Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.[1][2]

Men's 10,000 metres speed skating at the X Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'Anneau de Vitesse
Date	17 February 1968
Competitors	28 from 13 nations
Winning time	15:23.6 OR
Medalists
Johnny Höglin  Sweden Fred Anton Maier  Norway Örjan Sandler  Sweden

Records

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

World record	Fred Anton Maier (NOR)	15:20.3	Oslo, Norway	28 January 1968
Olympic record	Knut Johannesen (NOR)	15:46.6	Squaw Valley, United States	27 February 1960

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
17 February	Johnny Höglin (SWE)	15:23.6	OR

Results

[1]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Johnny Höglin	Sweden	15:23.6	OR
	Fred Anton Maier	Norway	15:23.9
	Örjan Sandler	Sweden	15:31.8
4	Per Willy Guttormsen	Norway	15:32.6
5	Kees Verkerk	Netherlands	15:33.9
6	Jonny Nilsson	Sweden	15:39.6
7	Magne Thomassen	Norway	15:44.9
8	Peter Nottet	Netherlands	15:54.7
9	Valery Lavrushkin	Soviet Union	15:54.8
10	Stanislav Selyanin	Soviet Union	15:56.4
11	Günter Traub	West Germany	16:01.3
12	Jouko Launonen	Finland	16:02.1
13	Jan Bols	Netherlands	16:09.5
14	Kimmo Koskinen	Finland	16:15.7
15	Paul Enock	Canada	16:21.2
16	Anatoly Mashkov	Soviet Union	16:22.1
17	Hermann Strutz	Austria	16:24.9
18	Jürgen Traub	West Germany	16:33.8
19	Renato De Riva	Italy	16:39.5
20	Raimo Hietala	Finland	16:45.9
21	Bill Lanigan	United States	16:50.1
22	Yoshiaki Demachi	Japan	16:54.6
23	Bob Hodges	Canada	17:01.9
24	Giancarlo Gloder	Italy	17:03.2
25	Bill Cox	United States	17:08.2
26	François Perrenoud	France	17:10.2
27	György Ivánkai	Hungary	17:36.2
28	Hirofumi Otsuka	Japan	17:38.8

References

1. "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.