Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 5. The final was won by Harold Whitlock of Great Britain.[1]

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 5
Competitors33 from 16 nations
Winning time4:30:41.4 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Harold Whitlock
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arthur Tell Schwab
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Adalberts Bubenko
 Latvia
← 1932
1948 →

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Harold Whitlock   Great Britain 4:30:41.4 OR
  Arthur Tell Schwab   Switzerland 4:32:09.2
  Adalberts Bubenko   Latvia 4:32:42.2
4 Jaroslav Štork   Czechoslovakia 4:34:00.2
5 Edgar Bruun   Norway 4:34:53.2
6 Fritz Bleiweiß   Germany 4:36:48.4
7 Karl Reiniger   Switzerland 4:40:45.0
8 Étienne Laisné   France 4:41:40.0
9 Teodor Bieregowoj   Poland 4:42:49.0
10 Anton Toscani   Netherlands 4:42:59.4
11 Evald Segerström   Sweden 4:43:30.4
12 Ettore Rivolta   Italy 4:48:47.0
13 Adrien Courtois   France 4:49:07.0
14 Giuseppe Gobbato   Italy 4:49:51.0
15 Adolf Aebersold   Switzerland 4:51:14.0
16 Herbert Dill   Germany 4:51:26.0
17 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson   Great Britain 4:54:56.0
18 Mario Brignoli   Italy 4:58:12.0
19 Ryoji Naraoka   Japan 5:07:15.0
20 Vasile Firea   Romania 5:09:39.0
21 Albert Mangan   United States 5:12:00.2
22 Cai Tsungyi   Republic of China 5:16:02.4
23 Ernest Koehler   United States 5:20:18.2
24 Zhou Yuyu   Republic of China 5:25:01.0
25 Chang Chanchiu   Republic of China 5:26:54.2
26 Ernest Crosbie   United States 5:31:44.2
Jānis Dāliņš   Latvia DNF
Joe Hopkins   Great Britain DNF
Ejner Bech   Denmark DNF
Arnolds Krūkliņš   Latvia DSQ
Dick Löf   Sweden DSQ
Friedrich Prehn   Germany DSQ
Gösta Grandin   Sweden DSQ

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

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2022.