50 kilometres race walk
The 50 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it.
World records
The men's world record for the 50 km race walk is held by Denis Nizhegorodov, through his race of 3:34:14 in Cheboksary in 2008.
Progressions
Medallists
Olympic
World Championships
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1983 |
 Ronald Weigel (GDR)
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 José Marín (ESP)
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 Sergey Yung (URS)
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| 1987 |
Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
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Ronald Weigel (GDR)
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Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
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| 1991 |
Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
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Andrey Perlov (URS)
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 Hartwig Gauder (GER)
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| 1993 |
Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
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 Valentin Kononen (FIN)
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 Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
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| 1995 |
Valentin Kononen (FIN)
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 Giovanni Perricelli (ITA)
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 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
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| 1997 |
Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
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Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
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 Miguel Rodríguez (MEX)
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| 1999 |
Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)
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Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)
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 Curt Clausen (USA)
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| 2001 |
Robert Korzeniowski (POL)} |
Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
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Edgar Hernández (MEX)
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| 2003 |
Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
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German Skurygin (RUS)
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Andreas Erm (GER)
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| 2005 |
Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
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Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)
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Alex Schwazer (ITA)
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| 2007 |
 Nathan Deakes (AUS)
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 Yohann Diniz (FRA)
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Alex Schwazer (ITA)
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| 2009 |
Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
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 Trond Nymark (NOR)
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Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
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External links
- 50 kilometres race walk all time – men from IAAF
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