| | Event type
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men
| Date | 17 October 1968 — 14:20 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México |
| Participants | 36 from 19 countries |
The two favorites were the defending champion, Abdon Pamich of Italy, who had also won the 1966 European Championship, and the GDR’s Christoph Höhne, who had won the Lugano Trophy race in 1965 and 1967. Pamich would not finish. Höhne led throughout most of the race, in company with Britain’s Paul Nihill until he collapsed at 44 km., overcome by heat and altitude. That left it open for Höhne who won by over 10 minutes, the largest margin of victory ever in this event. Larry Young, in third, won the first ever medal in this race for the United States.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | 20 km | 25 km | 30 km | 35 km | 40 km | 45 km | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 71 | Christoph Höhne |  GDR | 4-20:13.6 | 25:13.2 (2) | 50:58.4 (3) | 1-17:28.0 (4) | 1-43:53.0 (=2) | 2-10:27.8 (2) | 2-35:57.0 (1) | 3-00:23.6 (1) | 3-26:14.0 (1) | 3-52:58.0 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 463 | Antal Kiss |  HUN | 4-30:17.0 | 25:26.0 (9) | 51:48.2 (12) | 1-18:14.0 (8) | 1-45:03.0 (6) | 2-12:36.0 (7) | 2-39:57.0 (4) | 3-05:39.0 (=3) | 3-33:53.0 (3) | 4-01:30.0 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 319 | Larry Young |  USA | 4-31:55.4 | 26:08.0 (23) | 52:26.2 (18) | 1-19:42.0 (14) | 1-46:39.0 (10) | 2-14:15.0 (9) | 2-41:45.0 (10) | 3-07:49.0 (7) | 3-34:41.0 (4) | 4-02:46.0 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 87 | Peter Selzer | GDR | 4-33:09.8 | 25:14.4 (7) | 51:00.0 (6) | 1-17:40.0 (6) | 1-44:16.0 (5) | 2-12:04.8 (6) | 2-40:01.0 (5) | 3-06:41.0 (6) | 3-35:04.0 (5) | 4-04:32.0 (4) | |||
| 5 | 735 | Stig Lindberg |  SWE | 4-34:05.0 | 25:13.4 (3) | 52:21.2 (17) | 1-20:20.0 (19) | 1-47:23.0 (14) | 2-15:26.0 (16) | 2-42:54.0 (11) | 3-09:46.0 (10) | 3-37:32.0 (8) | 4-05:20.0 (5) | |||
| 6 | 523 | Vittorio Visini |  ITA | 4-36:33.2 | 25:16.0 (8) | 51:42.0 (11) | 1-18:59.0 (9) | 1-46:10.0 (9) | 2-15:05.0 (12) | 2-43:41.0 (=12) | 3-10:12.0 (11) | 3-38:20.0 (9) | 4-06:39.0 (6) | |||
| 7 | 400 | Bryan Eley |  GBR | 4-37:32.2 | 26:28.4 (28) | 53:32.8 (30) | 1-21:07.0 (=24) | 1-48:27.0 (21) | 2-17:12.0 (19) | 2-45:17.0 (17) | 3-12:28.0 (13) | 3-40:23.0 (10) | 4-08:53.0 (8) | |||
| 8 | 620 | José Pedraza |  MEX | 4-37:51.4 | 25:44.0 (17) | 52:26.6 (19) | 1-19:40.0 (13) | 1-46:47.0 (11) | 2-15:12.0 (13) | 2-45:14.0 (=15) | 3-14:32.0 (18) | 3-44:41.0 (18) | 4-10:41.0 (=9) | |||
| 9 | 175 | Karl-Heinz Merschenz |  CAN | 4-37:57.4 | 26:14.0 (25) | 53:32.6 (29) | 1-20:42.0 (20) | 1-47:16.0 (12) | 2-14:35.0 (10) | 2-41:10.0 (8) | 3-06:17.0 (5) | 3-36:33.0 (7) | 4-07:20.0 (7) | |||
