Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk explained

Event:Men's 50 kilometres walk
Games:1960 Summer
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:September 7
Competitors:39
Nations:20
Win Value:4:25:30.0
Longnames:yes
Gold:Don Thompson
Goldnoc:GBR
Silver:John Ljunggren
Silvernoc:SWE
Bronze:Abdon Pamich
Bronzenoc:ITA
Prev:1956
Next:1964

The men's 50 kilometres walk race walk event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 7. The event was held in a final only format.[1]

Results

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
4:25:30.0 OR
4:25:47.0
4:27:55.4
4 4:31:44.0
5 4:33:03.0
6 4:33:08.6
7 4:33:27.2
8 4:37:44.6
9 4:39:57.6
10 4:41:01.6
11 4:42:33.6
12 4:43:18.8
13 4:44:47.0
14 4:46:14.6
15 4: 47:28.4
16 4:50:57.0
17 4:51:18.6
18 4:51:20.0
19 4:53:21.6
20 4:54:40.0
21 4:57:00.4
22 5:00:13.0
23 5:00:47.6
24 5:03:15.2
25 5:06:55.0
26 5:07:57.4
27 5:09:00.8
28 5:10:22.0
- DQ
- DQ
- DQ
- DQ
- DQ
- DQ
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
- DNF
Key: OR = Olympic record; DQ = disqualified; DNF = did not finish

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173445/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 6 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.