title: 2006 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
text: # 2006 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
  
  The 2006 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 20 and 22 January 2006 in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  * Host nation (Poland)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
  | 2 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | France (FRA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 4 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 5 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 metres | Nicola Rodigari (ITA) | 42.613 | Pieter Gysel (BEL) | 43.497 | Sergey Prankevich (RUS) | 43.590 |
  | 1000 metres | Fabio Carta (ITA) | 1:29.665 | Nicola Rodigari (ITA) | 1:29.898 | Thibaut Fauconnet (FRA) | 1:30.427 |
  | 1500 metres | Nicola Rodigari (ITA) | 2:21.500 | Pieter Gysel (BEL) | 2:21.595 | Nicola Franceschina (ITA) | 2:21.814 |
  | 5000 metre relay | Italy Yuri Confortola Roberto Serra Fabio Carta Nicola Franceschina Nicola Rodigari | 6:58.658 | France Thibaut Fauconnet Mathieu De Boisset Jean-Charles Mattei Maxime Chataignier | 7:00.346 | Germany Arian Nachbar Sebastian Praus Thomas Bauer Tyson Heung André Hartwig | 7:00.427 |
  | Overall Classification | Nicola Rodigari (ITA) | 97 pts. | Fabio Carta (ITA) | 78 pts. | Pieter Gysel (BEL) | 73 pts. |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 500 metres | Evgenia Radanova (BUL) | 45.174 | Arianna Fontana (ITA) | 45.562 | Tatiana Borodulina (RUS) | 46.045 |
  | 1000 metres | Evgenia Radanova (BUL) | 1:35.108 | Stéphanie Bouvier (FRA) | 1:35.453 | Marta Capurso (ITA) | 1:35.520 |
  | 1500 metres | Evgenia Radanova (BUL) | 2:32.777 | Marta Capurso (ITA) | 2:33.010 | Arianna Fontana (ITA) | 2:33.499 |
  | 3000 metre relay | Italy Marta Capurso Mara Zini Arianna Fontana Katia Zini | 4:27.436 | France Myrtille Gollin Stéphanie Bouvier Céline Lecompére Min-Kyung Choi | 4:28.388 | Hungary Rózsa Darázs Bernadett Heidum Szandra Lajtos Erika Huszár | 4:30.274 |
  | Overall Classification | Evgenia Radanova (BUL) | 107 pts. | Arianna Fontana (ITA) | 55 pts. | Katia Zini (ITA) | 50 pts. |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  * Austria
  * Belgium
  * Belarus
  * Bulgaria
  * Czech Republic
  * Denmark
  * France
  * Germany
  * Great Britain
  * Hungary
  * Israel
  * Italy
  * Latvia
  * Lithuania
  * Netherlands
  * Poland
  * Romania
  * Russia
  * Serbia
  * Slovakia
  * Slovenia
  * Sweden
  * Switzerland
  * Ukraine
  