Athletics — 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Times held 20
Total participants 543
Total countries 66

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1932 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 15 10
1936 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 33 16
1948 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 23 11
1952 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 31 16
1956 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 21 10
1960 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 39 20
1964 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 34 19
1968 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 36 19
1972 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 36 18
1980 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 27 14
1984 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 31 16
1988 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 42 22
1992 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 42 20
1996 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 51 27
2000 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 56 28
2004 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 54 29
2008 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 59 32
2012 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 63 35
2016 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 80 39
2020 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Olympic 59 29

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1932 Tommy GreenGBR Jānis DāliņšLAT Ugo FrigerioITA
1936 Harold WhitlockGBR Arthur Tell SchwabSUI Adalberts BubenkoLAT
1948 John LjunggrenSWE Gaston GodelSUI Lloyd JohnsonGBR
1952 Pino DordoniITA Josef DoležalTCH Antal RókaHUN
1956 Norman ReadNZL Yevgeny MaskinskovURS John LjunggrenSWE
1960 Don ThompsonGBR John LjunggrenSWE Abdon PamichITA
1964 Abdon PamichITA Paul NihillGBR Ingvar PetterssonSWE
1968 Christoph HöhneGDR Antal KissHUN Larry YoungUSA
1972 Bernd KannenbergFRG Veniamin SoldatenkoURS Larry YoungUSA
1980 Hartwig GauderGDR Jorge LlopartESP Yevgeny IvchenkoURS
1984 Raúl GonzálezMEX Bo GustafssonSWE Sandro BellucciITA
1988 Vyacheslav IvanenkoURS Ronald WeigelGDR Hartwig GauderGDR
1992 Andrey PerlovEUN Carlos MercenarioMEX Ronald WeigelGER
1996 Robert KorzeniowskiPOL Mikhail ShchennikovRUS Valentí MassanaESP
2000 Robert KorzeniowskiPOL Aigars FadejevsLAT Joel SánchezMEX
2004 Robert KorzeniowskiPOL Denis NizhegorodovRUS Aleksey VoyevodinRUS
2008 Alex SchwazerITA Jared TallentAUS Denis NizhegorodovRUS
2012 Jared TallentAUS Si TianfengCHN Robbie HeffernanIRL
2016 Matej TóthSVK Jared TallentAUS Hirooki AraiJPN
2020 Dawid TomalaPOL Jonathan HilbertGER Evan DunfeeCAN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Poland POL 4 0 0 4
Great Britain GBR 3 1 1 5
Italy ITA 3 0 3 6
East Germany GDR 2 1 1 4
Sweden SWE 1 2 2 5
Soviet Union URS 1 2 1 4
Australia AUS 1 2 0 3
Mexico MEX 1 1 1 3
New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
Slovakia SVK 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 1 0 0 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 2 2 4
Latvia LAT 0 2 1 3
Switzerland SUI 0 2 0 2
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Hungary HUN 0 1 1 2
Spain ESP 0 1 1 2
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 1 0 1
United States USA 0 0 2 2
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
Ireland IRL 0 0 1 1
Japan JPN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Robert Korzeniowski POL 3 0 0 3
Jared Tallent AUS 1 2 0 3
John Ljunggren SWE 1 1 1 3
Hartwig Gauder GDR
GER
1 0 1 2
Abdon Pamich ITA 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1984 Summer Olympics Abdel Wahab Ferguene DNS See all
1984 Summer Olympics Benamar Kechkouche DNS
Argentina ARG 1972 Summer Olympics Adalberto Scorza 28 See all
Australia AUS 2012 Summer Olympics Jared Tallent 1 Gold See all
Austria AUT 1992 Summer Olympics Stefan Wögerbauer 26 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Viktar Hinko 5 See all
Belgium BEL 1988 Summer Olympics Godfried De Jonckheere DNF See all
1992 Summer Olympics Godfried De Jonckheere DQ
Bolivia BOL 2016 Summer Olympics Ronal Quispe 30 See all
Brazil BRA 2016 Summer Olympics Caio Bonfim 9 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1972 Summer Olympics Ilia Popov DNS See all
Canada CAN 2020 Summer Olympics Evan Dunfee 3 Bronze See all
Chile CHI 2012 Summer Olympics Edward Araya DQ See all
2016 Summer Olympics Edward Araya DQ
Colombia COL 2020 Summer Olympics José Leonardo Montaña 11 See all
Cuba CUB 1968 Summer Olympics Euclides Calzado DNS See all
