The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 23 February 2010.
The overwhelming pre-race favorite Sven Kramer, who had won 18 consecutive 10,000 m races since 2006, was disqualified due to a missed lane change after 6600 m into the race. Kramer finished the race in a time of 12:54.50, under the impression that he had won the gold medal in a new Olympic and track record, but was then told by his coach, Gerard Kemkers, that he had been disqualified.Brian Hamilton, One lane change changes everything; The Netherlands’ Sven Kramer has the 10,000-meter race won — until it’s lost, Chicago Tribune, 23 February 2010Kerby, Trey, "Sven Kramer gets the gold medal in 'Oops!'", Yahoo! News, 23 February 2010. Kemkers took the blame for the gaffe, as he had directed Kramer into the inner lane, even when Kramer was attempting to take the correct outer lane.Stunning gaffe by coach costs Holland's Kramer a sure gold
The gold medal instead was won by Lee Seung-hoon in 12:58.55, edging the existing Olympic record by 0.37 seconds. Despite Lee's earlier silver medal at the 5000 m race, his achievement was a surprise, since, before 2010, he had never skated a 10,000 m race under 14 minutes.Lee Seung-hoon at Speesdskatingresults.com He broke his personal and the Korean national record, set on 10 January 2010, by 22.5 seconds. Kramer's disqualification allowed Bob de Jong to earn his third Olympic medal on the 10,000 m (he won silver in 1998 and gold in 2006), a feat only equalled by Knut Johannesen, who won silver, gold and bronze at the Olympics in 1956, 1960 and 1964.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record 23 February Pair 5 Lee Seung-hoon 12:58.55 OR OR = Olympic record The Richmond Olympic Oval track record remained at 12:55.32, set by Sven Kramer on 14 March 2009.
Results Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes 5 I Lee Seung-hoon 12:58.55 OR 8 O Ivan Skobrev 13:02.07 +3.52 7 O Bob de Jong 13:06.73 +8.18 6 I Alexis Contin 13:12.11 +13.56 7 I Håvard Bøkko 13:14.92 +16.37 2 O Sverre Haugli 13:18.74 +20.19 3 I Henrik Christiansen 13:25.65 +27.10 2 I Jonathan Kuck 13:31.78 +33.23 5 O Arjen van der Kieft 13:33.37 +34.82 10 6 O Marco Weber 13:35.73 +37.18 11 4 I Hiroki Hirako 13:37.56 +39.01 12 1 I Ryan Bedford 13:40.20 +41.65 13 4 O Aleksandr Rumyantsev 13:45.77 +47.22 14 3 O Sebastian Druszkiewicz 13:49.31 +49.40 8 I Sven Kramer DSQFor an incorrect lane change - - Enrico Fabris DNSEnrico Fabris withdrew one hour before the start of the race citing nausea . It was too late for a reserve to take his place, so only 15 skaters participated in this competition.
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