Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres


The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, 14 February 1936. Thirty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.
World Record17:17.4' Armand CarlsenDavos 5 February 1928
Olympic Record18:04.8 Julius SkutnabbChamonix 27 January 1924
Olympic Record17:56.2' Alexander HurdLake Placid 6 February 1932

' The record was set in a high altitude venue and on naturally frozen ice.
' This time was set in pack-style format, having all competitors skate at the same time.
Fifteen speed skaters bettered the twelve years old Olympic record. At first Charles Mathiesen bettered the old record in the first pair with a time of 17:41.2 minutes, then Max Stiepl set a new record with 17:30.0 minutes. Finally Ivar Ballangrud set a new Olympic record with 17:24.3 minutes.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
117:24.3
217:28.2
317:30.0
417:41.2
517:42.4
617:43.7
717:46.6
817:52.0
917:54.0
1017:56.7
1117:57.1
1218:02.0
1318:02.7
1418:04.0
1518:04.3
1618:04.9
1718:11.5
1818:15.8
1918:22.5
2018:23.6
2118:25.3
2218:38.2
2318:41.2
2418:46.5
2518:50.3
2619:00.1
2719:19.1
2823:32.9
–DNF
–DNF