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Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueNational Speed Skating Oval ,
Beijing
Date11 February
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Winning time12:30.74
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nils van der Poel  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Patrick Roest  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Davide Ghiotto  Italy
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The men's 10,000 m competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing.[1] Nils van der Poel of Sweden won the event, a few days after winning the 5000 m distance, and set a new world record. Patrick Roest of the Netherlands won the silver medal, and Davide Ghiotto of Italy the bronze, his first individual Olympic medal.

The defending champion and the Olympic record holder was Ted-Jan Bloemen. The silver medalist, Jorrit Bergsma, qualified for the Olympics as well. The bronze medalist, Nicola Tumolero, did not start. Nils van der Poel was the 2021 World Single Distances champion at the 10,000 m distance, with Bergsma and Aleksandr Rumyantsev being the silver and bronze medalist, respectively. Van der Poel was also the world record holder at the start of the Olympics. He was leading the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup at long distances with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by Bloemen and Davide Ghiotto. Van der Poel's skated season best, 12:38.92 in Stavanger on 20 November 2021.[2] No skater has ever won the 10,000 m distance twice.

Graeme Fish won the first pair, to be overtaken by Patrick Roest in pair 2. In pair 4, Bergsma skated the provisionally second time, with Roest still in the lead and two pairs to go. However, in pair 5 van der Poel set the world record, and Giotto, who until the last kilometer was faster than Roest, finally lost to Roest and became provisionally third. The last pair did not change the medal allocation.

Qualification

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A total of 12 entry quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of two athletes per NOC. The first eight athletes qualified through their performance at the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, while the last four earned quotas by having the best times among athletes not already qualified. A country could only earn the maximum two spots through the World Cup rankings.[3]

The qualification time for the event (13:30.00 or 6:25.00 (5000 m)) was released on July 1, 2021, and was unchanged from 2018.[4] Skaters had the time period of July 1, 2021 – January 16, 2022 to achieve qualification times at valid International Skating Union (ISU) events.[4]

Records

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

World record  Nils van der Poel (SWE) 12:32.95 Heerenveen, the Netherlands 14 February 2021
Olympic record  Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN) 12:39.77 Gangneung, South Korea 15 February 2018
Track record  

A new world and Olympic record was set during the competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
11 February Pair 5 Nils van der Poel  Sweden 12:30.74 WR, OR, TR

Results

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The races were started at 16:00.[5]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 I Nils van der Poel  Sweden 12:30.74 WR, OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 O Patrick Roest  Netherlands 12:44.59 +13.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 O Davide Ghiotto  Italy 12:45.98 +15.24 NR
4 4 O Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands 12:48.94 +18.20
5 4 I Aleksandr Rumyantsev  ROC 12:51.33 +20.59 NR
6 1 O Graeme Fish  Canada 12:58.80 +28.06
7 3 O Patrick Beckert  Germany 13:01.23 +30.49
8 6 I Ted-Jan Bloemen  Canada 13:01.39 +30.65
9 2 I Michele Malfatti  Italy 13:01.42 +30.68
10 6 O Bart Swings  Belgium 13:02.43 +31.69
11 3 I Ryosuke Tsuchiya  Japan 13:02.49 +31.75
12 1 I Peter Michael  New Zealand 13:33.53 +1:02.79

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Season Bests2021-2022". Speedskatingresults.com.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Communication No. 2405 Qualifying competitions and qualifying times for Speed Skating events at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ^ Final results