Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Centennial Olympic Stadium
DateAugust 2
Competitors52 from 27 nations
Winning time3:43:30
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Korzeniowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg Mikhail Shchennikov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Valentí Massana
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  1992
2000  

These are the official results of the men's 50 km walk at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. [1]

Medalists

Gold Robert Korzeniowski
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Silver Mikhail Shchennikov
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Bronze Valentí Massana
Flag of Spain.svg Spain

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Andrey Perlov  (URS)3:37.41August 5, 1989 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leningrad, Soviet Union
Olympic Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vyacheslav Ivanenko  (URS)3:38.29September 30, 1988 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South Korea

Results

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Korzeniowski  (POL)3'43:30
Med 2.png Flag of Russia.svg  Mikhail Shchennikov  (RUS)3'43:46
Med 3.png Flag of Spain.svg  Valentí Massana  (ESP)3'44:19
4.Flag of Italy.svg  Arturo Di Mezza  (ITA)3'44:52
5.Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Viktor Ginko  (BLR)3'45:27
6.Flag of Mexico.svg  Ignacio Zamudio  (MEX)3'46:07
7.Flag of Finland.svg  Valentin Kononen  (FIN)3'47:40
8.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Sergey Korepanov  (KAZ)3'48:42
9.Flag of Mexico.svg  Daniel García  (MEX)3'50:05
10.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tim Berrett  (CAN)3'51:28
11.Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Aleksandar Raković  (YUG)3'51:31
12.Flag of Germany.svg  Axel Noack  (GER)3'51:55
13.Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Perricelli  (ITA)3'52:31
14.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Huiqiang  (CHN)3'53:10
15.Flag of Germany.svg  Thomas Wallstab  (GER)3'54:48
16.Flag of Colombia.svg  Héctor Moreno  (COL)3'54:57
17.Flag of Guatemala.svg  Julio César Urías  (GUA)3'56:27
18.Flag of Mexico.svg  Germán Sánchez  (MEX)3'57:47
19.Flag of France.svg  René Piller  (FRA)3'58:00
20.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Roman Mrazek  (SVK)3'58:20
21.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Štefan Malík  (SVK)3'58:40
22.Flag of Spain.svg  Jaime Barroso  (ESP)4'01:09
23.Flag of Latvia.svg  Modris Liepiņš  (LAT)4'01:12
24.Flag of the United States.svg  Allen James  (USA)4'01:18
25.Flag of Russia.svg  Nikolay Matyukhin  (RUS)4'01:49
26.Flag of the United States.svg  Andrzej Chylinski  (USA)4'03:13
27.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Miloš Holuša  (CZE)4'03:16
28.Flag of France.svg  Martial Fesselier  (FRA)4'04:42
29.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tadahiro Kosaka  (JPN)4'05:57
30.Flag of Finland.svg  Antero Lindman  (FIN)4'07:58
31.Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Pascal Charrière  (SUI)4'10:20
32.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Peter Tichý  (SVK)4'10:55
33.Flag of New Zealand.svg  Craig Barrett  (NZL)4'15:15
34.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Chris Maddocks  (GBR)4'18:41
35.Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Daugvinas Zujus  (LTU)4'23:35
36.Flag of Portugal.svg  José Magalhaes  (POR)4'27:37
Flag of Spain.svg  Jesús Ángel García  (ESP)DNF
Flag of Australia.svg  Duane Cousins  (AUS)DNF
Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni De Benedictis  (ITA)DNF
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Yevgeniy Misyulya  (BLR)DNF
Flag of Finland.svg  Jani Lehtinen  (FIN)DNF
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vitaliy Popovych  (UKR)DNF
Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Plotnikov  (RUS)DNF
Flag of Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GER)DNF
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Hubert Sonnek  (CZE)DNF
Flag of France.svg  Thierry Toutain  (FRA)DSQ
Flag of Australia.svg  Simon Baker  (AUS)DSQ
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Hugo López  (GUA)DSQ
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Mao Xinyuan  (CHN)DSQ
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Yongsheng  (CHN)DSQ
Flag of the United States.svg  Herman Nelson  (USA)DSQ
Flag of Moldova.svg  Fedosei Ciumacenco  (MDA)DNS

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.