Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 50 kilometres walk
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Seoul Olympic Stadium
Date:	September 30
Competitors:	42
Nations:	22
Win Value:	3:38:29
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Vyacheslav Ivanenko
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Ronald Weigel
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Hartwig Gauder
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The Men's 50 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 42 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while four walkers did not finish the race, held on Friday September 30, 1988.^[1]

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
		3:38.17	May 25, 1986	Potsdam, East Germany
		3:47.26	August 11, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
		3:38.29	September 30, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		3:38:29	OR
		3:38:56
		3:39:45
4		3:41:00
5		3:43:03
6		3:44:07
7		3:44:49
8		3:45:43
9		3:46:31
10		3:47:04
11		3:47:14
12		3:47:31
13		3:48:09
14		3:48:15
15		3:49:22
16		3:50:28
17		3:50:46
18		3:51:36
19		3:53:23
20		3:53:34
21		3:55:57
22		3:56:55
23		3:57:44
24		3:58:31
25		3:59:13
26		3:59:23
27		3:59:30
28		4:00:07
29		4:00:07
30		4:01:31
31		4:03:12
32		4:04:56
33		4:08:08
34		4:12:49
35		4:25:24
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
-		DSQ
-		DSQ
-		DSQ

See also

• 1987 Men's World Championships 50km Walk (Rome)
• 1988 Race Walking Year Ranking
• 1990 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 50km Walk (Tokyo)

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.