Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 7 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.[1][2]

Men's 10,000 metres
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueMakomanai Open Stadium
Dates7 February
Competitors24 from 14 nations
Winning time15:01.35 OR
Medalists
Ard Schenk
 Netherlands
Kees Verkerk
 Netherlands
Sten Stensen
 Norway
Speed skating at the
1972 Winter Olympics
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record Ard Schenk (NED)14:55.9Inzell, West Germany14 March 1971
Olympic record Johnny Höglin (SWE)15:23.6Grenoble, France17 February 1968

The following new World and Olympic records was set during the competition.

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
7 FebruaryPair 2Sten Stensen Norway15:07.08OR
7 FebruaryPair 8Kees Verkerk Netherlands15:04.70OR
7 FebruaryPair 12Ard Schenk Netherlands15:01.35OR

Results

[1]

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Ard Schenk Netherlands15:01.35OR
Kees Verkerk Netherlands15:04.70
Sten Stensen Norway15:07.08
4Jan Bols Netherlands15:17.99
5Valery Lavrushkin Soviet Union15:20.08
6Göran Claeson Sweden15:30.19
7Kimmo Koskinen Finland15:38.87
8Gerd Zimmermann West Germany15:43.92
9Dan Carroll United States15:44.41
10Kiyomi Ito Japan15:48.17
11Per Willy Guttormsen Norway15:48.71
12Osamu Naito Japan15:52.93
13Dag Fornæss Norway15:53.33
14Kevin Sirois Canada15:58.61
15Örjan Sandler Sweden16:04.90
16Bruno Toniolli Italy16:14.52
17Giancarlo Gloder Italy16:21.42
18Colin Coates Australia16:29.94
19Jouko Salakka Finland16:35.64
20David Hampton Great Britain16:39.01
21Clark King United States16:39.82
22Richard Tourne France16:48.70
23John Blewitt Great Britain16:51.50
24Luvsansharavyn Tsend Mongolia17:15.34

References
  1. "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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