Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday,3 February 1948. Twenty-seven speed skaters from eleven nations competed.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Åke Seyffarth Sweden | Lassi Parkkinen Finland | Pentti Lammio Finland |

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1948 Winter Olympics.

| World Record | 17:01.5(*) | Charles Mathiesen | Hamar (NOR) | 3 March 1940 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | 17:24.3 | Ivar Ballangrud | Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) | 14 February 1936 |

(*) The record was set on naturally frozen ice.

## Results

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Åke Seyffarth (SWE) | 17:26.3 |
| 2 | Lassi Parkkinen (FIN) | 17:36.0 |
| 3 | Pentti Lammio (FIN) | 17:42.7 |
| 4 | Kornél Pajor (HUN) | 17:45.6 |
| 5 | Kees Broekman (NED) | 17:54.7 |
| 6 | Jan Langedijk (NED) | 17:55.3 |
| 7 | Odd Lundberg (NOR) | 18:05.8 |
| 8 | Harry Jansson (SWE) | 18:08.0 |
| 9 | Rune Hammarström (SWE) | 18:39.6 |
| 10 | Max Stiepl (AUT) | 19:25.5 |
| 11 | John Werket (USA) | 19:44.0 |
| 12 | Pierre Huylebroeck (BEL) | 19:54.8 |
| 13 | Craig Mackay (CAN) | 20:15.5 |
| 14 | Anton Huiskes (NED) | 20:16.4 |
| 15 | Iván Ruttkay (HUN) | 20:16.5 |
| 16 | János Kilián (HUN) | 20:23.8 |
| 17 | Louis Rupprecht (USA) | 21:20.3 |
| 18 | Art Seaman (USA) | 21:34.8 |
| 19 | Richard Solem (USA) | 26:22.4 |
| – | Göthe Hedlund (SWE) | DNF |
| – | Reidar Liaklev (NOR) | DNF |
| – | Kalevi Laitinen (FIN) | DNF |
| – | Henry Wahl (NOR) | DNF |
| – | Johnny Cronshey (GBR) | DNF |
| – | Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) | DNF |
| – | Henry Howes (GBR) | DNF |
| – | Vladimír Kolář (TCH) | DQ |
