| | Event type

50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	7 August 1992 — 7:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants	42 from 20 countries

The two favorites were Andrey Perlov (RUS) and Carlos Mercenario (MEX). Perlov was European Champion in 1990 and runner-up at the 1991 Worlds, and held the world best road times for both 20 and 50K. Mercenario had won the 1991 Lugano Cup race and was ranked #1 in the world. Form held in the race as Perlov won the gold and Mercenario the silver medal. They were together thru 40 km., but then Perlov opened up and dropped Mercenario, and won by almost two minutes. Germany’s Ronald Weigel, one of the dominant walkers in the 80s, held on for the bronze. Poland’s Robert Korzeniowski was with Mercenario as they neared the stadium, but he had already received five cautions during the race, beyond the limit. He was pulled from the race before entering the tunnel. Much more would be heard from him.

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	546	Andrey Perlov	EUN	3-50:13	–	–	–	23:49 (9)	47:12 (1)	1-10:20 (2)	1-33:27 (3)	1-56:00 (3)	2-18:30 (2)	2-40:38 (3)	3-03:05 (2)	3-25:58 (1)	Gold
2	1240	Carlos Mercenario	MEX	3-52:09	–	–	–	23:40 (2)	47:13 (6)	1-10:21 (6)	1-33:29 (11)	1-55:54 (2)	2-18:30 (2)	2-40:38 (2)	3-03:05 (2)	3-26:40 (4)	Silver
3	859	Ronald Weigel	GER	3-53:45	–	–	–	23:52 (15)	47:14 (7)	1-10:30 (14)	1-33:29 (5)	1-56:02 (5)	2-18:32 (7)	2-41:34 (6)	3-04:46 (5)	3-28:31 (5)	Bronze
4	562	Valery Spitsyn	EUN	3-54:39	–	–	–	23:40 (2)	47:14 (7)	1-10:21 (6)	1-33:29 (5)	1-56:03 (8)	2-18:39 (8)	2-41:29 (5)	3-05:11 (6)	3-29:41 (6)
5	1603	Roman Mrázek	TCH	3-55:21	–	–	–	23:52 (15)	47:21 (20)	1-11:02 (19)	1-34:04 (15)	1-58:19 (17)	2-22:01 (17)	2-45:23 (13)	3-08:20 (12)	3-31:24 (8)
6	802	Hartwig Gauder	GER	3-56:47	–	–	–	23:49 (9)	47:15 (12)	1-10:23 (12)	1-42:54 (40)	1-57:49 (16)	2-21:16 (15)	2-44:13 (10)	3-07:43 (10)	3-32:09 (11)
7	598	Valentin Kononen	FIN	3-57:21	–	–	–	23:49 (9)	47:13 (2)	1-10:22 (9)	1-33:15 (2)	1-55:31 (1)	2-17:48 (1)	2-40:40 (4)	3-05:20 (7)	3-32:25 (12)
8	1244	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	MEX	3-58:26	–	–	–	23:49 (12)	47:14 (7)	1-10:20 (2)	1-33:29 (10)	1-56:00 (3)	2-18:31 (5)	2-44:40 (12)	3-06:15 (9)	3-31:52 (10)
9	431	José Marín	ESP	3-58:41	–	–	–	23:45 (8)	47:14 (7)	1-10:24 (13)	1-33:30 (12)	1-56:16 (11)	2-18:59 (10)	2-42:35 (7)	3-06:07 (8)	3-30:58 (7)
10	417	Jesús Ángel García	ESP	3-58:43	–	–	–	23:44 (4)	47:13 (2)	1-10:21 (6)	1-33:30 (12)	1-56:03 (8)	2-19:10 (11)	2-43:23 (9)	3-08:09 (11)	3-32:53 (13)
