Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
# Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, 14 February 1936. Thirty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ivar Ballangrud Norway | Birger Wasenius Finland | Max Stiepl Austria |

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Winter Olympics.

| World Record | 17:17.4(*) | Armand Carlsen | Davos (SUI) | 5 February 1928 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | 18:04.8 | Julius Skutnabb | Chamonix (FRA) | 27 January 1924 |
| Olympic Record | 17:56.2(**) | Alexander Hurd | Lake Placid (USA) | 6 February 1932 |

(*) The record was set in a high altitude venue (more than 1000 metres above sea level) and on naturally frozen ice.

(**) This time was set in pack-style format, having all competitors skate at the same time.

Fifteen speed skaters bettered the twelve years old Olympic record. At first Charles Mathiesen bettered the old record in the first pair with a time of 17:41.2 minutes, then Max Stiepl set a new record with 17:30.0 minutes. Finally Ivar Ballangrud set a new Olympic record with 17:24.3 minutes.

## Results

| Place | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) | 17:24.3 |
| 2 | Birger Wasenius (FIN) | 17:28.2 |
| 3 | Max Stiepl (AUT) | 17:30.0 |
| 4 | Charles Mathiesen (NOR) | 17:41.2 |
| 5 | Ossi Blomqvist (FIN) | 17:42.4 |
| 6 | Jan Langedijk (NED) | 17:43.7 |
| 7 | Antero Ojala (FIN) | 17:46.6 |
| 8 | Eddie Schroeder (USA) | 17:52.0 |
| 9 | Janusz Kalbarczyk (POL) | 17:54.0 |
| 10 | Michael Staksrud (NOR) | 17:56.7 |
| 11 | Karl Wazulek (AUT) | 17:57.1 |
| 12 | Willy Sandner (GER) | 18:02.0 |
| 13 | Seien Kin (JPN) | 18:02.7 |
| 14 | László Hidvéghy (HUN) | 18:04.0 |
| 15 | Heinz Sames (GER) | 18:04.3 |
| 16 | Dolf van der Scheer (NED) | 18:04.9 |
| 17 | Roelof Koops (NED) | 18:11.5 |
| 18 | Edward Wangberg (NOR) | 18:15.8 |
| 19 | Alfons Bērziņš (LAT) | 18:22.5 |
| 20 | Lou Dijkstra (NED) | 18:23.6 |
| 21 | Thomas White (CAN) | 18:25.3 |
| 22 | Axel Johansson (SWE) | 18:38.2 |
| 23 | Arvīds Lejnieks (LAT) | 18:41.2 |
| 24 | Wilhelm Löwinger (AUT) | 18:46.5 |
| 25 | Seitoku Ri (JPN) | 18:50.3 |
| 26 | Yushoku Cho (JPN) | 19:00.1 |
| 27 | Franz Ortner (AUT) | 19:19.1 |
| 28 | Charles De Ligne (BEL) | 23:32.9 |
| – | Robert Petersen (USA) | DNF |
| – | Aleksander Mitt (EST) | DNF |
