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Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueUtah Olympic Oval
DatesFebruary 22
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Winning time12:58.92 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jochem Uytdehaage
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gianni Romme
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lasse Sætre
 Norway
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The Men's 10,000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Two-time gold medal winner Gianni Romme won a silver in the 10,000 m, while Jochem Uytdehaage wins with a world record time, becoming the first man to break the 13-minute barrier.[1]

Records

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

World record  Gianni Romme (NED) 13:03.40 Heerenveen, Netherlands January 26, 2000 [2]
Olympic record  Gianni Romme (NED) 13:15.33 Nagano, Japan February 17, 1998 [2]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.


Date[2] Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
22 February Pair 2 Gianni Romme  Netherlands 13:10.03 OR
22 February Pair 4 Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands 12:58.92 OR WR

Results

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Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time Behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 I Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands 12:58.92 - WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 I Gianni Romme  Netherlands 13:10.03 +11.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 O Lasse Sætre  Norway 13:16.92 +18.00
4 5 I Keiji Shirahata  Japan 13:20.40 +21.48
5 7 O Jens Boden  Germany 13:23.43 +24.51
6 1 I Dmitry Shepel  Russia 13:23.83 +24.91
7 1 O Roberto Sighel  Italy 13:26.19 +27.27
8 7 I Kjell Storelid  Norway 13:27.24 +28.32
9 3 O Bart Veldkamp  Belgium 13:27.48 +28.56
10 8 I Frank Dittrich  Germany 13:28.73 +29.81
11 6 I Toshihiko Itokawa  Japan 13:31.96 +33.04
12 3 I Jason Hedstrand  United States 13:32.99 +34.07
13 4 O Derek Parra  United States 13:33.44 +34.52
14 5 O Pawel Zygmunt  Poland 13:35.50 +36.58
15 6 O Bob de Jong  Netherlands 13:48.93 +50.01
16 2 O Dustin Molicki  Canada 13:54.49 +55.57

References

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  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 10,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.