Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Seoul Olympic Stadium
DateSeptember 30
Competitors42 from 22 nations
Winning time3:38:29 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vyacheslav Ivanenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Ronald Weigel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Hartwig Gauder
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
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The Men's 50 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 42 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while four walkers did not finish the race, held on Friday September 30, 1988. [1]

Medalists

Gold Vyacheslav Ivanenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver Ronald Weigel
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Bronze Hartwig Gauder
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany

Abbreviations

DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)3:38.17May 25, 1986 Flag of East Germany.svg Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record Flag of Mexico.svg  Raúl González  (MEX)3:47.26August 11, 1984 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vyacheslav Ivanenko  (URS)3:38.29September 30, 1988 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South Korea

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vyacheslav Ivanenko  (URS)3:38:29 OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)3:38:56
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  Hartwig Gauder  (GDR)3:39:45
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Potashov  (URS)3:41:00
5Flag of Spain.svg  José Marín  (ESP)3:43:03
6Flag of Australia.svg  Simon Baker  (AUS)3:44:07
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Bo Gustafsson  (SWE)3:44:49
8Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaello Ducceschi  (ITA)3:45:43
9Flag of East Germany.svg  Dietmar Meisch  (GDR)3:46:31
10Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Pavol Szikora  (TCH)3:47:04
11Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Perricelli  (ITA)3:47:14
12Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Pavol Blažek  (TCH)3:47:31
13Flag of Spain.svg  Jorge Llopart  (ESP)3:48:09
14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  François Lapointe  (CAN)3:48:15
15Flag of Mexico.svg  Martín Bermúdez  (MEX)3:49:22
16Flag of France.svg  Alain Lemercier  (FRA)3:50:28
17Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Roman Mrázek  (TCH)3:50:46
18Flag of Finland.svg  Reima Salonen  (FIN)3:51:36
19Flag of Australia.svg  Andrew Jachno  (AUS)3:53:23
20Flag of Sweden.svg  Stefan Johansson  (SWE)3:53:34
21Flag of Portugal.svg  José Pinto  (POR)3:55:57
22Flag of the United States.svg  Marco Evoniuk  (USA)3:56:55
23Flag of the United States.svg  Carl Schueler  (USA)3:57:44
24Flag of Poland.svg  Jacek Bednarek  (POL)3:58:31
25Flag of Spain.svg  Manuel Alcalde  (ESP)3:59:13
26Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vitaliy Popovych  (URS)3:59:23
27Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Les Morton  (GBR)3:59:30
28Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Paul Blagg  (GBR)4:00:07
29Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Baojin  (CHN)4:00:07
30Flag of Colombia.svg  Héctor Moreno  (COL)4:01:31
31Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tadahiro Kosaka  (JPN)4:03:12
32Flag of Italy.svg  Sandro Bellucci  (ITA)4:04:56
33Flag of Mexico.svg  Arturo Bravo  (MEX)4:08:08
34Flag of the United States.svg  Andrew Kaestner  (USA)4:12:49
35Flag of Kenya.svg  William Sawe  (KEN)4:25:24
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—Flag of Norway.svg  Erling Andersen  (NOR)DNF
—Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Godfried Dejonckheere  (BEL)DNF
—Flag of Hungary.svg  Sándor Urbanik  (HUN)DNF
—Flag of Sweden.svg  Jan Staaf  (SWE)DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—Flag of France.svg  Jean-Marie Neff  (FRA)DSQ
—Flag of France.svg  Eric Neisse  (FRA)DSQ
—Flag of Mexico.svg  Hernán Andrade  (MEX)DSQ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul 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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