| | Event type

50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	2 August 1996 — 7:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	51 from 27 countries
Olympic Record	3-38:29 / Vyacheslav Ivanenko URS / 30 September 1988 / Details

Robert Korzeniowski (POL) had been disqualified in the 1992 Olympics and the 1993 World Championships in this event. However, he had managed to finish the 1995 World Championships and earned a bronze medal. The two favorites with the Pole were Valentin Kononen (FIN) and Jesús Ángel García (ESP).

García took a big early lead but would be disqualified after he was dropped near 40 km. Kononen would finish seventh. Korzeniowski was always with the leaders and pulled away at 43 km. The surprise silver medalist was Russian Mikhail Shchennikov, making only his second start at this distance.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time	6 km	10 km	16 km	20 km	26 km	30 km	36 km	40 km	46 km	Loss of Contact Warnings	Bent Knee Warnings	Total Warnings
1	2050	Robert Korzeniowski	POL	3-43:30	27:48 (4)	46:20 (=4)	1-13:38 (=3)	1-31:37 (3)	1-58:32 (=3)	2-16:12 (=3)	2-42:33 (1)	3-00:06 (1)	3-26:03 (1)	0	0	0	Gold
2	2159	Mikhail Shchennikov	RUS	3-43:46	28:21 (=30)	46:44 (=27)	1-14:01 (=17)	1-32:14 (=16)	1-59:08 (15)	2-16:48 (11)	2-43:01 (8)	3-00:34 (6)	3-26:41 (4)	1	0	1	Silver
3	1356	Valentí Massana	ESP	3-44:19	27:37 (2)	45:44 (=1)	1-13:01 (1)	1-31:10 (1)	1-58:22 (1)	2-16:12 (=3)	2-42:34 (=2)	3-00:07 (=2)	3-26:24 (3)	0	1	1	Bronze
4	1702	Arturo Di Mezza	ITA	3-44:52	28:06 (=13)	46:33 (16)	1-13:19 (2)	1-32:47 (=22)	2-00:10 (22)	2-18:06 (16)	2-44:51 (12)	3-02:30 (10)	3-26:56 (5)	0	0	0
5	1128	Viktar Hinko	BLR	3-45:27	28:05 (=8)	46:20 (=4)	1-13:39 (=5)	1-31:38 (=4)	1-58:31 (2)	2-16:11 (2)	2-42:34 (=2)	3-00:13 (5)	3-27:14 (6)	0	2	2
6	1939	Ignacio Zamudio	MEX	3-46:07	28:05 (=8)	46:20 (=4)	1-13:39 (=5)	1-31:38 (=4)	1-58:33 (=6)	2-16:13 (=5)	2-42:35 (5)	3-00:07 (=2)	3-26:17 (2)	0	0	0
7	1412	Valentin Kononen	FIN	3-47:40	28:04 (=5)	46:20 (=4)	1-13:41 (=14)	1-31:42 (14)	1-58:34 (=10)	2-16:14 (10)	2-42:45 (7)	3-00:39 (7)	3-28:20 (7)	0	1	1
8	1780	Sergey Korepanov	KAZ	3-48:42	28:13 (19)	46:34 (=17)	1-14:13 (21)	1-32:38 (=20)	2-00:04 (=20)	2-18:02 (15)	2-44:44 (11)	3-02:31 (11)	3-30:04 (9)	0	0	0
9	1930	Daniel García	MEX	3-50:05	28:06 (=13)	46:21 (=11)	1-13:40 (=11)	1-31:40 (=10)	1-58:34 (=10)	2-16:13 (=5)	2-42:34 (=2)	3-00:08 (4)	3-28:59 (8)	1	0	1
10	1193	Tim Berrett	CAN	3-51:28	28:05 (=8)	46:21 (=11)	1-13:38 (=3)	1-31:38 (=4)	1-58:32 (=3)	2-16:10 (1)	2-43:21 (9)	3-02:07 (9)	3-31:56 (10)	1	0	1
11	2443	Aleksandar Raković	SCG	3-51:31	28:16 (25)	46:46 (30)	1-14:34 (30)	1-32:59 (30)	2-00:27 (24)	2-18:44 (22)	2-46:06 (16)	3-04:38 (14)	3-33:12 (13)	0	0	0
12	1567	Axel Noack	GER	3-51:55	28:20 (29)	46:44 (=27)	1-14:15 (=23)	1-32:47 (=22)	2-00:03 (19)	2-18:12 (18)	2-45:51 (15)	3-04:46 (15)	3-33:11 (12)	0	0	0
13	1719	Gianni Perricelli	ITA	3-52:31	28:14 (=20)	46:34 (=17)	1-14:19 (=27)	1-32:47 (=22)	2-00:14 (23)	2-18:31 (21)	2-46:50 (17)	3-05:17 (17)	3-33:44 (14)	0	0	0
