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 1952 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, February 16 to Tuesday, February 19, 1952.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:Seven speed skaters competed in all four events....

 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.

Medalists

Records

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

World Record	16:32.6(*)	Hjalmar Andersen Hjalmar Andersen Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen is a former speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. He was the only triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics, and as such, became the most successful athlete there.-Short biography:Hjalmar...	Hamar Hamar is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...  (NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... )	February 10, 1952
Olympic Record	17:24.3	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...	Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...  (GER Nazi Germany Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by... )	February 14, 1936

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

Four speed skaters were faster than the standing Olympic record. Hjalmar Andersen

Hjalmar Andersen

Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen is a former speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. He was the only triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics, and as such, became the most successful athlete there.-Short biography:Hjalmar...

 set a new Olympic record with 16:45.8 minutes.

Results

Place	Speed skater	Time
1		16:45.8 OR
2		17:10.6
3		17:16.6
4		17:20.5
5		17:25.5
6		17:30.2
7		17:34.0
8		17:36.8
9		17:39.2
10		17:41.5
11		17:44.2
12		17:49.6
13		17:52.8
14		17:53.0
15		18:02.4
16		18:08.7
17		18:09.0
18		18:10.6
19		18:20.8
20		18:20.9
21		18:22.8
22		18:24.4
23		18:25.5
24		18:27.4
25		18:44.2
26		19:04.2
27		19:07.1
28		19:13.6
—		DNF
		DNF

Yoshiyasu Gomi

Yoshiyasu Gomi

is a Japanese former speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics and in the 1956 Winter Olympics.He was born in Nagano Prefecture.In 1952 he finished tenth in the 5000 metres competition and 14th in the 10000 metres event....

 fell once and Egbert van 't Oever fell twice. Ingar Nordlund

Ingar Nordlund

Ingar Nordlund was a Norwegian speed skater, born in Jevnaker. He competed in 10,000 m at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-References:...

 and Johnny Werket gave up.