Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
| Men's 10.000 metres speed skating at the V Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink | ||||||||||||
| Date | 3 February 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 47 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 17:26.3 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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| 500 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday,3 February 1948. Twenty-seven speed skaters from eleven nations competed.[1]
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Åke Seyffarth Sweden
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Lassi Parkkinen Finland
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Pentti Lammio Finland
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Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.
| World Record | 17:01.5(*) |  Charles Mathiesen
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Hamar (NOR) | 3 March 1940 |
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| Olympic Record | 17:24.3 | Ivar Ballangrud
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) | 14 February 1936 |
(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
Results
[edit]| Place | Athlete | Time |
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| 1 |  Åke Seyffarth (SWE) |
17:26.3 |
| 2 |  Lassi Parkkinen (FIN) |
17:36.0 |
| 3 | Pentti Lammio (FIN) |
17:42.7 |
| 4 |  Kornél Pajor (HUN) |
17:45.6 |
| 5 |  Kees Broekman (NED) |
17:54.7 |
| 6 | Jan Langedijk (NED) |
17:55.3 |
| 7 |  Odd Lundberg (NOR) |
18:05.8 |
| 8 | Harry Jansson (SWE) |
18:08.0 |
| 9 | Rune Hammarström (SWE) |
18:39.6 |
| 10 |  Max Stiepl (AUT) |
19:25.5 |
| 11 |  John Werket (USA) |
19:44.0 |
| 12 |  Pierre Huylebroeck (BEL) |
19:54.8 |
| 13 |  Craig Mackay (CAN) |
20:15.5 |
| 14 | Anton Huiskes (NED) |
20:16.4 |
| 15 | Iván Ruttkay (HUN) |
20:16.5 |
| 16 | János Kilián (HUN) |
20:23.8 |
| 17 | Louis Rupprecht (USA) |
21:20.3 |
| 18 | Art Seaman (USA) |
21:34.8 |
| 19 | Richard Solem (USA) |
26:22.4 |
| – | Göthe Hedlund (SWE) |
DNF |
| Reidar Liaklev (NOR) |
DNF | |
| Kalevi Laitinen (FIN) |
DNF | |
| Henry Wahl (NOR) |
DNF | |
 Johnny Cronshey (GBR) |
DNF | |
| Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) |
DNF | |
| Henry Howes (GBR) |
DNF | |
| – |  Vladimír Kolář (TCH) |
DQ |
References
[edit]- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- Official Olympic Report
- "Results of the 1948 Olympic Games 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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