The International Skating Union has organised the European Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1893. Unofficial championships were held in the years 1891–1892.

History

Program

In the years 1891–1892, three distances had to be skated: ⅓ mile (536 m) – 1 mile (1,609 m) – 3 miles (4,828 m).
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 (the big combination).
In the years 1936–1939 and 1947, four distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1500 m – 3000 m – 5000 m (the small combination).
In the years 1946, 1948–2017 and subsequent odd years, four distances are skated: 500 m – 1500 m – 5000 m – 10000 m (the big combination).
Starting in 2017, in odd years, a separate competition with four distances is held: 500 m – 1000 m – 500 m – 1000 m (the sprint combination).
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.^[1]

Note that at the 1967 European Championships in Lahti, Finland, it was so cold that the officials decided that they did not want to expose the skaters to the extreme cold for a long time and so they replaced the 10000 m event with a 3000 m event, in effect using the small combination distances instead of the big combination ones.

Ranking systems used

In the years 1891–1895, 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 two of three distances. Silver and bronze medals were never awarded.
In the years 1896–1907, 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 two of four distances. If there would be two skaters who won two distances each, the title would be awarded to one of them who had the better total time at four distances. Silver and bronze medals were never awarded.
In the years 1908–1925, ranking points were awarded (1 point for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd place, and so on); 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 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. However, the rule that a skater winning at least three distances was automatically European Champion remained in effect until (and including) 1986.

Medal winners

Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.

Unofficial Allround championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1891	Hamburg	None declared	None declared	None declared
1892	Vienna	Franz Schilling	None declared	None declared
1946	Trondheim	Göthe Hedlund	Aage Johansen	Nikolay Petrov

Official Allround championships

Note that from 1936 to 1948, non-European skaters were allowed to participate if they were members of European skating clubs.

