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

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 7, 1960
Competitors39 from 20 nations
Winning time4:25:30.0 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Don Thompson
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg John Ljunggren
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Abdon Pamich
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
←  1956
1964  →

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. [1]

Results

Final

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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