Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 10,000 metres
Games:	1980 Winter
Venue:	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates:	February 23
Competitors:	24
Nations:	13
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	14:28.13 WR
Gold:	Eric Heiden
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Piet Kleine
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Tom Erik Oxholm
Bronzenoc:	NOR
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 23 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The following new Olympic and World records was set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
23 February	Pair 1			14:36.60	OR
23 February	Pair 2			14:28.13	OR	WR

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Time behind
	2	i	14:28.13
	6	i	14:36.03
	1	o	14:36.60
4	1	i	14:39.53	+11.40
5	3	o	14:43.53	+15.40
6	3	i	14:47.58	+19.45
7	2	o	14:51.72	+23.59
8	8	o	14:51.94	+23.80
9	4	o	14:57.48	+29.35
10	9	i	15:04.68	+36.55
11	5	o	15:04.79	+36.66
12	6	o	15:05.18	+37.05
13	4	i	15:05.70	+37.57
14	7	i	15:11.52	+43.39
15	10	i	15:15.03	+46.90
16	10	o	15:20.14	+52.01
17	5	i	15:26.92	+58.79
18	7	o	15:28.30	+1:00.17
19	11	i	15:29.98	+1:01.85
20	12	i	15:31.73	+1:03.60
21	9	o	15:33.42	+1:05.29
22	12	o	15:56.73	+1:28,60
23	13	o	16:00.41	+1:32,28
24	11	i	16:17.56	1:49.43
-	6	i	DNF

Web site: The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results. LA84 Foundation. Lake Placid Organizing Committee. 1980. January 29, 2014.
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417120410/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/SSK/mens-10000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 1 November 2019.
Web site: 10 000m Men World Record Progression. International Skating Union. November 2, 2016.
Web site: 10 000m Men Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. November 2, 2016.