Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk race walk event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 7. The event was held in a final only format.[1]

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 7
Medalists
Don Thompson
 Great Britain
John Ljunggren
 Sweden
Abdon Pamich
 Italy

Results

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Don Thompson Great Britain4:25:30.0OR
John Ljunggren Sweden4:25:47.0
Abdon Pamich Italy4:27:55.4
4Oleksandr Shcherbyna Soviet Union4:31:44.0
5Tom Misson Great Britain4:33:03.0
6Alex Oakley Canada4:33:08.6
7Pino Dordoni Italy4:33:27.2
8Zora Singh India4:37:44.6
9Anatoly Vedyakov Soviet Union4:39:57.6
10Antonio De Gaetano Italy4:41:01.6
11Ladislav Moc Czechoslovakia4:42:33.6
12George Hazle South Africa4:43:18.8
13Max Weber United Team of Germany4:44:47.0
14Svätopluk Sýkora Czechoslovakia4:46:14.6
15Ajit Singh India4: 47:28.4
16Horst Astroth United Team of Germany4:50:57.0
17Josef Doležal Czechoslovakia4:51:18.6
18José Ribas Spain4:51:20.0
19Ron Laird United States4:53:21.6
20Frank O'Reilly Ireland4:54:40.0
21Charles Sowa Luxembourg4:57:00.4
22Louis Marquis Switzerland5:00:13.0
23Bruce MacDonald United States5:00:47.6
24John Allen United States5:03:15.2
25Alfred Leiser Switzerland5:06:55.0
26Mohamed Ben Lazhar Tunisia5:07:57.4
27René Charrière Switzerland5:09:00.8
28Jacques Arnoux France5:10:22.0
-Albert Johnson Great BritainDQ
-Grigory Klimov Soviet UnionDQ
-Guillermo Weller ArgentinaDQ
-Kurt Sakowski United Team of GermanyDQ
-Noel Freeman AustraliaDQ
-Ronald Crawford AustraliaDQ
-Erik Söderlund SwedenDNF
-Åke Söderlund SwedenDNF
-Norman Read New ZealandDNF
-Naoui Zlassi TunisiaDNF
-Béla Dinesz HungaryDNF

Key: OR = Olympic record; DQ = disqualified; DNF = did not finish

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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