# 2018 European Speed Skating Championships

The 2018 European Speed Skating Championships were held between 5 and 7 January 2018 at the Kolomna Speed Skating Center in Kolomna, Russia.

## Events

For the first time the European Championship is a single distance championship, with the following distances:
* 500m
* 1000m
* 1500m
* 3000m (women)
* 5000m (men)
* Mass start
* Team sprint
* Team pursuit

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+3).
| Date | Time | Events |
| 5 January | 16:00 | 500m women 500m men 1500m women 1500m men |
| 6 January | 14:45 | 1000m women 1000m men 3000m women 5000m men |
| 7 January | 16:00 | Team pursuit women Team pursuit men Team sprint women Team sprint men Mass start women Mass start men |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS)* | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m details | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 34.80 | Mika Poutala Finland | 34.854 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.858 |
| 1000 m details | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 1:08.84 | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:08.92 | Nico Ihle Germany | 1:08.95 |
| 1500 m details | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:44.53 | Thomas Krol Netherlands | 1:45.20 | Koen Verweij Netherlands | 1:46.40 |
| 5000 m details | Nicola Tumolero Italy | 6:16.85 | Aleksandr Rumyantsev Russia | 6:18.13 | Marcel Bosker Netherlands | 6:20.45 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Marcel Bosker Simon Schouten | 3:42.79 | Russia Sergey Gryaztsov Aleksandr Rumyantsev Danila Semerikov | 3:44.59 | Poland Zbigniew Brodka Jan Szymański Adrian Wielgat | 3:52.60 |
| Team sprint details | Russia Ruslan Murashov Pavel Kulizhnikov Denis Yuskov | 1:19.38 | Finland Harri Levo Pekka Koskela Mika Poutala | 1:21.19 | Poland Artur Nogal Piotr Michalski Sebastian Klosinski | 1:21.29 |
| Mass start details | Jan Blokhuijsen Netherlands | 60 pts | Andrea Giovannini Italy | 41 pts | Ruslan Zakharov Russia | 20 pts |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 m details | Vanessa Herzog Austria | 37.69 | Angelina Golikova Russia | 38.04 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 38.18 |
| 1000 m details | Yekaterina Shikhova Russia | 1:15.34 | Vanessa Herzog Austria | 1:15.44 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:15.74 |
| 1500 m details | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:55.52 | Yekaterina Shikhova Russia | 1:56.57 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:56.58 |
| 3000 m details | Esmee Visser Netherlands | 4:05.31 | Carlijn Achtereekte Netherlands | 4:06.81 | Natalia Voronina Russia | 4:07.62 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Lotte van Beek Marrit Leenstra Melissa Wijfje | 2:59.34 | Russia Olga Graf Yekaterina Shikhova Natalia Voronina | 3:01.88 | Germany Roxanne Dufter Gabriele Hirschbichler Michelle Uhrig | 3:05.03 |
| Team sprint details | Russia Angelina Golikova Olga Fatkulina Elizaveta Kazelina | 1:26.71 | Netherlands Mayon Kuipers Sanneke de Neeling Letitia de Jong | 1:28.65 | Norway Martine Ripsrud Anne Gulbrandsen Sofie Karoline Haugen | 1:31.88 |
| Mass start details | Francesca Lollobrigida Italy | 65 pts | Francesca Bettrone Italy | 43 pts | Vanessa Herzog Austria | 21 pts |