| Date | 21 February 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Fiera Milano Rho, Rho, Milano, ITA | |
| Participants | 29 from 17 countries | |
| Format | Points for sprints, 5-3-1 for 3 intermediate sprints, and 60-40-20-10-6-3 for final sprint, with places determined by points. | |
| Referee | Berri de Jonge |  NED |
| Starter | Deng Xuefeng |  CHN |
Bart Swings had become the first Belgian Olympic speed skating champion, following up the success with World titles in 2023 and 2024 (and bronze in 2025). The top of the 2025/2026 World Cup rankings also showed other familiar faces: Jorrit Bergsma, 2020 World Champion, Andrea Giovannini, the 2025 title holder, and Jeong Jae-Won, Olympic silver medallist in 2022. A less familiar face in the mass start was that of Jordan Stolz. Known for his dominance in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500, in 2025 he successfully added the mass start to his oeuvre, and even won a World Cup in Hamar in December 2025.
The heats saw the elimination of Livio Wenger, 2024 World Championship medallist, as he fell in the final lap while ahead of the pack. Also notable was that Ethan Cepuran and Daniele Di Stefano didn’t make it, leaving Stolz and Giovannini without teammates in the final. Very early in that race, Bergsma and Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark escaped the pack. They quickly gained about half a lap. None of the other favourites wished to spend their efforts catching them, fearing they’d lose out to Stolz in the sprint. Other attempts to catch them were thwarted by Stijn van de Bunt, Bergsma’s teammate. About two laps before the end, Bergsma skated away from his fellow escapee. With a comfortable margin, Bergsma was able to celebrate his second Olympic victory, after the 2014 10,000 m, already in the final curve. Thorup also kept outside the reach of the pack, and finished second for his best ever result. In the pack sprint, Giovannini delighted the home crowd by narrowly holding off Stolz for the bronze.
Bergsma improved on his record of oldest medal winner in speed skating that he had set earlier in the Games. Viktor Hald Thorup brought Denmark its first ever speed skating medal, and only second Winter Olympic medal since curling silver in 1998.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Semi-Final Points | Semi-Final Time | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Jorrit Bergsma | NED | – | – | 3 (7 h1) | 68 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 15 | Viktor Hald Thorup |  DEN | – | – | 3 (8 h1) | 47 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 8 | Andrea Giovannini |  ITA | – | – | 13 (4 h2) | 21 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 7 | Jordan Stolz |  USA | – | – | 11 (4 h1) | 10 (4) | |||
| 5 | 5 | Jeong Jae-Won |  KOR | – | – | 21 (3 h1) | 6 (5) | |||
| 6 | 1 | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu |  CAN | – | – | 60 (1 h1) | 3 (6) | |||
| 7 | 9 | Mathieu Belloir |  FRA | – | – | 10 (5 h1) | 1 (7) | |||
| 8 | 11 | Indra Médard |  BEL | – | – | 3 (6 h1) | 1 (8) | |||
| 9 | 10 | Bart Swings | BEL | – | – | 7 (5 h2) | – (9) | |||
| 10 | 3 | Shomu Sasaki |  JPN | – | – | 40 (2 h1) | – (10) | |||
| 11 | 2 | Timothy Loubineaud | FRA | – | – | 61 (1 h2) | – (11) | |||
| 12 | 14 | Gabriel Odor |  AUT | – | – | 3 (7 h2) | – (12) | |||
| 13 | 16 | Motonaga Arito | JPN | – | – | 2 (8 h2) | – (13) | |||
| 14 | 12 | Metoděj Jílek |  CZE | – | – | 6 (6 h2) | – (14) | |||
| 15 | 4 | Wu Yu | CHN | – | – | 40 (2 h2) | – (15) | |||
| 16 | 8 | Stijn van de Bunt | NED | – | – | 24 (3 h2) | – (16) | |||
| 17 | 11 | Daniele Di Stefano | ITA | 3 | – | 3 (9 h1) | – | |||
| 18 | 13 | Li Wenhao | CHN | 2 | – | 2 (10 h1) | – | |||
| 19 | 14 | Vladimir Semirunniy |  POL | 1 | – | 1 (11 h1) | – | |||
| 20 | 8 | Ethan Cepuran | USA | 1 | – | 1 (9 h2) | – | |||
| 21 | 10 | Sigurd Holbø Dyrset |  NOR | – | 7:44.18 | – (12 h1) | – | |||
| 22 | 4 | Felix Maly |  GER | – | 7:46.65 | – (13 h1) | – | |||
