Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres


The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set.
DateAthleteTimeORWR
17 February15:23.6OR

Results

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Johnny Höglin15:23.6OR
Fred Anton Maier15:23.9
Örjan Sandler15:31.8
4Per Willy Guttormsen15:32.6
5Kees Verkerk15:33.9
6Jonny Nilsson15:39.6
7Magne Thomassen15:44.9
8Peter Nottet15:54.7
9Valery Lavrushkin15:54.8
10Stanislav Selyanin15:56.4
11Günter Traub16:01.3
12Jouko Launonen16:02.1
13Jan Bols16:09.5
14Kimmo Koskinen16:15.7
15Paul Enock16:21.2
16Anatoly Mashkov16:22.1
17Hermann Strutz16:24.9
18Jürgen Traub16:33.8
19Renato De Riva16:39.5
20Raimo Hietala16:45.9
21Bill Lanigan16:50.1
22Yoshiaki Demachi16:54.6
23Bob Hodges17:01.9
24Giancarlo Gloder17:03.2
25Bill Cox17:08.2
26François Perrenoud17:10.2
27György Ivánkai17:36.2
28Hirofumi Otsuka17:38.8