Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the men's 50 km walk at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
DateAugust 2
Competitors52 from 27 nations
Winning time3:43:30
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikhail Shchennikov
 Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Valentí Massana
 Spain
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Medalists edit

Gold Robert Korzeniowski
  Poland
Silver Mikhail Shchennikov
  Russia
Bronze Valentí Massana
  Spain

Abbreviations edit

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record   Andrey Perlov (URS) 3:37.41 August 5, 1989   Leningrad, Soviet Union
Olympic Record   Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 3:38.29 September 30, 1988   Seoul, South Korea

Results edit

RANK FINAL TIME
    Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3'43:30
    Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS) 3'43:46
    Valentí Massana (ESP) 3'44:19
4.   Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) 3'44:52
5.   Viktor Ginko (BLR) 3'45:27
6.   Ignacio Zamudio (MEX) 3'46:07
7.   Valentin Kononen (FIN) 3'47:40
8.   Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 3'48:42
9.   Daniel García (MEX) 3'50:05
10.   Tim Berrett (CAN) 3'51:28
11.   Aleksandar Raković (YUG) 3'51:31
12.   Axel Noack (GER) 3'51:55
13.   Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) 3'52:31
14.   Zhang Huiqiang (CHN) 3'53:10
15.   Thomas Wallstab (GER) 3'54:48
16.   Héctor Moreno (COL) 3'54:57
17.   Julio César Urías (GUA) 3'56:27
18.   Germán Sánchez (MEX) 3'57:47
19.   René Piller (FRA) 3'58:00
20.   Roman Mrazek (SVK) 3'58:20
21.   Štefan Malík (SVK) 3'58:40
22.   Jaime Barroso (ESP) 4'01:09
23.   Modris Liepiņš (LAT) 4'01:12
24.   Allen James (USA) 4'01:18
25.   Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) 4'01:49
26.   Andrzej Chylinski (USA) 4'03:13
27.   Miloš Holuša (CZE) 4'03:16
28.   Martial Fesselier (FRA) 4'04:42
29.   Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) 4'05:57
30.   Antero Lindman (FIN) 4'07:58
31.   Pascal Charrière (SUI) 4'10:20
32.   Peter Tichý (SVK) 4'10:55
33.   Craig Barrett (NZL) 4'15:15
34.   Chris Maddocks (GBR) 4'18:41
35.   Daugvinas Zujus (LTU) 4'23:35
36.   José Magalhaes (POR) 4'27:37
  Jesús Ángel García (ESP) DNF
  Duane Cousins (AUS) DNF
  Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) DNF
  Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) DNF
  Jani Lehtinen (FIN) DNF
  Vitaliy Popovych (UKR) DNF
  Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) DNF
  Ronald Weigel (GER) DNF
  Hubert Sonnek (CZE) DNF
  Thierry Toutain (FRA) DSQ
  Simon Baker (AUS) DSQ
  Hugo López (GUA) DSQ
  Mao Xinyuan (CHN) DSQ
  Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) DSQ
  Herman Nelson (USA) DSQ
  Fedosei Ciumacenco (MDA) DNS

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

External links edit