2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the 2013 World Championships
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Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates14 August (final)
Competitors60 from 34 nations
Winning time3:37:56
Medalists
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The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 14 August. [1]

Contents

From the start on home soil, Russians Mikhail Ryzhov and Ivan Noskov took the lead, with Jared Tallent in tow. By 15K the three had broken away to a 12-second lead. Tallent began to fall back to lead a large chasing pack as the two men continued to set the pace. By the half way mark Grzegorz Sudol and Robert Heffernan, who had spotted the leaders 30 seconds earlier, joined world leader Yohann Diniz to form a 5-man pack at the front. By 35K roles had reversed, Heffernan was now leading the Russians, Diniz was exiting the back and Sudol was trying to hold on. Over the next 5K, Heffernan pushed the lead with Ryzhov, as Noskov and Sudol formed their own group now steadily losing ground. [2] Meanwhile, Tallent continued to hang around, leading the chase pack then leaving them behind to do a one-man chase of the leaders. [3] Heffernan finally broke Ryzhov and pushed his way to almost a minute victory. Tallent continued his pace to finish third. After giving up minutes to the leaders, Ihor Hlavan put in an impressive 21:38 final 5K to chase Tallent. [4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [5]

World record Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Nizhegorodov  (RUS)3:34:14 Cheboksary, Russia11 May 2008
Championship record Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Korzeniowski  (POL)3:36:03 Saint-Denis, France23 August 2003
World LeadingFlag of France.svg  Yohann Diniz  (FRA)3:41:07 Dudince, Slovakia19 May 2013
African Record Flag of South Africa.svg  Marc Mundell  (RSA)3:55:32London, Great Britain11 August 2012
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Chaohong  (CHN)3:36:06 Nanjing, People's Republic of China22 October 2005
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Guatemala.svg  Érick Barrondo  (GUA)3:41:09Dudince, Slovakia23 March 2013
South American Record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Andrés Chocho  (ECU)3:49:26 Valley Cottage, United States28 October 2012
European Record Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Nizhegorodov  (RUS)3:34:14Cheboksary, Russia11 May 2008
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Deakes  (AUS)3:35:47 Geelong, Australia2 December 2006

Qualification standards

A standard [6] B standard
4:02:004:16:00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
14 August 201308:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:NRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final

The final was held at 08:30. [7]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Heffernan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)3:37:56WL
DSQ Mikhail Ryzhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)3:38:58PB
Silver medal icon.svg Jared Tallent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)3:40:03SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Ihor Hlavan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)3:40:39PB
5 Matej Tóth Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)3:41:07SB
6 Grzegorz Sudoł Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:41:20PB
7 Ivan Noskov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)3:41:36PB
8 Łukasz Nowak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:43:38SB
9 Takayuki Tanii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:44:26
10 Yohann Diniz Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)3:45:18
11 Hirooki Arai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:45:56PB
12 Jesús Ángel García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:46:44SB
13 Serhiy Budza Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)3:47:36PB
14 Ivan Trotski Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)3:47:52SB
15 Marco De Luca Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)3:48:05SB
16 Chris Erickson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)3:49:41PB
17 Quentin Rew Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)3:50:27PB
18 Claudio Villanueva Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:50:29PB
19 Omar Zepeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)3:50:43SB
20 Jarkko Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)3:50:56SB
21 Adrian Błocki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:51:00
22 Ato Ibáñez Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)3:53:38PB
23 Kōichirō Morioka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:53:54
24 Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)3:54:00SB
25 Brendan Boyce Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)3:54:24PB
26 Li Jianbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3:56:13
27 Jonnathan Caceres Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)3:56:58
28 Pedro Isidro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)3:57:30
29 Dušan Majdán Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)3:57:50PB
30 Xu Faguang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3:57:54SB
31 Marc Mundell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)3:57:55SB
32 Horacio Nava Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)3:58:09
33 Basanta Bahadur Rana Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)3:58:20SB
34 José Ignacio Díaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:58:26
35 Omar Segura Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)3:58:34
36 Evan Dunfee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)3:59:28PB
37 Oh Se-Han Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)4:01:00
38 Tadas Šuškevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)4:01:29
39 Andreas Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)4:01:40SB
40 Marius Cocioran Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)4:04:23SB
41 Veli-Matti Partanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)4:04:59
42 Teodorico Caporaso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)4:05:25
43 Mário dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)4:06:12SB
44 Xavier Moreno Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)4:07:29SB
45 Sándor Rácz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)4:12:18
46 John Nunn Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:34:55SB
Ian Rayson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)DQR 230.6
Edward Araya Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)DQR 230.6
Andrés Chocho Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)DQR 230.6
Emerson Esnal Hernández Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador  (ESA)DQR 230.6
Sandeep Kumar Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)DQR 230.6
Yim Jung-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)DQR 230.6
Håvard Haukenes Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)DQR 230.6
Ivan Banzeruk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)DQR 230.6
Si Tianfeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)DNF
Fredy Hernández Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)DNF
Maciej Rosiewicz Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  (GEO)DNF
Erik Tysse Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)DNF
Predrag Filipović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)DNF
Yerenman Salazar Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)DNF
Alexandros Papamichail Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)DNS

References

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  2. "50km walk gold for Ireland's Rob Heffernan". BBC Sport. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  3. "Ireland's Rob Heffernan celebrates 'completely surreal' 50 km walk gold". Daily Telegraph. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  4. "Rob Heffernan wins gold medal for Ireland in 50km walk at World Championships". RTÉ Sport. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  5. "Records & Lists – Race Walk". IAAF . Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  6. IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  7. "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.