Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres speed skating; at the VI Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Bislett Stadium
Date	19 February 1952
Competitors	30 from 12 nations
Winning time	16:45.8 OR
Medalists

The 10,000 metre speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. It was the last speed skating contest at this Games. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 19, 1952, at 10 a.m..

Thirty speed skaters from 12 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hjalmar Andersen Norway	Kees Broekman Netherlands	Carl-Erik Asplund Sweden

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record	16:32.6(*)	Hjalmar Andersen	Hamar (NOR)	February 10, 1952
Olympic Record	17:24.3	Ivar Ballangrud	Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)	February 14, 1936

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

Four speed skaters were faster than the standing Olympic record. Hjalmar Andersen set a new Olympic record with 16:45.8 minutes.

Yoshiyasu Gomi fell once and Egbert van 't Oever fell twice. Ingar Nordlund and Johnny Werket gave up.

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Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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