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

Event:	Men's 50 kilometres walk
Games:	1968 Summer
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date:	October 17
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

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.^[1]

Records

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

World record		3:55:36	Almaty, Soviet Union	October 17, 1965
Olympic record		4:11:12	Tokyo, Japan	October 18, 1964

Result

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
			4:20:13.6
			4:30:17.0
			4:31:55.4
			4:33:09.8
			4:34:05.0
			4:36:33.2
			4:37:32.2
			4:37:51.4
			4:37:57.4
10			4:39:13.8
11			4:39:43.2
12			4:40:13.8
13			4:40:42.6
14			4:43:26.2
15			4:44:39.2
16			4:44:45.2
17			4:47:29.6
18			4:52:20.0
19			4:52:29.0
20			4:53:33.8
21			4:57:40.2
22			4:58:03.8
23			4:58:31.6
24			5:01:06.0
25			5:01:30.0
26			5:38:03.4
27			5:56:09.2
28			5:56:22.0
			DSQ
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF

External links

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.