11	1571	Stefan Johansson	SWE	3-58:56	–	–	–	25:01 (36)	49:29 (37)	1-13:49 (34)	1-37:54 (30)	2-01:56 (29)	2-25:37 (24)	2-48:59 (21)	3-12:06 (17)	3-35:21 (17)
12	1001	Giuseppe De Gaetano	ITA	3-59:13	–	–	–	24:26 (31)	47:20 (18)	1-13:00 (28)	1-36:55 (28)	2-00:25 (22)	2-24:02 (19)	2-47:24 (15)	3-11:05 (14)	3-34:22 (15)
13	1023	Massimo Quiriconi	ITA	4-00:28	–	–	–	24:21 (29)	48:47 (29)	1-13:01 (31)	1-36:55 (25)	2-00:25 (22)	2-24:02 (19)	2-47:24 (15)	3-11:05 (14)	3-34:28 (16)
14	400	Jaime Barroso	ESP	4-02:08	–	–	–	23:54 (19)	47:16 (16)	1-10:30 (14)	1-33:29 (5)	1-56:02 (5)	2-19:58 (12)	2-43:21 (8)	3-08:41 (13)	3-34:05 (14)
15	553	René Piller	FRA	4-02:40	–	–	–	24:20 (28)	48:47 (29)	1-13:00 (28)	1-36:55 (25)	2-00:25 (22)	2-24:04 (22)	2-47:46 (17)	3-02:00 (1)	3-26:24 (2)		1
16	640	Alain Lemercier	FRA	4-06:31	–	–	–	24:30 (33)	49:03 (33)	1-13:40 (33)	1-38:04 (31)	2-02:09 (30)	2-25:56 (27)	2-49:11 (23)	3-12:57 (18)	3-37:59 (18)
17	632	Martial Fesselier	FRA	4-07:30	–	–	–	24:50 (35)	48:47 (29)	1-13:00 (28)	1-36:55 (25)	2-00:53 (26)	2-25:04 (23)	2-49:09 (22)	3-14:01 (19)	3-39:32 (19)
18	1077	Fumio Imamura	JPN	4-07:45	–	–	–	24:16 (25)	48:20 (24)	1-12:34 (24)	1-36:33 (22)	2-00:56 (27)	2-25:47 (26)	2-50:54 (25)	3-15:54 (22)	3-40:52 (22)
19	36	Simon Baker	AUS	4-08:11	–	–	–	23:52 (15)	47:26 (21)	1-11:10 (21)	1-34:04 (15)	1-56:54 (14)	2-20:04 (13)	2-44:20 (11)	3-11:12 (16)	3-40:43 (20)
20	1549	Pascal Charrière	SUI	4-08:32	–	–	–	25:10 (37)	50:01 (38)	1-14:34 (37)	1-39:02 (33)	2-03:36 (34)	2-28:00 (33)	2-52:27 (28)	3-17:17 (24)	3-42:18 (24)
21	744	Les Morton	GBR	4-09:34	–	–	–	24:02 (22)	47:57 (23)	1-11:52 (22)	1-35:54 (20)	2-00:05 (20)	2-24:03 (21)	2-48:55 (20)	3-14:38 (21)	3-41:17 (23)
22	1095	Takehiro Sonohara	JPN	4-13:22	–	–	–	23:44 (4)	47:15 (12)	1-10:22 (9)	1-33:44 (14)	1-57:10 (15)	2-21:14 (14)	2-46:32 (14)	3-14:03 (20)	3-31:35 (9)
23	1761	Carl Schueler	USA	4-13:38	–	–	–	25:15 (40)	48:49 (32)	1-13:14 (32)	1-37:45 (29)	2-02:29 (32)	2-27:28 (32)	2-52:54 (29)	3-19:05 (25)	3-45:17 (25)
24	1084	Tadahiro Kosaka	JPN	4-14:24	–	–	–	24:15 (24)	48:20 (24)	1-12:34 (24)	1-36:27 (21)	2-00:48 (25)	2-25:47 (25)	2-50:53 (24)	3-28:45 (32)	3-45:26 (26)
25	1420	José Urbano	POR	4-16:31	–	–	–	25:43 (42)	50:16 (41)	1-14:14 (35)	1-38:24 (32)	2-02:27 (31)	2-26:33 (31)	2-51:14 (26)	3-17:05 (23)	3-47:04 (27)
26	84	Stefan Wögerbauer	AUT	4-17:25	–	–	–	24:21 (29)	48:45 (28)	1-12:34 (24)	1-36:33 (22)	2-00:10 (21)	2-26:26 (29)	2-52:25 (27)	3-20:57 (27)	3-48:40 (28)
