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Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval
Date15 February 2018
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Winning time12:39.77
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ted-Jan Bloemen  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nicola Tumolero  Italy
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The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea.[1][2][3]

Summary

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The event was won by Ted-Jan Bloemen, the world record holder at this distance. Defending champion Jorrit Bergsma was second, and Nicola Tumolero won the bronze medal. During the competition, first Bergsma and then Bloemen set Olympic records.[4] This was the first skating event at the 2018 Olympics not won by a Dutch skater.[5] For Tumolero, this was his first Olympic medal; for Bloemen the gold followed his silver medal at the 5000 m distance a few days earlier.

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Ivan Dibos, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Nick Thometz, ISU Speed Skating Technical Committee member.


Records

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

World record  Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN) 12:36.30 Salt Lake City, United States 21 November 2015
Olympic record  Jorrit Bergsma (NED) 12:44.45 Sochi, Russia 18 February 2014
Track record  Sven Kramer (NED) 12:38.89 11 February 2017

The following record was set during this competition.[4]

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
15 February Pair 5 Ted-Jan Bloemen  Canada 12:39.77 OR

OR = Olympic record

Results

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The race was held at 20:00, local time (UTC+9).[4]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 O Ted-Jan Bloemen  Canada 12:39.77 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 I Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands 12:41.98 +2.21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 I Nicola Tumolero  Italy 12:54.32 +14.55
4 3 O Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea 12:55.54 +15.77
5 2 O Jordan Belchos  Canada 12:59.51 +19.74
6 6 O Sven Kramer  Netherlands 13:01.02 +21.25
7 6 I Patrick Beckert  Germany 13:01.94 +22.17
8 1 O Bart Swings  Belgium 13:03.53 +23.76
9 3 I Moritz Geisreiter  Germany 13:06.35 +26.58
10 1 I Ryousuke Tsuchiya  Japan 13:10.31 +30.54
11 2 I Håvard Bøkko  Norway 13:17.47 +37.70
12 4 O Davide Ghiotto  Italy 13:27.09 +47.32

References

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  1. ^ "Venues". PyeongChang 2018. Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Competition Schedule". Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ^ Speed Skating – Men's 10,000m – Start List (PDF), Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics, 14 February 2018, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018, retrieved 15 February 2018
  4. ^ a b c Speed Skating – Men's 10,000m – Results (PDF), Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics, 15 February 2018, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2018, retrieved 15 February 2018
  5. ^ "Bloemen hands Canada speed skating gold". OWG Speed Skating News. PyeongChang, Republic of Korea: International Skating Union. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.