# European Speed Skating Championships for Women

The International Skating Union has organised the European Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1970, but they were discontinued after the 1974 tournament because of lack of interest. The European Championships for Women were reinstated in 1981.

## History
### Distances used

* In the years 1970–1974 and 1981–1982, four distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1,000 m – 1,500 m – 3,000 m (the mini combination).
* From 1983 to 2017, four distances had to be skated: 500 m – 1,500 m – 3,000 m – 5,000 m (the small 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, 3000 m, team pursuit, mass start, and team sprint.

### Ranking systems used

* Since 1970, 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.

### Allround championships

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1970 | Heerenveen | Nina Statkevich | Stien Kaiser | Ans Schut |
| 1971 | Leningrad | Nina Statkevich (2) | Lyudmila Titova | Kapitolina Seregina |
| 1972 | Inzell | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Nina Statkevich | Lyudmila Savrulina |
| 1973 | Brandbu | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Trijnie Rep | Nina Statkevich |
| 1974 | Alma-Ata | Atje Keulen-Deelstra (3) | Nina Statkevich | Tatyana Shelekhova |
| 1975 | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest |
| 1976 | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest |
| 1977 | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest |
| 1978 | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest |
| 1979 | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest |
| 1980 | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest | Not held due to lack of interest |
| 1981 | Heerenveen | Natalya Petrusyova | Karin Enke | Gabi Schönbrunn |
| 1982 | Heerenveen | Natalya Petrusyova (2) | Karin Busch | Natalya Glebova |
| 1983 | Heerenveen | Andrea Schöne | Karin Enke | Natalya Petrusyova |
| 1984 | Alma-Ata | Gabi Schönbrunn | Valentina Lalenkova | Olga Pleshkova |
| 1985 | Groningen | Andrea Schöne | Yvonne van Gennip | Sabine Brehm |
| 1986 | Geithus | Andrea Ehrig | Yvonne van Gennip | Natalya Artamonova |
| 1987 | Groningen | Andrea Ehrig | Yvonne van Gennip | Jacqueline Börner |
| 1988 | Kongsberg | Andrea Ehrig (5) | Gunda Kleemann | Yvonne van Gennip |
| 1989 | West Berlin | Gunda Kleemann | Constanze Moser | Jacqueline Börner |
| 1990 | Heerenveen | Gunda Kleemann | Jacqueline Börner | Heike Schalling |
| 1991 | Sarajevo | Gunda Kleemann | Heike Warnicke | Yvonne van Gennip |
| 1992 | Heerenveen | Gunda Niemann | Emese Hunyady | Heike Warnicke |
| 1993 | Heerenveen | Emese Hunyady | Heike Warnicke | Svetlana Bazhanova |
| 1994 | Hamar | Gunda Niemann | Svetlana Bazhanova | Emese Hunyady |
| 1995 | Heerenveen | Gunda Niemann | Annamarie Thomas | Tonny de Jong |
| 1996 | Heerenveen | Gunda Niemann | Annamarie Thomas | Claudia Pechstein |
| 1997 | Heerenveen | Tonny de Jong | Gunda Niemann | Barbara de Loor |
| 1998 | Helsinki | Claudia Pechstein | Anni Friesinger | Svetlana Bazhanova |
| 1999 | Heerenveen | Tonny de Jong (2) | Claudia Pechstein | Annamarie Thomas |
| 2000 | Hamar | Anni Friesinger | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Renate Groenewold |
| 2001 | Baselga di Pinè | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (8) | Claudia Pechstein | Wieteke Cramer |
| 2002 | Erfurt | Anni Friesinger | Claudia Pechstein | Renate Groenewold |
| 2003 | Heerenveen | Anni Friesinger | Claudia Pechstein | Renate Groenewold |
| 2004 | Heerenveen | Anni Friesinger | Claudia Pechstein | Renate Groenewold |
| 2005 | Heerenveen | Anni Friesinger (5) | Daniela Anschütz | Claudia Pechstein |
| 2006 | Hamar | Claudia Pechstein | Renate Groenewold | Ireen Wüst |
| 2007 | Collalbo | Martina Sáblíková | Ireen Wüst | Renate Groenewold |
| 2008 | Kolomna | Ireen Wüst | Paulien van Deutekom | Martina Sáblíková |
| 2009 | Heerenveen | Claudia Pechstein (3) | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | Martina Sáblíková |
| 2010 | Hamar | Martina Sáblíková | Ireen Wüst | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms |
| 2011 | Collalbo | Martina Sáblíková | Ireen Wüst | Marrit Leenstra |
| 2012 | Budapest | Martina Sáblíková | Claudia Pechstein | Ireen Wüst |
| 2013 | Heerenveen | Ireen Wüst | Linda de Vries | Diane Valkenburg |
| 2014 | Hamar | Ireen Wüst | Yvonne Nauta | Martina Sáblíková |
| 2015 | Chelyabinsk | Ireen Wüst | Martina Sáblíková | Linda de Vries |
| 2016 | Minsk | Martina Sáblíková (5) | Ireen Wüst | Antoinette de Jong |
| 2017 | Heerenveen | Ireen Wüst (5) | Martina Sáblíková | Antoinette de Jong |
| 2019 | Collalbo | Antoinette de Jong | Martina Sáblíková | Francesca Lollobrigida |
| 2021 | Heerenveen | Antoinette de Jong | Irene Schouten | Martina Sáblíková |
| 2023 | Hamar | Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong | Ragne Wiklund | Marijke Groenewoud |
| 2025 | Heerenveen | Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong (4) | Joy Beune | Ragne Wiklund |

