Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date3 September 1972
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Winning time3:56:11.6 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bernd Kannenberg
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Veniamin Soldatenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Larry Young
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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These are the official results of the Men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, held on 3 September. This distance was not conducted in 1976, but returned in 1980. There were no heats with this event, it was held as a finals only event. [1]

Final

RankNameNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Bernd Kannenberg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:56:11.6
Silver medal icon.svg Veniamin Soldatenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:58:24.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Larry Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:00:46.0
4 Otto Barch Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:01:35.4
5 Peter Selzer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:04:05.4
6 Gerhard Weidner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:06:26.0
7 Vittorio Visini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:08:31.4
8 Gabriel Hernández Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:12:09.0
9 Paul Nihill Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:14:09.4
10 Charles Sowa Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4:14:21.2
11 Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:14:28.8
12 Hans Tenggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:16:37.6
13 Daniel Björkgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:20:00.0
14 Christoph Höhne Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:20:43.8
15 Stefan Ingvarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:21:01.0
16 Horst-Rüdiger Magnor Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:21:53.4
17 William Weigle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:22:52.2
18 John Warhurst Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:23:21.6
19 Shaul Ladany Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4:24:38.6
20 Raúl González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:26:13.4
21 Alex Oakley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:28:42.6
22 János Dalmati Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:32:23.2
23 Domenico Carpentieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:33:10.6
24 Kjell Georg Lund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4:34:23.4
25 Howard Timms Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:34:43.8
26 Antal Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:34:45.0
27 Steve Hayden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:36:07.2
28 Adalberto Scorza Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 4:42:41.4
29 Ole David Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4:57:13.8
- Abdon Pamich Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DQ
- Sergey Grigoryev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DQ
- Alfred Badel Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland DNF
- Jan Ornoch Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNF
- Jean-Claude Decosse Flag of France.svg  France DNF
- José Oliveros Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNF
- Karl-Heinz Merschenz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF
- Ion Benga Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania DNS
- Andrzej Siennicki Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNS
- Winicjusz Nowosielski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNS
- Vasile Dumitrescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania DNS
- Yuri Penalba Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua DNS
- Ilia Popov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria DNS

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich 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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