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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Pictogram for speed skating
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
Gold Silver Bronze
Julius Skutnabb
 Finland		 Clas Thunberg
 Finland		 Roald Larsen
 Norway

Records

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, Norway1 February 1913[3][lower-alpha 1]
Olympic recordN/AN/A N/AN/AN/A

The following records were set during this competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
27 January 1924Pair 1 Joe Moore]  Norway19:36.2OR
27 January 1924Pair 2 Harald Strøm  Norway18:18.6OR
27 January 1924Pair 3 Roald Larsen  Norway18:12.2OR
27 January 1924Pair 6 Julius Skutnabb  Finland18:04.8OR
27 January 1924Pair 3 Léonhard Quaglia  France18:25.0NR

Results

The event was held Sunday afternoon.[2]

RankPairNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)6 Julius Skutnabb  Finland18:04.8—OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)6 Clas Thunberg  Finland18:07.8+3.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3 Roald Larsen  Norway18:12.2+7.4OR
48 Fridtjof Paulsen  Norway18:13.0+8.2
52 Harald Strøm  Norway18:18.6+13.8OR
63 Sigurd Moen  Norway18:19.0+14.2
79 Léonhard Quaglia  France18:25.0+20.2NR
82 Valentine Bialas  United States18:34.0+29.2
98 Richard Donovan  United States18:57.0+52.2
109 Asser Wallenius  Finland19:03.8+59.0
1112 Alberts Rumba  Latvia19:14.0+69.2[lower-alpha 2]
121 Joe Moore  United States19:36.2+91.4OR
131 Harry Kaskey  United States19:45.2+100.4
1412 Leon Jucewicz  Poland20:40.8+156.0[lower-alpha 3]
1513 André Gegout  France21:03.4+178.6[lower-alpha 4]
13 George de Wilde  FranceDNF[lower-alpha 5]
4 Axel Blomqvist  SwedenDNS
5 Marcel Moens  BelgiumDNS
7 Gaston Van Hazebroeck  BelgiumDNS
10 Albert Tebbit  Great BritainDNS
11 Eric Blomgren  SwedenDNS

Notes
  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
  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. 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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