Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres

Men's 10000 metres
at the X Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'Anneau de Vitesse
DatesFebruary 17
Competitors28 from 13 nations
Winning time15:23.6
Medalists
   Sweden
   Norway
   Sweden
Speed skating at the
1968 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10000 m men

The men's 10000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Fred Anton Maier (NOR) 15:20.3 Oslo, Norway 28 January 1968
Olympic record  Knut Johannesen (NOR) 15:46.6 Squaw Valley, United States 27 February 1960

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
17 February  Johnny Höglin (SWE) 15:23.6 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Johnny Höglin Sweden 15:23.6 OR
2nd Fred Anton Maier Norway 15:23.9
3rd Örjan Sandler Sweden 15:31.8
4 Per Willy Guttormsen Norway 15:32.6
5 Kees Verkerk Netherlands 15:33.9
6 Jonny Nilsson Sweden 15:39.6
7 Magne Thomassen Norway 15:44.9
8 Peter Nottet Netherlands 15:54.7
9 Valery Lavrushkin Soviet Union 15:54.8
10 Stanislav Selyanin Soviet Union 15:56.4
11 Günter Traub West Germany 16:01.3
12 Jouko Launonen Finland 16:02.1
13 Jan Bols Netherlands 16:09.5
14 Kimmo Koskinen Finland 16:15.7
15 Paul Enock Canada 16:21.2
16 Anatoly Mashkov Soviet Union 16:22.1
17 Hermann Strutz Austria 16:24.9
18 Jürgen Traub West Germany 16:33.8
19 Renato De Riva Italy 16:39.5
20 Raimo Hietala Finland 16:45.9
21 Bill Lanigan United States 16:50.1
22 Yoshiaki Demachi Japan 16:54.6
23 Bob Hodges Canada 17:01.9
24 Giancarlo Gloder Italy 17:03.2
25 Bill Cox United States 17:08.2
26 François Perrenoud France 17:10.2
27 György Ivánkai Hungary 17:36.2
28 Hirofumi Otsuka Japan 17:38.8

References

  1. 1 2 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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