Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres


The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea.

Summary

The event was won by Ted-Jan Bloemen, the world record holder at this distance. Defending champion Jorrit Bergsma was second, and Nicola Tumolero won the bronze medal. During the competition, first Bergsma and then Bloemen set Olympic records. This was the first skating event at the 2018 Olympics not won by a Dutch skater. For Tumolero, this was his first Olympic medal; for Bloemen the gold followed his silver medal at the 5000 m distance a few days earlier.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Ivan Dibos, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Nick Thometz, ISU Speed Skating Technical Committee member.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
The following record was set during this competition.
DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
15 FebruaryPair 5Ted-Jan Bloemen12:39.77OR

OR = Olympic record

Results

The race was held at 20:00, local time.
RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
5OTed-Jan Bloemen12:39.77OR
4IJorrit Bergsma12:41.98
5INicola Tumolero12:54.32+14.55
3OLee Seung-hoon12:55.54+15.77
2OJordan Belchos12:59.51+19.74
6OSven Kramer13:01.02+21.25
6IPatrick Beckert13:01.94+22.17
1OBart Swings13:03.53+23.76
3IMoritz Geisreiter13:06.35+26.58
101IRyousuke Tsuchiya13:10.31+30.54
112IHåvard Bøkko13:17.47+37.70
124ODavide Ghiotto13:27.09+47.32