14	1233	Zhang Huiqiang	CHN	3-53:10	28:21 (=30)	46:44 (=27)	1-14:14 (22)	1-32:33 (19)	2-00:04 (=20)	2-18:10 (17)	2-45:08 (13)	3-03:15 (12)	3-32:05 (11)	2	0	2
15	1580	Thomas Wallstab	GER	3-54:48	28:35 (35)	47:24 (=34)	1-15:31 (=33)	1-34:17 (36)	2-02:41 (=30)	2-21:17 (28)	2-49:20 (23)	3-08:05 (21)	3-36:11 (16)	1	1	2
16	1252	Héctor Moreno	COL	3-54:57	28:46 (41)	47:44 (40)	1-15:51 (39)	1-34:39 (=38)	2-02:52 (32)	2-21:26 (31)	2-49:48 (24)	3-08:48 (22)	3-36:45 (18)	0	0	0
17	1625	Julio Urías	GUA	3-56:27	28:06 (=13)	46:20 (=4)	1-13:40 (=11)	1-31:41 (=12)	1-59:01 (14)	2-18:14 (19)	2-47:20 (18)	3-06:46 (18)	3-36:27 (17)	1	1	2
18	1936	Germán Sánchez	MEX	3-57:47	28:04 (=5)	46:20 (=4)	1-13:39 (=5)	1-31:38 (=4)	1-58:33 (=6)	2-16:13 (=5)	2-42:38 (6)	3-01:01 (8)	3-36:08 (15)	1	1	2
19	1445	René Piller	FRA	3-58:00	25:15 (1)	46:34 (=17)	1-14:15 (=23)	1-32:47 (=22)	2-00:28 (=25)	2-19:12 (23)	2-47:49 (19)	3-07:06 (19)	3-37:09 (19)	2	0	2
20	2240	Roman Mrázek	SVK	3-58:20	28:22 (33)	47:07 (33)	1-15:53 (40)	1-35:19 (42)	2-04:11 (37)	2-22:50 (33)	2-51:02 (27)	3-10:11 (25)	3-39:26 (21)	2	0	2
21	2239	Štefan Malík	SVK	3-58:40	28:52 (42)	47:47 (42)	1-15:40 (36)	1-34:14 (35)	2-01:56 (29)	2-20:30 (26)	2-48:24 (20)	3-07:40 (20)	3-37:36 (20)	0	0	0
22	1331	Jaime Barroso	ESP	4-01:09	28:15 (=22)	46:35 (22)	1-14:19 (=27)	1-32:49 (29)	2-01:38 (28)	2-21:18 (29)	2-51:09 (28)	3-11:11 (27)	3-41:23 (22)	0	0	0
23	1862	Modris Liepiņš	LAT	4-01:12	28:44 (37)	47:24 (=34)	1-15:08 (31)	1-33:22 (31)	1-59:38 (18)	2-21:06 (27)	2-45:20 (14)	3-04:59 (16)	3-41:40 (24)	0	0	0
24	2366	Allen James	USA	4-01:18	28:45 (=38)	47:39 (=38)	1-15:50 (38)	1-34:38 (37)	2-02:41 (=30)	2-21:25 (30)	2-50:06 (25)	3-10:34 (26)	3-42:13 (26)	0	0	0
25	2147	Nikolay Matyukhin	RUS	4-01:49	28:17 (26)	46:43 (26)	1-14:01 (=17)	1-32:15 (18)	1-59:29 (17)	2-18:20 (20)	2-48:51 (21)	3-09:45 (24)	3-41:34 (23)	0	0	0
26	2339	Andrzej Chylinski	USA	4-03:13	29:21 (=50)	48:53 (49)	1-17:53 (48)	1-37:13 (48)	2-05:56 (=40)	2-25:04 (39)	2-53:59 (33)	3-13:31 (30)	3-43:39 (28)	0	0	0
27	1303	Miloš Holuša	CZE	4-03:16	28:14 (=20)	46:34 (=17)	1-14:15 (=23)	1-32:48 (=26)	2-00:28 (=25)	2-19:34 (24)	2-49:07 (22)	3-09:43 (23)	3-41:52 (25)	0	0	0
28	1436	Martial Fesselier	FRA	4-04:42	29:07 (47)	48:32 (=46)	1-17:36 (45)	1-36:53 (47)	2-05:49 (39)	2-25:01 (38)	2-53:28 (32)	3-12:24 (28)	3-42:46 (27)	0	0	0
29	1764	Tadahiro Kosaka	JPN	4-05:57	28:33 (34)	47:24 (=34)	1-15:42 (37)	1-34:39 (=38)	2-03:17 (34)	2-22:49 (32)	2-52:32 (29)	3-13:01 (29)	3-44:54 (29)	0	2	2
30	1415	Antero Lindman	FIN	4-07:58	28:43 (36)	47:24 (=34)	1-15:36 (35)	1-34:39 (=38)	2-03:22 (36)	2-22:57 (35)	2-53:04 (30)	3-14:08 (32)	3-46:45 (30)	0	0	0
31	2220	Pascal Charrière	SUI	4-10:20	28:58 (45)	48:21 (44)	1-17:14 (43)	1-36:25 (43)	2-05:56 (=40)	2-26:17 (41)	2-57:42 (36)	3-18:49 (35)	3-50:20 (32)	0	0	0
32	2242	Peter Tichý	SVK	4-10:55	28:57 (44)	48:32 (=46)	1-17:39 (46)	1-36:43 (45)	2-05:14 (38)	2-24:24 (37)	2-53:09 (31)	3-13:38 (31)	3-48:13 (31)	0	1	1
