Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 21, 1952
Competitors31 from 16 nations
Winning time4:28:07.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antal Róka  Hungary
Athletics at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
10 km walkmen
50 km walk
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

The Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 21 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Italian athlete Giuseppe Dordoni earned the gold medal and set a new Olympic Record.[1]

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy 4:28:07.8 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia 4:30:17.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antal Róka  Hungary 4:31:27.2
4 Rex Whitlock  Great Britain 4:32:21.0
5 Sergey Lobastov  Soviet Union 4:32:34.2
6 Vladimir Ukhov  Soviet Union 4:32:51.6
7 Dumitru Paraschivescu  Romania 4:41:05.2
8 Ion Baboie  Romania 4:41:52.8
9 John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:43:45.2
10 Giuseppe Kressevich  Italy 4:44:30.2
11 Harold Whitlock  Great Britain 4:45:12.6
12 Sándor László  Hungary 4:45:55.8
13 Rudi Lüttge  Germany 4:47:28.6
14 Pekka Viljanen  Finland 4:49:16.4
15 Donald Tunbridge  Great Britain 4:50:40.4
16 Raymond Lesage  France 4:52:37.8
17 Edgar Bruun  Norway 4:52:48.4
18 Claude Hubert  France 4:55:28.2
19 Salvatore Cascino  Italy 4:56:46.0
20 Harry Kristensen  Denmark 4:57:35.8
21 Jean Strunc  France 4:59:08.2
22 Adolf Weinacker  United States 5:01:00.4
23 Pavel Kazankov  Soviet Union 5:02:37.8
24 Gilbert Marquis  Switzerland 5:02:56.2
25 Ferd Hayward  Canada 5:04:40.4
26 René Charrière  Switzerland 5:08:59.0
27 Gerhard Winther  Norway 5:11:40.2
28 Åke Söderlund  Sweden 5:30:56.6
Guillermo Weller  Argentina DNF
John Deni  United States DNF
Leo Sjogren  United States DNF

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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