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50 kilometres Walk, Men

Date17 October 1968 — 14:20
StatusOlympic
LocationEstadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants36 from 19 countries

The two favorites were the defending champion, Abdon Pamich of Italy, who had also won the 1966 European Championship, and the GDR’s Christoph Höhne, who had won the Lugano Trophy race in 1965 and 1967. Pamich would not finish. Höhne led throughout most of the race, in company with Britain’s Paul Nihill until he collapsed at 44 km., overcome by heat and altitude. That left it open for Höhne who won by over 10 minutes, the largest margin of victory ever in this event. Larry Young, in third, won the first ever medal in this race for the United States.

PosNrWalkerNOCTimeWarnings
1–Christoph HöhneGDR4-20:13.6–Gold
2–Antal KissHUN4-30:17.0–Silver
3–Larry YoungUSA4-31:55.4–Bronze
4–Peter SelzerGDR4-33:09.8–
5–Stig LindbergSWE4-34:05.0–
6–Vittorio VisiniITA4-36:33.2–
7–Bryan EleyGBR4-37:32.2–
8–José PedrazaMEX4-37:51.4–
9–Karl-Heinz MerschenzCAN4-37:57.4–
10–Goetz KlopferUSA4-39:13.8–
11–Horst-Rüdiger MagnorFRG4-39:43.2–
12–Frank ClarkAUS4-40:13.8–
13–Örjan AnderssonSWE4-40:42.6–
14–Gerhard WeidnerFRG4-43:26.2–
15–Sergey GrigoryevURS4-44:39.2–
16–Charel SowaLUX4-44:45.2–
17–Kazuo SaitoJPN4-47:29.6–
18–Shaun LightmanGBR4-52:20.0–
19–Bob GardinerAUS4-52:29.0–
20–Erwin StützSUI4-53:33.8–
21–Henri DelerueFRA4-57:40.2–
22–Mieczysław RutynaPOL4-58:03.8–
23–Felix CappellaCAN4-58:31.6–
24–Shaul LadanyISR5-01:06.0–
25–Pablo ColínMEX5-01:30.0–
26–Dave RomanskyUSA5-38:03.4–
27–Ismael HernándezMEX5-56:09.2–
28–Ricardo CruzESA5-56:22.0–
AC–Paul NihillGBR––DNF
AC–Stefan IngvarssonSWE––DNF
AC–Bernhard NermerichFRG––DQ
AC–Gennady AgapovURS––DNF
AC–Abdon PamichITA––DNF
AC–Burkhard LeuschkeGDR––DNF
AC–Igor Della-RossaURS––DNF
AC–John KellyIRL––DNF
DNS236József CsermákHUN––
DNS–Euclides CalzadoCUB––
DNS–Katsuo NishidaJPN––
DNS–Carlos VanegasNCA––