Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10.000 metres speed skating
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Refer to caption
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueSt. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date3 February 1948
Competitors47 from 11 nations
Winning time17:26.3
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Åke Seyffarth  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lassi Parkkinen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pentti Lammio  Finland
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Speed skating at the
1948 Winter Olympics
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The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday,3 February 1948. Twenty-seven speed skaters from eleven nations competed.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Åke Seyffarth
 Sweden 		Lassi Parkkinen
 Finland 		Pentti Lammio
 Finland

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.

World Record 17:01.5(*) Norway Charles Mathiesen Hamar (NOR) 3 March 1940
Olympic Record 17:24.3 Norway Ivar Ballangrud Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) 14 February 1936

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

Results

Place Athlete Time
1  Åke Seyffarth (SWE) 17:26.3
2  Lassi Parkkinen (FIN) 17:36.0
3  Pentti Lammio (FIN) 17:42.7
4  Kornél Pajor (HUN) 17:45.6
5  Kees Broekman (NED) 17:54.7
6  Jan Langedijk (NED) 17:55.3
7  Odd Lundberg (NOR) 18:05.8
8  Harry Jansson (SWE) 18:08.0
9  Rune Hammarström (SWE) 18:39.6
10  Max Stiepl (AUT) 19:25.5
11  John Werket (USA) 19:44.0
12  Pierre Huylebroeck (BEL) 19:54.8
13  Craig Mackay (CAN) 20:15.5
14  Anton Huiskes (NED) 20:16.4
15  Iván Ruttkay (HUN) 20:16.5
16  János Kilián (HUN) 20:23.8
17  Louis Rupprecht (USA) 21:20.3
18  Art Seaman (USA) 21:34.8
19  Richard Solem (USA) 26:22.4
–  Göthe Hedlund (SWE) DNF
 Reidar Liaklev (NOR) DNF
 Kalevi Laitinen (FIN) DNF
 Henry Wahl (NOR) DNF
 Johnny Cronshey (GBR) DNF
 Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) DNF
 Henry Howes (GBR) DNF
–  Vladimír Kolář (TCH) DQ

References

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2019.