Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 10000 metres

Men's 10000 metres; at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	M-Wave
Dates	17 February
Competitors	16 from 9 nations
Winning time	13:15.33
Medalists
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Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
500 m	men	women
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10000 m	men

The men's 10000 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 8 February, at the M-Wave arena.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2]^[3]

World record	Johann Olav Koss (NOR)	13:30.55	Hamar, Norway	20 February 1994
Olympic record	Johann Olav Koss (NOR)	13:30.55	Hamar, Norway	20 February 1994

The following new world record was set during this competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
17 February	Pair 7	Gianni Romme	Netherlands	13:15.33	OR	WR

Rank	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	7	Gianni Romme	Netherlands	13:15.33	-	(WR)
	7	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	13:25.76	+10.47
	8	Rintje Ritsma	Netherlands	13:28.19	+12.86
4	8	Bart Veldkamp	Belgium	13:29.69	+14.36
5	6	Kjell Storelid	Norway	13:35.95	+20.62
6	6	Frank Dittrich	Germany	13:36.58	+21.25
7	3	Lasse Sætre	Norway	13:42.94	+27.61
8	1	K. C. Boutiette	United States	13:44.03	+28.70
9	4	Roberto Sighel	Italy	13:46.85	+31.52
10	2	Alexander Baumgärtel	Germany	13:48.44	+33.11
11	5	René Taubenrauch	Germany	13:52.10	+36.77
12	3	Marnix ten Kortenaar	Austria	13:52.30	+36.97
13	1	Vadim Sayutin	Russia	13:54.57	+39.24
14	5	Keiji Shirahata	Japan	13:57.45	+42.12
15	4	Remi Hereide	Norway	14:09.90	+54.57
16	2	Dave Tamburrino	United States	14:12.00	+56.67