Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre walk
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The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
Date Name Nationality Time OR WR
22 August Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer is an Italian race walker.Schwazer won the bronze medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a national record time of 3:41.54 hours...

 
3:37:09 OR

Results

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RankAthleteNationalityNotes
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer is an Italian race walker.Schwazer won the bronze medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a national record time of 3:41.54 hours...

 
3:37:09
Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal...

 
3:39:27 PB
Denis Nizhegorodov
Denis Nizhegorodov
Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.-Achievements:-References:...

 
3:40:14
Jesús Ángel García
Jesús Ángel García
Jesús Ángel García Bragado is a Spanish race walker. He is married to gymnast Carmen Acedo.-Achievements:-References:...

 
3:44:08 SB
Erik Tysse
Erik Tysse
Erik Tysse is a Norwegian race walker. He has competed at four editions of the World Championships in Athletics and represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics....

 
3:45:21 PB
Horacio Nava
Horacio Nava
Horacio Nava Reza is a male race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
3:45:21 PB
Yuki Yamazaki
Yuki Yamazaki
is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...

 
3:45:47
Rafał Fedaczyński  3:46:51 PB
Grzegorz Sudoł  3:47:18
10 Luke Adams
Luke Adams
Luke Kendall Adams is a male race walker from Australia, who was born in Tanzania. He is a two-time Olympian for Australia. He also guest starred in the Family Guy episode Baby, You Knock Me Out.-Achievements:...

 
3:47:45 PB
11 Antonio Pereira  3:48:12 NR
12 André Höhne
André Höhne
André Höhne is a German race walker.He finished 14th in the 20 kilometres walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, crossing the line with a time of 1:21:59.-Achievements:-References:...

 
3:49:52
13 Mikel Odriozola
Mikel Odriozola
Mikel Odriozola Domínguez is a Spanish race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
3:51:30
14 Li Jianbo
Li Jianbo
Li Jianbo is a male Chinese race walker. He finished thirteenth in the 50 km race walk event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
3:52:20
15 Jarkko Kinnunen
Jarkko Kinnunen
Jarkko Juhani Kinnunen is a Finnish race walker. His trainer is Kari Ahonen since 1999.-Achievements:-References:...

 
3:52:25 PB
16 Igors Kazakevics
Igors Kazakevics
Igors Kazakevičs is a Latvian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
3:52:38 PB
17 Si Tianfeng
Si Tianfeng
Si Tianfeng is a Chinese race walker. He represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also competed in the 50 km walk at the 2009 Chinese National Games and won the bronze medal. Si set a Games record to take the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2010 Asian Games...

 
3:52:58
18 Jesús Sánchez
Jesus Sanchez
Jesús Paulino Sánchez is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors from until . Most recently, he appeared in three games for the Sacramento River Cats of the Oakland Athletics organization in .-External links:...

 
3:53:58
19 Marco de Luca
Marco De Luca
-Achievements:-References:...

 
3:54:47
20 Antti Kempas
Antti Kempas
Antti Kempas is a Finnish race walker.He finished eleventh at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2005 World Championships....

 
3:55:19 PB
21 Zhao Chengliang
Zhao Chengliang
Zhao Chengliang is a Chinese race walker. Zhao won the 50 km walk event at the 11th Chinese National Games in 2009.-Achievements:-References:...

 
3:56:47
22 Luis Fernando García
Luis Fernando García
Luis Fernando García Bechinie is a male race walker from Guatemala. He competed for his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 .-Achievements:-References:*...

 
3:56:58 SB
23 Mario Iván Flores
Mario Iván Flores
Mario Iván Flores Hernández is a Mexican race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

 
3:58:04
24 Sergiy Budza  3:58:21 PB
25 Fausto Quinde
Fausto Quinde
Fausto Vicente Quinde Vizcaíno is a male race walker from Ecuador. He competed for his native country at the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2008 Summer Olympics....

 
3:59:28 PB
26 Santiago Pérez
Santiago Pérez (race walker)
Santiago Pérez Alonso is a male race walker from Spain.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
3:59:41 SB
27 Oleksiy Shelest  3:59:46
28 Eddy Riva
Eddy Riva
Eddy Riva is a French race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

 
4:00:49
29 Takayuki Tanii  4:01:37
30 Nenad Filipović  4:02:16 PB
31 Kim Dong-Young
Kim Dong-Young
Kim Dong-Young is a South Korean race walker.-Achievements:-References:Notes...

 
4:02:32
32 Tadas Suskevicius
Tadas Šuškevičius
Tadas Šuškevičius is a race-walker who competes internationally for Lithuania.He finished 32nd in the 50 km walk at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He also competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics reaching 17th place and setting a personal record.-Achievements:- Personal bests...

 
4:02:45
33 Hatem Ghoula
Hatem Ghoula
Hatem Ghoula is a Tunisian race walker.He holds the African records in both 20,000 metres, 20 km and 50 km walk.-Achievements:-References:**...