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1893	Berlin	Rudolf Ericson	None declared	None declared
1894	Hamar	None declared	None declared	None declared
1895	Budapest	Alfred Næss	None declared	None declared
1896	Hamburg	Julius Seyler	None declared	None declared
1897	Amsterdam	Julius Seyler (2)	None declared	None declared
1898	Helsingfors (Helsinki)	Gustaf Estlander^[a]	None declared	None declared
1899	Davos	Peder Østlund	None declared	None declared
1900	Štrbské Pleso	Peder Østlund (2)	None declared	None declared
1901	Trondhjem (Trondheim)	Rudolf Gundersen	None declared	None declared
1902	Davos	Johan Schwartz	None declared	None declared
1903	Kristiania (Oslo)	None declared	None declared	None declared
1904	Davos	Rudolf Gundersen	None declared	None declared
1905	Stockholm	Johan Vikander^[b]	None declared	None declared
1906	Davos	Rudolf Gundersen (3)	None declared	None declared
1907	Davos	Moje Öholm	None declared	None declared
1908	Klagenfurt	Moje Öholm (2)	Oscar Mathisen	Thomas Bohrer
1909	Budapest	Oscar Mathisen	Thomas Bohrer	Moje Öholm
1910	Viipuri	Nikolay Strunnikov	Magnus Johansen	Oscar Mathisen
1911	Hamar	Nikolay Strunnikov (2)	Thomas Bohrer	Otto Andersson
1912	Stockholm	Oscar Mathisen	Gunnar Strömstén^[c]	Martin Sæterhaug
1913	St. Petersburg	Vasily Ippolitov	Oscar Mathisen	Nikita Naidenov
1914	Berlin	Oscar Mathisen (3)	Vasily Ippolitov	Bjarne Frang
1915	Not held due to World War I
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922	Helsingfors (Helsinki)	Clas Thunberg	Ole Olsen	Asser Wallenius
1923	Hamar	Harald Strøm	Clas Thunberg	Roald Larsen
1924	Kristiania (Oslo)	Roald Larsen	Clas Thunberg	Oskar Olsen
1925	St. Moritz	Otto Polacsek	Roald Larsen	Oskar Olsen
1926	Chamonix	Julius Skutnabb	Otto Polacsek	Uuno Pietilä
1927	Stockholm	Bernt Evensen	Clas Thunberg	Ivar Ballangrud
1928	Oslo	Clas Thunberg	Bernt Evensen	Roald Larsen
1929	Davos	Ivar Ballangrud	Clas Thunberg	Roald Larsen
1930	Nidaros (Trondheim)	Ivar Ballangrud	Michael Staksrud	Thorstein Stenbek
1931	Stockholm	Clas Thunberg	Ossi Blomqvist	Dolf van der Scheer
1932	Davos	Clas Thunberg (4)	Ossi Blomqvist	Rudolf Riedl
1933	Viipuri	Ivar Ballangrud	Birger Wasenius	Kalle Paananen
1934	Hamar	Michael Staksrud	Max Stiepl	Karl Wazulek
1935	Helsinki	Karl Wazulek	Bernt Evensen	Birger Wasenius
1936	Oslo	Ivar Ballangrud (4)	Charles Mathiesen	Harry Haraldsen
1937	Davos	Michael Staksrud (2)	Hans Engnestangen	Birger Wasenius
1938	Oslo	Charles Mathiesen	Harry Haraldsen	Ivar Ballangrud
1939	Riga	Alfons Bērziņš	Charles Mathiesen	Aage Johansen
1940	Not held due to World War II
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947	Stockholm	Åke Seyffarth	Göthe Hedlund	Sverre Farstad
1948	Hamar	Reidar Liaklev	Göthe Hedlund	Odd Lundberg
1949	Davos	Sverre Farstad	Hjalmar Andersen	Kornél Pajor
1950	Helsinki	Hjalmar Andersen	Reidar Liaklev	Sverre Haugli
1951	Oslo	Hjalmar Andersen	Wim van der Voort	Henry Wahl
1952	Östersund	Hjalmar Andersen (3)	Kees Broekman	Kornél Pajor^[d]
1953	Hamar	Kees Broekman	Wim van der Voort	Ivar Martinsen
1954	Davos	Boris Shilkov	Hjalmar Andersen	Sigvard Ericsson
1955	Falun	Sigvard Ericsson	Oleg Goncharenko	Dmitry Sakunenko
1956	Helsinki	Yevgeny Grishin	Knut Johannesen	Sigvard Ericsson
1957	Oslo	Oleg Goncharenko	Knut Johannesen	Roald Aas
1958	Eskilstuna	Oleg Goncharenko (2)	Vladimir Shilykovsky	Knut Johannesen
1959	Gothenburg	Knut Johannesen	Juhani Järvinen	Toivo Salonen
1960	Oslo	Knut Johannesen (2)	Boris Stenin	Roald Aas
1961	Helsinki	Viktor Kosichkin	Henk van der Grift	André Kouprianoff
1962	Oslo	Robert Merkulov	André Kouprianoff	Boris Stenin
