Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres speed skating
at the I Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
Date27 January 1924
Competitors16 from 6 nations
Winning time18:04.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julius Skutnabb  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roald Larsen  Norway
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The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924. Twenty-one speed skaters from nine nations were due to compete, but five athletes withdrew, so in the end sixteen speed skaters from six nations competed.[1] The French athlete George de Wilde abandoned the race.[2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Julius Skutnabb
 Finland 		Clas Thunberg
 Finland 		Roald Larsen
 Norway

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World record  Oscar Mathisen (NOR) 17:22.6 Kristiania, Norway 1 February 1913 [3][a]
Olympic record N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
27 January 1924 Pair 1 Joe Moore]  Norway 19:36.2 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 2 Harald Strøm  Norway 18:18.6 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 3 Roald Larsen  Norway 18:12.2 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 6 Julius Skutnabb  Finland 18:04.8 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 3 Léonhard Quaglia  France 18:25.0 NR

Results

The event was held Sunday afternoon.[2]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Julius Skutnabb  Finland 18:04.8 — OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Clas Thunberg  Finland 18:07.8 +3.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Roald Larsen  Norway 18:12.2 +7.4 OR
4 8 Fridtjof Paulsen  Norway 18:13.0 +8.2
5 2 Harald Strøm  Norway 18:18.6 +13.8 OR
6 3 Sigurd Moen  Norway 18:19.0 +14.2
7 9 Léonhard Quaglia  France 18:25.0 +20.2 NR
8 2 Valentine Bialas  United States 18:34.0 +29.2
9 8 Richard Donovan  United States 18:57.0 +52.2
10 9 Asser Wallenius  Finland 19:03.8 +59.0
11 12 Alberts Rumba  Latvia 19:14.0 +69.2 [b]
12 1 Joe Moore  United States 19:36.2 +91.4 OR
13 1 Harry Kaskey  United States 19:45.2 +100.4
14 12 Leon Jucewicz  Poland 20:40.8 +156.0 [c]
15 13 André Gegout  France 21:03.4 +178.6 [d]
13 George de Wilde  France DNF[e]
4 Axel Blomqvist  Sweden DNS
5 Marcel Moens  Belgium DNS
7 Gaston Van Hazebroeck  Belgium DNS
10 Albert Tebbit  Great Britain DNS
11 Eric Blomgren  Sweden DNS

Notes

  1. ^ The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
  2. ^ Originally in pair 11 with Blomgren[2]
  3. ^ Originally in pair 4 with Blomqvist[2]
  4. ^ Originally in pair 7 with Van Hazebroeck[2]
  5. ^ Originally in pair 10 with Tebbit[2]

References

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f M. A. Avé, ed. (1924). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel [The Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report] (pdf) (Report) (in French). Paris: French Olympic Committee. pp. 669–70.
  3. ^ "Oscar Mathisen, 4 October 1888". evertstenlund.se. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.