Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres speed skating
at the I Olympic Winter Games
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VenueStade Olympique de Chamonix
Date27 January 1924
Competitors16 from 6 nations
Winning time18:04.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Julius Skutnabb  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Clas Thunberg  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roald Larsen  Norway
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The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, January 27, 1924. Twenty-one speed skaters from nine nations were due to compete, but five athletes withdrew, so in the end sixteen speed skaters from six nations competed.[1] The French athlete George de Wilde abandoned the race.[2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
Julius Skutnabb
 Finland 		Clas Thunberg
 Finland 		Roald Larsen
 Norway

Records[edit]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.

World record  Oscar Mathisen (NOR) 17:22.6 Kristiania, Norway 1 February 1913 [3][a]
Olympic record N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
27 January 1924 Pair 1 Joe Moore]  Norway 19:36.2 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 2 Harald Strøm  Norway 18:18.6 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 3 Roald Larsen  Norway 18:12.2 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 6 Julius Skutnabb  Finland 18:04.8 OR
27 January 1924 Pair 3 Léonhard Quaglia  France 18:25.0 NR

Results[edit]

The event was held Sunday afternoon.[2]

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Julius Skutnabb  Finland 18:04.8 — OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Clas Thunberg  Finland 18:07.8 +3.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Roald Larsen  Norway 18:12.2 +7.4 OR
4 8 Fridtjof Paulsen  Norway 18:13.0 +8.2
5 2 Harald Strøm  Norway 18:18.6 +13.8 OR
6 3 Sigurd Moen  Norway 18:19.0 +14.2
7 9 Léonhard Quaglia  France 18:25.0 +20.2 NR
8 2 Valentine Bialas  United States 18:34.0 +29.2
9 8 Richard Donovan  United States 18:57.0 +52.2
10 9 Asser Wallenius  Finland 19:03.8 +59.0
11 12 Alberts Rumba  Latvia 19:14.0 +69.2 [b]
12 1 Joe Moore  United States 19:36.2 +91.4 OR
13 1 Harry Kaskey  United States 19:45.2 +100.4
14 12 Leon Jucewicz  Poland 20:40.8 +156.0 [c]
15 13 André Gegout  France 21:03.4 +178.6 [d]
13 George de Wilde  France DNF[e]
4 Axel Blomqvist  Sweden DNS
5 Marcel Moens  Belgium DNS
7 Gaston Van Hazebroeck  Belgium DNS
10 Albert Tebbit  Great Britain DNS
11 Eric Blomgren  Sweden DNS

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The record was set on naturally frozen ice.
  2. ^ Originally in pair 11 with Blomgren[2]
  3. ^ Originally in pair 4 with Blomqvist[2]
  4. ^ Originally in pair 7 with Van Hazebroeck[2]
  5. ^ Originally in pair 10 with Tebbit[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f M. A. Avé, ed. (1924). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel [The Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report] (pdf) (Report) (in French). Paris: French Olympic Committee. pp. 669–70.
  3. ^ "Oscar Mathisen, 4 October 1888". evertstenlund.se. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

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