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50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	30 July 1980 — 17:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Bolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	27 from 14 countries
Olympic Record	3-56:11.6 / Bernd Kannenberg FRG / 3 September 1972 / Details

After not being contested at the Olympics in 1976, the 50 km. race was reinstated. The world record holder was Mexico’s Raúl González, and he led out the field for the first 20 km. But he would not finish, and all the Mexican walkers also failed to finish this race. Hartwig Gauder (GDR) walked with Gonzales for much of the race, but broke him shortly after 30 km. and eventually pulled away to win by two minutes over Spain’s Jorge Llopart. Bronze medalist Yevgeny Ivchenko was 42-years-old, one of the oldest athletics medalists ever.

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time	5 km	10 km	15 km	20 km	25 km	30 km	35 km	40 km	45 km
1	16	Hartwig Gauder	GDR	3-49:24	22:45.0 (=1)	44:41.0 (=1)	1-06:59.0 (=1)	1-29:35.0 (=1)	1-52:02.0 (=1)	2-14:52.0 (=1)	2-38:09.0 (1)	3-01:47.0 (1)	3-25:25.0 (1)	Gold	OB
2	20	Jorge Llopart	ESP	3-51:25	22:50.0 (=9)	45:11.0 (=3)	1-07:10.0 (=4)	1-29:35.0 (=1)	1-52:32.0 (=4)	2-16:23.0 (=4)	2-40:02.0 (2)	3-03:17.0 (2)	3-27:16.0 (2)	Silver
3	24	Yevgeny Ivchenko	URS	3-56:32	22:45.0 (=1)	44:41.0 (=1)	1-06:59.0 (=1)	1-29:44.0 (=6)	1-53:22.0 (8)	2-17:45.0 (6)	2-42:55.0 (4)	3-06:39.0 (4)	3-31:10.0 (3)	Bronze
4	29	Bengt Simonsen	SWE	3-57:08	23:47.0 (20)	47:07.0 (=15)	1-10:37.0 (=15)	1-33:54.0 (=13)	1-57:21.0 (=12)	2-20:37.0 (12)	2-43:57.0 (8)	3-07:09.0 (5)	3-31:54.0 (4)
5	23	Vyacheslav Fursov	URS	3-58:32	22:46.0 (=5)	45:15.0 (=10)	1-07:10.0 (=4)	1-29:44.0 (=6)	1-52:45.0 (=6)	2-18:19.0 (8)	2-43:37.0 (7)	3-08:08.0 (6)	3-32:36.0 (5)
6	21	José Marín	ESP	4-03:08	22:45.0 (=1)	45:11.0 (=3)	1-08:02.0 (12)	1-31:11.0 (11)	1-54:23.0 (10)	2-18:48.0 (9)	2-44:09.0 (9)	3-11:04.0 (7)	3-37:02.0 (6)
7	10	Stanisław Rola	POL	4-07:07	23:55.0 (=21)	47:53.0 (=21)	1-11:25.0 (=20)	1-35:10.0 (=18)	1-59:26.0 (=14)	2-22:51.0 (14)	2-47:36.0 (10)	3-13:05.0 (8)	3-39:35.0 (7)
8	25	Willi Sawall	AUS	4-08:25	22:45.0 (=1)	45:14.0 (=6)	1-07:44.0 (11)	1-32:59.0 (12)	2-00:36.0 (18)	2-24:58.0 (16)	2-50:29.0 (11)	3-18:20.0 (10)	3-44:04.0 (9)
9	28	László Sátor	HUN	4-10:53	23:40.0 (=15)	47:07.0 (=15)	1-10:40.0 (=17)	1-34:57.0 (=16)	1-59:40.0 (16)	2-25:04.0 (17)	2-50:58.0 (12)	3-17:33.0 (9)	3-44:00.0 (8)
10	3	Pavol Blažek	TCH	4-16:26	24:05.0 (23)	47:53.0 (=21)	1-11:25.0 (=20)	1-35:18.0 (20)	2-00:30.0 (17)	2-28:08.0 (19)	2-55:33.0 (14)	3-21:05.0 (12)	3-48:49.0 (10)
11	15	Ian Richards	GBR	4-22:57	23:40.0 (=15)	47:37.0 (20)	1-12:08.0 (23)	1-36:44.0 (21)	2-01:59.0 (19)	2-27:59.0 (18)	2-54:39.0 (13)	3-23:59.0 (13)	3-53:48.0 (11)
