| | Event type

50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	11 August 1984 — 8:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants	31 from 16 countries

The day was hot as the race started and it only got hotter for the 4 hours it was contested. Raúl González was the world record holder but had not won gold at the Olympics nor at the 1983 World Championship. He went out very hard, taking a chance in the heat, but broke the field open and had dropped everybody by 40 km. He eventually won by almost six minutes. The field was depleted by the absence of the East Germans, notably Ronald Weigel and Hartwig Gauder, the defending champion.

Pos	Nr	Walker	NOC	Time	Warnings	Loss of Contact	Bent Knee	5 km (Pos)	10 km (Pos)	15 km (Pos)	20 km (Pos)	25 km (Pos)	30 km (Pos)	35 km (Pos)	40 km (Pos)	45 km (Pos)
1	639	Raúl González	MEX	3-47:26	–	–	–	23:08 (=3)	46:02 (=4)	1-08:44 (=2)	1-31:12 (=1)	1-53:54 (=1)	2-16:24 (=1)	2-39:17 (1)	3-01:50 (1)	3-24:30 (1)	OB	Gold
2	805	Bo Gustafsson	SWE	3-53:19	–	–	–	23:48 (20)	47:10 (15)	1-10:12 (13)	1-33:05 (11)	1-56:26 (10)	2-19:52 (=7)	2-43:04 (5)	3-06:18 (=3)	3-30:00 (=2)		Silver
3	493	Sandro Bellucci	ITA	3-53:45	–	–	–	23:09 (=8)	46:12 (=10)	1-09:27 (11)	1-32:36 (9)	1-56:25 (9)	2-19:52 (=7)	2-43:05 (6)	3-06:18 (=3)	3-30:00 (=2)		Bronze
4	265	Reima Salonen	FIN	3-58:30	–	–	–	23:50 (21)	47:45 (20)	1-11:15 (17)	1-35:11 (15)	2-00:09 (16)	2-35:28 (21)	2-50:57 (12)	3-13:24 (10)	3-35:54 (6)
5	501	Raffaello Ducceschi	ITA	3-59:26	–	–	–	23:08 (=3)	46:12 (=10)	1-08:54 (9)	1-32:29 (=7)	1-56:23 (8)	2-20:23 (9)	2-45:21 (7)	3-09:52 (6)	3-35:09 (4)
6	937	Carl Schueler	USA	3-59:46	–	–	–	23:40 (19)	47:48 (21)	1-11:35 (19)	1-35:42 (17)	1-59:41 (15)	2-23:45 (13)	2-47:33 (10)	3-11:39 (7)	3-35:50 (5)
7	232	Jorge Llopart	ESP	4-03:09	–	–	–	23:09 (=8)	46:10 (=7)	1-09:28 (12)	1-33:43 (13)	1-58:07 (12)	2-23:10 (12)	2-48:20 (11)	3-12:46 (8)	3-37:52 (7)
8	726	José Pinto	POR	4-04:42	–	–	–	23:38 (18)	47:33 (18)	1-11:11 (16)	1-34:10 (14)	1-57:44 (11)	2-22:13 (10)	2-47:13 (8)	3-13:00 (9)	3-39:08 (8)
9	220	Manuel Alcalde	ESP	4-05:47	–	–	–	24:26 (=26)	49:03 (=27)	1-13:32 (=24)	1-38:15 (26)	2-02:59 (22)	2-27:18 (17)	2-51:44 (14)	3-15:56 (12)	3-40:53 (11)
10	632	Ernesto Canto	MEX	4-07:59	–	–	–	23:08 (=3)	46:02 (=4)	1-08:47 (6)	1-31:14 (=4)	1-54:01 (5)	2-17:08 (5)	2-40:22 (3)	3-07:52 (5)	3-39:25 (9)
11	28	Mike Harvey	AUS	4-09:18	–	–	–	23:57 (23)	48:09 (22)	1-11:50 (20)	1-35:35 (16)	1-59:12 (14)	2-22:42 (11)	2-47:16 (9)	3-16:22 (13)	3-43:13 (12)
12	288	Dominique Guebey	FRA	4-13:34	–	–	–	23:10 (=10)	47:11 (16)	1-11:27 (18)	1-35:46 (18)	2-00:22 (17)	2-26:08 (16)	2-52:01 (15)	3-18:59 (14)	3-46:37 (13)
13	684	Lars Ove Moen	NOR	4-15:12	–	–	–	23:31 (16)	46:49 (14)	1-10:13 (14)	1-33:40 (12)	1-58:37 (13)	2-24:25 (14)	2-52:14 (16)	3-19:32 (15)	3-48:11 (14)
14	929	Vince O'Sullivan	USA	4-22:51	–	–	–	23:35 (17)	48:50 (25)	1-13:32 (=24)	1-38:03 (=22)	2-04:39 (24)	– (–)	2-59:45 (–)	3-27:35 (–)	3-56:05 (–)
