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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's 50 kilometres walk

|games = 1968 Summer

|venue = Estadio Olímpico Universitario

|date = October 17, 1968

|competitors = 36

|nations = 19

|gold = Christoph Höhne

|goldNOC = GDR

|silver = Antal Kiss

|silverNOC = HUN

|bronze = Larry Young

|bronzeNOC = USA

|win_value = 4:20:13.6

|prev = 1964

|next = 1972

}}

{{AthleticsAt1968SummerOlympics}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk |accessdate=9 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Records

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

class="wikitable"
World record

|{{flagathlete|Gennadiy Agapov|URS}}

|3:55:36

|Almaty, Soviet Union

|October 17, 1965

Olympic record

|{{flagathlete|Abdon Pamich|ITA}}

|4:11:12

|Tokyo, Japan

|October 18, 1964

Result

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Rank!!Athlete!!Nation!!Time

{{Gold01}}align=left|{{Sortname|Christoph|Höhne}}align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1968 Summer}}

| 4:20:13.6

{{Silver02}}align=left|{{Sortname|Antal|Kiss}}align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1968 Summer}}

| 4:30:17.0

{{Bronze03}}align=left|{{Sortname|Larry|Young|Larry Young (racewalker)}}align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1968 Summer}}

| 4:31:55.4

{{Sort|04|4}}align=left|{{Sortname|Peter|Selzer}}align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1968 Summer}}

| 4:33:09.8

{{Sort|05|5}}align=left|{{Sortname|Stig|Lindberg|Stig Lindberg (racewalker)}}align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1968 Summer}}

| 4:34:05.0

{{Sort|06|6}}align=left|{{Sortname|Vittorio|Visini}}align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1968 Summer}}

| 4:36:33.2

{{Sort|07|7}}align=left|{{Sortname|Bryan|Eley}}align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1968 Summer}}

| 4:37:32.2

{{Sort|08|8}}align=left|{{Sortname|José|Pedraza|José Pedraza (racewalker)}}align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|1968 Summer}}

| 4:37:51.4

{{Sort|09|9}}align=left|{{Sortname|Karl-Heinz|Merschenz}}align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1968 Summer}}

| 4:37:57.4

10align=left|{{Sortname|Goetz|Klopfer}}align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1968 Summer}}

| 4:39:13.8

11align=left|{{Sortname|Horst-Rüdiger|Magnor}}align=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1968 Summer}}

| 4:39:43.2

12align=left|{{Sortname|Frank|Clark|Frank Clark (racewalker)}}align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1968 Summer}}

| 4:40:13.8

13align=left|{{Sortname|Örjan|Andersson}}align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1968 Summer}}

| 4:40:42.6

14align=left|{{Sortname|Gerhard|Weidner}}align=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1968 Summer}}

| 4:43:26.2

15align=left|{{Sortname|Sergey|Grigoryev|Sergey Grigoryev (racewalker)}}align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1968 Summer}}

| 4:44:39.2

16align=left|{{Sortname|Charles|Sowa}}align=left| {{flagIOC|LUX|1968 Summer}}

| 4:44:45.2

17align=left|{{Sortname|Kazuo|Saito|Kazuo Saito (athlete)}}align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1968 Summer}}

| 4:47:29.6

18align=left|{{Sortname|Shaun|Lightman}}align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1968 Summer}}

| 4:52:20.0

19align=left|{{Sortname|Bob|Gardiner|Bob Gardiner (racewalker)}}align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1968 Summer}}

| 4:52:29.0

20align=left|{{Sortname|Erwin|Stütz}}align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1968 Summer}}

| 4:53:33.8

21align=left|{{Sortname|Henri|Delerue}}align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1968 Summer}}

| 4:57:40.2

22align=left|{{Sortname|Mieczysław|Rutyna}}align=left| {{flagIOC|POL|1968 Summer}}

| 4:58:03.8

23align=left|{{Sortname|Felix|Cappella}}align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1968 Summer}}

| 4:58:31.6

24align=left|{{Sortname|Shaul|Ladany}}align=left| {{flagIOC|ISR|1968 Summer}}

| 5:01:06.0

25align=left|{{Sortname|Pablo|Colín}}align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|1968 Summer}}

| 5:01:30.0

26align=left|{{Sortname|Dave|Romansky}}align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1968 Summer}}

| 5:38:03.4

27align=left|{{Sortname|Ismael|Hernández|Ismael Hernández (athlete)}}align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|1968 Summer}}

| 5:56:09.2

28align=left|{{Sortname|Ricardo|Cruz|Ricardo Cruz (athlete)}}align=left| {{flagIOC|ESA|1968 Summer}}

| 5:56:22.0

{{Sort|29
}||align=left|{{Sortname|Bernhard|Nermerich}}||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1968 Summer}}

| DSQ

|-

|{{Sort|29|}}||align=left|{{Sortname|Abdon|Pamich}}||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1968 Summer}}

| DNF

|-

|{{Sort|29|}}||align=left|{{Sortname|Burkhard|Leuschke}}||align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1968 Summer}}

| DNF

|-

|{{Sort|29|}}||align=left|{{Sortname|Gennady|Agapov}}||align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1968 Summer}}

| DNF

|-

|{{Sort|29|}}||align=left|{{Sortname|Ihor|Della-Rossa}}||align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1968 Summer}}

| DNF

|-

|{{Sort|29|}}||align=left|{{Sortname|John|Kelly|John Kelly (racewalker)}}||align=left| {{flagIOC|IRL|1968 Summer}}

| DNF

|-

|{{Sort|29|}}||align=left|{{Sortname|Paul|Nihill}}||align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1968 Summer}}

| DNF

|-

|{{Sort|29|}}||align=left|{{Sortname|Stefan|Ingvarsson}}||align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1968 Summer}}

| DNF

|}

References

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External links

  • [http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf Official Olympic Report]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.

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Category:Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Category:Men's events at the 1968 Summer Olympics