Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres

Men's 10000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueUtah Olympic Oval
DatesFebruary 22
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Winning time12:58.92
Medalists
 Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands
 Gianni Romme  Netherlands
 Lasse Sætre  Norway
Speed skating at the
2002 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10000 m men

The Men's 10000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Two-time gold medal winner Gianni Romme won a silver in the 10000, while Jochem Uytdehaage wins with a world record time, becoming the first man to break the 13-minute barrier.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Gianni Romme (NED) 13:03.40 Heerenveen, Netherlands 26 January 2000 [1]
Olympic record  Gianni Romme (NED) 13:15.33 Nagano, Japan 17 February 1998 [1]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date[1] Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
22 February Pair 2 Gianni Romme Netherlands 13:10.03 OR
22 February Pair 4 Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands 12:58.92 OR WR

Results

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time Behind Notes
1st 4 Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands 12:58.92 - WR
2nd 2 Gianni Romme Netherlands 13:10.03 +11.11
3rd 8 Lasse Sætre Norway 13:16.92 +18.00
4 5 Keiji Shirahata Japan 13:20.40 +21.48
5 7 Jens Boden Germany 13:23.43 +24.51
6 1 Dmitry Shepel Russia 13:23.83 +24.91
7 1 Roberto Sighel Italy 13:26.19 +27.27
8 7 Kjell Storelid Norway 13:27.24 +28.32
9 3 Bart Veldkamp Belgium 13:27.48 +28.56
10 8 Frank Dittrich Germany 13:28.73 +29.81
11 6 Toshihiko Itokawa Japan 13:31.96 +33.04
12 3 Jason Hedstrand United States 13:32.99 +34.07
13 4 Derek Parra United States 13:33.44 +34.52
14 5 Pawel Zygmunt Poland 13:35.50 +36.58
15 6 Bob de Jong Netherlands 13:48.93 +50.01
16 2 Dustin Molicki Canada 13:54.49 +55.57

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
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