15	174	Zhang Fuxin	CHN	4-23:39	–	–	–	24:35 (30)	49:03 (=27)	1-13:36 (=26)	1-38:04 (=24)	2-02:44 (21)	2-28:26 (19)	2-55:55 (17)	3-25:25 (17)	3-40:45 (10)
16	376	Chris Maddocks	GBR	4-26:33	–	–	–	23:54 (22)	48:25 (24)	1-12:45 (23)	1-37:05 (20)	2-01:33 (19)	2-27:52 (18)	2-56:46 (18)	3-25:21 (16)	3-56:07 (15)
17	433	José Víctor Alonzo	GUA	4-36:35	–	–	–	24:44 (31)	50:11 (31)	1-16:09 (30)	1-41:55 (28)	2-08:21 (26)	2-36:11 (22)	3-05:15 (20)	3-26:05 (18)	4-06:20 (16)
DNF	500	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	–	–	–	–	23:08 (=3)	46:00 (3)	1-08:44 (=2)	1-31:13 (3)	1-53:54 (=1)	2-16:24 (=1)	2-39:18 (2)	3-02:36 (2)	– (–)
DNF	189	José Querubín Moreno	COL	–	–	–	–	24:06 (25)	48:11 (23)	1-12:04 (21)	1-38:04 (=24)	2-00:23 (18)	2-25:03 (15)	2-51:35 (13)	3-15:47 (11)	– (–)
DNF	128	Guillaume LeBlanc	CAN	–	–	–	–	23:21 (=13)	46:20 (12)	1-08:48 (=7)	1-31:14 (=4)	1-53:56 (4)	2-16:41 (4)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	897	Marco Evoniuk	USA	–	–	–	–	23:10 (=10)	46:10 (=7)	1-09:07 (10)	1-32:29 (=7)	1-55:51 (7)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	292	Gérard Lelièvre	FRA	–	–	–	–	24:34 (=28)	49:02 (26)	1-13:36 (=26)	1-38:03 (=22)	2-02:43 (20)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	31	Andrew Jachno	AUS	–	–	–	–	23:24 (15)	47:23 (17)	1-12:17 (22)	1-37:10 (21)	2-04:51 (25)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	84	Osvaldo Morejón	BOL	–	–	–	–	24:34 (=28)	49:03 (=27)	1-13:38 (28)	1-40:51 (27)	2-09:19 (27)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	125	Marcel Jobin	CAN	–	–	–	–	23:07 (2)	46:01 (2)	1-08:48 (=7)	1-32:55 (10)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	37	Willi Sawall	AUS	–	–	–	–	23:06 (1)	45:59 (1)	1-08:43 (1)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	631	Martín Bermúdez	MEX	–	–	–	–	[23:08] ([=3])	[46:02] ([=4])	[1-08:45] ([4])	[1-31:12] ([=1])	[1-54:02] ([6])	[2-17:22] ([6])	[2-40:58] ([4])	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	127	François Lapointe	CAN	–	–	–	–	[23:21] ([=13])	[46:28] ([13])	[1-10:27] ([15])	[1-36:10] ([19])	[2-03:02] ([23])	[2-30:22] ([20])	[3-00:21] ([19])	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	675	Erling Andersen	NOR	–	–	–	–	[23:20] ([12])	[46:10] ([=7])	[1-08:46] ([5])	[1-31:17] ([6])	[1-53:55] ([3])	[2-16:24] ([=1])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	808	Roland Nilsson	SWE	–	–	–	–	[24:26] ([=26])	[49:07] ([30])	[1-13:47] ([29])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	812	Bengt Simonsen	SWE	–	–	–	–	[24:04] ([24])	[47:37] ([19])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	7	Abdel Wahab Ferguene	ALG	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	8	Benamar Kechkouche	ALG	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	233	José Marín	ESP	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)