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.[1][2][3]
| Men's 10,000 metres at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Gangneung Oval | ||||||||||||
| Date | 15 February 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12:39.77 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Summary edit
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.[4] This was the first skating event at the 2018 Olympics not won by a Dutch skater.[5] 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 edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
| World record |  Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN) |
12:36.30 | Salt Lake City, United States | 21 November 2015 |
| Olympic record |  Jorrit Bergsma (NED) |
12:44.45 | Sochi, Russia | 18 February 2014 |
| Track record |  Sven Kramer (NED) |
12:38.89 | 11 February 2017 |
The following record was set during this competition.[4]
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February | Pair 5 | Ted-Jan Bloemen |  Canada |
12:39.77 | OR |
OR = Olympic record
Results edit
The race was held at 20:00, local time (UTC+9).[4]
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | O | Ted-Jan Bloemen | Canada |
12:39.77 | — | OR |
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4 | I | Jorrit Bergsma | Netherlands |
12:41.98 | +2.21 | |
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5 | I | Nicola Tumolero |  Italy |
12:54.32 | +14.55 | |
| 4 | 3 | O | Lee Seung-hoon |  South Korea |
12:55.54 | +15.77 | |
| 5 | 2 | O | Jordan Belchos | Canada |
12:59.51 | +19.74 | |
| 6 | 6 | O | Sven Kramer | Netherlands |
13:01.02 | +21.25 | |
| 7 | 6 | I | Patrick Beckert |  Germany |
13:01.94 | +22.17 | |
| 8 | 1 | O | Bart Swings |  Belgium |
13:03.53 | +23.76 | |
| 9 | 3 | I | Moritz Geisreiter | Germany |
13:06.35 | +26.58 | |
| 10 | 1 | I | Ryousuke Tsuchiya |  Japan |
13:10.31 | +30.54 | |
| 11 | 2 | I | Håvard Bøkko |  Norway |
13:17.47 | +37.70 | |
| 12 | 4 | O | Davide Ghiotto | Italy |
13:27.09 | +47.32 |
References edit
- ^ "Venues". PyeongChang 2018. Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Competition Schedule". Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ Speed Skating – Men's 10,000m – Start List (PDF), Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics, 14 February 2018, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018, retrieved 15 February 2018
- ^ a b c Speed Skating – Men's 10,000m – Results (PDF), Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics, 15 February 2018, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2018, retrieved 15 February 2018
- ^ "Bloemen hands Canada speed skating gold". OWG Speed Skating News. PyeongChang, Republic of Korea: International Skating Union. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.