Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Speed skating at the Olympics
Men's 10,000 metres
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueOlympic Oval
Dates21 February
Competitors32 from 19 nations
Winning time13:48.20 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tomas Gustafson
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Hadschieff
 Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Visser
 Netherlands
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The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the Olympic Oval. 32 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Tomas Gustafson
 Sweden 		Michael Hadschieff
 Austria 		Leo Visser
 Netherlands

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record  Geir Karlstad (NOR) 13:48.51 Calgary, Canada 6 December 1987
Olympic record  Eric Heiden (USA) 14:28.13 Lake Placid, United States 23 February 1980

The following new Olympic and World records were set during the competition:

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
21 February Pair 1 Yury Klyuyev  Soviet Union 14:09.68 OR
21 February Pair 2 Gerard Kemkers  Netherlands 14:08.34 OR
21 February Pair 4 Leo Visser  Netherlands 14:00.55 OR
21 February Pair 5 Michael Hadschieff  Austria 13:56.11 OR
21 February Pair 9 Tomas Gustafson  Sweden 13:48.20 OR WR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time Behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 o Tomas Gustafson  Sweden 13:48.20 – (WR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 i Michael Hadschieff  Austria 13:56.11 +7.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 i Leo Visser  Netherlands 14:00.55 +12.35
4 10 o Eric Flaim  United States 14:05.57 +17.37
5 2 o Gerard Kemkers  Netherlands 14.08,34 f +20.14
6 1 o Yury Klyuyev  Soviet Union 14:09.68 +21.48
7 16 i Roberto Sighel  Italy 14:13.60 +25.40
8 9 i Roland Freier  East Germany 14:19.16 +30.98
9 6 o Sergey Berezin  Soviet Union 14:20.48 +32.28
10 3 o Ben Lamarche  Canada 14:21.39 +33.19
11 5 o Herbert Dijkstra  Netherlands 14:22.53 +34.33
12 11 i Joakim Karlberg  Sweden 14:22.94 +34.74
13 14 o Bruno Milesi  Italy 14:23.84 +35.64
14 7 i Dave Silk  United States 14:25.56 +37.36
15 7 o Pertti Niittylä  Finland 14:26.57 +38.37
16 15 i Jiří Kyncl  Czechoslovakia 14:27.32 +39.12
17 12 i Timo Järvinen  Finland 14:27.69 +39.49
18 2 i Aleksandr Mozin  Soviet Union 14:28.91 +40.71
19 3 i Christian Eminger  Austria 14:30.21 +42.01
20 14 i Gordon Goplen  Canada 14:31.18 +42.98
21 4 o Frode Syvertsen  Norway 14:32.08 +43.88
22 13 o Kim Gwan-gyu  South Korea 14:34.65 +46.45
23 11 o Hans van Helden  France 14:34.84 +46.64
24 8 o Toru Aoyanagi  Japan 14:34.87 +46.67
25 10 i Jeff Klaiber  United States 14:38.60 +50.40
26 16 o Colin Coates  Australia 14:41.88 +53.68
27 1 i Hansjörg Baltes  West Germany 14:45.41 +57.21
28 8 i Yoshiyuki Shimizu  Japan 14:47.21 +59.01
29 13 i Lu Shuhai  China 14:49.52 +1:01.32
30 15 o Julian Green  Great Britain 14:59.53 +1:11.33
– 6 i Geir Karlstad  Norway dnf, f –
– 12 o Song Yong-hun  North Korea dsq
[14:33,41]		 –

References

  1. ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ "10 000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ "10 000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 October 2016.