Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's 50 kilometres walk
|games = 1952 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Helsinki Olympic Stadium
|dates = July 21, 1952
|competitors = 31
|nations = 16
|win_value = 4:28:07.8 {{OlyR|athletics}}
|gold = Giuseppe Dordoni
|goldNOC = ITA
|silver = Josef Doležal
|silverNOC = TCH
|bronze = Antal Róka
|bronzeNOC = HUN
|prev=1948
|next=1956
}}
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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173434/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk |accessdate=5 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Results
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank!!Athlete!!Nationality!!Time!!Notes | |
| {{Gold01}}
|align=left| Giuseppe Dordoni | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}}
|4:28:07.8 |OR |
| {{Silver02}}
|align=left| Josef Doležal | align=left| {{flagIOC|TCH|1952 Summer}}
|4:30:17.8 | |
| {{Bronze03}}
|align=left| Antal Róka | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}
|4:31:27.2 | |
| 4
|align=left| Rex Whitlock | align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}
|4:32:21.0 | |
| 5
|align=left| Sergey Lobastov | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}
|4:32:34.2 | |
| 6
|align=left| Vladimir Ukhov | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}
|4:32:51.6 | |
| 7
|align=left| Dumitru Paraschivescu | align=left| {{flagIOC|ROU|1952 Summer}}
|4:41:05.2 | |
| 8
|align=left| Ion Baboie | align=left| {{flagIOC|ROU|1952 Summer}}
|4:41:52.8 | |
| 9
|align=left| John Ljunggren | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}
|4:43:45.2 | |
| 10
|align=left| Giuseppe Kressevich | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}}
|4:44:30.2 | |
| 11
|align=left| Harold Whitlock | align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}
|4:45:12.6 | |
| 12
|align=left| Sándor László | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}
|4:45:55.8 | |
| 13
|align=left| Rudi Lüttge | align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}}
|4:47:28.6 | |
| 14
|align=left| Pekka Viljanen | align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}}
|4:49:16.4 | |
| 15
|align=left| Donald Tunbridge | align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}
|4:50:40.4 | |
| 16
|align=left| Raymond Lesage | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}}
|4:52:37.8 | |
| 17
|align=left| Edgar Bruun | align=left| {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}}
|4:52:48.4 | |
| 18
|align=left| Claude Hubert | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}}
|4:55:28.2 | |
| 19
|align=left| Salvatore Cascino | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}}
|4:56:46.0 | |
| 20
|align=left| Harry Kristensen | align=left| {{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}}
|4:57:35.8 | |
| 21
|align=left| Jean Strunc | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}}
|4:59:08.2 | |
| 22
|align=left| Adolf Weinacker | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}}
|5:01:00.4 | |
| 23
|align=left| Pavel Kazankov | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}
|5:02:37.8 | |
| 24
|align=left| Gilbert Marquis | align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}
|5:02:56.2 | |
| 25
|align=left| Ferd Hayward | align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1952 Summer}}
|5:04:40.4 | |
| 26
|align=left| René Charrière | align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}
|5:08:59.0 | |
| 27
|align=left| Gerhard Winther | align=left| {{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}}
|5:11:40.2 | |
| 28
|align=left| Åke Söderlund | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}
|5:30:56.6 | |
| |align=left| Guillermo Weller | align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer}}
|DNF | |
| |align=left| John Deni | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}}
|DNF | |
| |align=left| Leo Sjogren | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}}
|DNF | |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091045/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf Official Olympic Report], la84.org.
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