Unofficial championships were held in the years 1891–1892.
Note that at the 1967 European Championships in Lahti, Finland, it was so cold that the officials decided that they did not want to expose the skaters to the extreme cold for a long time and so they replaced the 10000 m event with a 3000 m event, in effect using the small combination distances instead of the big combination ones.
Boldface denotes record number of victories.
Note that from 1936 to 1948, non-European skaters were allowed to participate if they were members of European skating clubs.
Unofficial European Championships of 1891, 1892 and 1946 (not recognized by the ISU) included Unofficial European Championships of 1891, 1892 and 1946 (not recognized by the ISU) included Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.