The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea.
Summary The event was won by Ted-Jan Bloemen, the world record holder at this distance. Defending champion Jorrit Bergsma was second, and Nicola Tumolero won the bronze medal. During the competition, first Bergsma and then Bloemen set Olympic records. This was the first skating event at the 2018 Olympics not won by a Dutch skater. For Tumolero, this was his first Olympic medal; for Bloemen the gold followed his silver medal at the 5000 m distance a few days earlier.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Ivan Dibos, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Nick Thometz, ISU Speed Skating Technical Committee member.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
The following record was set during this competition.
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record 15 February Pair 5 Ted-Jan Bloemen 12:39.77 OR OR = Olympic record
Results The race was held at 20:00, local time (UTC+9).
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes 5 O Ted-Jan Bloemen 12:39.77 OR 4 I Jorrit Bergsma 12:41.98 5 I Nicola Tumolero 12:54.32 +14.55 3 O Lee Seung-hoon 12:55.54 +15.77 2 O Jordan Belchos 12:59.51 +19.74 6 O Sven Kramer 13:01.02 +21.25 6 I Patrick Beckert 13:01.94 +22.17 1 O Bart Swings 13:03.53 +23.76 3 I Moritz Geisreiter 13:06.35 +26.58 10 1 I Ryosuke Tsuchiya 13:10.31 +30.54 11 2 I Håvard Bøkko 13:17.47 +37.70 12 4 O Davide Ghiotto 13:27.09 +47.32
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