Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 21 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Italian athlete Giuseppe Dordoni earned the gold medal and set a new Olympic Record.[1]

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
DatesJuly 21
Competitors31 from 16 nations
Medalists
Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy
Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia
Antal Róka  Hungary
Athletics at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
10 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

Results
RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Giuseppe Dordoni Italy 4:28:07.8 OR
Josef Doležal Czechoslovakia 4:30:17.8
Antal Róka Hungary 4:31:27.2
4 Rex Whitlock Great Britain 4:32:21.0
5 Sergey Lobastov Soviet Union 4:32:34.2
6 Vladimir Ukhov Soviet Union 4:32:51.6
7 Dumitru Paraschivescu Romania 4:41:05.2
8 Ion Baboie Romania 4:41:52.8
9 John Ljunggren Sweden 4:43:45.2
10 Giuseppe Kressevich Italy 4:44:30.2
11 Harold Whitlock Great Britain 4:45:12.6
12 Sándor László Hungary 4:45:55.8
13 Rudi Lüttge Germany 4:47:28.6
14 Pekka Viljanen Finland 4:49:16.4
15 Donald Tunbridge Great Britain 4:50:40.4
16 Raymond Lesage France 4:52:37.8
17 Edgar Bruun Norway 4:52:48.4
18 Claude Hubert France 4:55:28.2
19 Salvatore Cascino Italy 4:56:46.0
20 Harry Kristensen Denmark 4:57:35.8
21 Jean Strunc France 4:59:08.2
22 Adolf Weinacker United States 5:01:00.4
23 Pavel Kazankov Soviet Union 5:02:37.8
24 Gilbert Marquis Switzerland 5:02:56.2
25 Ferd Hayward Canada 5:04:40.4
26 René Charrière Switzerland 5:08:59.0
27 Gerhard Winther Norway 5:11:40.2
28 Åke Söderlund Sweden 5:30:56.6
Guillermo Weller Argentina DNF
John Deni United States DNF
Leo Sjogren United States DNF

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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