1963	Gothenburg	Nils Aaness	Knut Johannesen	Per Ivar Moe
1964	Oslo	Ants Antson	Yuri Yumashev	Per Ivar Moe
1965	Gothenburg	Eduard Matusevich	Per Ivar Moe	Viktor Kosichkin
1966	Deventer	Ard Schenk	Kees Verkerk	Valeri Kaplan
1967	Lahti	Kees Verkerk	Valeri Kaplan	Eduard Matusevich
1968	Oslo	Fred Anton Maier	Eduard Matusevich	Magne Thomassen
1969	Inzell	Dag Fornæss	Kees Verkerk	Göran Claeson
1970	Innsbruck	Ard Schenk	Dag Fornæss	Göran Claeson
1971	Heerenveen	Dag Fornæss (2)	Ard Schenk	Kees Verkerk
1972	Davos	Ard Schenk (3)	Roar Grønvold	Jan Bols
1973	Grenoble	Göran Claeson	Hans van Helden	Harm Kuipers
1974	Eskilstuna	Göran Claeson (2)	Amund Sjøbrend	Hans van Helden
1975	Heerenveen	Sten Stensen	Harm Kuipers	Piet Kleine
1976	Oslo	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Sten Stensen	Jan Egil Storholt
1977	Larvik	Jan Egil Storholt	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Amund Sjøbrend
1978	Oslo	Sergey Marchuk	Sten Stensen	Jan Egil Storholt
1979	Deventer	Jan Egil Storholt (2)	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Sergey Marchuk
1980	Trondheim	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (2)	Jan Egil Storholt	Tom Erik Oxholm
1981	Deventer	Amund Sjøbrend	Hilbert van der Duim	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet
1982	Oslo	Tomas Gustafson	Rolf Falk-Larssen	Hilbert van der Duim
1983	The Hague	Hilbert van der Duim	Yep Kramer	Bjørn Nyland
1984	Larvik	Hilbert van der Duim (2)	Rolf Falk-Larssen	Frits Schalij
1985	Eskilstuna	Hein Vergeer	Frits Schalij	Oleg Bozhev
1986	Oslo	Hein Vergeer (2)	Aleksandr Mozin	Tomas Gustafson
1987	Trondheim	Nikolay Gulyayev	Michael Hadschieff	Hein Vergeer
1988	The Hague	Tomas Gustafson (2)	Leo Visser	Gerard Kemkers
1989	Gothenburg	Leo Visser	Gerard Kemkers	Geir Karlstad
1990	Heerenveen	Bart Veldkamp	Tomas Gustafson	Leo Visser
1991	Sarajevo	Johann Olav Koss	Leo Visser	Bart Veldkamp
1992	Heerenveen	Falko Zandstra	Johann Olav Koss	Rintje Ritsma
1993	Heerenveen	Falko Zandstra (2)	Johann Olav Koss	Rintje Ritsma
1994	Hamar	Rintje Ritsma	Johann Olav Koss	Falko Zandstra
1995	Heerenveen	Rintje Ritsma	Falko Zandstra	Roberto Sighel
1996	Heerenveen	Rintje Ritsma	Ids Postma	Martin Hersman
1997	Heerenveen	Ids Postma	Rintje Ritsma	Falko Zandstra
1998	Helsinki	Rintje Ritsma	Roberto Sighel	Vadim Sayutin
1999	Heerenveen	Rintje Ritsma	Roberto Sighel	Dmitry Shepel
2000	Hamar	Rintje Ritsma (6)	Eskil Ervik	Ids Postma
2001	Baselga di Pinè	Dmitry Shepel	Bart Veldkamp^[e]	Ids Postma
2002	Erfurt	Jochem Uytdehaage	Carl Verheijen	Dmitry Shepel
2003	Heerenveen	Gianni Romme	Rintje Ritsma	Mark Tuitert
2004	Heerenveen	Mark Tuitert	Carl Verheijen	Jochem Uytdehaage
2005	Heerenveen	Jochem Uytdehaage (2)	Sven Kramer	Carl Verheijen
2006	Hamar	Enrico Fabris	Eskil Ervik	Håvard Bøkko
2007	Collalbo	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	Carl Verheijen
2008	Kolomna	Sven Kramer	Håvard Bøkko	Enrico Fabris
2009	Heerenveen	Sven Kramer	Håvard Bøkko	Wouter olde Heuvel
2010	Hamar	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	Ivan Skobrev
2011	Collalbo	Ivan Skobrev	Jan Blokhuijsen	Koen Verweij
2012	Budapest	Sven Kramer	Jan Blokhuijsen	Håvard Bøkko
2013	Heerenveen	Sven Kramer	Jan Blokhuijsen	Håvard Bøkko
2014	Hamar	Jan Blokhuijsen	Koen Verweij	Håvard Bøkko
2015	Chelyabinsk	Sven Kramer	Koen Verweij	Denis Yuskov
2016	Minsk	Sven Kramer	Bart Swings	Jan Blokhuijsen
2017	Heerenveen	Sven Kramer	Jan Blokhuijsen	Bart Swings
2019	Collalbo	Sven Kramer (10)	Patrick Roest	Sverre Lunde Pedersen
2021	Heerenveen	Patrick Roest	Marcel Bosker	Sverre Lunde Pedersen
2023	Hamar	Patrick Roest (2)	Sander Eitrem	Bart Swings

