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50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	5 August 1936 — 13:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	33 from 16 countries

Harold Whitlock won the race after taking the lead at 33 km. However, the effort was difficult for him and he became ill, throwing up several times in the next few kilometers. He continued on, however, and was able to continue to the finish and won the race by 1½ minutes.

Pos	Nr	Walker	NOC	Time	Warnings	Loss of Contact	Bent Knee
1	279	Harold Whitlock	GBR	4-30:41.4	–	–	–	– (–)	OB	Gold
2	625	Arthur Tell Schwab	SUI	4-32:09.2	–	–	–	– (–)		Silver
3	449	Adalberts Bubenko	LAT	4-32:42.2	–	–	–	– (–)		Bronze
4	676	Jaroslav Štork	TCH	4-34:00.2	–	–	–	– (–)
5	474	Edgar Bruun	NOR	4-34:53.2	–	–	–	– (–)
6	849	Fritz Bleiweiß	GER	4-36:48.4	–	–	–	– (–)
7	624	Karl Reiniger	SUI	4-40:45.0	–	–	–	– (–)
8	220	Étienne Laisné	FRA	4-41:40.0	–	–	–	– (–)
9	545	Teodor Bieregowoj	POL	4-42:49.0	–	–	–	– (–)
10	304	Anton Toscani	NED	4-42:59.4	–	–	–	– (–)
11	591	Evald Segerström	SWE	4-43:30.4	–	–	–	– (–)
12	346	Ettore Rivolta	ITA	4-48:47.0	–	–	–	– (–)
13	219	Adrien Courtois	FRA	4-49:07.0	–	–	–	– (–)
14	345	Giuseppe Gobbato	ITA	4-49:51.0	–	–	–	– (–)
15	623	Adolf Aebersold	SUI	4-51:14.0	–	–	–	– (–)
16	850	Herbert Dill	GER	4-51:26.0	–	–	–	– (–)
17	278	Lloyd Johnson	GBR	4-54:56.0	–	–	–	– (–)
18	344	Mario Brignoli	ITA	4-58:12.0	–	–	–	– (–)
19	390	Ryoji Naraoka	JPN	5-07:15.0	–	–	–	– (–)
20	564	Vasile Firea	ROU	5-09:39.0	–	–	–	– (–)
21	771	Albert Mangan	USA	5-12:00.2	–	–	–	– (–)
22	113	Cai Zhengyi	CHN	5-16:02.4	–	–	–	– (–)
23	770	Ernest Koehler	USA	5-20:18.2	–	–	–	– (–)
24	112	Zhou Yuyu	CHN	5-25:01.0	–	–	–	– (–)
25	111	Zhang Zaojiu	CHN	5-26:54.2	–	–	–	– (–)
26	769	Ernie Crosbie	USA	5-31:44.2	–	–	–	– (–)
DNF	447	Jānis Dāliņš	LAT	–	–	–	–	– (–)
DNF	277	Joe Hopkins	GBR	–	–	–	–	– (–)
DNF	140	Ejner Bech	DEN	–	–	–	–	– (–)
DQ	448	Arnolds Krūkliņš	LAT	–	–	–	–	– (–)
DQ	590	Dick Löf	SWE	–	–	–	–	– (–)
DQ	851	Friedrich Prehn	GER	–	–	–	–	– (–)
DQ	589	Gösta Grandin	SWE	–	–	–	–	– (–)
DNS	644	Román Castelltort	ESP	–	–	–	–	– (–)
DNS	674	Václav Balšán	TCH	–	–	–	–	– (–)
DNS	675	František Jirásek	TCH	–	–	–	–	– (–)