| Men's 10000 metres at the 1996 Asian Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Heilongjiang Indoor Rink | |||||||||
| Dates | 9 February 1996 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 4 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10000 m | men | |
The men's 10000 metres at the 1996 Asian Winter Games was held on 9 February 1996 in Harbin, China.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Johann Olav Koss (NOR) | 13:30.55 | Hamar, Norway | 20 February 1994 |
| Games Record |  Munehisa Kuroiwa (JPN) | 15:22.08 | Sapporo, Japan | 4 March 1986 |
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Shigekazu Nemoto (JPN) | 14:34.72 | GR |
 |  Radik Bikchentayev (KAZ) | 14:42.59 | |
 | Yevgeniy Sanarov (KAZ) | 14:42.89 | |
| 4 | Mitsuru Watanabe (JPN) | 14:44.37 | |
| 5 | Daigo Miyaki (JPN) | 14:50.23 | |
| 6 |  Wan Chunbo (CHN) | 14:56.23 | |
| 7 | Sergey Tsybenko (KAZ) | 15:04.14 | |
| 8 |  Choi Jae-bong (KOR) | 15:11.81 |
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