2016 European Speed Skating Championships
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| Venue | Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 9–10 January 2016 | ||||||||||||
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Sven Kramer |
 NED
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Bart Swings |
 BEL
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Jan Blokhuijsen |
NED
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Martina Sáblíková |
 CZE
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Ireen Wüst |
NED
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Antoinette de Jong |
NED
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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.
This was the last European Championships where the big combination (men) and the small combination (women) is completed. In the next edition the 5000 m (women) and 10,000 m (men) will be replaced by the 1000 m.
The schedule of events:
DNS = did not start, WDR = withdrew, DQ = disqualified
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