Czechia CZE 2000 Summer Olympics Miloš Holuša 16 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1952 Summer Olympics Josef Doležal 2 Silver See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1964 Summer Olympics Kim Tai-Koo DNS See all
1964 Summer Olympics Pak Tai-Keun DNS
Denmark DEN 1952 Summer Olympics Harry Kristensen 20 See all
East Germany GDR 1968 Summer Olympics Christoph Höhne 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Hartwig Gauder 1 Gold
Ecuador ECU 2004 Summer Olympics Jefferson Pérez 12 See all
El Salvador ESA 2012 Summer Olympics Emerson Hernández 24 See all
Estonia EST 1932 Summer Olympics Alfred Maasik 10 See all
Finland FIN 1984 Summer Olympics Reima Salonen 4 See all
France FRA 1932 Summer Olympics Henri Quintric 7 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Pierre Mazille 7
Georgia GEO 2012 Summer Olympics Maciej Rosiewicz 41 See all
Germany GER 2020 Summer Olympics Jonathan Hilbert 2 Silver See all
Great Britain GBR 1932 Summer Olympics Tommy Green 1 Gold See all
1936 Summer Olympics Harold Whitlock 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Don Thompson 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1980 Summer Olympics Christos Karageorgos 12 See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics José Víctor Alonzo 17 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Julio Urías 17
Hong Kong, China HKG 1964 Summer Olympics So Kam Tong 31 See all
Hungary HUN 1968 Summer Olympics Antal Kiss 2 Silver See all
India IND 1960 Summer Olympics Zora Singh 8 See all
Ireland IRL 2012 Summer Olympics Robbie Heffernan 3 Bronze See all
Israel ISR 1972 Summer Olympics Shaul Ladany 19 See all
Italy ITA 1952 Summer Olympics Pino Dordoni 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Abdon Pamich 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Alex Schwazer 1 Gold
Japan JPN 2016 Summer Olympics Hirooki Arai 3 Bronze See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Sergey Korepanov 8 See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics William Sawe 35 See all
Latvia LAT 1932 Summer Olympics Jānis Dāliņš 2 Silver See all
2000 Summer Olympics Aigars Fadejevs 2 Silver
Lithuania LTU 2000 Summer Olympics Daugvinas Zujus 30 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Daugvinas Zujus 30
Luxembourg LUX 1964 Summer Olympics Charel Sowa 9 See all
Mexico MEX 1984 Summer Olympics Raúl González 1 Gold See all
Myanmar MYA 1964 Summer Olympics Maung Rajan DNF See all
Netherlands NED 1936 Summer Olympics Anton Toscani 10 See all
New Zealand NZL 1956 Summer Olympics Norman Read 1 Gold See all
Nicaragua NCA 1968 Summer Olympics Carlos Vanegas DNS See all
1972 Summer Olympics Yuri Peñalba DNS
Norway NOR 1948 Summer Olympics Edgar Bruun 4 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2012 Summer Olympics Si Tianfeng 2 Silver See all
Peru PER 2016 Summer Olympics Pavel Chihuán 48 See all
Poland POL 1996 Summer Olympics Robert Korzeniowski 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Robert Korzeniowski 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Robert Korzeniowski 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Dawid Tomala 1 Gold
Portugal POR 2020 Summer Olympics João Vieira 5 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2012 Summer Olympics Park Chil-Seong 10 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2000 Summer Olympics Feodosiy Ciumacenco DQ See all
Romania ROU 1952 Summer Olympics Dumitru Paraschivescu 7 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Mikhail Shchennikov 2 Silver See all
2004 Summer Olympics Denis Nizhegorodov 2 Silver
Serbia SRB 2008 Summer Olympics Nenad Filipović 30 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Raković 11 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Raković 11
Slovakia SVK 2016 Summer Olympics Matej Tóth 1 Gold See all
South Africa RSA 1960 Summer Olympics George Hazle 12 See all
Soviet Union URS 1988 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Ivanenko 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1980 Summer Olympics Jorge Llopart 2 Silver See all
Sweden SWE 1948 Summer Olympics John Ljunggren 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1936 Summer Olympics Arthur Tell Schwab 2 Silver See all
1948 Summer Olympics Gaston Godel 2 Silver
Tunisia TUN 1960 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ben Lazhar 26 See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Ihor Hlavan 16 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Andrey Perlov 1 Gold See all
United States USA 1968 Summer Olympics Larry Young 3 Bronze See all
1972 Summer Olympics Larry Young 3 Bronze
Venezuela VEN 2016 Summer Olympics Yerenman Salazar DNF See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Bernd Kannenberg 1 Gold See all