Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Estadio Olímpico Universitario
DateOctober 17, 1968
Competitors36 from 19 nations
Winning time4:20:13.6
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Christoph Höhne Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Antal Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Larry Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held on October 17. It was won by Christoph Höhne of East Germany. [1]

Records

Prior to this event, the world and Olympic records stood as follows:

World record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Gennadiy Agapov  (URS)3:55:36 Almaty, Soviet Union October 17, 1965
Olympic recordFlag of Italy.svg  Abdon Pamich  (ITA)4:11:12 Tokyo, Japan October 18, 1964

Result

RankAthleteNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Christoph Höhne Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 4:20:13.6
Silver medal icon.svg Antal Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:30:17.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Larry Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:31:55.4
4 Peter Selzer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 4:33:09.8
5 Stig Lindberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:34:05.0
6 Vittorio Visini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:36:33.2
7 Bryan Eley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:37:32.2
8 José Pedraza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:37:51.4
9 Karl-Heinz Merschenz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:37:57.4
10 Goetz Klopfer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:39:13.8
11 Horst-Rüdiger Magnor Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 4:39:43.2
12 Frank Clark Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:40:13.8
13 Örjan Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:40:42.6
14 Gerhard Weidner Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 4:43:26.2
15 Sergey Grigoryev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:44:39.2
16 Charles Sowa Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:44:45.2
17 Kazuo Saito Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4:47:29.6
18 Shaun Lightman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:52:20.0
19 Bob Gardiner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:52:29.0
20 Erwin Stütz Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4:53:33.8
21 Henri Delerue Flag of France.svg  France 4:57:40.2
22 Mieczysław Rutyna Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 4:58:03.8
23 Felix Cappella Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:58:31.6
24 Shaul Ladany Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5:01:06.0
25 Pablo Colín Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5:01:30.0
26 Dave Romansky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5:38:03.4
27 Ismael Hernández Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5:56:09.2
28 Ricardo Cruz Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 5:56:22.0
Bernhard Nermerich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany DSQ
Abdon Pamich Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
Burkhard Leuschke Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany DNF
Gennady Agapov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNF
Ihor Della-Rossa Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNF
John Kelly Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland DNF
Paul Nihill Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain DNF
Stefan Ingvarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City 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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