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

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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]

Men's 10.000 metres speed skating
at the V Olympic Winter Games
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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
← 1936
1952 →

Medalists

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

Records

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

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

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

Results

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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

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  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.
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