### Sprint championships

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2017 | Heerenveen | Karolína Erbanová | Jorien ter Mors | Olga Fatkulina |
| 2019 | Collalbo | Vanessa Herzog | Daria Kachanova | Olga Fatkulina |
| 2021 | Heerenveen | Jutta Leerdam | Angelina Golikova | Femke Kok |
| 2023 | Hamar | Jutta Leerdam | Femke Kok | Vanessa Herzog |
| 2025 | Heerenveen | Jutta Leerdam (3) | Femke Kok | Suzanne Schulting |

### 500 metres

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2018 | Kolomna | Vanessa Herzog | Angelina Golikova | Karolína Erbanová |
| 2020 | Heerenveen | Olga Fatkulina | Vanessa Herzog | Angelina Golikova |
| 2022 | Heerenveen | Femke Kok | Angelina Golikova | Daria Kachanova |
| 2024 | Heerenveen | Femke Kok (2) | Jutta Leerdam | Vanessa Herzog |

### 1000 metres

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2018 | Kolomna | Yekaterina Shikhova | Vanessa Herzog | Marrit Leenstra |
| 2020 | Heerenveen | Jutta Leerdam | Daria Kachanova | Yekaterina Shikhova |
| 2022 | Heerenveen | Jutta Leerdam | Femke Kok | Daria Kachanova |
| 2024 | Heerenveen | Jutta Leerdam (3) | Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong | Vanessa Herzog |

### 1500 metres

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2018 | Kolomna | Lotte van Beek | Yekaterina Shikhova | Marrit Leenstra |
| 2020 | Heerenveen | Ireen Wüst | Evgeniia Lalenkova | Yekaterina Shikhova |
| 2022 | Heerenveen | Antoinette de Jong | Ireen Wüst | Francesca Lollobrigida |
| 2024 | Heerenveen | Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong (2) | Marijke Groenewoud | Joy Beune |

### 3000 metres

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2018 | Kolomna | Esmee Visser | Carlijn Achtereekte | Natalya Voronina |
| 2020 | Heerenveen | Esmee Visser (2) | Natalya Voronina | Francesca Lollobrigida |
| 2022 | Heerenveen | Irene Schouten | Antoinette de Jong | Francesca Lollobrigida |
| 2024 | Heerenveen | Marijke Groenewoud | Irene Schouten | Ragne Wiklund |

### Mass start

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2018 | Kolomna | Francesca Lollobrigida | Francesca Bettrone | Vanessa Herzog |
| 2020 | Heerenveen | Irene Schouten | Francesca Lollobrigida | Melissa Wijfje |
| 2022 | Heerenveen | Irene Schouten (2) | Marijke Groenewoud | Elizaveta Golubeva |
| 2024 | Heerenveen | Marijke Groenewoud | Irene Schouten | Francesca Lollobrigida |

