# Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the Olympic Oval. 32 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tomas Gustafson Sweden | Michael Hadschieff Austria | Leo Visser Netherlands |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Geir Karlstad (NOR) | 13:48.51 | Calgary, Canada | 6 December 1987 |
| Olympic record | Eric Heiden (USA) | 14:28.13 | Lake Placid, United States | 23 February 1980 |
The following new Olympic and World records were set during the competition:
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
| 21 February | Pair 1 | Yury Klyuyev | Soviet Union | 14:09.68 | OR | |
| 21 February | Pair 2 | Gerard Kemkers | Netherlands | 14:08.34 | OR | |
| 21 February | Pair 4 | Leo Visser | Netherlands | 14:00.55 | OR | |
| 21 February | Pair 5 | Michael Hadschieff | Austria | 13:56.11 | OR | |
| 21 February | Pair 9 | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden | 13:48.20 | OR | WR |

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time Behind | Notes |
| | 9 | o | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden | 13:48.20 | – | (WR) |
| | 5 | i | Michael Hadschieff | Austria | 13:56.11 | +7.91 | |
| | 4 | i | Leo Visser | Netherlands | 14:00.55 | +12.35 | |
| 4 | 10 | o | Eric Flaim | United States | 14:05.57 | +17.37 | |
| 5 | 2 | o | Gerard Kemkers | Netherlands | 14.08,34 f | +20.14 | |
| 6 | 1 | o | Yury Klyuyev | Soviet Union | 14:09.68 | +21.48 | |
| 7 | 16 | i | Roberto Sighel | Italy | 14:13.60 | +25.40 | |
| 8 | 9 | i | Roland Freier | East Germany | 14:19.16 | +30.98 | |
| 9 | 6 | o | Sergey Berezin | Soviet Union | 14:20.48 | +32.28 | |
| 10 | 3 | o | Ben Lamarche | Canada | 14:21.39 | +33.19 | |
| 11 | 5 | o | Herbert Dijkstra | Netherlands | 14:22.53 | +34.33 | |
| 12 | 11 | i | Joakim Karlberg | Sweden | 14:22.94 | +34.74 | |
| 13 | 14 | o | Bruno Milesi | Italy | 14:23.84 | +35.64 | |
| 14 | 7 | i | Dave Silk | United States | 14:25.56 | +37.36 | |
| 15 | 7 | o | Pertti Niittylä | Finland | 14:26.57 | +38.37 | |
| 16 | 15 | i | Jiří Kyncl | Czechoslovakia | 14:27.32 | +39.12 | |
| 17 | 12 | i | Timo Järvinen | Finland | 14:27.69 | +39.49 | |
| 18 | 2 | i | Aleksandr Mozin | Soviet Union | 14:28.91 | +40.71 | |
| 19 | 3 | i | Christian Eminger | Austria | 14:30.21 | +42.01 | |
| 20 | 14 | i | Gordon Goplen | Canada | 14:31.18 | +42.98 | |
| 21 | 4 | o | Frode Syvertsen | Norway | 14:32.08 | +43.88 | |
| 22 | 13 | o | Kim Gwan-gyu | South Korea | 14:34.65 | +46.45 | |
| 23 | 11 | o | Hans van Helden | France | 14:34.84 | +46.64 | |
| 24 | 8 | o | Toru Aoyanagi | Japan | 14:34.87 | +46.67 | |
| 25 | 10 | i | Jeff Klaiber | United States | 14:38.60 | +50.40 | |
| 26 | 16 | o | Colin Coates | Australia | 14:41.88 | +53.68 | |
| 27 | 1 | i | Hansjörg Baltes | West Germany | 14:45.41 | +57.21 | |
| 28 | 8 | i | Yoshiyuki Shimizu | Japan | 14:47.21 | +59.01 | |
| 29 | 13 | i | Lu Shuhai | China | 14:49.52 | +1:01.32 | |
| 30 | 15 | o | Julian Green | Great Britain | 14:59.53 | +1:11.33 | |
| – | 6 | i | Geir Karlstad | Norway | dnf, f | – | |
| – | 12 | o | Song Yong-hun | North Korea | dsq [14:33,41] | – | |