Sprint championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2017	Heerenveen	Kai Verbij	Kjeld Nuis	Nico Ihle
2019	Collalbo	Kai Verbij (2)	Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen	Henrik Fagerli Rukke
2021	Heerenveen	Thomas Krol	Hein Otterspeer	Joel Dufter
2023	Hamar	Merijn Scheperkamp	Hein Otterspeer	Marten Liiv

500 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Ronald Mulder	Mika Poutala	Pavel Kulizhnikov
2020	Heerenveen	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Dai Dai N'tab	Ruslan Murashov
2022	Heerenveen	Piotr Michalski	Merijn Scheperkamp	Dai Dai N'tab
2024	Heerenveen	Jenning de Boo	Marten Liiv	Marek Kania

1000 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Denis Yuskov	Nico Ihle
2020	Heerenveen	Pavel Kulizhnikov (2)	Thomas Krol	Kai Verbij
2022	Heerenveen	Thomas Krol	Kjeld Nuis	Kai Verbij
2024	Heerenveen	Kjeld Nuis	Jenning de Boo	Tim Prins

1500 metres

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Denis Yuskov	Thomas Krol	Koen Verweij
2020	Heerenveen	Thomas Krol	Denis Yuskov	Patrick Roest
2022	Heerenveen	Kjeld Nuis	Thomas Krol	Allan Dahl Johansson
2024	Heerenveen	Peder Kongshaug	Kjeld Nuis	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
2022	Heerenveen	Patrick Roest	Jorrit Bergsma	Hallgeir Engebråten
2024	Heerenveen	Patrick Roest (3)	Davide Ghiotto	Sander Eitrem

Mass start

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Jan Blokhuijsen	Andrea Giovannini	Ruslan Zakharov
2020	Heerenveen	Bart Swings	Arjan Stroetinga	Danila Semerikov
2022	Heerenveen	Bart Swings	Livio Wenger	Ruslan Zakharov
2024	Heerenveen	Bart Swings (3)	Gabriel Odor	Allan Dahl Johansson

Team pursuit

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Marcel Bosker Simon Schouten	Russia Sergey Gryaztsov Aleksandr Rumyantsev Danila Semerikov	Poland Zbigniew Bródka Jan Szymański Adrian Wielgat
2020	Heerenveen	Netherlands Marcel Bosker Sven Kramer Patrick Roest	Russia Aleksandr Rumyantsev Danila Semerikov Denis Yuskov	Norway Håvard Bøkko Hallgeir Engebråten Sverre Lunde Pedersen
2022	Heerenveen	Netherlands Marcel Bosker (3) Sven Kramer (2) Patrick Roest (2)	Norway Hallgeir Engebråten Allan Dahl Johansson Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Italy Davide Ghiotto Andrea Giovannini Michele Malfatti
2024	Heerenveen	Norway Sander Eitrem Peder Kongshaug Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Italy Davide Ghiotto Andrea Giovannini Michele Malfatti	Netherlands Marcel Bosker Bart Hoolwerf Chris Huizinga

Team sprint

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	Kolomna	Russia Ruslan Murashov Pavel Kulizhnikov Denis Yuskov	Finland Harri Levo Pekka Koskela Mika Poutala	Poland Artur Nogal Piotr Michalski Sebastian Kłosiński
2020	Heerenveen	Russia Ruslan Murashov (2) Viktor Mushtakov Pavel Kulizhnikov (2)	Norway Bjørn Magnussen Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Odin By Farstad	Switzerland Oliver Grob Christian Oberbichler Livio Wenger
2022	Heerenveen	Netherlands Merijn Scheperkamp Kai Verbij Tijmen Snel	Norway Bjørn Magnussen Henrik Fagerli Rukke Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen	Poland Marek Kania Damian Żurek Piotr Michalski
2024	Heerenveen	Poland Marek Kania Piotr Michalski Damian Żurek	Norway Pål Myhren Kristensen Bjørn Magnussen Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen	Netherlands Stefan Westenbroek Jenning de Boo Wesly Dijs

