Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 7
Competitors	39 from 20 nations
Winning time	4:25:30.0 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Don Thompson File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Ljunggren File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abdon Pamich File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy

The men's 50 kilometres walk race walk event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 7. The event was held in a final only format.

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Don Thompson	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	4:25:30.0	OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	John Ljunggren	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	4:25:47.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Abdon Pamich	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4:27:55.4
4	Oleksandr Shcherbyna	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	4:31:44.0
5	Tom Misson	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	4:33:03.0
6	Alex Oakley	File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada	4:33:08.6
7	Pino Dordoni	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4:33:27.2
8	Zora Singh	File:Flag of India.svg India	4:37:44.6
9	Anatoly Vedyakov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	4:39:57.6
10	Antonio De Gaetano	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4:41:01.6
11	Ladislav Moc	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia	4:42:33.6
12	George Hazle	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa	4:43:18.8
13	Max Weber	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	4:44:47.0
14	Svätopluk Sýkora	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia	4:46:14.6
15	Ajit Singh	File:Flag of India.svg India	4: 47:28.4
16	Horst Astroth	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	4:50:57.0
17	Josef Doležal	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia	4:51:18.6
18	José Ribas	File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain	4:51:20.0
19	Ron Laird	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4:53:21.6
20	Frank O'Reilly	File:Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg Ireland	4:54:40.0
21	Charles Sowa	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	4:57:00.4
22	Louis Marquis	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	5:00:13.0
23	Bruce MacDonald	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	5:00:47.6
24	John Allen	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	5:03:15.2
25	Alfred Leiser	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	5:06:55.0
26	Mohamed Ben Lazhar	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	5:07:57.4
27	René Charrière	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	5:09:00.8
28	Jacques Arnoux	File:Flag of France.svg France	5:10:22.0
-	Albert Johnson	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain		DQ
-	Grigory Klimov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union		DQ
-	Guillermo Weller	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina		DQ
-	Kurt Sakowski	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany		DQ
-	Noel Freeman	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia		DQ
-	Ronald Crawford	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia		DQ
-	Erik Söderlund	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden		DNF
-	Åke Söderlund	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden		DNF
-	Norman Read	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand		DNF
-	Naoui Zlassi	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia		DNF
-	Béla Dinesz	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary		DNF

Key: OR = Olympic record; DQ = disqualified; DNF = did not finish