| 10 | 281 | Goetz Klopfer | USA | 4-39:13.8 | 26:28.0 (26) | 53:32.0 (=26) | 1-21:17.0 (28) | 1-48:42.0 (23) | 2-17:32.0 (21) | 2-46:42.0 (21) | 3-14:49.0 (19) | 3-44:34.0 (=16) | 4-12:03.0 (13) | |||
| 11 | 29 | Horst-Rüdiger Magnor |  FRG | 4-39:43.2 | 25:45.0 (19) | 51:56.6 (14) | 1-19:45.0 (15) | 1-47:42.0 (16) | 2-10:48.0 (3) | 2-46:11.0 (19) | 3-14:09.0 (17) | 3-42:23.0 (12) | 4-10:41.0 (=9) | |||
| 12 | 101 | Frank Clark |  AUS | 4-40:13.8 | 26:28.2 (27) | 53:31.6 (24) | 1-21:06.0 (23) | 1-47:53.0 (17) | 2-14:42.0 (11) | 2-41:44.0 (9) | 3-08:00.0 (8) | 3-40:41.0 (11) | 4-11:34.0 (11) | |||
| 13 | 722 | Örjan Andersson | SWE | 4-40:42.6 | 26:29.0 (30) | 53:32.4 (28) | 1-21:05.0 (22) | 1-48:35.0 (22) | 2-17:54.0 (22) | 2-46:21.0 (20) | 3-14:04.0 (16) | 3-42:27.0 (13) | 4-11:40.0 (12) | |||
| 14 | 54 | Gerhard Weidner | FRG | 4-43:26.2 | 25:48.0 (20) | 51:50.4 (13) | 1-19:26.0 (11) | 1-47:29.0 (15) | 2-16:24.0 (17) | 2-45:13.0 (14) | 3-13:55.0 (15) | 3-43:57.0 (14) | 4-13:37.0 (14) | |||
| 15 | 804 | Sergey Grigoryev |  URS | 4-44:39.2 | 25:14.2 (6) | 50:58.8 (5) | 1-17:27.0 (3) | 1-43:53.0 (=2) | 2-12:04.2 (5) | 2-40:28.0 (6) | 3-10:58.0 (12) | 3-44:34.0 (=16) | 4-14:35.0 (15) | |||
| 16 | 581 | Charel Sowa |  LUX | 4-44:45.2 | 25:49.2 (21) | 52:38.4 (21) | 1-20:49.0 (21) | 1-49:25.0 (24) | 2-19:39.0 (23) | 2-49:23.0 (23) | 3-16:52.6 (21) | 3-45:29.0 (19) | 4-14:39.0 (16) | |||
| 17 | 551 | Kazuo Saito |  JPN | 4-47:29.6 | 25:29.0 (12) | 52:07.0 (16) | 1-21:21.0 (29) | 1-52:03.0 (28) | 2-22:44.0 (27) | 2-51:13.0 (25) | 3-17:43.0 (23) | 3-45:54.0 (20) | 4-15:52.0 (17) | |||
| 18 | 413 | Shaun Lightman | GBR | 4-52:20.0 | 26:28.6 (29) | 53:32.0 (=26) | 1-21:07.0 (=24) | 1-48:24.0 (19) | 2-17:11.0 (18) | 2-45:14.0 (=15) | 3-13:43.6 (14) | 3-44:21.0 (15) | 4-19:28.0 (18) | |||
| 19 | 107 | Bob Gardiner | AUS | 4-52:29.0 | 25:14.0 (5) | 51:01.0 (8) | 1-19:02.0 (10) | 1-48:10.0 (18) | 2-17:12.2 (20) | 2-47:27.0 (22) | 3-16:59.0 (22) | 3-48:15.0 (21) | 4-22:24.0 (19) | |||
| 20 | 754 | Erwin Stutz |  SUI | 4-53:33.8 | 25:50.0 (22) | 52:54.0 (23) | 1-21:07.0 (=24) | 1-49:33.0 (26) | 2-20:13.0 (25) | 2-50:32.0 (24) | 3-20:40.6 (24) | 3-51:27.0 (23) | 4-22:47.0 (20) | |||
| 21 | 356 | Henri Delerue |  FRA | 4-57:40.2 | 25:13.0 (1) | 50:58.6 (4) | 1-17:39.0 (5) | 1-45:25.0 (8) | 2-15:12.2 (14) | 2-45:42.0 (18) | 3-16:05.0 (20) | 3-48:25.0 (22) | 4-23:36.0 (21) | |||
| 22 | 679 | Mieczysław Rutyna |  POL | 4-58:03.8 | 27:34.0 (34) | 55:43.6 (33) | 1-25:00.0 (32) | 1-54:24.0 (31) | 2-24:49.0 (31) | 2-54:45.0 (28) | 3-23:09.0 (25) | 3-54:32.0 (24) | 4-26:35.0 (22) | |||
