Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
VenueRichmond Olympic Oval
Date23 February 2010
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Winning time12:58.55
Medalists
 Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea
 Ivan Skobrev  Russia
 Bob de Jong  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
2010 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
Team pursuit men women

The men's 10,000 metres speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 23 February 2010.

The overwhelming pre-race favorite Sven Kramer, who had won 18 consecutive 10,000 m races since 2006, was disqualified due to a missed lane change after 6600 m into the race. Kramer finished the race in a time of 12:54.50, under the impression to have won the gold medal in a new Olympic and track record, but was then told by his coach, Gerard Kemkers, that he had been disqualified.[1][2] Kemkers took the blame for the gaffe, as he had directed Kramer into the inner lane, even when Kramer was attempting to take the correct outer lane.[3]

The gold medal instead was won by Lee Seung-hoon in 12:58.55, edging the existing Olympic record by 0.37 seconds. Despite Lee's earlier silver medal at the 5000 m race, his achievement was a surprise, since, before 2010, he had never skated a 10,000 m race under 14 minutes.[4] He broke his personal and the Korean national record, set on January 10, 2010, by 22.5 seconds. Kramer's disqualification allowed Bob de Jong to earn his third Olympic medal on the 10,000 m (he won silver in 1998 and gold in 2006), a feat only equalled by Knut Johannesen, who won silver, gold and bronze at the Olympics in 1956, 1960 and 1964.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Sven Kramer (NED) 12:41.69 Salt Lake City, United States 10 March 2007
Olympic record  Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) 12:58.92 Salt Lake City, United States 22 February 2002

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
February 23 Pair 5 Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea 12:58.55 OR

OR = Olympic record
The Richmond Olympic Oval track record remained at 12:55.32, set by Sven Kramer on March 14, 2009.

Results

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 i Lee Seung-hoon  South Korea 12:58.55 N/A OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 8 o Ivan Skobrev  Russia 13:02.07 +3.52
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 7 o Bob de Jong  Netherlands 13:06.73 +8.18
4 6 i Alexis Contin  France 13:12.11 +13.56
5 7 i Håvard Bøkko  Norway 13:14.92 +16.37
6 2 o Sverre Haugli  Norway 13:18.74 +20.19
7 3 i Henrik Christiansen  Norway 13:25.65 +27.10
8 2 i Jonathan Kuck  United States 13:31.78 +33.23
9 5 o Arjen van der Kieft  Netherlands 13:33.37 +34.82
10 6 o Marco Weber  Germany 13:35.73 +37.18
11 4 i Hiroki Hirako  Japan 13:37.56 +39.01
12 1 i Ryan Bedford  United States 13:40.20 +41.65
13 4 o Aleksandr Rumyantsev  Russia 13:45.77 +47.22
14 3 o Sebastian Druszkiewicz  Poland 13:49.31 +49.40
8 i Sven Kramer  Netherlands (12:54.50) DSQ[5]
- - Enrico Fabris  Italy DNS[6]

References

  1. ↑ Brian Hamilton, One lane change changes everything; The Netherlands’ Sven Kramer has the 10,000-meter race won — until it’s lost, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb 2010
  2. ↑ Kerby, Trey, "Sven Kramer gets the gold medal in 'Oops!'", Yahoo! News, February 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ Stunning gaffe by coach costs Holland's Kramer a sure gold
  4. ↑ Lee Seung-hoon at Speesdskatingresults.com
  5. ↑ For an incorrect lane change
  6. ↑ Enrico Fabris withdrew one hour before the start of the race citing nausea . It was too late for a reserve to take his place, so only 15 skaters participated in this competition.
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