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

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]

Men's 10,000 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval
Date15 February 2018
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Winning time12:39.77
Medalists
Ted-Jan Bloemen  Canada
Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands
Nicola Tumolero  Italy
Speed skating at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
Mass startmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen

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]

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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
5OTed-Jan Bloemen Canada12:39.77—OR
4IJorrit Bergsma Netherlands12:41.98+2.21
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. 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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