2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The Men's 50 kilometres race walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on September 3 on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae – bosang Memorial Park in the center of Daegu.

Sergey Bakulin during the 50K racewalk at Daegu

Yohann Diniz took the early lead, challenged by Nathan Deakes until Diniz was disqualified. Deakes continued to lead by as much as 30 seconds over Sergey Bakulin but began to falter with hamstring problems. First he was passed by Bakulin before dropping out. Bakulin stretched out to almost a 2-minute lead, between 40 and 45 km, only Jared Tallent looked like he had a chance, gaining several seconds per kilometer but not really enough to make a dent in the huge lead. Tallent paid for the extra effort trying to chase the leader, slowing considerably on the final 2 km lap, being passed by world record holder Denis Nizhegorodov. Bakulin would later be found Guilty of Doping and have the Gold Stripped from him and handed to Nizhegorodov. Nizhegorodov is also currently under suspicion of Doping, with his B Sample yet to be tested, after his A Sample Tested Positive. Nizhegorodov, still currently holds the Gold Medal as of May 2016.[1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Denis Nizhegorodov
 Russia (RUS)
Jared Tallent
 Australia (AUS)
Si Tianfeng
 China (CHN)

Records

World record  Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 3:34:14 Cheboksary, Russia 11 May 2008
Championship record  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:36:03 Paris, France 27 August 2003
World Leading  Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 3:38:46 Saransk, Russia 12 June 2011
African record  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 3:58:44 Santa Eulària des Riu, Spain 4 March 2007
Asian record  Yu Chaohong (CHN) 3:36:06 Nanjing, China 22 October 2005
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Raúl González (MEX) 3:41:20 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 11 June 1978
South American record  Xavier Moreno (ECU) 3:52:07 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 28 July 2007
European record  Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 3:34:14 Cheboksary, Russia 11 May 2008
Oceanian record  Nathan Deakes (AUS) 3:35:47 Geelong, Australia 2 December 2006

Qualification standards

A time B time
3:58:00 4:09:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
September 3, 201108:00Final

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Denis Nizhegorodov Russia (RUS)3:42:45SB
Jared Tallent Australia (AUS)3:43:36SB
Si Tianfeng China (CHN)3:44:40
4Luke Adams Australia (AUS)3:45:41SB
5Koichiro Morioka Japan (JPN)3:46:21
6Park Chil-sung South Korea (KOR)3:47:13NR
7Xu Faguang China (CHN)3:47:19
8Takayuki Tanii Japan (JPN)3:48:03SB
9Hirooki Arai Japan (JPN)3:48:40PB
10Andrés Chocho Ecuador (ECU)3:49:32AR
11Marco De Luca Italy (ITA)3:49:40SB
12Rafał Sikora Poland (POL)3:50:24
13Kim Dong-Young South Korea (KOR)3:51:12PB
14Jarkko Kinnunen Finland (FIN)3:52:32SB
15Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Italy (ITA)3:52:35PB
16Trond Nymark Norway (NOR)3:54:26SB
17Édgar Hernández Mexico (MEX)3:54:46SB
18José Leyver Mexico (MEX)3:55:37
19Oleksiy Kazanin Ukraine (UKR)3:56:18SB
20Omar Zepeda Mexico (MEX)3:56:41
21Andreas Gustafsson Sweden (SWE)4:00:05SB
22Bertrand Moulinet France (FRA)4:07:58
23Quentin Rew New Zealand (NZL)4:08:46
24Li Jianbo China (CHN)4:10:26
Jesús Ángel García Spain (ESP)DSQ
Mikel Odriozola Spain (ESP)DSQ
Antti Kempas Finland (FIN)DSQ
Yohann Diniz France (FRA)DSQ
Cedric Houssaye France (FRA)DSQ
Colin Griffin Ireland (IRL)DSQ
Yim Jung-hyun South Korea (KOR)DSQ
Tadas Šuškevičius Lithuania (LTU)DSQ
Rafał Fedaczyński Poland (POL)DSQ
Igor Erokhin Russia (RUS)DSQ
Nenad Filipović Serbia (SRB)DSQ
Miloš Bátovský Slovakia (SVK)DSQ
Nathan Deakes Australia (AUS)DNF
José Ignacio Díaz Spain (ESP)DNF
Igors Kazakēvičs Latvia (LAT)DNF
Grzegorz Sudoł Poland (POL)DNF
Sergey Kirdyapkin Russia (RUS)DNF
Matej Tóth Slovakia (SVK)DNF
Christopher Linke Germany (GER)DNS
Robert Heffernan Ireland (IRL)DNS
DSQSergey Bakulin Russia (RUS)3:41:24doping[2]

References

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