Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres

Men's 10000 metres
at the XII Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
DatesFebruary 14
Competitors20 from 12 nations
Winning time14:50.59
Medalists
 Piet Kleine  Netherlands
 Sten Stensen  Norway
 Hans van Helden  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
1976 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10000 m men

The men's 10000 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.[1]

Records

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

World record  Sten Stensen (NOR) 14:50.31 Oslo, Norway 25 January 1976
Olympic record  Ard Schenk (NED) 15:01.35 Sapporo, Japan 7 February 1972

The following new world and olympic records was set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
14 February Pair 3 Sten Stensen Norway 14:53.30 OR
14 February Pair 8 Piet Kleine Netherlands 14:50.59 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Piet Kleine Netherlands 14:50.59 OR
2nd Sten Stensen Norway 14:53.30
3rd Hans van Helden Netherlands 15:02.02
4 Viktor Varlamov Soviet Union 15:06.06
5 Örjan Sandler Sweden 15:16.21
6 Colin Coates Australia 15:16.80
7 Dan Carroll United States 15:19.29
8 Franz Krienbühl Switzerland 15:36.43
9 Olavi Köppä Finland 15:39.73
10 Amund Sjøbrend Norway 15:43.29
11 Sergey Marchuk Soviet Union 15:43.81
12 Mike Woods United States 15:53.42
13 Lennart Carlsson Sweden 15:53.89
14 Jan Egil Storholt Norway 16:06.37
15 Vladimir Ivanov Soviet Union 16:16.20
16 Masahiko Yamamoto Japan 16:20.83
17 Maurizio Marchetto Italy 16:22.55
18 Geoff Sandys Great Britain 16:26.27
19 Charles Gilmore United States 16:26.35
20 Hubert Gundolf Austria 17:52.43

References

  1. 1 2 "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. 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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