Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres

10000 metres
at the I Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for Speed skating
VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
DatesJanuary 27
Competitors16 from 6 nations
Winning time18:04.8
Medalists
   Finland
   Finland
   Norway
Speed skating
at the
1924 Winter Olympics
500 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10000 m men
All-round men

The 10000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924.

Sixteen speed skaters from six nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Julius Skutnabb
Finland (FIN)
 Clas Thunberg
Finland (FIN)
 Roald Larsen
Norway (NOR)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World Record 17:22.6(*) Norway Oscar Mathisen Kristiania (NOR) February 1, 1913
Olympic Record -

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

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Julius Skutnabb (FIN) 18:04.8
2  Clas Thunberg (FIN) 18:07.8
3  Roald Larsen (NOR) 18:12.2
4  Fridtjof Paulsen (NOR) 18:13.0
5  Harald Strøm (NOR) 18:18.6
6  Sigurd Moen (NOR) 18:19.0
7  Léonhard Quaglia (FRA) 18:25.0
8  Valentine Bialas (USA) 18:34.0
9  Richard Donovan (USA) 18:57.0
10  Asser Wallenius (FIN) 19:03.8
11  Alberts Rumba (LAT) 19:14.6
12  Joe Moore (USA) 19:36.2
13  Harry Kaskey (USA) 19:45.2
14  Leon Jucewicz (POL) 20:40.8
15  André Gegout (FRA) 21:03.4
 George de Wilde (FRA) DNF

References

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