The 10000 metres speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held on Tuesday, February 11, 1936, Wednesday, February 12, 1936, Thursday, February 13, 1936, and on Friday, February 14, 1936.-Medal summary:...

 programme. The competition was held on Friday, February 14, 1936.

Thirty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

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

World Record	17:17.4(*)	Armand Carlsen Armand Carlsen Armand Henning Carlsen was a Norwegian speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.In 1928 he finished fifth in the 5000 metres event. He also started in the abandoned 10000 metres competition. He held the world record in the 10,000 metres distance between 1928 and 1939, clocking in...	Davos Davos Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...  (SUI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... )	February 5, 1928
Olympic Record	18:04.8	Julius Skutnabb Julius Skutnabb Julius Ferninand Skutnabb was a Finnish speed skater who won several Olympic medals. He was born in Helsinki and died there as well....	Chamonix Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	January 27, 1924
	17:56.2(**)	Alexander Hurd Alexander Hurd Alexander Hurd is a Canadian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.-References:...	Lake Placid Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	February 6, 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 packstyle format, having all competitors skate at the same time.

Fifteen speed skaters bettered the twelve years old Olympic record. At first Charles Mathiesen

Charles Mathiesen

Charles Mathiesen was a speed skater whose speed skating career lasted for 18 years , while being at the world top during most of those years.-Biography:Mathiesen was born in Drammen, Norway...

 bettered the old record in the first pair with a time of 17:41.2 minutes, then Max Stiepl

Max Stiepl

Maximilian "Max" Stiepl was an Austrian speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1948 Winter Olympics.In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the 10000 metres competition...

 set a new record with 17:30.0 minutes. Finally Ivar Ballangrud

Ivar Ballangrud

Ivar Ballangrud was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in Speed Skating. As the only triple gold medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful athlete there.-Biography:Ivar Ballangrud was one of the best speed skaters in the world for a period of 15...

set a new Olympic record with 17:24.3 minutes.

Results

Place	Athlete	Time
1		17:24.3
2		17:28.2
3		17:30.0
4		17:41.2
5		17:42.4
6		17:43.7
7		17:46.6
8		17:52.0
9		17:54.0
10		17:56.7
11		17:57.1
12		18:02.0
13		18:02.7
14		18:04.0
15		18:04.3
16		18:04.9
17		18:11.5
18		18:15.8
19		18:22.5
20		18:23.6
21		18:25.3
22		18:38.2
23		18:41.2
24		18:46.5
25		18:50.3
26		19:00.1
27		19:19.1
28		23:32.9
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		DNF