Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres speed skating
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink
Date27 February 1960
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Winning time15:46.6 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Knut Johannesen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Viktor Kosichkin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Kjell Bäckman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1956
1964  

The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics programme. It was the last speed skating contest at this Games. The competition was held on the Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink and for the first time at the Olympics on artificially frozen ice. It was held on Saturday, February 27, 1960. Thirty speed skaters from 15 nations competed. [1]

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of Norway.svg  Knut Johannesen  (NOR)Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Viktor Kosichkin  (URS)Flag of Sweden.svg  Kjell Bäckman  (SWE)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1960 Winter Olympics.

World Record16:32.6(*) Flag of Norway.svg Hjalmar Andersen Hamar (NOR)February 10, 1952
Olympic Record16:35.9(**) Flag of Sweden.svg Sigvard Ericsson Cortina d'Ampezzo/Lake Misurina (ITA)January 31, 1956

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

(**) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

At first Kjell Bäckman bettered the world record with 16:14.2 minutes. Then Knut Johannesen set a new world record with 15:46.6 minutes and bettered the old record by more than 45 seconds.

Results

PlaceSpeed skaterTime
1Flag of Norway.svg  Knut Johannesen  (NOR)15:46.6 WR
2Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Viktor Kosichkin  (URS)15:49.2
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Kjell Bäckman  (SWE)16:14.2
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Ivar Nilsson  (SWE)16:26.0
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Terry Monaghan  (GBR)16:31.6
6Flag of Norway.svg  Torstein Seiersten  (NOR)16:33.4
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Olle Dahlberg  (SWE)16:34.6
8Flag of Finland.svg  Juhani Järvinen  (FIN)16:35.4
9Flag of Finland.svg  Keijo Tapiovaara  (FIN)16:32.2
10US flag 49 stars.svg  Ross Zucco  (USA)16:37.6
11Flag of France.svg  André Kouprianoff  (FRA)16:39.1
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Pesman  (NED)16:41.0
13Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Helmut Kuhnert  (EUA)16:43.4
14Flag of Italy.svg  Renato De Riva  (ITA)16:45.7
15US flag 49 stars.svg  Arnold Uhrlass  (USA)16:49.3
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Kees Broekman  (NED)16:59.9
17Flag of Denmark.svg  Kurt Stille  (DEN)17:00.0
18Flag of Italy.svg  Mario Gios  (ITA)17:06.3
19Flag of Austria.svg  Hermann Strutz  (AUT)17:06.5
20Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Vladimir Shilykovski  (URS)17:13.9
21Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shuji Kobayashi  (JPN)17:20.8
22Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jeen van den Berg  (NED)17:23.5
23Flag of Norway.svg  Roald Aas  (NOR)17:26.8
24Flag of Finland.svg  Leo Tynkkynen  (FIN)17:33.6
25Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takeo Mizoo  (JPN)17:42.0
26Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  Jang In-Won  (KOR)17:45.7
27Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Ralf Olin  (CAN)17:50.9
28Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  Choi Yeong-Bae  (KOR)18:15.5
29Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Heinz Wolfram  (EUA)18:37.0
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Nikolajs Štelbaums  (URS)(16:41.9)

Nikolajs Štelbaums was disqualified.

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References

  1. "Speed Skating at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2019.