### Team pursuit

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2018 | Kolomna | Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Lotte van Beek Melissa Wijfje | Russia Olga Graf Yekaterina Shikhova Natalya Voronina | Germany Roxanne Dufter Gabriele Hirschbichler Michelle Uhrig |
| 2020 | Heerenveen | Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Melissa Wijfje (2) Ireen Wüst | Russia Elizaveta Kazelina Evgeniia Lalenkova Natalya Voronina | Belarus Tatsiana Mikhailava Yauheniya Varabyova Maryna Zuyeva |
| 2022 | Heerenveen | Netherlands Antoinette de Jong (2) Irene Schouten Ireen Wüst (2) | Norway Marit Fjellanger Bøhm Sofie Karoline Haugen Ragne Wiklund | Russia Elizaveta Golubeva Evgeniia Lalenkova Natalya Voronina |
| 2024 | Heerenveen | Netherlands Joy Beune Marijke Groenewoud Irene Schouten (2) | Germany Josie Hofmann Josephine Schlörb Lea Sophie Scholz | Switzerland Jasmin Güntert Ramona Härdi Kaitlyn McGregor |

### Team sprint

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2018 | Kolomna | Russia Angelina Golikova Olga Fatkulina Elizaveta Kazelina | Netherlands Mayon Kuipers Sanneke de Neeling Letitia de Jong | Norway Martine Ripsrud Anne Gulbrandsen Sofie Karoline Haugen |
| 2020 | Heerenveen | Russia Angelina Golikova (2) Olga Fatkulina (2) Daria Kachanova | Netherlands Femke Kok Letitia de Jong Ireen Wüst | Poland Andżelika Wójcik Kaja Ziomek Natalia Czerwonka |
| 2022 | Heerenveen | Poland Andżelika Wójcik Kaja Ziomek Karolina Bosiek | Belarus Yauheniya Varabyova Hanna Nifantava Ekaterina Sloeva | Norway Julie Nistad Samsonsen Martine Ripsrud Ane By Farstad |
| 2024 | Heerenveen | Netherlands Marrit Fledderus Femke Kok Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong | Poland Andżelika Wójcik Iga Wojtasik Karolina Bosiek | Norway Carina Jagtøyen Julie Nistad Samsonsen Martine Ripsrud |

## All-time medal count
### Allround and Sprint Championships (1970–2025)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 17 | 20 | 22 | 59 |
| 2 | Germany | 14 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 3 | East Germany | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Russia | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 51 | 51 | 51 | 153 |

### Single Distance Championships (2018–2024)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 21 | 12 | 4 | 37 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |

### Combined all-time medal count (1970–2025)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 38 | 32 | 26 | 96 |
| 2 | Germany | 14 | 14 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | East Germany | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Russia | 4 | 11 | 12 | 27 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Norway | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 79 | 79 | 79 | 237 |

## 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 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann) | East Germany Germany | 1988 | 2001 | 8 | 3 | – | 11 |
| 2 | Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 2006 | 2017 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | 2007 | 2021 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Anni Friesinger | Germany | 1998 | 2005 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
| 5 | Andrea Ehrig (Schöne) | East Germany | 1983 | 1988 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 6 | Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong | Netherlands | 2016 | 2025 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 1996 | 2012 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Netherlands | 1972 | 1974 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Jutta Leerdam | Netherlands | 2021 | 2025 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 10 | Nina Statkevich | Soviet Union | 1970 | 1974 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |

### All events

| Rank | Skater | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong | Netherlands | 2016 | 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 2006 | 2022 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann) | East Germany Germany | 1988 | 2001 | 8 | 3 | – | 11 |
| 4 | Jutta Leerdam | Netherlands | 2020 | 2025 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
| 5 | Martina Sáblíková | Czech Republic | 2007 | 2021 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Irene Schouten | Netherlands | 2020 | 2024 | 5 | 3 | – | 8 |
| 7 | Anni Friesinger | Germany | 1998 | 2005 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
| 8 | Andrea Ehrig (Schöne) | East Germany | 1983 | 1988 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 9 | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 1996 | 2012 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Femke Kok | Netherlands | 2020 | 2025 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |