The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 21 September in Kuala Lumpur. This was the first time this distance was held at the Commonwealth Games, together with 20 kilometres walk replacing the 30 kilometres walk event.
The race was led by Craig Barrett of New Zealand until one kilometre before the finishing line when he collapsed from dehydration. Govindasamy Saravanan from Malaysia went on to win gaining his country's first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in athletics.[1]
Results edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Govindasamy Saravanan |  Malaysia |
4:10:05 | NR |
 |
Duane Cousins |  Australia |
4:10:30 | |
 |
Dominic McGrath | Australia |
4:12:52 | |
| 4 | Steven Hollier |  England |
4:18:41 | |
| 5 | Mark Easton | England |
4:22:23 | |
| 6 | Graham White |  Scotland |
4:30:17 | |
| 7 | Kannian Pushparajan | Malaysia |
4:31:22 | |
| 8 | Chris Cheeseman | England |
4:38:36 | |
| 9 | Thirukumaran Balaysendaran | Malaysia |
4:44:33 | |
| 10 | Tony Sargisson |  New Zealand |
4:45:04 | |
| Craig Barrett | New Zealand |
DNF | ||
| Tim Berrett |  Canada |
DNF | ||
| Dion Russell | Australia |
DNF |
References edit
- ^ Saravanan Wins Malaysia's First Ever Gold in Athletics
- ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2014-07-12.