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Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924. Twenty-one speed skaters from nine nations were due to compete, but five athletes withdrew, so in the end sixteen speed skaters from six nations competed.[1] The French athlete George de Wilde abandoned the race.[2]

Men's 10,000 metres speed skating
at the I Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
Date27 January 1924
Competitors16 from 6 nations
Winning time18:04.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julius Skutnabb  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roald Larsen  Norway
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Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Julius Skutnabb
  Finland 		Clas Thunberg
  Finland 		Roald Larsen
  Norway

Records edit

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World record   Oscar Mathisen (NOR) 17:22.6 Kristiania, Norway 1 February 1913 [3][a]
Olympic record N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
27 January 1924 Pair 1 Joe Moore]   Norway 19:36.2 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 2 Harald Strøm   Norway 18:18.6 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 3 Roald Larsen   Norway 18:12.2 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 6 Julius Skutnabb   Finland 18:04.8 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 3 Léonhard Quaglia   France 18:25.0 NR

Results edit

The event was held Sunday afternoon.[2]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
  6 Julius Skutnabb   Finland 18:04.8 — OR
  6 Clas Thunberg   Finland 18:07.8 +3.0
  3 Roald Larsen   Norway 18:12.2 +7.4 OR
4 8 Fridtjof Paulsen   Norway 18:13.0 +8.2
5 2 Harald Strøm   Norway 18:18.6 +13.8 OR
6 3 Sigurd Moen   Norway 18:19.0 +14.2
7 9 Léonhard Quaglia   France 18:25.0 +20.2 NR
8 2 Valentine Bialas   United States 18:34.0 +29.2
9 8 Richard Donovan   United States 18:57.0 +52.2
10 9 Asser Wallenius   Finland 19:03.8 +59.0
11 12 Alberts Rumba   Latvia 19:14.0 +69.2 [b]
12 1 Joe Moore   United States 19:36.2 +91.4 OR
13 1 Harry Kaskey   United States 19:45.2 +100.4
14 12 Leon Jucewicz   Poland 20:40.8 +156.0 [c]
15 13 André Gegout   France 21:03.4 +178.6 [d]
13 George de Wilde   France DNF[e]
4 Axel Blomqvist   Sweden DNS
5 Marcel Moens   Belgium DNS
7 Gaston Van Hazebroeck   Belgium DNS
10 Albert Tebbit   Great Britain DNS
11 Eric Blomgren   Sweden DNS

Notes edit

  1. ^ The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
  2. ^ Originally in pair 11 with Blomgren[2]
  3. ^ Originally in pair 4 with Blomqvist[2]
  4. ^ Originally in pair 7 with Van Hazebroeck[2]
  5. ^ Originally in pair 10 with Tebbit[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f M. A. Avé, ed. (1924). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel [The Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report] (pdf) (Report) (in French). Paris: French Olympic Committee. pp. 669–70.
  3. ^ "Oscar Mathisen, 4 October 1888". evertstenlund.se. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

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