Speed_skating_at_the_1928_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_10,000_metres
The 10,000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 14, 1928.
In this event, Irving Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen on the finish line in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.[1] In a controversial ruling, the Norwegian referee canceled the entire competition. Although the International Olympic Committee reversed the referee's decision and awarded Jaffee the gold medal, the International Skating Union later overruled the IOC and restored the ruling.[2] Jaffee should have received the gold medal, according to Evensen, but it never occurred.[3]