Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday,3 February 1948. Twenty-seven speed skaters from eleven nations competed.

Medalists

Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.

World record 17:01.5(*) Charles Mathiesen Hamar (NOR) 3 March 1940 Olympic Record 17:24.3 Ivar Ballangrud Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) 14 February 1936

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime 1 17:26.3 2 17:36.0 3 17:42.7 4 17:45.6 5 17:54.7 6 17:55.3 7 18:05.8 8 18:08.0 9 18:39.6 10 19:25.5 11 19:44.0 12 19:54.8 13 20:15.5 14 20:16.4 15 20:16.5 16 20:23.8 17 21:20.3 18 21:34.8 19 26:22.4 – DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF – DQ

References

External links Official Olympic Report