| Men's 10,000 metres speed skating at the X Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | L'Anneau de Vitesse | |||||||||
| Date | 17 February 1968 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:23.6 OR | |||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women |
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| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse. [1] [2]
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The ISU, the governing body of both ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating".
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France, and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated.
L'Anneau de Vitesse is an outdoor speed skating venue located in Grenoble, France. It hosted the speed skating events for the 1968 Winter Olympics. This Speed Circuit is located in a park of 27 hectares, the Park Paul Mistral. The park also hosts the Palais des sports was the main Olympic site in the city in 1968.
