1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk explained

The Men's 50 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain was held on Wednesday August 25, 1999, with the start at 07:45h local time

The first person to cross the finish line was Russian German Skurygin. Unlike the other DQ's listed for form violations (loss of contact or bent knee), his was announced two years later. He was disqualified for a doping violation,[1] one of the first for a string of doping violations by athletes in the charge of his coach Viktor Chegin. Skurygin was removed from the results all athletes behind him advancing one place. Skurygin died of a heart attack 9 years later at age 45.

Medalists

Gold Ivano Brugnetti
Italy (ITA)
Silver Nikolay Matyukhin
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Curt Clausen
United States (USA)

Abbreviations

DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
WL world leading
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Intermediates

RankNumberAthleteTime
5 KILOMETRES
1 371 23:43
2 1002 23:43
3 1245 23:43
4 1146 23:43
5 378 23:43
10 KILOMETRES
1 922 46:20
2 1261 46:24
3 1263 46:24
4 1245 46:30
5 371 46:30
15 KILOMETRES
1 922 1:07:59
2 1263 1:08:42
3 371 1:08:42
4 1261 1:08:42
5 1245 1:09:06
20 KILOMETRES
1 922 1:29:39
2 1263 1:30:54
3 1261 1:30:56
4 371 1:30:57
5 1450 1:31:38
25 KILOMETRES
1 922 1:52:01
2 1263 1:52:50
3 1261 1:53:48
4 371 1:53:48
5 1146 1:54:14
30 KILOMETRES
1 1263 2:14:33
2 769 2:16:46
3 1146 2:16:46
4 1450 2:16:46
5 1245 2:16:46
35 KILOMETRES
1 1263 2:36:14
2 1146 2:39:07
3 1450 2:39:08
4 769 2:39:08
5 912 2:39:20
40 KILOMETRES
1 1263 2:58:15
2 769 3:01:47
3 1245 3:02:02
4 1450 3:02:18
5 912 3:03:49
45 KILOMETRES
1 1263 3:20:42
2 769 3:24:41
3 1245 3:25:05
4 1450 3:26:35
5 378 3:28:04

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
3:47:54 PB
3:48:18
3:50:55
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5align=left 3:53:47
6align=left 3:53:50
7align=left 3:54:38
8align=left 3:55:23 PB
9align=left 3:56:39
10align=left 3:57:11
11align=left 3:58:37 PB
12align=left 3:59:23
13align=left 3:59:56
14align=left 4:01:28
15align=left 4:01:47
16align=left 4:03:20
17align=left 4:03:59
18align=left 4:04:57
19align=left 4:05:10
20align=left 4:05:58
21align=left 4:06:31
22align=left 4:09:34
23align=left 4:09:40
24align=left 4:10:16
25align=left 4:11:02
26align=left 4:11:30
27align=left 4:18:43
28align=left 4:20:43
29align=left 4:32:06
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
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DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
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See also

References



Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-10-13 . 2016-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160224095216/http://www.sport1.de/de/leichtathletik/newspage_39643.html . dead .