2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 50 kilometres walk
Competition:	2015 World Championships
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Dates:	29 August
Competitors:	53
Nations:	29
Win Value:	3:40:32
Gold:	Matej Tóth
Goldnoc:	SVK
Silver:	Jared Tallent
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Takayuki Tanii
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[4]

World record		3:32:33	Zürich, Switzerland	15 August 2014
Championship record		3:36:03	Saint-Denis, France	23 August 2003
World Leading		3:34:38	Dudince, Slovakia	21 March 2015
African Record		3:55:32	London, Great Britain	11 August 2012
Asian Record		3:36:06	Nanjing, China	22 October 2005
North, Central American and Caribbean record		3:41:09	Dudince, Slovakia	23 March 2013
South American Record		3:47:41	Valley Cottage, United States	14 September 2014
European Record		3:32:33	Zürich, Switzerland	15 August 2014
Oceanian record		3:35:47	Geelong, Australia	2 December 2006
The following records were established during the competition:
South American Record		3:46:00	Beijing, China	29 August 2015

Results

The race was started at 07:30.^[5]

KEY:

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:40:32
			3:42:17
			3:42:55
			3:43:44
			3:44:17
			3:44:39
			3:45:21
			3:46:00
			3:46:43
10			3:48:48
11			3:49:11
12			3:49:56
13			3:51:26
14			3:51:35
15			3:52:15
16			3:53:02
17			3:53:23
18			3:54:28
19			3:55:10
20			3:55:43
21			3:55:44
22			3:56:27
23			3:56:42
24			3:56:50
25			3:56:58
26			3:57:03
27			3:57:11
28			3:57:30
29			3:57:41
30			3:58:57
31			4:01:35
32			4:02:07
33			4:02:41
34			4:03:54
35			4:07:23
36			4:09:26
37			4:09:44
38			4:28:55

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beijing 2015: Timetable . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ . dead . 1 December 2014 . 10 August 2015 . 10 August 2015 . Beijing 2015 .
2. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-50KR-M-f----.SL2.pdf Start list
3. Web site: REPORT: MEN'S 50KM RACE WALK – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015. 29 August 2015. iaaf.org. 2 September 2015.
4. Web site: Records & Lists – Race Walk. IAAF. 18 August 2015.
5. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-50KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results