| 23 | 3 | Livio Wenger |  SUI | – | 7:52.74 | – (10 h2) | – | |||
| 24 | 12 | Daniel Hall | CAN | – | 7:53.68 | – (11 h2) | – | |||
| 25 | 11 | Min-Seok Kim |  HUN | – | 7:53.86 | – (12 h2) | – | |||
| 26 | 12 | Alexander Farthofer | AUT | – | 7:55.59 | – (14 h1) | – | |||
| 27 | 9 | Jo Seung-Min | KOR | – | 7:56.44 | – (13 h2) | – | |||
| 28 | 7 | Fridtjof Petzold | GER | – | 8:00.76 | – (14 h2) | – | |||
| 29 | 10 | Didrik Eng Strand | NOR | – | 8:42.18 | – (15 h2) | – |
| Date | 21 February 2026 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 8 ranked skaters in each heat advanced to the final round. Points for sprints, 5-3-1 for 3 intermediate sprints, and 60-40-20-10-6-3 for final sprint, with places determined by points. |
| Time | 15:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Laps | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu | CAN | 60 | 16 | – | ||
| 2 | 8 | Shomu Sasaki | JPN | 40 | 16 | – | ||
| 3 | 2 | Jeong Jae-Won | KOR | 21 | 16 | – | ||
| 4 | 3 | Jordan Stolz | USA | 11 | 16 | 7:43.81 | ||
| 5 | 9 | Mathieu Belloir | FRA | 10 | 16 | 7:43.78 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Indra Médard | BEL | 3 | 16 | 7:44.03 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Jorrit Bergsma | NED | 3 | 16 | 7:47.81 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Viktor Hald Thorup | DEN | 3 | 16 | 8:01.77 | ||
| 9 | 11 | Daniele Di Stefano | ITA | 3 | 16 | 8:05.12 | ||
| 10 | 13 | Li Wenhao | CHN | 2 | 16 | – | ||
| 11 | 14 | Vladimir Semirunniy | POL | 1 | 16 | – | ||
| 12 | 10 | Sigurd Holbø Dyrset | NOR | – | 16 | 7:44.18 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Felix Maly | GER | – | 16 | 7:46.65 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Alexander Farthofer | AUT | – | 16 | 7:55.59 |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Laps | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Timothy Loubineaud | FRA | 61 | 16 | – | ||
| 2 | 15 | Wu Yu | CHN | 40 | 16 | – | ||
| 3 | 14 | Stijn van de Bunt | NED | 24 | 16 | – | ||
| 4 | 1 | Andrea Giovannini | ITA | 13 | 16 | – | ||
| 5 | 2 | Bart Swings | BEL | 7 | 16 | – | ||
| 6 | 4 | Metoděj Jílek | CZE | 6 | 16 | – | ||
| 7 | 5 | Gabriel Odor | AUT | 3 | 16 | – | ||
| 8 | 13 | Motonaga Arito | JPN | 2 | 16 | – | ||
| 9 | 8 | Ethan Cepuran | USA | 1 | 16 | – | ||
| 10 | 3 | Livio Wenger | SUI | – | 16 | 7:52.74 | ||
| 11 | 12 | Daniel Hall | CAN | – | 16 | 7:53.68 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Min-Seok Kim | HUN | – | 16 | 7:53.86 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Jo Seung-Min | KOR | – | 16 | 7:56.44 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Fridtjof Petzold | GER | – | 16 | 8:00.76 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Didrik Eng Strand | NOR | – | 16 | 8:42.18 |
| Date | 21 February 2026 — 16:40 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Laps | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Jorrit Bergsma | NED | 68 | 16 | – | ||
| 2 | 15 | Viktor Hald Thorup | DEN | 47 | 16 | – | ||
| 3 | 8 | Andrea Giovannini | ITA | 21 | 16 | – | ||
| 4 | 7 | Jordan Stolz | USA | 10 | 16 | – | ||
| 5 | 5 | Jeong Jae-Won | KOR | 6 | 16 | – | ||
| 6 | 1 | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu | CAN | 3 | 16 | – | ||
| 7 | 9 | Mathieu Belloir | FRA | 1 | 16 | 8:12.96 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Indra Médard | BEL | 1 | 16 | 8:26.25 | ||
| 9 | 10 | Bart Swings | BEL | – | 16 | 8:05.37 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Shomu Sasaki | JPN | – | 16 | 8:05.56 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Timothy Loubineaud | FRA | – | 16 | 8:06.93 | ||
| 12 | 14 | Gabriel Odor | AUT | – | 16 | 8:07.08 | ||
| 13 | 16 | Motonaga Arito | JPN | – | 16 | 8:09.46 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Metoděj Jílek | CZE | – | 16 | 8:10.90 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Wu Yu | CHN | – | 16 | 8:12.04 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Stijn van de Bunt | NED | – | 16 | 8:18.60 |