All-time medal count

Allround and Sprint Championships (1891–2023)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	41	33	26	100
2	Norway	38	39	38	115
3	Soviet Union	10	7	8	25
4	Sweden	10	3	8	21
5	Finland	7	9	6	22
6	Russia	5	1	6	12
7	Austria	3	5	3	11
8	Germany	2	0	2	4
9	Italy	1	4	2	7
10	Latvia	1	0	0	1
11	Belgium	0	2	2	4
12	France	0	1	1	2
13	Estonia	0	0	1	1
13	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		118	104	104	326

Unofficial European Championships of 1891, 1892 and 1946 (not recognized by the ISU) included

Single Distance Championships (2018–2024)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	14	11	10	35
2	Russia	6	5	6	17
3	Belgium	3	0	0	3
4	Norway	2	4	5	11
5	Poland	2	0	4	6
6	Italy	1	3	1	5
7	Finland	0	2	0	2
8	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
9	Austria	0	1	0	1
9	Estonia	0	1	0	1
11	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		28	28	28	84

Combined all-time medal count (1891–2024)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	55	44	36	135
2	Norway	40	43	43	126
3	Russia	11	6	12	29
4	Soviet Union	10	7	8	25
5	Sweden	10	3	8	21
6	Finland	7	11	6	24
7	Austria	3	6	3	12
8	Belgium	3	2	2	7
9	Italy	2	7	3	12
10	Poland	2	0	4	6
11	Germany	2	0	3	5
12	Latvia	1	0	0	1
13	Estonia	0	1	1	2
	France	0	1	1	2
	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
16	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		146	132	132	410

Unofficial European Championships of 1891, 1892 and 1946 (not recognized by the ISU) included

Multiple medalists

Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Allround and Sprint Championships

Rank	Skater	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	2005	2019	10	1	–	11
2	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	1992	2003	6	2	2	10
3	Clas Thunberg	Finland	1922	1932	4	4	–	8
4	Ivar Ballangrud	Norway	1927	1938	4	–	2	6
5	Oscar Mathisen	Norway	1908	1914	3	2	1	6
6	Hjalmar Andersen	Norway	1949	1954	3	2	–	5
7	Ard Schenk	Netherlands	1966	1972	3	1	–	4
8	Rudolf Gundersen	Norway	1901	1906	3	–	–	3
9	Knut Johannesen	Norway	1956	1963	2	3	1	6
10	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Norway	1976	1981	2	2	1	5

All events

Rank	Skater	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	2005	2022	12	2	–	14
2	Patrick Roest	Netherlands	2019	2024	7	1	2	10
3	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	1992	2003	6	2	2	10
4	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Russia	2018	2020	5	–	1	6
5	Clas Thunberg	Finland	1922	1932	4	4	–	8
6	Ivar Ballangrud	Norway	1927	1938	4	–	2	6
7	Jan Blokhuijsen	Netherlands	2011	2018	3	4	1	8
8	Thomas Krol	Netherlands	2018	2022	3	3	–	6
9	Oscar Mathisen	Norway	1908	1914	3	2	1	6
10	Hjalmar Andersen	Norway	1949	1954	3	2	–	5

Notes

References

Medal Winners in European Allround Championships. International Skating Union (2006-04-24). Retrieved on 2007-08-25.

European Speed Skating Championships

Men
Women

Allround

Men	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 Not held due to World War I 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Not held due to World War II 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Women	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Not held 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Men + Women	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Combined Spr. & Allr.

2017
2019
2021
2023
2025

Single distances

^ "EK sprint en EK afstanden toegevoegd aan schaatskalender". NU.nl (in Dutch). June 8, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2017.