Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres explained

The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 18 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Time behind
	4	o	14:39.90	-
	2	i	14:39.95	+0.05
	3	i	14:46.91	+7.01
4	2	o	14:52.40	+12.50
5	9	i	14:53.78	+13.88
6	6	i	14:55.65	+15.75
7	11	o	14:57.30	+17.40
8	3	o	14:57.81	+17.91
9	7	o	14:59.89	+19.99
10	1	o	15:01.24	+21.34
11	9	o	15:03.76	+23.86
12	7	i	15:07.59	+27.69
13	4	i	15:08.34	+28.44
14	5	i	15:11.10	+31.20
15	11	i	15:12.90	+33.00
16	1	i	15:14.33	+34.43
17	5	o	15:14.45	+34.55
18	15	i	15:15.18	+35.28
19	16	o	15:18.19	+38.29
20	8	o	15:19.77	+39.27
21	12	i	15:21.24	+41.34
22	12	o	15:21.73	+41.83
23	16	i	15:23.37	+43.47
24	15	o	15:23.95	+44.05
25	11	i	15:26.10	+46.20
26	6	o	15:31.70	+51.80
27	14	o	15:34.48	+54.58
28	8	i	15:40.74	+1:00.84
29	14	i	15:45.19	+1:05.29
30	12	o	15:46.37	+1:06.47
31	13	i	15:59.65	+1:19.75
32	10	o	16:01.89	+1:21.99

Web site: Sarajevo 1984 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. 1984. 29 January 2014.
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181709/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/mens-10000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 2 November 2019.
Web site: 10 000m Men World Record Progression. International Skating Union. 1 November 2016.
Web site: 10 000m Men Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. 1 November 2016.