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Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres

10,000 metres
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for Speed skating
Venue Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Dates February 19
Competitors 30 from 12 nations
Winning time 16:45.8
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Hjalmar Andersen  Norway
2nd, silver medalist(s) Kees Broekman  Netherlands
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Carl-Erik Asplund  Sweden
← 1948
1956 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Hjalmar Andersen  Norway
2nd, silver medalist(s) Kees Broekman  Netherlands
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Carl-Erik Asplund  Sweden

The 10,000-metre speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. It was the last speed skating contest at this Games. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 19, 1952, at 10 a.m..

Thirty speed skaters from 12 nations competed.

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1952 Winter Olympics.

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

Four speed skaters were faster than the standing Olympic record. Hjalmar Andersen set a new Olympic record with 16:45.8 minutes.

Yoshiyasu Gomi fell once and Egbert van 't Oever fell twice. Ingar Nordlund and Johnny Werket gave up.


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