11	DSQ (0)	4 (8)	8 (0)	6 (3)

Single routes

500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Nicola Franceschina	42.845 s
2.	Nicola Rodigari	42,933 s
3.	Sergei Prankevich	43.023 s
4th	Jon Eley	43.027 s
5.	Sebastian Praus	43.396 s

Date: January 17, 2004

1000 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Fabio Carta	1: 35.599 min
2.	Nicola Franceschina	1: 35.613 min
3.	Nicola Rodigari	1: 35.716 min
4th	Cees Juffermans	1: 35.739 min

Date: January 18, 2004

1500 meters

rank	Surname	time
1.	Nicola Rodigari	2: 23.483 min
2.	Fabio Carta	2: 23.501 min
3.	Pieter Gysel	2: 23.715 min
4th	Jon Eley	2: 24.311 min
5.	Guillaume Mathieu	2: 24.328 min
6th	Sebastian Praus	2: 24.436 min
7th	Thomas Bauer	2: 24.701 min

Date: January 16, 2004

3000 meters superfinal

rank	Surname	time
1.	Pieter Gysel	5: 11.707 min
2.	Sebastian Praus	5: 12.804 min
3.	Nicola Rodigari	5: 15.999 min
4th	Fabio Carta	5: 16.003 min
5.	Sergei Prankevich	5: 17.304 min
6th	Cees Juffermans	5: 18.764 min
7th	Nicola Franceschina	5: 23.927 min
8th.	Jon Eley	5: 57.913 min

Date: January 18, 2004

Season

rank	Surname	time
1.	Italy Maurizio Carnino Nicola Franceschina Roberto Serra Nicola Rodigari	7: 11.668 min
2.	Russia Sergei Prankewitsch Dmitri Wasilenko Alexander Gertsikow Yaroslav Karpoukhin	7: 11.966 min
3.	Germany Sebastian Praus Thomas Bauer André Hartwig Arian neighbor	7: 13.883 min
4th	Netherlands Cees Juffermans Dave Versteeg Niels Kerstholt Robbert-Kees Boer	7: 14.922 min

Date: January 16-18, 2004

Medal table

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Italy	2	2	2	6th
2	Russia	1	2	-	3
3	Bulgaria	1	-	-	1
4th	Germany	-	-	2	2
total		4th	4th	4th	12

Web links

• Results on www.isu.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entries. Retrieved February 9, 2012 .