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

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Seoul Olympic Stadium
Date September 30
Competitors 42 from 22 nations
Winning time 3:38:29 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Vyacheslav Ivanenko
 Soviet Union
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ronald Weigel
 East Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hartwig Gauder
 East Germany

The Men's 50 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 42 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while four walkers did not finish the race, held on Friday September 30, 1988.[1]

Medalists

GoldVyacheslav Ivanenko
 Soviet Union
SilverRonald Weigel
 East Germany
BronzeHartwig Gauder
 East Germany

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
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 Ronald Weigel (GDR)3:38.17May 25, 1986East Germany Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record Raúl González (MEX)3:47.26August 11, 1984United States Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)3:38.29September 30, 1988South Korea Seoul, South Korea

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st, gold medalist(s) Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 3:38:29OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ronald Weigel (GDR) 3:38:56
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 3:39:45
4  Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 3:41:00
5  José Marín (ESP) 3:43:03
6  Simon Baker (AUS) 3:44:07
7  Bo Gustafsson (SWE) 3:44:49
8  Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA) 3:45:43
9  Dietmar Meisch (GDR) 3:46:31
10  Pavol Szikora (TCH) 3:47:04
11  Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) 3:47:14
12  Pavol Blažek (TCH) 3:47:31
13  Jorge Llopart (ESP) 3:48:09
14  François Lapointe (CAN) 3:48:15
15  Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 3:49:22
16  Alain Lemercier (FRA) 3:50:28
17  Roman Mrázek (TCH) 3:50:46
18  Reima Salonen (FIN) 3:51:36
19  Andrew Jachno (AUS) 3:53:23
20  Stefan Johansson (SWE) 3:53:34
21  José Pinto (POR) 3:55:57
22  Marco Evoniuk (USA) 3:56:55
23  Carl Schueler (USA) 3:57:44
24  Jacek Bednarek (POL) 3:58:31
25  Manuel Alcalde (ESP) 3:59:13
26  Vitaliy Popovych (URS) 3:59:23
27  Les Morton (GBR) 3:59:30
28  Paul Blagg (GBR) 4:00:07
29  Li Baojin (CHN) 4:00:07
30  Héctor Moreno (COL) 4:01:31
31  Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) 4:03:12
32  Sandro Bellucci (ITA) 4:04:56
33  Arturo Bravo (MEX) 4:08:08
34  Andrew Kaestner (USA) 4:12:49
35  William Sawe (KEN) 4:25:24
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Erling Andersen (NOR) DNF
—  Godfried Dejonckheere (BEL) DNF
—  Sándor Urbanik (HUN) DNF
—  Jan Staaf (SWE) DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—  Jean-Marie Neff (FRA) DSQ
—  Eric Neisse (FRA) DSQ
—  Hernán Andrade (MEX) DSQ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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