27	1607	Pavol Szikora	TCH	4-17:49	–	–	–	23:56 (20)	47:15 (12)	1-10:51 (17)	1-35:12 (19)	2-00:04 (19)	2-26:12 (28)	2-53:32 (30)	3-21:25 (29)	3-49:09 (29)
28	1405	José Magalhães	POR	4-20:12	–	–	–	25:32 (41)	50:26 (42)	1-15:35 (41)	1-40:30 (38)	2-04:59 (35)	2-29:29 (34)	3-01:24 (34)	3-21:15 (28)	3-50:00 (30)
29	1593	Pavol Blažek	TCH	4-22:33	–	–	–	23:44 (4)	47:15 (12)	1-10:22 (9)	1-42:44 (39)	1-56:49 (13)	2-21:27 (16)	2-48:10 (18)	3-19:58 (26)	3-40:43 (20)
30	691	Paul Blagg	GBR	4-23:10	–	–	–	25:11 (39)	50:02 (40)	1-15:06 (40)	1-40:06 (36)	2-05:17 (36)	2-31:03 (36)	2-57:42 (31)	3-25:29 (30)	3-53:30 (31)
31	1286	Harold van Beek	NED	4-24:28	–	–	–	24:27 (32)	49:04 (34)	1-14:21 (36)	1-39:43 (35)	2-05:44 (37)	2-31:44 (37)	2-57:43 (32)	3-38:46 (33)	3-55:42 (32)
32	1742	Herm Nelson	USA	4-25:48	–	–	–	24:39 (34)	49:26 (36)	1-14:35 (39)	1-40:29 (37)	2-06:12 (38)	2-32:41 (38)	2-59:34 (33)	3-27:30 (31)	3-56:10 (33)
DNF	1021	Gianni Perricelli	ITA	–	–	–	–	23:51 (14)	47:20 (19)	1-11:07 (20)	1-34:45 (18)	1-58:26 (18)	2-22:27 (18)	2-48:13 (19)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	1544	Aldo Bertoldi	SUI	–	–	–	–	25:10 (38)	50:01 (38)	1-14:34 (37)	1-39:02 (33)	2-03:33 (33)	2-29:45 (35)	3-02:08 (35)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	1694	Marco Evoniuk	USA	–	–	–	–	24:13 (23)	48:29 (27)	1-12:32 (23)	1-36:33 (22)	2-00:58 (28)	2-26:26 (29)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	1374	Robert Korzeniowski	POL	–	–	–	–	[23:53] ([18])	[47:16] ([17])	[1-10:30] ([14])	[1-33:29] ([5])	[1-56:02] ([5])	[2-18:31] ([5])	[2-40:35] ([1])	[3-03:10] ([4])	[3-26:39] ([3])
DQ	229	Guillaume LeBlanc	CAN	–	–	–	–	[23:44] ([7])	[47:13] ([2])	[1-10:20] ([2])	[1-33:29] ([5])	[1-56:03] ([8])	[2-18:30] ([2])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	1246	Germán Sánchez	MEX	–	–	–	–	[23:49] ([12])	[47:13] ([2])	[1-10:20] ([2])	[1-33:27] ([4])	[1-56:16] ([12])	[2-18:57] ([9])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	205	Tim Berrett	CAN	–	–	–	–	[24:00] ([21])	[47:36] ([22])	[1-10:57] ([18])	[1-34:33] ([17])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	105	Godfried De Jonckheere	BEL	–	–	–	–	[24:19] ([27])	[48:24] ([26])	[1-12:41] ([27])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	1414	José Pinto	POR	–	–	–	–	[24:18] ([25])	[49:22] ([35])	[1-16:52] ([42])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	549	Aleksandr Potashov	EUN	–	–	–	–	[23:39] ([1])	[47:14] ([7])	[1-10:19] ([1])	[1-33:14] ([1])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)