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Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

10,000 metres
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for Speed skating
Venue St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Dates February 3
Competitors 47 from 11 nations
Winning time 17:26.3
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Åke Seyffarth  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lassi Parkkinen  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pentti Lammio  Finland
← 1936
1952 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Åke Seyffarth  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lassi Parkkinen  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pentti Lammio  Finland

The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 3, 1948.

Twenty-seven speed skaters from eleven nations competed.

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.


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