1997 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships

1997 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
1997 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Malmö, Sweden
Dates	17-19 January
	from 19 nations
	1998 Budapest→

The 1997 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 17 and 19 January 1997 in Malmö, Sweden. It was the inaugural tournament.

Medal summary

* Host nation (Sweden)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)	10	2	3	15
2	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED)	1	3	1	5
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	1	3
4	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (RUS)	0	2	3	5
5	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (BUL)	0	2	1	3
6	File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)	0	1	2	3
7	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (SWE)*	0	1	1	2
Totals (7 entries)		12	12	12	36

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	File:Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Vuillermin (ITA)	43.393	File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Carta (ITA)	43.594	Nicky Gooch (GBR)	43.629
1000 metres	File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Carta (ITA)	1:40.996	Nicky Gooch (GBR)	1:41.112	File:Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Vuillermin (ITA)	1:41.188
1500 metres	File:Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Vuillermin (ITA)	2:33.215	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Martin Johansson (SWE)	2:33.311	File:Flag of France.svg Bruno Loscos (FRA)	2:33.440
3000 metres	File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Carta (ITA)	5:08.091	File:Flag of France.svg Bruno Loscos (FRA)	5:10.348	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Martin Johansson (SWE)	5:10.458
5000 metre relay	Great Britain Robert Mitchell Nicky Gooch Matthew Jasper Matthew Rowe	7:15.850	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Harold Janssen Dave Versteeg Marc Velzeboer Joost Smit	7:16.019	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Orazio Fagone Fabio Carta Hugo Herrnhof Michele Antonioli	7:25.008
Overall Classification	File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Carta (ITA)	13 pts.	File:Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Vuillermin (ITA)	12 pts.	File:Flag of France.svg Bruno Loscos (FRA)	7 pts.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	File:Flag of Italy.svg Marinella Canclini (ITA)	46.187	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Evgenia Radanova (BUL)	46.259	File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Tikhanina (RUS)	46.339
1000 metres	File:Flag of Italy.svg Marinella Canclini (ITA)	1:38.535	File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Tikhanina (RUS)	1:38.797	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ellen Wiegers (NED)	1:39.241
1500 metres	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ellen Wiegers (NED)	2:41.571	File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Tikhanina (RUS)	2:41.819	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Evgenia Radanova (BUL)	2:42.070
3000 metres	File:Flag of Italy.svg Marinella Canclini (ITA)	5:36.987	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ellen Wiegers (NED)	5:37.341	File:Flag of Italy.svg Katia Colturi (ITA)	5:37.555
3000 metre relay	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Marinella Canclini Mara Zini Katia Colturi Evelina Rodigari	4:31.565	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Daniela Vlaeva Evgenia Radanova Anna Krasteva Kristina Vuteva	4:32.217	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Elena Tikhanina Marina Pylayeva Anastasia Razina Yekaterina Mikhaylova	4:34.649
Overall Classification	File:Flag of Italy.svg Marinella Canclini (ITA)	15 pts.	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ellen Wiegers (NED)	11 pts.	File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Tikhanina (RUS)	9 pts.