2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
# 2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2008 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 18 and 20 January 2008 in Ventspils, Latvia.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

* Host nation (Latvia)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Latvia* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 metres | Jon Eley (GBR) | 42.945 | Nicola Rodigari (ITA) | 43.073 | Tyson Heung (GER) | 43.161 |
| 1000 metres | Niels Kerstholt (NED) | 1:26.625 | Haralds Silovs (LAT) | 1:26.659 | Gábor Galambos (HUN) | 1:27.192 |
| 1500 metres | Haralds Silovs (LAT) | 2:16.377 | Vyacheslav Kurginyan (RUS) | 2:16.471 | Ruslan Zakharov (RUS) | 2:16.545 |
| 5000 metre relay | Italy Fabio Carta Yuri Confortola Nicola Rodigari Roberto Serra Claudio Rinaldi | 6:57.853 | Great Britain Jon Eley Tom Iveson Paul Stanley Paul Worth Anthony Douglas | 6:58.408 | France Maxime Chataignier Thibaut Fauconnet Jeremy Masson Stéphane Périer | 6:59.256 |
| Overall Classification | Haralds Silovs (LAT) | 89 pts. | Niels Kerstholt (NED) | 47 pts. | Nicola Rodigari (ITA) | 42 pts. |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 metres | Annita van Doorn (NED) | 46.072 | Erika Huszár (HUN) | 46.076 | Evgenia Radanova (BUL) | 46.115 |
| 1000 metres | Evgenia Radanova (BUL) | 1:38.046 | Arianna Fontana (ITA) | 1:38.059 | Nina Evteeva (RUS) | 1:38.532 |
| 1500 metres | Arianna Fontana (ITA) | 2:28.559 | Nina Evteeva (RUS) | 2:28.990 | Kateřina Novotná (CZE) | 2:29.059 |
| 3000 metre relay | Great Britain Elise Christie Charlotte Gilmartin Sarah Lindsay Joanna Williams Alex Whelbourne | 4:23.172 | Bulgaria Daniela Ivanova Marina Georgieva-Nikolova Gergana Patsova Evgenia Radanova | 4:23.243 | Germany Tina Grassow Aika Klein Christin Priebst Susanne Rudolph | 4:23.417 |
| Overall Classification | Arianna Fontana (ITA) | 89 pts. | Evgenia Radanova (BUL) | 58 pts. | Nina Evteeva (RUS) | 47 pts. |

## Participating nations

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Belarus
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Hungary
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Slovakia
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
