Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Gangneung Oval
Date 15 February 2018
Competitors 12 from 8 nations
Winning time 12:39.77
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ted-Jan Bloemen  Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Nicola Tumolero  Italy

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]

Summary

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

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.

World record Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN)12:36.30Salt Lake City, United States21 November 2015
Olympic record Jorrit Bergsma (NED)12:44.45Sochi, Russia18 February 2014
Track record Sven Kramer (NED)12:38.8911 February 2017

The following record was set during this competition.[4]

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
15 FebruaryPair 5Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada12:39.77OR

OR = Olympic record

Results

The race was held at 20:00, local time (UTC+9).[4]

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5OTed-Jan Bloemen Canada12:39.77—OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)4IJorrit Bergsma Netherlands12:41.98+2.21
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5INicola Tumolero Italy12:54.32+14.55
43OLee Seung-hoon South Korea12:55.54+15.77
52OJordan Belchos Canada12:59.51+19.74
66OSven Kramer Netherlands13:01.02+21.25
76IPatrick Beckert Germany13:01.94+22.17
81OBart Swings Belgium13:03.53+23.76
93IMoritz Geisreiter Germany13:06.35+26.58
101IRyousuke Tsuchiya Japan13:10.31+30.54
112IHåvard Bøkko Norway13:17.47+37.70
124ODavide Ghiotto Italy13:27.09+47.32

References

  1. ↑ "Venues". PyeongChang 2018. Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Competition Schedule". Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Speed Skating – Men's 10,000m – Start List (PDF), Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics, 14 February 2018, retrieved 15 February 2018
  4. 1 2 3 Speed Skating – Men's 10,000m – Results (PDF), Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics, 15 February 2018, retrieved 15 February 2018
  5. ↑ "Bloemen hands Canada speed skating gold". OWG Speed Skating News. PyeongChang, Republic of Korea: International Skating Union. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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