Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Central Lenin Stadium
Date30 July
Competitors29 from 14 nations
Winning time3:49:24
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hartwig Gauder
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Jordi Llopart
Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg Yevgeniy Ivchenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1972
1984  

The Men's 50 km Race Walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entry list of 27 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified and nine of them did not finish in the final, held on 30 July 1980. [1] This event was not held during 1976 Summer Olympics,returning to Olympic program after last returning to the program after a hiatus edition, because it was held in 1972.

This event netted Spain its first-ever medal in athletics, with Jordi Llopart taking silver. [2]

Medalists

Gold Hartwig Gauder
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Silver Jordi Llopart
Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg Spain
Bronze Yevgeniy Ivchenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  Hartwig Gauder  (GDR)3:49:24
Silver medal icon.svgSpain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Jordi Llopart  (ESP)3:51:25
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yevgeniy Ivchenko  (URS)3:56:32
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Bengt Simonsen  (SWE)3:57:08
5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vyacheslav Fursov  (URS)3:58:32
6Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Josep Marín  (ESP)4:03:08
7Flag of Poland.svg  Stanisław Rola  (POL)4:07:07
8Olympic flag.svg  Willi Sawall  (AUS)4:08:25
9Flag of Hungary.svg  László Sátor  (HUN)4:10:53
10Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Pavol Blažek  (TCH)4:16:26
11Olympic flag.svg  Ian Richards  (GBR)4:22:57
12Flag of Greece.svg Christos Karageorgos (GRE)4:24:36
13Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Juraj Benčík  (TCH)4:27:39
14Flag of Colombia.svg  Enrique Peña  (COL)4:29:27
15Flag of Colombia.svg  Ernesto Alfaro  (COL)4:46:28
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Bo Gustafsson  (SWE)DNF
Flag of Poland.svg  Bohdan Bułakowski  (POL)DNF
Flag of Mexico.svg  Daniel Bautista  (MEX)DNF
Olympic flag.svg  David Smith  (AUS)DNF
Olympic flag.svg  Gérard Lelièvre  (FRA)DNF
Flag of Mexico.svg  Martín Bermúdez  (MEX)DNF
Flag of Mexico.svg  Raúl González  (MEX)DNF
Flag of Finland.svg  Reima Salonen  (FIN)DNF
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Borys Yakovlev  (URS)DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
Flag of East Germany.svg  Dietmar Meisch  (GDR)DSQ
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jaromír Vaňous  (TCH)DSQ
Flag of East Germany.svg  Uwe Dünkel  (GDR)DSQ

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. "1980 Olympic 50km race walk silver medallist Llopart dies". World Athletics. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.