Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 50 kilometres walk
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Beijing Olympic Stadium
Dates:	August 22
Competitors:	61
Nations:	32
Win Value:	3:37:09
Gold:	Alex Schwazer
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Jared Tallent
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Denis Nizhegorodov
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 22 at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 4:00:00 (A standard) and 4:07:00 (B standard).^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	!Notes
			3:37:09
			3:39:27	PB
			3:40:14
			3:44:08	SB
			3:45:21	PB
			3:45:21	PB
			3:45:47
			3:46:51	PB
			3:47:18
10			3:47:45	PB
11			3:48:12	NR
12			3:49:52
13			3:51:30
14			3:52:20
15			3:52:25	PB
16			3:52:38	PB
17			3:52:58
18			3:53:58
19			3:54:47
20			3:55:19	PB
21			3:56:47
22			3:56:58	SB
23			3:58:04
24			3:58:21	PB
25			3:59:28	PB
26			3:59:41	SB
27			3:59:46
28			4:00:49
29			4:01:37
30			4:02:16	PB
31			4:02:32
32			4:02:45
33			4:03:47
34			4:03:52
35			4:06:30
36			4:07:04
37			4:07:53
38			4:08:18
39			4:08:32
40			4:09:00
41			4:10:25
42			4:12:45
43			4:14:09
44			4:15:16
45			4:18:32
46			4:20:07
47			4:21:26
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF
			DNF
			DQ
			DQ
			DQ
			DQ
			DQ
			DNS
			DNS

OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start

Intermediates

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
10 km	1. Denis Nizhegorodov		44:39
			s.t.
			s.t.
			+0:01
			s.t.
20 km	1. Denis Nizhegorodov		1:27:38
			+0:01
			s.t.
			s.t.
			+0:08
30 km	1. Jared Tallent		2:10:38
			+0:01
			s.t.
			s.t.
			+1:48
40 km	1. Jared Tallent		2:54:36
			s.t.
			s.t.
			+1:58
			+3:56

s.t. - same time.

References

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Notes and References

Web site: Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule . 2008-08-04 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131714/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode%3D3659/bydiscipline/index.html . 13 September 2008 . dead .
Web site: Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008 . 2008-08-04. IAAF. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131730/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. 13 September 2008 . live.