2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates29 August
Competitors53 from 29 nations
Winning time3:40:32
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2013
2017  

The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [4]

World record Flag of France.svg  Yohann Diniz  (FRA)3:32:33 Zürich, Switzerland15 August 2014
Championship record Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Korzeniowski  (POL)3:36:03 Saint-Denis, France23 August 2003
World LeadingFlag of Slovakia.svg  Matej Tóth  (SVK)3:34:38 Dudince, Slovakia21 March 2015
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, China22 October 2005
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Guatemala.svg  Erick Barrondo  (GUA)3:41:09Dudince, Slovakia23 March 2013
South American Record Flag of Colombia.svg  James Rendón  (COL)3:47:41 Valley Cottage, United States14 September 2014
European Record Flag of France.svg  Yohann Diniz  (FRA)3:32:33Zürich, Switzerland15 August 2014
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Deakes  (AUS)3:35:47 Geelong, Australia2 December 2006
The following records were established during the competition:
South American Record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Andrés Chocho  (ECU)3:46:00 Beijing, China29 August 2015

Qualification standards

Time [5]
4:06:00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
29 August 201507:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

The race was started at 07:30. [6]

KEY:NRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Matej Tóth Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)3:40:32
Silver medal icon.svg Jared Tallent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)3:42:17 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Takayuki Tanii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:42:55
4 Hirooki Arai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:43:44
5 Robert Heffernan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)3:44:17 SB
6 Zhang Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3:44:39 PB
7 Yu Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3:45:21 PB
8 Andrés Chocho Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)3:46:00 AR
9 Jesús Ángel García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:46:43 SB
10 Quentin Rew Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)3:48:48 PB
11 Adrian Błocki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:49:11 PB
12 Evan Dunfee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)3:49:56 PB
13 Chris Erickson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)3:51:26 SB
14 Wu Qianlong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3:51:35
15 Ivan Banzeruk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)3:52:15
16 Marco De Luca Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)3:53:02
17 Matteo Giupponi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)3:53:23
18 Aku Partanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)3:54:28
19 Serhiy Budza Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)3:55:10
20 Luis Fernando López Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)3:55:43 PB
21 Pedro Isidro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)3:55:44 PB
22 Tadas Šuškevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)3:56:27 SB
23 Park Chil-sung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)3:56:42 SB
24 Håvard Haukenes Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)3:56:50 SB
25 Teodorico Caporaso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)3:56:58
26 Sandeep Kumar Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)3:57:03 SB
27 Manish Singh Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)3:57:11 PB
28 Rafał Augustyn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:57:30
29 Jaime Quiyuch Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)3:57:41 SB
30 Dušan Majdán Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)3:58:57 SB
31 Mathieu Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)4:01:35 SB
32 Jarkko Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)4:02:07 SB
33 Marc Mundell Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)4:02:41
34 Yuki Yamazaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)4:03:54
35 Francisco Arcilla Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)4:07:23 SB
36 Luis Ángel Sánchez Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)4:09:26
37 John Nunn Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4:09:44 SB
38 Arnis Rumbenieks Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)4:28:55
Marius Cocioran Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM) DNF
Carl Dohmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER) DNF
Mário dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA) DNF
Anders Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE) DNF
Anatole Ibáñez Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE) DNF
Aleksi Ojala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN) DNF
Alexandros Papamichail Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE) DNF
Benjamin Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP) DNF
Alex Wright Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL) DNF
Erick Barrondo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA) DQ
Brendan Boyce Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL) DQ
Lukáš Gdula Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE) DQ
Ihor Hlavan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR) DQ
Łukasz Nowak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL) DQ
Martin Tišťan Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK) DQ
Aleksandr Yargunkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS) DNS

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References

  1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Start list
  3. "REPORT: MEN'S 50KM RACE WALK – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. "Records & Lists – Race Walk". IAAF . Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. Final results