Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres

10000 metres at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Speed skating
Venue	Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Dates	February 19
Competitors	30 from 12 nations
Winning time	16:45.8
Medalists
Hjalmar Andersen   Norway   Kees Broekman   Netherlands   Carl-Erik Asplund   Sweden

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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The 10000-metre speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. It was the last speed skating contest at this Games. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 19, 1952, at 10 a.m..

Thirty speed skaters from 12 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hjalmar Andersen Norway (NOR)	Kees Broekman Netherlands (NED)	Carl-Erik Asplund Sweden (SWE)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

World Record	16:32.6(*)	Hjalmar Andersen	Hamar (NOR)	February 10, 1952
Olympic Record	17:24.3	Ivar Ballangrud	Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)	February 14, 1936

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

Four speed skaters were faster than the standing Olympic record. Hjalmar Andersen set a new Olympic record with 16:45.8 minutes.

Results

Place	Speed skater	Time
1	Hjalmar Andersen (NOR)	16:45.8 OR
2	Kees Broekman (NED)	17:10.6
3	Carl-Erik Asplund (SWE)	17:16.6
4	Pentti Lammio (FIN)	17:20.5
5	Anton Huiskes (NED)	17:25.5
6	Sverre Haugli (NOR)	17:30.2
7	Kazuhiko Sugawara (JPN)	17:34.0
8	Lassi Parkkinen (FIN)	17:36.8
9	Göthe Hedlund (SWE)	17:39.2
10	John Hearn (GBR)	17:41.5
11	Arthur Mannsbarth (AUT)	17:44.2
12	Kauko Salomaa (FIN)	17:49.6
13	Sigvard Ericsson (SWE)	17:52.8
14	Yoshiyasu Gomi (JPN)	17:53.0
15	Norman Holwell (GBR)	18:02.4
16	Pat McNamara (USA)	18:08.7
17	József Merényi (HUN)	18:09.0
18	Yngvar Karlsen (NOR)	18:10.6
19	Egbert van 't Oever (NED)	18:20.8
20	Gunnar Hallkvist (SWE)	18:20.9
21	Ralf Olin (CAN)	18:22.8
22	Theo Meding (GER)	18:24.4
23	Matti Tuomi (FIN)	18:25.5
24	Craig MacKay (CAN)	18:27.4
25	Al Broadhurst (USA)	18:44.2
26	Franz Offenberger (AUT)	19:04.2
27	Chuck Burke (USA)	19:07.1
28	Guido Caroli (ITA)	19:13.6
—	Ingar Nordlund (NOR)	DNF
	Johnny Werket (USA)	DNF

Yoshiyasu Gomi fell once and Egbert van 't Oever fell twice. Ingar Nordlund and Johnny Werket gave up.

References

• Official Olympic Report
• sports-reference
• "Results of the 1952 Olympic Games 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.