The 2016 European Speed Skating Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 10 January 2016. Skaters from 17 countries participated.

Sven Kramer and Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands were the defending champions. Kramer successfully defended his title, winning a record 8th title overall, and Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic won her 5th title.

Schedule The schedule of events:  Date   Events   Saturday, 9 January  15:00h  500 m women  500 m men  3000 m women  5000 m men   Sunday, 10 January  15:00h  1500 m women  1500 m men  5000 m women  10,000 m men  All times are FET (UTC+3).

Men's championships

DNS = did not start, WDR = withdrew, DQ = disqualified

Day 1

500 metres RankSkaterNat.TimeBehindPoints 1 36.23 36.230 2 36.46 +0.23 36.460 3 36.48 +0.25 36.480 4 36.56 +0.33 36.560 5 36.57 +0.34 36.570 6 36.63 +0.40 36.630 7 36.70 +0.47 36.700 8 36.71 +0.48 36.710 9 36.73 +0.50 36.730 10 36.76 +0.53 36.760 11 36.87 +0.64 36.870 12 36.88 +0.65 36.880 13 36.97 +0.74 36.970 14 37.02 +0.79 37.020 15 37.19 +0.96 37.190 16 37.21 +0.98 37.210 17 37.23 +1.00 37.230 18 37.38 +1.15 37.380 19 37.75 +1.52 37.750 20 38.25 +2.02 38.250 21 38.37 +2.14 38.370 22 38.50 +2.27 38.500 23 38.76 +2.53 38.760 WDR

5000 metres RankSkaterNat.TimeBehindPoints 1 6:19.17 37.917 2 6:22.36 +3.19 38.236 3 6:24.91 +5.74 38.491 4 6:31.62 +12.45 39.162 5 6:32.22 +13.05 39.222 6 6:33.83 +14.66 39.383 7 6:34.43 +15.26 39.443 8 6:35.81 +16.64 39.581 9 6:36.40 +17.23 39.640 10 6:38.23 +19.06 39.823 11 6:38.56 +19.39 39.856 12 6:39.18 +20.01 39.918 13 6:41.56 +22.39 40.156 14 6:41.84 +22.67 40.184 15 6:42.80 +23.63 40.280 16 6:43.13 +23.96 40.313 17 6:44.78 +25.61 40.478 18 6:46.08 +26.91 40.608 19 6:51.77 +32.60 41.177 20 6:58.03 +38.86 41.803 21 6:58.59 +39.42 41.859 22 7:02.48 +43.31 42.248 DNS WDR

Day 2

1500 metres RankSkaterNat.TimeBehindPoints 1 1:45.18 35.060 2 1:46.41 +1.23 35.470 3 1:47.48 +2.30 35.826 4 1:48.05 +2.87 36.016 5 1:48.08 +2.90 36.026 6 1:48.46 +3.28 36.153 7 1:48.56 +3.38 36.186 8 1:48.70 +3.52 36.233 9 1:48.79 +3.61 36.263 10 1:48.87 +3.69 36.290 11 1:48.92 +3.74 36.306 12 1:48.97 +3.79 36.323 13 1:49.03 +3.85 36.343 14 1:49.98 +4.80 36.660 15 1:50.48 +5.30 36.826 16 1:50.49 +5.31 36.830 17 1:51.13 +5.95 37.043 18 1:53.62 +8.44 37.873 19 1:55.24 +10.06 38.413 20 1:56.24 +11.06 38.746 21 DQ 22 WDR DNS WDR

10,000 metres RankSkaterNat.TimeBehindPoints 1 13:11.98 39.599 2 13:15.47 +3.49 39.773 3 13:22.14 +10.16 40.107 4 13:35.21 +23.23 40.760 5 13:41.39 +29.41 41.069 6 13:53.25 +41.27 41.662 7 13:57.27 +45.29 41.863 8 14:16.64 +64.66 42.832 WDR

Final ranking Rank Skater Nat. 500 m 5000 m 1500 m 10,000 m Points Behind 36.56 (4) 6:19.17 (1) 1:48.08 (5) 13:11.98 (1) 150.102 36.73 (9) 6:24.91 (3) 1:46.41 (2) 13:15.47 (2) 150.464 +0.37 36.57 (5) 6:22.36 (2) 1:48.79 (9) 13:22.14 (3) 151.176 +1.08 36.63 (6) 6:31.62 (4) 1:48.87 (10) 13:35.21 (4) 152.842 +2.74 36.87 (11) 6:32.22 (5) 1:48.97 (12) 13:41.39 (5) 153.484 +3.39 36.70 (7) 6:33.83 (6) 1:48.46 (6) 13:53.25 (6) 153.898 +3.80 37.21 (16) 6:34.43 (7) 1:47.48 (3) 13:57.27 (7) 154.342 +4.24 36.71 (8) 6:38.23 (10) 1:48.56 (7) 14:16.64 (8) 155.551 +5.45 36.23 (1) 6:35.81 (8) 1:45.18 (1) 110.871 36.46 (2) 6:42.80 (15) 1:48.05 (4) 112.756 37.02 (14) 6:39.18 (12) 1:48.70 (8) 113.171 36.88 (12) 6:38.56 (11) 1:49.98 (14) 113.396 36.97 (13) 6:41.84 (14) 1:48.92 (11) 113.460 37.19 (15) 6:36.40 (9) 1:50.48 (15) 113.656 37.23 (17) 6:43.13 (16) 1:50.49 (16) 114.373 36.48 (3) 6:58.03 (20) 1:49.03 (13) 114.626 37.38 (18) 6:44.78 (17) 1:51.13 (17) 114.901 38.76 (23) 6:46.08 (18) 1:55.24 (19) 117.781 38.25 (20) 6:58.59 (21) 1:53.62 (18) 117.982 38.50 (22) 7:02.48 (22) 1:56.24 (20) 119.494 36.76 (10) 6:51.77 (19) DQ (21) – 37.75 (19) 6:41.56 (13) WDR (22) – WDR (24) WDR (24) – 38.37 (21) DNS (23) –