33	2014	Craig Barrett	NZL	4-15:15	28:04 (=5)	46:19 (3)	1-13:39 (=5)	1-31:39 (9)	1-58:33 (=6)	2-17:36 (13)	2-50:31 (26)	3-15:32 (33)	3-51:28 (34)	0	1	1
34	1497	Chris Maddocks	GBR	4-18:41	28:15 (=22)	46:53 (32)	1-40:11 (50)	1-34:06 (=32)	2-03:10 (33)	2-23:31 (36)	2-57:21 (35)	3-20:19 (36)	3-55:13 (35)	0	0	0
35	1896	Daugvinas Zujus	LTU	4-23:35	29:08 (48)	48:32 (=46)	1-17:48 (47)	1-37:36 (49)	2-08:35 (44)	2-29:20 (42)	3-01:27 (38)	3-23:48 (37)	3-59:13 (36)	0	1	1
36	2073	José Magalhães	POR	4-27:37	29:20 (49)	48:54 (=50)	1-18:27 (49)	1-38:34 (50)	2-09:16 (45)	2-30:58 (43)	3-05:39 (39)	3-28:32 (38)	4-03:58 (37)	0	0	0
DNF	1039	Duane Cousins	AUS	–	28:45 (=38)	47:45 (41)	1-16:00 (41)	1-34:48 (41)	2-03:18 (35)	2-22:54 (34)	2-54:34 (34)	3-17:02 (34)	3-51:09 (33)	2	0	2
DNF	1348	Jesús Ángel García	ESP	–	27:39 (3)	45:44 (=1)	1-13:52 (16)	1-31:34 (2)	1-58:33 (=6)	2-16:13 (=5)	2-43:58 (10)	3-04:33 (13)	– (–)	0	1	1
DNF	1414	Jani Lehtinen	FIN	–	28:53 (43)	48:03 (43)	1-16:56 (42)	1-36:26 (44)	2-06:07 (42)	2-26:12 (40)	3-00:51 (37)	– (–)	– (–)	0	0	0
DNF	1701	Giovanni De Benedictis	ITA	–	28:05 (=8)	46:22 (15)	1-13:39 (=5)	1-31:45 (15)	1-58:59 (13)	2-17:09 (12)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	0	1	1
DNF	1136	Yauhen Misiulia	BLR	–	28:19 (=27)	46:39 (24)	1-14:02 (=19)	1-32:14 (=16)	1-59:20 (16)	2-17:41 (14)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	0	0	0
DNF	1310	Hubert Sonnek	CZE	–	28:59 (46)	48:31 (45)	1-17:24 (44)	1-36:46 (46)	2-07:28 (43)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	0	0	0
DNF	2316	Vitaliy Popovych	UKR	–	28:07 (17)	46:21 (=11)	1-13:41 (=14)	1-31:41 (=12)	1-58:38 (12)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	1	1	2
DNF	2154	Andrey Plotnikov	RUS	–	28:19 (=27)	46:38 (23)	1-14:02 (=19)	1-32:38 (=20)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	0	0	0
DNF	1581	Ronald Weigel	GER	–	28:08 (18)	46:34 (=17)	1-14:19 (=27)	1-32:48 (=26)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	0	1	1
DQ	1451	Thierry Toutain	FRA	–	[28:05] ([=8])	[46:20] ([=4])	[1-13:39] ([=5])	[1-31:38] ([=4])	[1-58:32] ([=3])	[2-16:13] ([=5])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	[0]	[3]	[3]
DQ	1033	Simon Baker	AUS	–	[28:21] ([=30])	[46:40] ([25])	[1-14:15] ([=23])	[1-32:48] ([=26])	[2-00:35] ([27])	[2-19:37] ([25])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	[2]	[1]	[3]
DQ	1621	Hugo López	GUA	–	[28:15] ([=22])	[46:52] ([31])	[1-15:11] ([32])	[1-34:06] ([=32])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	[2]	[1]	[3]
DQ	1235	Zhao Yongsheng	CHN	–	[28:06] ([=13])	[46:21] ([=11])	[1-13:40] ([=11])	[1-31:40] ([=10])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	[2]	[1]	[3]
DQ	1231	Mao Xinyuan	CHN	–	[28:45] ([=38])	[47:39] ([=38])	[1-15:31] ([=33])	[1-34:06] ([=32])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	[2]	[1]	[3]
DQ	2384	Herm Nelson	USA	–	[29:21] ([=50])	[48:54] ([=50])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	[2]	[1]	[3]
DNS	1919	Feodosiy Ciumacenco	MDA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–