Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Venue Richmond Olympic Oval
Date23 February 2010
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Winning time12:58.55
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lee Seung-hoon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Ivan Skobrev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Bob de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  2006
2014  

The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 23 February 2010. [1]

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The overwhelming pre-race favorite Sven Kramer, who had won 18 consecutive 10,000 m races since 2006, was disqualified due to a missed lane change after 6600 m into the race. Kramer finished the race in a time of 12:54.50, under the impression that he had won the gold medal in a new Olympic and track record, but was then told by his coach, Gerard Kemkers, that he had been disqualified. [2] [3] Kemkers took the blame for the gaffe, as he had directed Kramer into the inner lane, even when Kramer was attempting to take the correct outer lane. [4]

The gold medal instead was won by Lee Seung-hoon in 12:58.55, edging the existing Olympic record by 0.37 seconds. Despite Lee's earlier silver medal at the 5000 m race, his achievement was a surprise, since, before 2010, he had never skated a 10,000 m race under 14 minutes. [5] He broke his personal and the Korean national record, set on 10 January 2010, by 22.5 seconds. Kramer's disqualification allowed Bob de Jong to earn his third Olympic medal on the 10,000 m (he won silver in 1998 and gold in 2006), a feat only equalled by Knut Johannesen, who won silver, gold and bronze at the Olympics in 1956, 1960 and 1964.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Sven Kramer  (NED)12:41.69 Salt Lake City, United States 10 March 2007 [6]
Olympic recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Jochem Uytdehaage  (NED)12:58.92 Salt Lake City, United States 22 February 2002

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
23 FebruaryPair 5 Lee Seung-hoon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 12:58.55 OR

OR = Olympic record
The Richmond Olympic Oval track record remained at 12:55.32, set by Sven Kramer on 14 March 2009.

Results

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5i Lee Seung-hoon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 12:58.55N/A OR
Silver medal icon.svg8o Ivan Skobrev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 13:02.07+3.52
Bronze medal icon.svg7o Bob de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13:06.73+8.18
46i Alexis Contin Flag of France.svg  France 13:12.11+13.56
57i Håvard Bøkko Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:14.92+16.37
62o Sverre Haugli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:18.74+20.19
73i Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:25.65+27.10
82i Jonathan Kuck Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:31.78+33.23
95o Arjen van der Kieft Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13:33.37+34.82
106o Marco Weber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13:35.73+37.18
114i Hiroki Hirako Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13:37.56+39.01
121i Ryan Bedford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:40.20+41.65
134o Aleksandr Rumyantsev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 13:45.77+47.22
143o Sebastian Druszkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13:49.31+49.40
8i Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (12:54.50)DSQ [7]
-- Enrico Fabris Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNS [8]

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References

  1. "Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  2. Brian Hamilton, One lane change changes everything; The Netherlands’ Sven Kramer has the 10,000-meter race won — until it’s lost, Chicago Tribune, 23 February 2010
  3. Kerby, Trey, "Sven Kramer gets the gold medal in 'Oops!'", Yahoo! News , 23 February 2010.
  4. Stunning gaffe by coach costs Holland's Kramer a sure gold
  5. Lee Seung-hoon at Speesdskatingresults.com
  6. "Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  7. For an incorrect lane change
  8. Enrico Fabris withdrew one hour before the start of the race citing nausea . It was too late for a reserve to take his place, so only 15 skaters participated in this competition.