Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
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The men's 10,000 m competition in speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 13 February, at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.[1] Metoděj Jílek of the Czech Republic won the event, this was his first Olympic gold. Vladimir Semirunniy of Poland won silver, his first Olympic medal. Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands, the 2014 champion on this distance, skating at the age of 40, won bronze.
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| Venue | Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan | ||||||||||||
| Date | 13 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12:33.43 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The 2022 champion, Nils van der Poel, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, Patrick Roest, did not qualify for the Olympics.[2] The bronze medalist, Davide Ghiotto, qualified for the event. Before the Olympics, Metoděj Jílek was leading the long-distance standings of the 2025–26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. Ghiotto was the 10,000 metres 2025 world champion and the world record holder.
Summary
In pair 3, Semirunniy and Stijn van de Bunt took the two top positions. In pair 4, Bergsma and Giotto originally skated faster than Semirunniy, but eventually ended up in provisional 2nd and 4th positions, respectively. Jílek in pair 5 was 5.7 seconds faster than Semirunniy, moving van de Bunt off the podium. In pair 6, the last pair, Sander Eitrem, who a few days previously won the gold medal n 5000 m, and Timothy Loubineaud, were initially skating faster than Jílek, but none could keep up. Loubineaud finished in the 4th position, and Eitrem in the 7th, keeping the podium intact.
Qualification
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
| World record |  Davide Ghiotto (ITA) | 12:25.69 | Calgary, Canada | 25 January 2025 |
| Olympic record |  Nils van der Poel (SWE) | 12:30.74 | Beijing, China | 11 February 2022 |
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Results
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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 | 5 | I | Metoděj Jílek |  Czech Republic | 12:33.43 | — | |
 | 3 | I | Vladimir Semirunniy |  Poland | 12:39.08 | + 5.65 | |
 | 4 | I | Jorrit Bergsma |  Netherlands | 12:40.48 | +7.05 | |
| 4 | 6 | O | Timothy Loubineaud |  France | 12:44.20 | +10.77 | |
| 5 | 3 | O | Stijn van de Bunt | Netherlands | 12:45.75 | +12.32 | |
| 6 | 4 | O | Davide Ghiotto | Italy | 12:46.72 | +13.29 | |
| 7 | 6 | I | Sander Eitrem |  Norway | 12:47.11 | +13.68 | |
| 8 | 1 | I | Riccardo Lorello | Italy | 12.56.22 | +22.79 | |
| 9 | 5 | O | Ted-Jan Bloemen |  Canada | 13:00.01 | +26.58 | |
| 10 | 2 | I | Bart Swings |  Belgium | 13:05.60 | +32.17 | |
| 11 | 2 | O | Sigurd Henriksen | Norway | 13:27.29 | +53.86 | |
| – | 1 | O | Viktor Hald Thorup |  Denmark | DNF | ||
| – | Casey Dawson |  United States | WDR | ||||