Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres speed skating; at the II Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date	14 February 1928
Competitors	10 from 6 nations

The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.

Ten speed skaters from six nations competed. The competition was cancelled in the fifth heat because of thawing ice.

Medalists

No medals were awarded as the competition was abandoned.

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Winter Olympics.

World Record	17:17.4(*)	Armand Carlsen	Davos (SUI)	February 5, 1928
Olympic Record	18:04.8	Julius Skutnabb	Chamonix (FRA)	January 27, 1924

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

Heat 1

Place	Name	Time
1	Irving Jaffee (USA)	18:36.5
2	Bernt Evensen (NOR)	18:36.6

Heat 2

Place	Name	Time
1	Rudolf Riedl (AUT)	20:21.5
2	Kęstutis Bulota (LTU)	20:22.2

Heat 3

Place	Name	Time
1	Otto Polacsek (AUT)	20:00.9
–	Roald Larsen (NOR)	DNF

Heat 4

Place	Name	Time
1	Armand Carlsen (NOR)	20:56.1
2	Valentine Bialas (USA)	21:05.4

Heat 5

This heat was abandoned after 2000 metres due to thawing ice.

Place	Name	Time
–	Gustaf Andersson (SWE)	-
–	Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)	-

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Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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