Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Men's 10000 metres
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The 10000 metres speed skating
event was part of the speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
programme. It was the last speed skating contest at this Games. The competition was held on naturally frozen ice on the Lake Misurina
. It was held on Tuesday, January 31, 1956 started at 10 a.m.
and ended at 3:15 p.m.
.
Thirty-two speed skaters from 15 nations competed.
(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
At first Oleg Goncharenko
who skated in the third pair set a new Olympic record with 16:42.3 minutes. In the seventh pair Knut Johannesen
bettered the Olympic record with 16:36.9 minutes. Finally Sigvard Ericsson
set a new Olympic record with 16:35.9 minutes on the way to win the tenth heat and the gold medal.
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 1956 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
At the 1956 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Saturday, January 28 to Tuesday, January 31, 1956.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...
programme. It was the last speed skating contest at this Games. The competition was held on naturally frozen ice on the Lake Misurina
Lake Misurina
Lake Misurina is the greater natural lake of the Cadore and it is 1,754 m above sea level, fraction of Auronzo di Cadore . The perimeter is 2.6 km long, while the depth is 5 m....
. It was held on Tuesday, January 31, 1956 started at 10 a.m.
12-hour clock
The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...
and ended at 3:15 p.m.
12-hour clock
The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...
.
Thirty-two speed skaters from 15 nations competed.
Medalists
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1956 Winter Olympics.| World Record | 16:32.6(*) |  Hjalmar AndersenHjalmar 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... |
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February 10, 1952 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 16:45.8(*) | 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... |
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February 19, 1952 |
(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
At first Oleg Goncharenko
Oleg Goncharenko
Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko , Distinguished Master of Sports of the USSR, was the first male Soviet speed skater to become World Allround Champion....
who skated in the third pair set a new Olympic record with 16:42.3 minutes. In the seventh pair Knut Johannesen
Knut Johannesen
Knut Johannesen is a former speed skater from Norway.-Biography:Born in Oslo and representing the skating club ASK there, Johannesen won the World Allround Championships in 1957 and 1964, the European Allround Championships in 1959 and 1960, and won the Norwegian...
bettered the Olympic record with 16:36.9 minutes. Finally Sigvard Ericsson
Sigvard Ericsson
John Sigvard "Sigge" Ericsson is a former speed skater.Ericsson started competing internationally in 1951 at the European Allround Championships where he did not qualify for the final distance...
set a new Olympic record with 16:35.9 minutes on the way to win the tenth heat and the gold medal.
Results
| Place | Speed skater | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16:35.9 OR | |
| 2 | 16:36.9 | |
| 3 | 16:42.3 | |
| 4 | 16:48.7 | |
| 5 | 16:51.2 | |
| 6 | 16:52.6 | |
| 7 | 16:59.7 | |
| 8 | 17:01.3 | |
| 9 | 17:03.4 | |
| 10 | 17:04.6 | |
| 11 | 17:05.6 | |
| 12 | 17:05.9 | |
| 13 | 17:13.5 | |
| 14 | 17:16.9 | |
| 15 | 17:17.0 | |
| 16 | 17:17.6 | |
| 17 | 17:19.0 | |
| 18 | 17:21.6 | |
| 19 | 17:22.3 | |
| 20 | 17:27.6 | |
| 21 | 17:27.7 | |
| 22 | 17:35.3 | |
| 23 | 17:35.9 | |
| 24 | 17:37.6 | |
| 25 | 17:37.7 | |
| 26 | 17:38.4 | |
| 27 | 17:45.6 | |
| 17:45.6 | ||
| 29 | 17:47.8 | |
| 30 | 17:52.6 | |
| 31 | 17:59.2 | |
| 32 | 18:32.8 |