| Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Seoul Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | September 30 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 22 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:38:29 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
The Men's 50 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 42 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while four walkers did not finish the race, held on Friday September 30, 1988.
Medalists
| Gold | Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union
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| Silver | Ronald Weigel East Germany
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| Bronze | Hartwig Gauder East Germany
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Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| World Record | Ronald Weigel (GDR) |
3:38.17 | May 25, 1986 | Potsdam, East Germany
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| Olympic Record |  Raúl González (MEX) |
3:47.26 | August 11, 1984 |  Los Angeles, United States
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| Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
| Olympic Record | Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) |
3:38.29 | September 30, 1988 |  Seoul, South Korea
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Final ranking
See also
- 1987 Men's World Championships 50km Walk (Rome)
- 1988 Race Walking Year Ranking
- 1990 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships 50km Walk (Tokyo)
References
- "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
External links
- (in English) Official Report
| 50 kilometres race walk at the Olympic Games | |
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| Summary | |
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| Olympic champions in men's 50 km race walk | |
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