Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 10,000 metres
Games:	1998 Winter
Venue:	M-Wave
Dates:	17 February
Competitors:	16
Nations:	9
Win Value:	13:15.33 WR
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Gianni Romme
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Bob de Jong
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Rintje Ritsma
Bronzenoc:	NED
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the M-Wave arena.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

The following new world record was set during this competition.

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Time Behind	Notes
	7	o			13:15.33	-	(WR)
	7	i			13:25.76	+10.43
	8	i			13:28.19	+12.86
4	8	o			13:29.69	+14.36
5	6	o			13:35.95	+20.62
6	6	i			13:36.58	+21.25
7	3	o			13:42.94	+27.61
8	1	o			13:44.03	+28.70
9	4	i			13:46.85	+31.52
10	2	o			13:48.44	+33.11
11	5	i			13:52.10	+36.77
12	3	i			13:52.30	+36.97
13	1	i			13:54.57	+39.24
14	5	o			13:57.45	+42.12
15	4	o			14:09.90	+54.57
16	2	i			14:12.00	+56.67

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . 29 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . 26 February 2008 .
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224649/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/mens-10000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 November 2019.
3. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.
4. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.