Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
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Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Date | October 17 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:20:13.6 | ||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics |
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
20 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Pentathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men |
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held on October 17.
Records
Prior to this event, the world and Olympic records stood as follows:
World record | Gennadiy Agapov (URS) | 3:55:36 | Almaty, Soviet Union | October 17, 1965 |
Olympic record | Abdon Pamich (ITA) | 4:11:12 | Tokyo, Japan | October 18, 1964 |
Result
References
- Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.