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:  mile (536 m) – 1 mile (1,609 m) – (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.

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 LocationGoldSilverBronze 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 LocationGoldSilverBronze 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 EstlanderEstlander represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time. 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 VikanderVikander represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time. 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 StrömsténStrömstén represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time. 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 PajorPajor used to skate for Hungary until he defected in 1949. From then on the ISU allowed him to participate as an independent skater representing the ISU. In 1952 he skated for the Castor Sport Federation of Östersund in Sweden also representing Sweden. 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 Amund Sjøbrend 1978 Oslo Sergey Marchuk Sten Stensen Jan Egil Storholt 1979 Deventer Jan Egil Storholt (2) Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Sergey Marchuk 1980 Trondheim Jan Egil Storholt Tom Erik Oxholm 1981 Deventer Amund Sjøbrend Hilbert van der Duim 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 VeldkampUntil 1995 Veldkamp skated for the Netherlands. From 1996 he skated for Belgium in order to avoid having to participate in Dutch qualification trials for the major tournaments. 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 2025 Heerenveen Sander Eitrem Peder Kongshaug Beau Snellink

Sprint championships

Year LocationGoldSilverBronze 2017 Heerenveen Kai Verbij Kjeld Nuis Nico Ihle 2019 Collalbo Kai Verbij (2) Henrik Fagerli Rukke 2021 Heerenveen Thomas Krol Hein Otterspeer Joel Dufter 2023 Hamar Merijn Scheperkamp Hein Otterspeer Marten Liiv 2025 Heerenveen Jenning de Boo Merijn Scheperkamp Tim Prins

500 metres

Year LocationGoldSilverBronze 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 2026 Tomaszów Mazowiecki Damian Żurek Marek Kania Bjørn Magnussen

1000 metres