Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres speed skating
at the II Olympic Winter Games
Men's 10,000 metres speed skating; at the II Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Date	14 February 1928
Competitors	10 from 6 nations
	← 1924 1932 →

The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.

In this race, Irving Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.^[1] In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee canceled the entire competition. Although the International Olympic Committee reversed the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, the International Skating Union later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling.^[2] Jaffee should have received the gold medal, according to Evensen, but it never occurred.^[3]

Medalists

No medals were awarded as the competition was abandoned.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Winter Olympics.

World Record	17:17.4(*)	Armand Carlsen	Davos (SUI)	February 5, 1928
Olympic Record	18:04.8	Julius Skutnabb	Chamonix (FRA)	January 27, 1924

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

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Place	Name	Time
1	Irving Jaffee (USA)	18:36.5
2	Bernt Evensen (NOR)	18:36.6

Heat 2

Place	Name	Time
1	Rudolf Riedl (AUT)	20:21.5
2	Kęstutis Bulota (LTU)	20:22.2

Heat 3

Place	Name	Time
1	Otto Polacsek (AUT)	20:00.9
–	Roald Larsen (NOR)	DNF

Heat 4

Place	Name	Time
1	Armand Carlsen (NOR)	20:56.1
2	Valentine Bialas (USA)	21:05.4

Heat 5

This heat was abandoned after 2000 metres due to thawing ice.

Place	Name	Time
–	Gustaf Andersson (SWE)	-
–	Ossi Blomqvist (FIN)	-

Standings after four heats

Place	Speed skater	Time
1	Irving Jaffee (USA)	18:36.5
2	Bernt Evensen (NOR)	18:36.6
3	Otto Polacsek (AUT)	20:00.9
4	Rudolf Riedl (AUT)	20:21.5
5	Kęstutis Bulota (LTU)	20:22.2
6	Armand Carlsen (NOR)	20:56.1
7	Valentine Bialas (USA)	21:05.4
–	Roald Larsen (NOR)	DNF

References

^ The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
^ The International Jewish Sports Hall ... September 15, 1906. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
^ Mitchell, Kevin. "The unforgettable Olympic speed skating race of 1928: Irving Jaffee's happy, sad gold-medal story". nationalpost.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

Official Olympic Report
"Results of the 1928 Olympic Games 10,000 meters Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

[google5-1] The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2011.

[google6-2] The International Jewish Sports Hall ... September 15, 1906. Retrieved February 27, 2011.

[3] Mitchell, Kevin. "The unforgettable Olympic speed skating race of 1928: Irving Jaffee's happy, sad gold-medal story". nationalpost.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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