European Speed Skating Championships for Men

History

Program

• In the years 1891–1892, three distances had to be skated: ⅓ mile – 1 mile – 3 miles.
• In the years 1893–1895, three distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1500 m – 5000 m.
• In the years 1896–1935, four distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1500 m – 5000 m – 10000 m.
• In the years 1936–1947, four distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1500 m – 3000 m – 5000 m.
• In the years 1948–2017 and subsequent odd years, four distances are skated: 500 m – 1500 m – 5000 m – 10000 m.
• Starting in 2017, in odd years, a separate competition with four distances is held: 500 m – 1000 m – 500 m – 1000 m.
• Starting in 2018, in even years, a single distance championships with seven events will be held: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, team pursuit, mass start, and team sprint.

Ranking systems used

• In the years 1891–1892, one could only win the European Championships by winning all three distances. If no one won all three distances, no winner would be declared. Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.
• In the years 1893–1907, one could only win the European Championships by winning the majority of the distances, so there would be no European Champion if no skater won at least three distances. Silver and bronze medals were never awarded.
• In the years 1908–1925, ranking points were awarded ; the final ranking was then decided by ordering the skaters by lowest point totals. The rule that a skater winning at least three distances was automatically European Champion was still in effect, though, so the ranking could be affected by that. Silver and bronze medals were awarded now as well.
• In the years 1926–1927, the ranking points on each distance were percentage points, calculated from a skater's time and the current European record time. Apart from that, the system used was the same as in the immediately preceding years.
• Since 1928, the samalog system has been in use.

  Medal winners

Unofficial Allround championships

Official Allround championships

Sprint championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2017	Heerenveen	Kai Verbij	Kjeld Nuis	Nico Ihle
2019	Collalbo	Kai Verbij	Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen	Henrik Fagerli Rukke

500 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Ronald Mulder	Mika Poutala	Pavel Kulizhnikov
2020	Heerenveen	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Dai Dai Ntab	Ruslan Murashov

1000 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Denis Yuskov	Nico Ihle
2020	Heerenveen	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Thomas Krol	Kai Verbij

1500 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Denis Yuskov	Thomas Krol	Koen Verweij
2020	Heerenveen	Thomas Krol	Denis Yuskov	Patrick Roest

5000 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Nicola Tumolero	Aleksandr Rumyantsev	Marcel Bosker
2020	Heerenveen	Patrick Roest	Sven Kramer	Denis Yuskov

Mass start

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Jan Blokhuijsen	Andrea Giovannini	Ruslan Zakharov
2020	Heerenveen	Bart Swings	Arjan Stroetinga	Danila Semerikov

Team pursuit

Team sprint

All-time medal count

Allround and Sprint Championships (1891–2019)

Single Distance Championships (2018–2020)

Combined all-time medal count (1891–2020)

Multiple medalists

Allround and Sprint Championships

All events