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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date Round Athlete Country Time OR WR 22 February Pair 2 Gianni Romme 13:10.03 OR 22 February Pair 4 Jochem Uytdehaage 12:58.92 OR WR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time Behind Notes 4 I Jochem Uytdehaage 12:58.92 - 2 I Gianni Romme 13:10.03 +11.11 8 O Lasse Sætre 13:16.92 +18.00 4 5 I Keiji Shirahata 13:20.40 +21.48 5 7 O Jens Boden 13:23.43 +24.51 6 1 I Dmitry Shepel 13:23.83 +24.91 7 1 O Roberto Sighel 13:26.19 +27.27 8 7 I Kjell Storelid 13:27.24 +28.32 9 3 O Bart Veldkamp 13:27.48 +28.56 10 8 I Frank Dittrich 13:28.73 +29.81 11 6 I Toshihiko Itokawa 13:31.96 +33.04 12 3 I Jason Hedstrand 13:32.99 +34.07 13 4 O Derek Parra 13:33.44 +34.52 14 5 O Pawel Zygmunt 13:35.50 +36.58 15 6 O Bob de Jong 13:48.93 +50.01 16 2 O Dustin Molicki 13:54.49 +55.57
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