Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres

Men's 10000 metres
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 23
Competitors24 from 13 nations
Winning time14:28.13
Medalists
 Eric Heiden  United States
 Piet Kleine  Netherlands
 Tom Erik Oxholm  Norway
Speed skating at the
1980 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 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 23 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1]

Records

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

World record  Viktor Lyoskin (URS) 14:34.33 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 3 April 1977
Olympic record  Piet Kleine (NED) 14:50.59 Innsbruck, Austria 14 February 1976

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

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
23 February Pair 1 Tom Erik Oxholm Norway 14:36.60 OR
23 February Pair 2 Eric Heiden United States 14:28.13 OR WR

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Eric Heiden United States 14:28.13 WR
2nd Piet Kleine Netherlands 14:36.03
3rd Tom Erik Oxholm Norway 14:36.60
4 Mike Woods United States 14:39.53
5 Øyvind Tveter Norway 14:43.53
6 Hilbert van der Duim Netherlands 14:47.58
7 Viktor Lyoskin Soviet Union 14:51.72
8 Andreas Ehrig East Germany 14:51.94
9 Yasuhiro Shimizu Japan 14:57.48
10 Sergey Berezin Soviet Union 15:04.68
11 Yep Kramer Netherlands 15:04.79
12 Tomas Gustafson Sweden 15:05.18
13 Alf Rekstad Norway 15:05.70
14 Örjan Sandler Sweden 15:11.52
15 Andreas Dietel East Germany 15:15.03
16 Dmitry Ogloblin Soviet Union 15:20.14
17 Masahiko Yamamoto Japan 15:26.92
18 Colin Coates Australia 15:28.30
19 Pertti Niittylä Finland 15:29.98
20 Andrei Erdely Romania 15:31.73
21 Ulf Ekstrand Sweden 15:33.42
22 Maurizio Marchetto Italy 15:56.73
23 Na Yun-Su South Korea 16:00.41
24 John French Great Britain 16:17.56
- Craig Kressler United States DNF

References

  1. 1 2 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. 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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