 
4:03:47
34 Rodrigo Moreno
Rodrigo Moreno (athlete)
Rodrigo Moreno Munar is a retired male race walker from Colombia.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
4:03:52
35 Milos Batovsky  4:06:30
36 Xavier Moreno  4:07:04
37 Konstadinos Stefanopoulos  4:07:53
38 Tim Berrett
Tim Berrett
Timothy B. Berrett is a male race walker. A resident of Edmonton, Alberta, he represented Canada in five consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1992 . He competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the 50km walk event, finishing in 38th place with a time of 4:08:08...

 
4:08:18
39 Philip Dunn
Philip Dunn (athlete)
Philip Martin Dunn is a male race walker from the United States. He competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . He is a three-time national US champion in the men's 50 km event .-Achievements:-References:*...

 
4:08:32
40 Augusto Cardoso  4:09:00
41 Mário dos Santos
Mário dos Santos
Mário José dos Santos Júnior is a male race walker from Brazil. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004 .-Achievements:-References:*...

 
4:10:25
42 Ingus Janevics
Ingus Janevics
Ingus Janevics is a Latvian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

 
4:12:45
43 Andrei Stsepanchuk  4:14:09
44 Jamie Costin
Jamie Costin
James Costin is an Irish race walker from Ring, County Waterford.He has qualified to represent Ireland in the 50km Walk at three Olympic Games...

 
4:15:16
45 Roman Bilek
Roman Bílek
Roman Bílek is a retired Czech race walker.He was born in Ostrava and represented the club AK Kroměříž. He finished 21st at the 1994 European Championships and 45th at the 2008 Olympic Games, both in the 50 kilometres race. He also competed at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 1997 and 2008 in...

 
4:18:32
46 Zoltán Czukor
Zoltán Czukor
Zoltán Czukor is a male race walker from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country. He still competes in long distance walking races including 24Hr, Antibes 6 days, and the famous Paris-Colmar where he did not finish the 2011...

 
4:20:07
47 Kazimir Verkin  4:21:26
} ||align=left| Oleksiy Kazanin
Oleksiy Kazanin
-Achievements:-References:...

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| ||align=left| Yohan Diniz ||align=left| || DNF ||
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| ||align=left| Trond Nymark
Trond Nymark
Trond Nymark is a Norwegian race walker. He was born in Bergen and represents TIF Viking.-Achievements:-External links:* Homepage of Trond Nymark....

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| ||align=left| Donatas Skarnulis
Donatas Škarnulis
Donatas Škarnulis is a Lithuanian race walker.He finished twelfth at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He also competed at the 2006 World Race Walking Cup.-Achievements:-References:...

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| ||align=left| Sergey Kirdyapkin
Sergey Kirdyapkin
Sergey Alexandrovich Kirdyapkin is a Russian race walker.He won the gold medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a personal best time of 3:38:08 hours. He won his second world title at the 2009 World Championships, finishing in 3:38:35, his second fastest ever time.He is married...

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| ||align=left| Adam Rutter ||align=left| || DNF ||
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| ||align=left| Peter Korcok
Peter Korcok
Peter Korčok is a Slovak race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...

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| ||align=left| Artur Brzozowski ||align=left| || DQ ||
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| ||align=left| Diego Cafagna
Diego Cafagna
Diego Cafagna is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

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| ||align=left| Colin Griffin ||align=left| || DQ ||
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| ||align=left| Salvador Mira ||align=left| || DQ ||
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| ||align=left| Darius Skarnulis ||align=left| || DQ ||
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| ||align=left| Igor Erokhin ||align=left| || DNS ||
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| ||align=left| Joao Vieira
João Vieira (athlete)
João Paulo Garcia Vieira is a Portuguese race walker.He placed tenth for Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 20 km walk and third at the 2006 European Championships....

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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
Denis Nizhegorodov
Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.-Achievements:-References:...

44:39
2. Adam Rutter  s.t.
3. Jianbo Li  s.t.
4. Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal...

 
+0:01
5. Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer is an Italian race walker.Schwazer won the bronze medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a national record time of 3:41.54 hours...

 
s.t.
20 KM 1. Denis Nizhegorodov
Denis Nizhegorodov
Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.-Achievements:-References:...

1:27:38
2. Jianbo Li  +0:01
3. Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal...

 
s.t.
4. Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer is an Italian race walker.Schwazer won the bronze medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a national record time of 3:41.54 hours...

 
s.t.
5. Yohan Diniz  +0:08
30 KM 1. Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal...

2:10:38
2. Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer is an Italian race walker.Schwazer won the bronze medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a national record time of 3:41.54 hours...

 
+0:01
3. Denis Nizhegorodov
Denis Nizhegorodov
Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.-Achievements:-References:...

 
s.t.
4. Jianbo Li  s.t.
5. Yohan Diniz  +1:48
40 KM 1. Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent
Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal...

2:54:36
2. Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer is an Italian race walker.Schwazer won the bronze medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a national record time of 3:41.54 hours...

 
s.t.
3. Denis Nizhegorodov
Denis Nizhegorodov
Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.-Achievements:-References:...

 
s.t.
4. Jianbo Li  +1:58
5. Grzegorz Sudol
Grzegorz Sudol
Grzegorz Sudoł is a male race walker from Poland.-Achievements:-External links:...

+3:56


s.t. - same time.
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