Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 18 February 2014.[1]

Men's 10,000 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Honoring of the medalists in the Holland Heineken House
VenueAdler Arena Skating Center
Date18 February 2014
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Winning time12:44.45
Medalists
Jorrit Bergsma
 Netherlands
Sven Kramer
 Netherlands
Bob de Jong
 Netherlands
Speed skating at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
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1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
Team pursuitmenwomen

Qualification

A total of sixteen speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of three skaters per country. The top 10 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional six spots were awarded based on a time ranking of the World Cup 10,000 metres race in Astana. A reserve list was also made.[2]

By virtue of Shane Dobbin's top eight classification at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 10000 metres in the pre-olympic season, New Zealand was given a wildcard at the expense of number 16 Jordan Belchos of Canada.

Records

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

World record Sven Kramer (NED)12:41.69Salt Lake City, United States10 March 2007
Olympic record Lee Seung-hoon (KOR)12:58.55Vancouver, Canada23 February 2010

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was set by Jorrit Bergsma at 12:57.69.[3][4]

The following records were set during this competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2014 Winter Olympics
DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
18 FebruaryPair 6Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands12:44.45OR, TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

During the Olympics, the Norwegian speed skaters Håvard Bøkko and Sverre Lunde Pedersen, who were all on the original start list, decided not to start the 10,000 meters to focus on the team pursuit that would be held a few days later. Norwegian speed skater Simen Spieler Nilsen, on the reserve list for the 10,000 meter, did not start for the same reason.[5] Russian speed skater Ivan Skobrev and French Alexis Contin also did not start. The open places were taken by Moritz Geisreiter, Patrick Meek and Sebastian Druszkiewicz.[6]

The races were started at 17:00.[7]

Gold medalist Jorrit Bergsma
Silver medalist Sven Kramer
Bronze medalist Bob de Jong (left)
RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
6OJorrit Bergsma Netherlands12:44.45—OR, TR
7OSven Kramer Netherlands12:49.02+4.57
5IBob de Jong Netherlands13:07.19+22.74
47ILee Seung-hoon South Korea13:11.68+27.23
56IBart Swings Belgium13:13.99+29.54
64OPatrick Beckert Germany13:14.26+29.81
72OShane Dobbin New Zealand13:16.42+31.97
82IMoritz Geisreiter Germany13:20.26+35.81
93IYevgeny Seryayev Russia13:28.61+44.16
103OEmery Lehman United States13:28.67+44.22
111OPatrick Meek United States13:28.72+44.27
124IDmitry Babenko Kazakhstan13:33.18+48.73
135OAlexej Baumgärtner Germany13:44.39+59.94
141ISebastian Druszkiewicz Poland13:45.31+1:00.86

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

References
  1. "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's 10000 m". SOOC. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of December 9, 2013 Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Essent ISU World Single Distances Championships 2013: Result 10000m Men". ISU. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  4. "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  5. "Skobrev, Norwegians pull out of men's 10,000". AP. 16 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  6. "Noren niet op tien kilometer" (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl. 16 February 2014.
  7. Final Results
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