Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 23
Competitors24 from 13 nations
Winning time14:28.13
Medalists
 Eric Heiden  United States
 Piet Kleine  Netherlands
 Tom Erik Oxholm  Norway
Speed skating at the
1980 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men

The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 23 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Viktor Lyoskin (URS) 14:34.33 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 3 April 1977
Olympic record  Piet Kleine (NED) 14:50.59 Innsbruck, Austria 14 February 1976

The following new Olympic and World records was set during the competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
23 February Pair 1 Tom Erik Oxholm  Norway 14:36.60 OR
23 February Pair 2 Eric Heiden  United States 14:28.13 OR WR

Results

[1]

Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Time behind Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 2 i Eric Heiden  United States 14:28.13 – WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 i Piet Kleine  Netherlands 14:36.03 +7.90
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1 o Tom Erik Oxholm  Norway 14:36.60 +8.46
4 1 i Mike Woods  United States 14:39.53 +11.40
5 3 o Øyvind Tveter  Norway 14:43.53 +15.40
6 2 i Hilbert van der Duim  Netherlands 14:47.58 +19.45
7 2 o Viktor Lyoskin  Soviet Union 14:51.72 +23.59
8 8 o Andreas Ehrig  East Germany 14:51.94 +23.80
9 4 o Yasuhiro Shimizu  Japan 14:57.48 +29.35
10 9 i Sergey Berezin  Soviet Union 15:04.68 +36.55
11 5 o Yep Kramer  Netherlands 15:04.79 +36.66
12 6 o Tomas Gustafson  Sweden 15:05.18 +37.05
13 4 i Alf Rekstad  Norway 15:05.70 +37.57
14 7 i Örjan Sandler  Sweden 15:11.52 +43.39
15 10 i Andreas Dietel  East Germany 15:15.03 +46.90
16 10 o Dmitry Ogloblin  Soviet Union 15:20.14 +52.01
17 5 i Masahiko Yamamoto  Japan 15:26.92 +58.79
18 7 o Colin Coates  Australia 15:28.30 +1:00.17
19 11 i Pertti Niittylä  Finland 15:29.98 +1:01.85
20 12 i Andrei Erdely  Romania 15:31.73 +1:03.60
21 9 o Ulf Ekstrand  Sweden 15:33.42 +1:05.29
22 12 o Maurizio Marchetto  Italy 15:56.73 +1:28,60
23 13 o Na Yun-Su  South Korea 16:00.41 +1:32,28
24 11 i John French  Great Britain 16:17.56 1:49.43
- 6 i Craig Kressler  United States DNF

References

  1. 1 2 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "10 000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "10 000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

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