Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres

Men's 10000 metres
at the XI Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueMakomanai Open Stadium
DatesFebruary 7
Competitors24 from 14 nations
Winning time15:01.35
Medalists
 Ard Schenk  Netherlands
 Kees Verkerk  Netherlands
 Sten Stensen  Norway
Speed skating at the
1972 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 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 7 February, at the Makomanai Open Stadium.[1]

Records

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

World record  Ard Schenk (NED) 14:55.9 Oslo, Norway 25 January 1972
Olympic record  Johnny Höglin (SWE) 15:23.6 Grenoble, France 17 February 1968

The following new World and Olympic records was set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
7 February Pair 2 Sten Stensen Norway 15:07.08 OR
7 February Pair 8 Kees Verkerk Netherlands 15:04.70 OR
7 February Pair 12 Ard Schenk Netherlands 15:01.35 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Ard Schenk Netherlands 15:01.35 OR
2nd Kees Verkerk Netherlands 15:04.70
3rd Sten Stensen Norway 15:07.08
4 Jan Bols Netherlands 15:17.99
5 Valery Lavrushkin Soviet Union 15:20.08
6 Göran Claeson Sweden 15:30.19
7 Kimmo Koskinen Finland 15:38.87
8 Gerd Zimmermann West Germany 15:43.92
9 Dan Carroll United States 15:44.41
10 Kiyomi Ito Japan 15:48.17
11 Per Willy Guttormsen Norway 15:48.71
12 Osamu Naito Japan 15:52.93
13 Dag Fornæss Norway 15:53.33
14 Kevin Sirois Canada 15:58.61
15 Örjan Sandler Sweden 16:04.90
16 Bruno Toniolli Italy 16:14.52
17 Giancarlo Gloder Italy 16:21.42
18 Colin Coates Australia 16:29.94
19 Jouko Salakka Finland 16:35.64
20 David Hampton Great Britain 16:39.01
21 Clark King United States 16:39.82
22 Richard Tourne France 16:48.70
23 John Blewitt Great Britain 16:51.50
24 Luvsansharavyn Tsend Mongolia 17:15.34

References

  1. 1 2 "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. 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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