Friday's Events
The competitions began at 13:00 local time.
In the results list, previous European medallists are mentioned, as well as the top ten on each distance.
- 500 m men
Kramer advanced 13 places from his performance at the 2006 European Championship, and gained 0.8 seconds on Fabris compared to last year's standings. Ervik lost nearly a second, while Bøkko lost half a second and Verheijen gained 0.3 seconds, all compared to the defending champion Fabris. The distance podium is the same as last year, but only Skobrev finished in the same position.
| Pos. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 36.38 | 1. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 36.380 |
| 2. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 36.39 | 2. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 36.390 |
| 3. | Konrad Niedźwiedzki (POL) | 36.52 | 3. | Konrad Niedźwiedzki (POL) | 36.520 |
| 4. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 36.60 | 4. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 36.600 |
| 5. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 36.76 | 5. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 36.760 |
| 6. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 36.99 | 6. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 36.990 |
| 7. | Jarmo Valtonen (FIN) | 37.14 | 7. | Jarmo Valtonen (FIN) | 37.140 |
| 8. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 37.22 | 8. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 37.220 |
| 9. | Alexis Contin (FRA) | 37.35 | 9. | Alexis Contin (FRA) | 37.350 |
| 10. | Stefan Heythausen (GER) | 37.46 | 10. | Stefan Heythausen (GER) | 37.460 |
| 12. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 37.53 | 12. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 37.530 |
| 16. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 37.96 | 16. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 37.960 |
- 500 m women
Abramova, Lobysheva, Pechstein and Wójcicka all finished in the same order as in Hamar last year, with Abramova gaining a few hundredths of a second. However, Wüst gains over 1.2 seconds on those three compared to last year's performance, where she finished 0.79 500 m-seconds behind Pechstein in the overall standings. Groenewold finishes 0.77 seconds behind Pechstein, gaining 0.13 on 2006.
| Pos. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 39.51 | 1. | Ireen Wüst (NED) | 39.510 |
| 2. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 39.91 | 2. | Yekaterina Abramova (RUS) | 39.910 |
| 3. | Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) | 40.15 | 3. | Yekaterina Lobysheva (RUS) | 40.150 |
| 4. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 40.28 | 4. | Claudia Pechstein (GER) | 40.280 |
| 5. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 40.51 | 5. | Paulien van Deutekom (NED) | 40.510 |
| 6. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 40.56 | 6. | Katarzyna Wójcicka (POL) | 40.560 |
| 7. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 40.63 | 7. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (GER) | 40.630 |
| 8. | Marja Vis (NED) | 40.65 | 8. | Marja Vis (NED) | 40.650 |
| 9. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 40.97 | 9. | Martina Sáblíková (CZE) | 40.970 |
| 10. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 41.05 | 10. | Renate Groenewold (NED) | 41.050 |
- 5000 m men
The previous outdoor world best, by Chad Hedrick from the 2005 World Single Distance Championships, was bettered by 9.96 seconds. Verheijen was the first to beat the record, in the 12th of the 15 pairs, before Kramer lowered it by a further four seconds in the 13th pair, recording nine of twelve laps below 30 seconds.
| Pos. | Race | Time | Pos. | Allround rankings | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 6:15.65 | 1. | Sven Kramer (NED) | 74.325 |
| 2. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 6:19.67 | 2. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 74.408 |
| 3. | Enrico Fabris (ITA) | 6:20.28 | 3. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 75.431 |
| 4. | Håvard Bøkko (NOR) | 6:24.41 | 4. | Carl Verheijen (NED) | 75.497 |
| 5. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 6:24.85 | 5. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 76.279 |
| 6. | Wouter Olde Heuvel (NED) | 6:28.96 | 6. | Ivan Skobrev (RUS) | 76.318 |
| 7. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 6:31.12 | 7. | Eskil Ervik (NOR) | 76.445 |
| 8. | Sverre Haugli (NOR) | 6:31.55 | 8. | Wouter Olde Heuvel (NED) | 76.466 |
| 9. | Johan Röjler (SWE) | 6:35.46 | 9. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 77.052 |
| 10. | Tobias Schneider (GER) | 6:35.72 | 10. | Matteo Anesi (ITA) | 77.082 |
| 11. | Mark Tuitert (NED) | 6:36.79 | 11. | Henrik Christiansen (NOR) | 77.242 |
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