Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSeoul Olympic Stadium
DateSeptember 30
Competitors42 from 22 nations
Winning time3:38:29 OR
Medalists
File:Gold medal icon.svg Vyacheslav Ivanenko
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
File:Silver medal icon.svg Ronald Weigel
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Hartwig Gauder
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
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The Men's 50 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 42 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while four walkers did not finish the race, held on Friday September 30, 1988.[1]

Medalists

Gold Vyacheslav Ivanenko
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver Ronald Weigel
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Bronze Hartwig Gauder
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record File:Flag of East Germany.svg Ronald Weigel (GDR) 3:38.17 May 25, 1986 File:Flag of East Germany.svg Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record File:Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl González (MEX) 3:47.26 August 11, 1984 File:Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 3:38.29 September 30, 1988 File:Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South Korea

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
File:Gold medal icon.svg File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 3:38:29 OR
File:Silver medal icon.svg File:Flag of East Germany.svg Ronald Weigel (GDR) 3:38:56
File:Bronze medal icon.svg File:Flag of East Germany.svg Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 3:39:45
4 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 3:41:00
5 File:Flag of Spain.svg José Marín (ESP) 3:43:03
6 File:Flag of Australia.svg Simon Baker (AUS) 3:44:07
7 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Bo Gustafsson (SWE) 3:44:49
8 File:Flag of Italy.svg Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA) 3:45:43
9 File:Flag of East Germany.svg Dietmar Meisch (GDR) 3:46:31
10 File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Pavol Szikora (TCH) 3:47:04
11 File:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) 3:47:14
12 File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Pavol Blažek (TCH) 3:47:31
13 File:Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Llopart (ESP) 3:48:09
14 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg François Lapointe (CAN) 3:48:15
15 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 3:49:22
16 File:Flag of France.svg Alain Lemercier (FRA) 3:50:28
17 File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Roman Mrázek (TCH) 3:50:46
18 File:Flag of Finland.svg Reima Salonen (FIN) 3:51:36
19 File:Flag of Australia.svg Andrew Jachno (AUS) 3:53:23
20 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson (SWE) 3:53:34
21 File:Flag of Portugal.svg José Pinto (POR) 3:55:57
22 File:Flag of the United States.svg Marco Evoniuk (USA) 3:56:55
23 File:Flag of the United States.svg Carl Schueler (USA) 3:57:44
24 File:Flag of Poland.svg Jacek Bednarek (POL) 3:58:31
25 File:Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Alcalde (ESP) 3:59:13
26 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vitaliy Popovych (URS) 3:59:23
27 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Les Morton (GBR) 3:59:30
28 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Paul Blagg (GBR) 4:00:07
29 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Baojin (CHN) 4:00:07
30 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Héctor Moreno (COL) 4:01:31
31 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) 4:03:12
32 File:Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Bellucci (ITA) 4:04:56
33 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Arturo Bravo (MEX) 4:08:08
34 File:Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Kaestner (USA) 4:12:49
35 File:Flag of Kenya.svg William Sawe (KEN) 4:25:24
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
File:Flag of Norway.svg Erling Andersen (NOR) DNF
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Godfried Dejonckheere (BEL) DNF
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Urbanik (HUN) DNF
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Staaf (SWE) DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
File:Flag of France.svg Jean-Marie Neff (FRA) DSQ
File:Flag of France.svg Eric Neisse (FRA) DSQ
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Hernán Andrade (MEX) DSQ

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

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