Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games took place August 3. The final was won by Tommy Green of Great Britain.[1]

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesAugust 3 (final)
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Winning time4:50:10 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tommy Green
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jānis Daliņš
 Latvia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ugo Frigerio
 Italy
1936 →

Results edit

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
  Tommy Green   Great Britain 4:50:10 OR
  Jānis Daliņš   Latvia 4:57:20
  Ugo Frigerio   Italy 4:59:06
4 Karl Hähnel   Germany 5:06:06
5 Ettore Rivolta   Italy 5:07:39
6 Paul Sievert   Germany 5:16:41
7 Henri Quintric   France 5:27:25
8 Ernest Crosbie   United States 5:28:02
9 Bill Chisholm   United States 5:51:00
10 Alfred Maasik   Estonia 6:19:00
Henry Cieman   Canada DNF
John Moralis   Greece DNF
Francesco Pretti   Italy DNF
Arthur Tell Schwab   Switzerland DNF
Harry Hinkel   United States DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2017.