Women's championships

Day 1

500 metres RankSkaterNat.TimeBehindPoints 1 39.74 39.740 2 39.76 +0.02 39.760 3 39.90 +0.16 39.900 4 39.98 +0.24 39.980 5 40.18 +0.44 40.180 6 40.33 +0.59 40.330 7 40.36 +0.62 40.360 8 40.46 +0.72 40.460 9 40.47 +0.73 40.470 10 40.54 +0.80 40.540 11 40.57 +0.83 40.570 40.57 +0.83 40.570 13 40.63 +0.89 40.630 14 40.89 +1.15 40.89 15 41.07 +1.33 41.070 16 42.30 +2.56 42.300 17 43.09 +3.35 43.090

3000 metres RankSkaterNat.TimeBehindPoints 1 4:03.79 40.631 2 4:07.14 +3.35 41.190 3 4:07.32 +3.53 41.220 4 4:09.00 +5.21 41.500 5 4:09.61 +5.82 41.601 6 4:10.69 +6.90 41.781 7 4:15.40 +11.61 42.566 8 4:16.06 +12.27 42.676 9 4:16.13 +12.34 42.688 10 4:16.68 +12.89 42.780 11 4:17.80 +14.01 42.966 12 4:18.20 +14.41 43.033 13 4:19.54 +15.75 43.256 14 4:22.40 +18.61 43.733 15 4:24.31 +20.52 44.051 16 4:27.12 +23.33 44.520 17 4:29.60 +25.81 44.933

Day 2

1500 metres RankSkaterNat.TimeBehindPoints 1 1:57.00 39.000 2 1:57.01 +0.01 39.003 3 1:58.51 +1.51 39.503 4 1:58.80 +1.80 39.600 5 1:58.90 +1.90 39.633 6 1:59.00 +2.00 39.666 7 1:59.40 +2.40 39.800 8 1:59.57 +2.57 39.856 9 2:00.02 +3.02 40.006 10 2:01.46 +4.46 40.486 11 2:01.90 +4.90 40.633 12 2:03.15 +6.15 41.050 13 2:03.50 +6.50 41.166 14 2:03.89 +6.89 41.296 15 2:04.10 +7.10 41.366 16 2:06.46 +9.46 42.153 17 2:07.49 +10.49 42.496

5000 metres RankSkaterNat.TimeBehindPoints 1 6:58.44 41.844 2 7:10.10 +11.66 43.010 3 7:10.19 +11.75 43.019 4 7:10.65 +12.21 43.065 5 7:11.83 +13.39 43.183 6 7:23.33 +24.89 44.333 7 7:25.92 +27.48 44.592 8 7:38.11 +39.67 45.811

Final ranking Rank Skater Nat. 500 m 3000 m 1500 m 5000 m Points Behind 39.98 (4) 4:03.79 (1) 1:57.00 (1) 6:58.44 (1) 161.455 39.90 (3) 4:07.32 (3) 1:57.01 (2) 7:10.65 (4) 163.188 +1.74 39.76 (2) 4:09.00 (4) 1:58.80 (4) 7:11.83 (5) 164.043 +2.59 40.33 (6) 4:07.14 (2) 1:58.90 (5) 7:10.10 (2) 164.163 +2.71 40.46 (8) 4:09.61 (5) 2:01.46 (10) 7:10.19 (3) 165.566 +4.12 39.74 (1) 4:10.69 (6) 1:58.51 (3) 7:25.92 (7) 165.616 +4.17 40.57 (11) 4:16.06 (8) 1:59.00 (6) 7:23.33 (6) 167.245 +5.79 40.57 (11) 4:15.40 (7) 2:01.90 (11) 7:38.11 (8) 169.580 +8.13 40.18 (5) 4:16.13 (9) 2:00.02 (9) 122.874 40.47 (9) 4:16.68 (10) 1:59.40 (7) 123.050 40.36 (7) 4:18.20 (12) 1:59.57 (8) 123.249 40.54 (10) 4:17.80 (11) 2:03.89 (14) 124.802 40.89 (14) 4:19.54 (13) 2:03.15 (12) 125.196 41.07 (15) 4:22.40 (14) 2:03.50 (13) 125.969 40.63 (13) 4:29.60 (17) 2:04.10 (15) 126.929 42.30 (16) 4:27.12 (16) 2:06.46 (16) 128.973 43.09 (17) 4:24.31 (15) 2:07.49 (17) 129.637

See also 2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

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