2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates13 August (final)
Competitors48 from 27 nations
Winning time3:33:12
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2015
2019  

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a two kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August. [1] [2]

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The winning margin was 8 minutes 5 seconds which as of 2024 is the only time the men's 50 km walk has been won by more than four minutes at these championships. In 2022, the event was discontinued and replaced with the 35 km walk.

Summary

Four days before the event, three-time World Championship medallist, Australia's Jared Tallent was forced to withdraw from the event due to a hamstring injury. [3]

From the start, world record holder, 39 year old Yohann Diniz (FRA) walked with a sense of purpose. Save a silver medal in 2007, the World Championships had resulted in disqualifications and failure for him as had the Olympics. On this course in 2012, Diniz became disoriented and was left by the lead pack lying on the ground after he tripped over a barricade.

From the gun, Diniz walked at his own pace at the front of the pack. He had to make a quick, unplanned pit stop before the 5k mark which brought him back to the pack of some 20 competitors, but really only Horacio Nava (MEX) was able to stay with him for a short while. Again Diniz set sail solo and continued building his lead. 41 seconds at 10k, 1:32 at 15k, 2:10 at 20k, 2:59 by halfway. [4] Reminiscent of last year's Olympics, would his huge lead evaporate into another catastrophe?

Chasing Diniz was a pack of podium suitors that stayed together with individuals falling off the back. By half way it was down to seven, with two Ecudorians; Claudio Villanueva and Andrés Chocho; two Japanese Hirooki Arai and Kai Kobayashi; Aleksi Ojala (FIN); Evan Dunfee (CAN); and Yu Wei (CHN). That group stayed together past 35k, where Diniz had a 4:21 lead. At 36k, the two Japanese teammates took off on their own. In the next 4k, they put 27 seconds on the next challenger Dunfee, while Chocho was disqualified for form violation and asked off the course.

Diniz did not suffer a catastrophe. By the last 2k loop, he had lapped everybody except four walkers. Like his world record three years earlier, Diniz spent the last lap celebrating; tying a French flag around his neck like a bandana, slapping hands with the spectators in the front row. He held the French flag above his head as he crossed the finish line. The two Japanese worked together to keep up the pace, the more experienced Arai finally taking a slight lead for silver, 8:05 behind Diniz. It was the second fastest 50k racewalk of all time, only behind Diniz' world record and the largest margin of victory in World Championship history. [5]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [6]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 3:32:33 Yohann Diniz Flag of France.svg  FRA 15 Aug 2014 Zürich, Switzerland
Championship 3:36:03 Robert Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  POL 27 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis, France
World leading3:43:05 Dementiy Cheparev Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 10 Jun 2017 Cheboksary, Russia
African 3:54:12 Marc Mundell Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA 13 Dec 2015 Melbourne, Australia
Asian 3:36:06 Yu Chaohong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN 22 Oct 2005 Nanjing, China
NACAC 3:41:09 Erick Barrondo Flag of Guatemala.svg  GUA 23 Mar 2013 Dudince, Slovakia
South American 3:42:57 Andrés Chocho Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU 6 Mar 2016 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
European 3:32:33 Yohann Diniz Flag of France.svg  FRA 15 Aug 2014Zürich, Switzerland
Oceanian 3:35:47 Nathan Deakes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS 2 Dec 2006 Geelong, Australia

The following records were set at the competition: [7]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Championship 3:33:12 Yohann Diniz Flag of France.svg  FRA 13 Aug 2017
World leading
New Zealand 3:46:29 Quentin Rew Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL
Hungarian 3:43:56 Máté Helebrandt Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:06:00. [8]

Results

The final took place on 13 August at 07:46. The results were as follows: [9]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Yohann Diniz Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)3:33:12 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Hirooki Arai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:41:17 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Kai Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:41:19 PB
4 Ihor Hlavan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)3:41:42 SB
5 Satoshi Maruo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:43:03 PB
6 Máté Helebrandt Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)3:43:56 NR
7 Rafał Augustyn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:44:18 SB
8 Robert Heffernan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)3:44:41 SB
9 Marco De Luca Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)3:45:02 SB
10 Carl Dohmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)3:45:21 PB
11 João Vieira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)3:45:28 SB
12 Quentin Rew Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)3:46:29 NR
13 Karl Junghannß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)3:47:01 PB
14 Aleksi Ojala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)3:47:20 SB
15 Evan Dunfee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)3:47:36
16 Horacio Nava Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)3:47:53 SB
17 José Ignacio Díaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:48:08 PB
18 Claudio Villanueva Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)3:49:27 PB
19 Ivan Banzeruk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)3:49:49
20 Jorge Armando Ruiz Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)3:50:37 PB
21 José Leyver Ojeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)3:51:17
22 Rafał Fedaczyński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:52:11
23 Jarkko Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)3:55:44 SB
24 Adrian Błocki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:55:49
25 Mathieu Bilodeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)3:56:54 SB
26 Francisco Arcilla Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:57:27
27 Maryan Zakalnytskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)3:57:29
28 Anders Hansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)3:58:00 PB
29 Park Chil-sung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)3:59:46 SB
30 Niu Wenbin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)4:01:35
31 Narcis Ștefan Mihăilă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)4:02:27 PB
32 Pedro Isidro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)4:02:30
33 Ronald Quispe Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)4:08.22 SB
Michele Antonelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) DNF
Luis Fernando López Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)
Dušan Majdán Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)
Arturas Mastianica Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)
Iván Pajuelo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Yu Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Edward Araya Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI) DQ 230.6(a)
Andrés Chocho Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)
Alejandro Francisco Flórez Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
Håvard Haukenes Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Dominic King Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)
Aku Partanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Florin Alin Știrbu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)
Omar Zepeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)
Brendan Boyce Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL) DNS

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