The Men's 10000 m speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

 competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

 was held in Salt Lake City, Utah

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, United States

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Two-time gold medal winner Gianni Romme

Gianni Romme

Gianni Petrus Cornelis Romme is a Dutch marathon and a former long track speed skater. He is also a coach since the 2006-07 speed skating season....

 won a silver in the 10000, while Jochem Uytdehaage

Jochem Uytdehaage

Jochem Simon Uytdehaage is a former Dutch long track speed skater and two-time Olympic champion. He retired in 2007 at the age of 30, following two consecutive seasons of poor results.-Biography:...

 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 Gianni Romme Gianni Petrus Cornelis Romme is a Dutch marathon and a former long track speed skater. He is also a coach since the 2006-07 speed skating season....		13:10.03	OR
22 February	Pair 4	Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Simon Uytdehaage is a former Dutch long track speed skater and two-time Olympic champion. He retired in 2007 at the age of 30, following two consecutive seasons of poor results.-Biography:...		12:58.92	OR	WR

Results

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Time Behind	Notes
	4	Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Uytdehaage Jochem Simon Uytdehaage is a former Dutch long track speed skater and two-time Olympic champion. He retired in 2007 at the age of 30, following two consecutive seasons of poor results.-Biography:...		12:58.92	-
	2	Gianni Romme Gianni Romme Gianni Petrus Cornelis Romme is a Dutch marathon and a former long track speed skater. He is also a coach since the 2006-07 speed skating season....		13:10.03	+11.11
	8	Lasse Sætre Lasse Sætre Lasse Sætre is a former speed skater from Norway, who for several years was among the world's best long distance skaters. Sætre who grew up in Nord-Odal competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and won a 10,000-m bronze in the 2002 Winter Olympics. He won another 10,000-m bronze in the 2003...		13:16.92	+18.00
4	5	Keiji Shirahata		13:20.40	+21.48
5	7	Jens Boden Jens Boden Jens Boden is a German speed skater, who won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-External links:*...		13:23.43	+24.51
6	1	Dmitry Shepel		13:23.83	+24.91
7	1	Roberto Sighel Roberto Sighel Roberto Sighel is a former Italian speedskater, with particularly strong achievements in the allround samalogue competitions.His skating career was unusually long, competing at top international level from 1988 to 2002...		13:26.19	+27.27
8	7	Kjell Storelid Kjell Storelid Kjell Storelid is a former speed skater from Norway. Storelid's best achievement on the ice was two silver medals on 5,000 m and 10,000 m at the Winter Olympics 1994 in Lillehammer - behind Johann Olav Koss. In the two next Olympic games Storelid came 5th and 8th on 10,000 m...		13:27.24	+28.32
9	3	Bart Veldkamp Bart Veldkamp Bart Veldkamp is a retired speed skater, who represented both the Netherlands and Belgium in international competitions, including the Winter Olympics.-Short biography:...		13:27.48	+28.56
10	8	Frank Dittrich		13:28.73	+29.81
11	6	Toshihiko Itokawa		13:31.96	+33.04
12	3	Jason Hedstrand		13:32.99	+34.07
13	4	Derek Parra Derek Parra Derek Parra is a Mexican-American speed skater from San Bernardino, California, who graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1988. Parra won two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, Utah....		13:33.44	+34.52
14	5	Pawel Zygmunt		13:35.50	+36.58
15	6	Bob de Jong Bob de Jong Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in long distances: five and ten kilometers.-Speed skating career:...		13:48.93	+50.01
16	2	Dustin Molicki		13:54.49	+55.57