Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held on October 17. It was won by Christoph Höhne of East Germany.[1]

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueEstadio Olímpico Universitario
DateOctober 17
Competitors36 from 19 nations
Winning time4:20:13.6
Medalists
Christoph Höhne  East Germany
Antal Kiss  Hungary
Larry Young  United States
Athletics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
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
20 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
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Records

Prior to this event, the world and Olympic records stood as follows:

World record  Gennadiy Agapov (URS) 3:55:36 Almaty, Soviet Union October 17, 1965
Olympic record  Abdon Pamich (ITA) 4:11:12 Tokyo, Japan October 18, 1964

Result
RankAthleteNationTime
Christoph Höhne East Germany 4:20:13.6
Antal Kiss Hungary 4:30:17.0
Larry Young United States 4:31:55.4
4Peter Selzer East Germany 4:33:09.8
5Stig Lindberg Sweden 4:34:05.0
6Vittorio Visini Italy 4:36:33.2
7Bryan Eley Great Britain 4:37:32.2
8José Pedraza Mexico 4:37:51.4
9Karl-Heinz Merschenz Canada 4:37:57.4
10Goetz Klopfer United States 4:39:13.8
11Horst-Rüdiger Magnor West Germany 4:39:43.2
12Frank Clark Australia 4:40:13.8
13Örjan Andersson Sweden 4:40:42.6
14Gerhard Weidner West Germany 4:43:26.2
15Sergey Grigoryev Soviet Union 4:44:39.2
16Charles Sowa Luxembourg 4:44:45.2
17Kazuo Saito Japan 4:47:29.6
18Shaun Lightman Great Britain 4:52:20.0
19Bob Gardiner Australia 4:52:29.0
20Erwin Stütz Switzerland 4:53:33.8
21Henri Delerue France 4:57:40.2
22Mieczysław Rutyna Poland 4:58:03.8
23Felix Cappella Canada 4:58:31.6
24Shaul Ladany Israel 5:01:06.0
25Pablo Colín Mexico 5:01:30.0
26Dave Romansky United States 5:38:03.4
27Ismael Hernández Mexico 5:56:09.2
28Ricardo Cruz El Salvador 5:56:22.0
Bernhard Nermerich West Germany DSQ
Abdon Pamich Italy DNF
Burkhard Leuschke East Germany DNF
Gennady Agapov Soviet Union DNF
Ihor Della-Rossa Soviet Union DNF
John Kelly Ireland DNF
Paul Nihill Great Britain DNF
Stefan Ingvarsson Sweden DNF

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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