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Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the Olympic Oval. 32 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event.[1][2]

Men's 10,000 metres
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueOlympic Oval
Dates21 February
Competitors32 from 19 nations
Winning time13:48.20 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tomas Gustafson
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Hadschieff
 Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Visser
 Netherlands

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Tomas Gustafson
  Sweden 		Michael Hadschieff
  Austria 		Leo Visser
  Netherlands

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record   Geir Karlstad (NOR) 13:48.51 Calgary, Canada 6 December 1987
Olympic record   Eric Heiden (USA) 14:28.13 Lake Placid, United States 23 February 1980

The following new Olympic and World records were set during the competition:

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
21 February Pair 1 Yury Klyuyev   Soviet Union 14:09.68 OR
21 February Pair 2 Gerard Kemkers   Netherlands 14:08.34 OR
21 February Pair 4 Leo Visser   Netherlands 14:00.55 OR
21 February Pair 5 Michael Hadschieff   Austria 13:56.11 OR
21 February Pair 9 Tomas Gustafson   Sweden 13:48.20 OR WR

Results edit

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time Behind Notes
  9 o Tomas Gustafson   Sweden 13:48.20 – (WR)
  5 i Michael Hadschieff   Austria 13:56.11 +7.91
  4 i Leo Visser   Netherlands 14:00.55 +12.35
4 10 o Eric Flaim   United States 14:05.57 +17.37
5 2 o Gerard Kemkers   Netherlands 14.08,34 f +20.14
6 1 o Yury Klyuyev   Soviet Union 14:09.68 +21.48
7 16 i Roberto Sighel   Italy 14:13.60 +25.40
8 9 i Roland Freier   East Germany 14:19.16 +30.98
9 6 o Sergey Berezin   Soviet Union 14:20.48 +32.28
10 3 o Ben Lamarche   Canada 14:21.39 +33.19
11 5 o Herbert Dijkstra   Netherlands 14:22.53 +34.33
12 11 i Joakim Karlberg   Sweden 14:22.94 +34.74
13 14 o Bruno Milesi   Italy 14:23.84 +35.64
14 7 i Dave Silk   United States 14:25.56 +37.36
15 7 o Pertti Niittylä   Finland 14:26.57 +38.37
16 15 i Jiří Kyncl   Czechoslovakia 14:27.32 +39.12
17 12 i Timo Järvinen   Finland 14:27.69 +39.49
18 2 i Aleksandr Mozin   Soviet Union 14:28.91 +40.71
19 3 i Christian Eminger   Austria 14:30.21 +42.01
20 14 i Gordon Goplen   Canada 14:31.18 +42.98
21 4 o Frode Syvertsen   Norway 14:32.08 +43.88
22 13 o Kim Gwan-gyu   South Korea 14:34.65 +46.45
23 11 o Hans van Helden   France 14:34.84 +46.64
24 8 o Toru Aoyanagi   Japan 14:34.87 +46.67
25 10 i Jeff Klaiber   United States 14:38.60 +50.40
26 16 o Colin Coates   Australia 14:41.88 +53.68
27 1 i Hansjörg Baltes   West Germany 14:45.41 +57.21
28 8 i Yoshiyuki Shimizu   Japan 14:47.21 +59.01
29 13 i Lu Shuhai   China 14:49.52 +1:01.32
30 15 o Julian Green   Great Britain 14:59.53 +1:11.33
– 6 i Geir Karlstad   Norway dnf, f –
– 12 o Song Yong-hun   North Korea dsq
[14:33,41]		 –

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ "10 000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ "10 000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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