| 23 | 164 | Felix Cappella | CAN | 4-58:31.6 | 27:25.0 (33) | 54:27.2 (32) | 1-23:07.0 (30) | 1-52:37.0 (29) | 2-23:51.0 (30) | 2-55:29.0 (29) | 3-25:06.0 (26) | 3-56:00.0 (=25) | 4-27:17.0 (23) | |||
| 24 | 493 | Shaul Ladany |  ISR | 5-01:06.0 | 26:10.0 (24) | 53:59.0 (31) | 1-23:15.0 (31) | 1-52:39.0 (30) | 2-20:03.0 (24) | 2-55:49.0 (30) | 3-30:02.0 (28) | 3-56:00.0 (=25) | 4-31:13.0 (25) | |||
| 25 | 608 | Pablo Colín | MEX | 5-01:30.0 | 25:44.2 (18) | 52:27.0 (20) | 1-19:59.0 (18) | 1-49:32.0 (25) | 2-23:15.0 (=28) | 2-53:55.0 (27) | 3-29:00.0 (27) | 3-58:12.0 (27) | 4-31:12.0 (24) | |||
| 26 | 299 | Dave Romansky | USA | 5-38:03.4 | 26:29.2 (31) | 53:31.8 (25) | 1-21:11.0 (27) | 1-51:29.0 (27) | 2-23:15.0 (=28) | 3-00:40.0 (31) | 3-45:06.0 (30) | 4-22:50.0 (28) | 4-58:24.0 (26) | |||
| 27 | 613 | Ismael Hernández | MEX | 5-56:09.2 | 26:44.0 (32) | 55:51.2 (34) | 1-27:43.0 (33) | 2-00:36.0 (32) | 2-34:05.0 (32) | 3-08:48.0 (32) | 4-02:00.0 (31) | 4-32:29.0 (29) | 5-19:25.0 (27) | |||
| 28 | 237 | Ricardo Cruz |  ESA | 5-56:22.0 | 31:50.0 (36) | 1-04:04.4 (35) | 1-38:52.0 (34) | 2-15:48.0 (33) | 2-52:40.0 (33) | 3-29:04.0 (33) | 4-12:09.0 (32) | 4-43:18.0 (=30) | 5-22:55.0 (28) | |||
| 415 | Paul Nihill | GBR | – | 25:39.0 (=15) | 50:58.2 (2) | 1-17:25.0 (1) | 1-43:51.0 (1) | 2-10:27.6 (1) | 2-39:50.0 (3) | 3-04:34.6 (2) | 3-35:05.0 (6) | – (–) | ||||
| 731 | Stefan Ingvarsson | SWE | – | 25:35.0 (14) | 52:05.0 (15) | 1-19:46.0 (16) | 1-47:17.0 (13) | 2-15:17.0 (15) | 2-43:41.0 (=12) | 3-43:18.0 (29) | 4-43:18.0 (=30) | – (–) | ||||
| 34 | Bernhard Nermerich | FRG | – | [25:26.2] ([10]) | [50:58.0] ([1]) | [1-17:54.0] ([7]) | [1-45:09.0] ([7]) | [2-13:45.0] ([8]) | [2-40:46.0] ([7]) | [3-05:39.0] ([=3]) | [3-31:22.0] ([2]) | – (–) | ||||
| 790 | Gennady Agapov | URS | – | 25:30.8 (13) | 51:00.4 (7) | 1-17:26.0 (2) | 1-43:53.0 (=2) | 2-10:55.0 (4) | 2-39:47.0 (2) | 3-09:16.0 (9) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 516 | Abdon Pamich | ITA | – | 25:28.2 (11) | 51:24.2 (10) | 1-19:30.0 (12) | 1-48:25.0 (20) | 2-20:21.0 (26) | 2-53:00.0 (26) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 74 | Burkhard Leuschke | GDR | – | 25:13.6 (4) | 51:12.0 (9) | 1-19:49.0 (17) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 800 | Igor Della-Rossa | URS | – | 25:39.0 (=15) | 52:38.8 (22) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 484 | John Kelly |  IRL | – | 28:54.0 (35) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 455 | József Csermák | HUN | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 198 | Euclides Calzado |  CUB | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 548 | Katsuo Nishida | JPN | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 632 | Carlos Vanegas |  NCA | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |