| Event: | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany |
| Date: | 3 September 1972 |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Win Value: | 3:56:11.6 |
| Gold: | Bernd Kannenberg |
| Goldnoc: | FRG |
| Silver: | Veniamin Soldatenko |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Larry Young |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1980 |
These are the official results of the Men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, held on This distance was not conducted in 1976, but returned in 1980. There were no heats with this event, it was held as a finals only event.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:56:11.6 | |||
| 3:58:24.0 | |||
| 4:00:46.0 | |||
| 4 | 4:01:35.4 | ||
| 5 | 4:04:05.4 | ||
| 6 | 4:06:26.0 | ||
| 7 | 4:08:31.4 | ||
| 8 | 4:12:09.0 | ||
| 9 | 4:14:09.4 | ||
| 10 | 4:14:21.2 | ||
| 11 | 4:14:28.8 | ||
| 12 | 4:16:37.6 | ||
| 13 | 4:20:00.0 | ||
| 14 | 4:20:43.8 | ||
| 15 | 4:21:01.0 | ||
| 16 | 4:21:53.4 | ||
| 17 | 4:22:52.2 | ||
| 18 | 4:23:21.6 | ||
| 19 | 4:24:38.6 | ||
| 20 | 4:26:13.4 | ||
| 21 | 4:28:42.6 | ||
| 22 | 4:32:23.2 | ||
| 23 | 4:33:10.6 | ||
| 24 | 4:34:23.4 | ||
| 25 | 4:34:43.8 | ||
| 26 | 4:34:45.0 | ||
| 27 | 4:36:07.2 | ||
| 28 | 4:42:41.4 | ||
| 29 | 4:57:13.8 | ||
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