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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christoph Höhne  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antal Kiss  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Larry Young  United States
← 1964
1972 →

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]

Records

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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

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Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christoph Höhne  East Germany 4:20:13.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antal Kiss  Hungary 4:30:17.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Larry Young  United States 4:31:55.4
4 Peter Selzer  East Germany 4:33:09.8
5 Stig Lindberg  Sweden 4:34:05.0
6 Vittorio Visini  Italy 4:36:33.2
7 Bryan Eley  Great Britain 4:37:32.2
8 José Pedraza  Mexico 4:37:51.4
9 Karl-Heinz Merschenz  Canada 4:37:57.4
10 Goetz Klopfer  United States 4:39:13.8
11 Horst-Rüdiger Magnor  West Germany 4:39:43.2
12 Frank Clark  Australia 4:40:13.8
13 Örjan Andersson  Sweden 4:40:42.6
14 Gerhard Weidner  West Germany 4:43:26.2
15 Sergey Grigoryev  Soviet Union 4:44:39.2
16 Charles Sowa  Luxembourg 4:44:45.2
17 Kazuo Saito  Japan 4:47:29.6
18 Shaun Lightman  Great Britain 4:52:20.0
19 Bob Gardiner  Australia 4:52:29.0
20 Erwin Stütz  Switzerland 4:53:33.8
21 Henri Delerue  France 4:57:40.2
22 Mieczysław Rutyna  Poland 4:58:03.8
23 Felix Cappella  Canada 4:58:31.6
24 Shaul Ladany  Israel 5:01:06.0
25 Pablo Colín  Mexico 5:01:30.0
26 Dave Romansky  United States 5:38:03.4
27 Ismael Hernández  Mexico 5:56:09.2
28 Ricardo 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

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  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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