title: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
text: # Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
  
  The men's 10,000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
  
  | World record | Fred Anton Maier (NOR) | 15:20.3 | Oslo, Norway | 28 January 1968 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Olympic record | Knut Johannesen (NOR) | 15:46.6 | Squaw Valley, United States | 27 February 1960 |
  
  The following new Olympic record was set.
  
  | Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 17 February | Johnny Höglin (SWE) | 15:23.6 | OR | |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Johnny Höglin | Sweden | 15:23.6 | OR |
  | | Fred Anton Maier | Norway | 15:23.9 | |
  | | Örjan Sandler | Sweden | 15:31.8 | |
  | 4 | Per Willy Guttormsen | Norway | 15:32.6 | |
  | 5 | Kees Verkerk | Netherlands | 15:33.9 | |
  | 6 | Jonny Nilsson | Sweden | 15:39.6 | |
  | 7 | Magne Thomassen | Norway | 15:44.9 | |
  | 8 | Peter Nottet | Netherlands | 15:54.7 | |
  | 9 | Valery Lavrushkin | Soviet Union | 15:54.8 | |
  | 10 | Stanislav Selyanin | Soviet Union | 15:56.4 | |
  | 11 | Günter Traub | West Germany | 16:01.3 | |
  | 12 | Jouko Launonen | Finland | 16:02.1 | |
  | 13 | Jan Bols | Netherlands | 16:09.5 | |
  | 14 | Kimmo Koskinen | Finland | 16:15.7 | |
  | 15 | Paul Enock | Canada | 16:21.2 | |
  | 16 | Anatoly Mashkov | Soviet Union | 16:22.1 | |
  | 17 | Hermann Strutz | Austria | 16:24.9 | |
  | 18 | Jürgen Traub | West Germany | 16:33.8 | |
  | 19 | Renato De Riva | Italy | 16:39.5 | |
  | 20 | Raimo Hietala | Finland | 16:45.9 | |
  | 21 | Bill Lanigan | United States | 16:50.1 | |
  | 22 | Yoshiaki Demachi | Japan | 16:54.6 | |
  | 23 | Bob Hodges | Canada | 17:01.9 | |
  | 24 | Giancarlo Gloder | Italy | 17:03.2 | |
  | 25 | Bill Cox | United States | 17:08.2 | |
  | 26 | François Perrenoud | France | 17:10.2 | |
  | 27 | György Ivánkai | Hungary | 17:36.2 | |
  | 28 | Hirofumi Otsuka | Japan | 17:38.8 | |
  