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Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Dates
  
February 19

Winning time
  
16:45.8

Venue
  
Bislett Stadium

Competitors
  
30 from 12 nations

Start date
  
1952

Location
  
Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway

The 10,000-metre speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. It was the last speed skating contest at this Games. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 19, 1952, at 10 a.m..

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Thirty speed skaters from 12 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

Four speed skaters were faster than the standing Olympic record. Hjalmar Andersen set a new Olympic record with 16:45.8 minutes.

Results

Yoshiyasu Gomi fell once and Egbert van 't Oever fell twice. Ingar Nordlund and Johnny Werket gave up.

References

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres Wikipedia