Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics
In the XXI. 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver twelve competitions were held in speed skating.
Venue was the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond.
- 2.1 500 m
- 2.2 1000 m
- 2.3 1500 m
- 2.4 3000 m
- 2.5 5000 m
- 2.6 Team Pursuit 2.6.1 preliminaries
500 m
Date: February 15, 2010, 15:30 clock ( clock 00:30 CET) Olympic champion 2006: United States United States Joey Cheek I
The two times 500 m were the second speed skating competition of the men in this Olympics. After the first of two runs in which each athlete competes once on the inside lane and one on the outer web on account of equal opportunities, the Finn Mika Poutala still led the field with six hundredths of a second on. After a weaker second run Poutala fell but still back at square 5.
Olympic champion Mo Tae- bum of the Koreans, who was running in two after the first run. Mo Tae- bum won the competition at the end just 0.16 seconds ahead of the Japanese Keiichiro Nagashima, who still was ranked sixth place after the first run, and his compatriot Joji Katō.
1000 m
Date: February 17, 2010, 16:00 clock ( clock 01:00 CET) Olympic champion 2006: United States United States I Shani Davis
1500 m
Date: February 20, 2010, 16:15 clock ( clock 01:15 CET) Olympic champion 2006: Italy ITA Enrico Fabris I
5000 m
Date: February 13, 2010, 12:00 clock ( clock 21:00 CET) Olympic champion 2006: United States United States I Chad Hedrick
10000 m
Date: 23 February 2010, 11.00 clock ( 20:00 o `clock CET) Olympic champion 2006: Netherlands NED I Bob de Jong
For a curiosity, the 10,000 -meter race, which was attended by 15 athletes attended the disqualification of the 5,000 -meter Olympic champion Sven Kramer of the Netherlands. After the South Korean Seung- Hun Lee had set a new Olympic record in the fifth of eight pairs, the Dutch co-favorite showed in the last match against the Russian Ivan Skobrew even better performance and led to mid-race with a clear lead of almost four seconds. In the seven- kilometer mark his coach Gerard Kemkers instructed him on the wrong path, so that Kramer was eventually disqualified by the jury - after he had clearly undercut the existing fastest time in goal and has already celebrated his gold medal. Immediately after the competition, the athlete insulted his coach, who also took over the responsibility for the error and said that for him plunge a world together. In the Dutch media, the disqualification has been much discussed; the present in Vancouver Prince Willem- Alexander described the situation as dramatic. As a result of the competition, several athletes for Kemkers, who eventually remained Kramer's coach expressed. The Dutchman justified this decision by saying that he had achieved with Kemkers ' means a number of titles, now he could " drop impossible " him.
Team pursuit
() Participation in the quarter or semi-finals
Date: February 26, 2010, 12:30 clock ( 21:30 o `clock CET) (qualification ), February 27, 2010 12:30 o` clock ( 21:30 o `clock CET) ( Finals ) Olympic champion 2006: Italy ITA Stefano Donagrandi I / Enrico Fabris / Matteo Anesi / Ippolito Sanfratello The Dutch team ( Blokhuijsen, Kramer, Tuitert ) ran with 3:39,95 min in the B-final Olympic speed skating record.
Preliminary
Women
500 m
Date: February 16, 2010, 13:00 clock ( clock 22:00 CET) Olympic Champion 2006: RUS Russia Svetlana I Schurowa
1000 m
Date: February 18, 2010, 13:00 clock ( clock 22:00 CET) 2006 Olympic gold medalist: Netherlands NED Marianne Timmer I
1500 m
Date: February 21, 2010, 15:00 clock (00:00 clock CET) 2006 Olympic gold medalist: Canada CAN I Cindy Klassen
3000 m
Date: February 14, 2010, 13:00 clock ( clock 22:00 CET) 2006 Olympic gold medalist: Netherlands NED I Ireen Wuest
5000 m
Date: February 24, 2010, 13:00 clock ( clock 22:00 CET) 2006 Olympic gold medalist: Canada CAN I Clara Hughes
Disqualified: Katrin Mattscherodt (GER )
Team pursuit
() Participation in the quarter or semi-finals
Date: February 26, 2010, 12:30 clock ( clock 21:30 CET) (qualification ) 27 February, 2010, 12:30 clock ( clock 21:30 CET) ( Finals ) Olympic champions in 2006: Germany GER I Anni Friesinger / Claudia Pechstein / Daniela Anschütz - Thoms / Lucille Opitz / Sabine peoples
Anni Friesinger - Postma fell in the semifinals and slid on his stomach through the target. She was then replaced for the final by Katrin Mattscherodt. All four German runners were awarded a gold medal.