12	14	Christos Karageorgos	GRE	4-24:36	24:25.0 (=24)	48:30.0 (24)	1-12:32.0 (24)	1-37:17.0 (22)	2-03:49.0 (20)	2-33:14.0 (20)	3-04:06.0 (16)	3-34:07.0 (16)	4-00:13.0 (13)
13	5	Juraj Benčík	TCH	4-27:39	24:25.0 (=24)	50:06.0 (25)	1-15:57.0 (25)	1-41:45.0 (24)	2-07:34.0 (21)	2-33:34.0 (21)	3-00:39.0 (15)	3-29:11.0 (14)	3-59:37.0 (12)
14	12	Enrique Peña	COL	4-29:27	24:25.0 (=24)	50:15.0 (26)	1-16:56.0 (26)	1-44:09.0 (25)	2-10:58.0 (22)	2-37:38.0 (22)	3-04:40.0 (17)	3-32:48.0 (15)	4-00:38.0 (14)
15	11	Ernesto Alfaro	COL	4-46:28	24:25.0 (=24)	50:31.0 (27)	1-18:19.0 (27)	1-46:51.0 (26)	2-17:30.0 (23)	2-49:08.0 (23)	3-17:59.0 (18)	3-47:26.0 (17)	4-17:22.0 (15)
DNF	17	Raúl González	MEX	–	22:46.0 (=5)	45:14.0 (=6)	1-07:10.0 (=4)	1-29:35.0 (=1)	1-52:02.0 (=1)	2-14:52.0 (=1)	2-43:10.0 (5)	3-20:05.0 (11)	– (–)
DNF	19	Martín Bermúdez	MEX	–	22:50.0 (=9)	45:15.0 (=10)	1-07:18.0 (10)	1-31:01.0 (10)	1-54:27.0 (11)	2-19:15.0 (10)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	18	Daniel Bautista	MEX	–	22:46.0 (=5)	45:11.0 (=3)	1-06:59.0 (=1)	1-29:44.0 (=6)	1-52:45.0 (=6)	2-19:20.0 (11)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	27	Reima Salonen	FIN	–	23:40.0 (=15)	47:07.0 (=15)	1-10:37.0 (=15)	1-33:54.0 (=13)	1-57:21.0 (=12)	2-22:47.0 (13)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	9	Bohdan Bułakowski	POL	–	23:55.0 (=21)	47:53.0 (=21)	1-11:25.0 (=20)	1-35:10.0 (=18)	1-59:26.0 (=14)	2-23:38.0 (15)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	6	Bo Gustafsson	SWE	–	23:40.0 (=15)	47:07.0 (=15)	1-10:40.0 (=17)	1-33:54.0 (15)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	8	Gérard Lelièvre	FRA	–	22:50.0 (=9)	45:58.0 (13)	1-10:35.0 (14)	1-34:57.0 (=16)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	26	Dave Smith	AUS	–	23:40.0 (=15)	47:07.0 (=15)	1-11:02.0 (19)	1-39:47.0 (23)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	2	Dietmar Meisch	GDR	–	[22:50.0] ([=9])	[45:14.0] ([=6])	[1-07:10.0] ([=4])	[1-29:41.0] ([=4])	[1-52:32.0] ([=4])	[2-16:23.0] ([=4])	[2-40:35.0] ([3])	[3-05:54.0] ([3])	– (–)
DQ	1	Uwe Dünkel	GDR	–	[22:50.0] ([=9])	[45:14.0] ([=6])	[1-07:10.0] ([=4])	[1-30:10.0] ([9])	[1-53:44.0] ([9])	[2-18:08.0] ([7])	[2-43:13.0] ([6])	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	22	Boris Yakovlev	URS	–	[22:46.0] ([=5])	[45:15.0] ([=10])	[1-07:10.0] ([=4])	[1-29:41.0] ([=4])	[1-52:02.0] ([=1])	[2-14:57.0] ([3])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	4	Jaromír Vaňous	TCH	–	[22:59.0] ([14])	[46:22.0] ([14])	[1-08:17.0] ([13])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	13	Aris Karageorgos	GRE	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	7	Alf Brandt	SWE	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)