Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The Men's 50 km Race Walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entry list of 27 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified and nine of them did not finish in the final, held on 30 July 1980.[1] This event was not held during 1976 Summer Olympics,returning to Olympic program after last returning to the program after a hiatus edition, because it was held in 1972.

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueCentral Lenin Stadium
Date30 July
Competitors29 from 14 nations
Winning time3:49:24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hartwig Gauder
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jordi Llopart
 Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yevgeniy Ivchenko
 Soviet Union
← 1972
1984 →

This event netted Spain its first-ever medal in athletics, with Jordi Llopart taking silver.[2]

Medalists

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Gold Hartwig Gauder
  East Germany
Silver Jordi Llopart
  Spain
Bronze Yevgeniy Ivchenko
  Soviet Union

Final ranking

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Rank Athlete Time Note
    Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 3:49:24
    Jordi Llopart (ESP) 3:51:25
    Yevgeniy Ivchenko (URS) 3:56:32
4   Bengt Simonsen (SWE) 3:57:08
5   Vyacheslav Fursov (URS) 3:58:32
6   Josep Marín (ESP) 4:03:08
7   Stanisław Rola (POL) 4:07:07
8   Willi Sawall (AUS) 4:08:25
9   László Sátor (HUN) 4:10:53
10   Pavol Blažek (TCH) 4:16:26
11   Ian Richards (GBR) 4:22:57
12   Christos Karageorgos (GRE) 4:24:36
13   Juraj Benčík (TCH) 4:27:39
14   Enrique Peña (COL) 4:29:27
15   Ernesto Alfaro (COL) 4:46:28
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
  Bo Gustafsson (SWE) DNF
  Bohdan Bułakowski (POL) DNF
  Daniel Bautista (MEX) DNF
  David Smith (AUS) DNF
  Gérard Lelièvre (FRA) DNF
  Martín Bermúdez (MEX) DNF
  Raúl González (MEX) DNF
  Reima Salonen (FIN) DNF
  Boris Yakovlev (URS) DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
  Dietmar Meisch (GDR) DSQ
  Jaromír Vaňous (TCH) DSQ
  Uwe Dünkel (GDR) DSQ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. ^ "1980 Olympic 50km race walk silver medallist Llopart dies". World Athletics. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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