Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres explained

Event:Men's 10,000 metres speed skating
Games:1936 Winter
Venue:Riessersee
Date:14 February 1936
Competitors:30
Nations:14
Win Value:17:24.3 OR
Gold:Ivar Ballangrud
Goldnoc:NOR
Silver:Birger Wasenius
Silvernoc:FIN
Bronze:Max Stiepl
Bronzenoc:AUT
Prev:1932
Next:1948

The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, 14 February 1936. Thirty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.

World Record17:17.4(*) Armand CarlsenDavos (SUI)5 February 1928
Olympic Record18:04.8 Julius SkutnabbChamonix (FRA)27 January 1924
17:56.2(**) Alexander HurdLake Placid (USA)6 February 1932

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

(**) This time was set in pack-style format, having all competitors skate at the same time.

Fifteen speed skaters bettered the twelve years old Olympic record. At first Charles Mathiesen bettered the old record in the first pair with a time of 17:41.2 minutes, then Max Stiepl set a new record with 17:30.0 minutes. Finally Ivar Ballangrud set a new Olympic record with 17:24.3 minutes.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1 17:24.3
2 17:28.2
3 17:30.0
4 17:41.2
5 17:42.4
6 17:43.7
7 17:46.6
8 17:52.0
9 17:54.0
10 17:56.7
11 17:57.1
12 18:02.0
13 18:02.7
14 18:04.0
15 18:04.3
16 18:04.9
17 18:11.5
18 18:15.8
19 18:22.5
20 18:23.6
21 18:25.3
22 18:38.2
23 18:41.2
24 18:46.5
25 18:50.3
26 19:00.1
27 19:19.1
28 23:32.9
DNF
DNF

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181248/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1936/SSK/mens-10000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 23 October 2019.