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

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]

Men's 10,000 metres speed skating
at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueRiessersee
Date14 February 1936
Competitors30 from 14 nations
Winning time17:24.3 OR
Medalists
Ivar Ballangrud  Norway
Birger Wasenius  Finland
Max Stiepl  Austria
Speed skating at the
1936 Winter Olympics
500 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Ivar Ballangrud
 Norway		 Birger Wasenius
 Finland		 Max Stiepl
 Austria

Records

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

World Record 17:17.4(*) Armand Carlsen Davos (SUI) 5 February 1928
Olympic Record 18:04.8 Julius Skutnabb Chamonix (FRA) 27 January 1924
17:56.2(**) Alexander Hurd Lake 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 Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)17:24.3
2 Birger Wasenius (FIN)17:28.2
3 Max Stiepl (AUT)17:30.0
4 Charles Mathiesen (NOR)17:41.2
5 Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)17:42.4
6 Jan Langedijk (NED)17:43.7
7 Antero Ojala (FIN)17:46.6
8 Eddie Schroeder (USA)17:52.0
9 Janusz Kalbarczyk (POL)17:54.0
10 Michael Staksrud (NOR)17:56.7
11 Karl Wazulek (AUT)17:57.1
12 Willy Sandner (GER)18:02.0
13 Seien Kin (JPN)18:02.7
14 László Hidvéghy (HUN)18:04.0
15 Heinz Sames (GER)18:04.3
16 Dolf van der Scheer (NED)18:04.9
17 Roelof Koops (NED)18:11.5
18 Edward Wangberg (NOR)18:15.8
19 Alfons Bērziņš (LAT)18:22.5
20 Lou Dijkstra (NED)18:23.6
21 Thomas White (CAN)18:25.3
22 Axel Johansson (SWE)18:38.2
23 Arvīds Lejnieks (LAT)18:41.2
24 Wilhelm Löwinger (AUT)18:46.5
25 Seitoku Ri (JPN)18:50.3
26 Yushoku Cho (JPN)19:00.1
27 Franz Ortner (AUT)19:19.1
28 Charles De Ligne (BEL)23:32.9
– Robert Petersen (USA)DNF
 Aleksander Mitt (EST)DNF

References
  1. "Speed Skating at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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