| | Event type

50 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	3 September 1972 — 14:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	36 from 18 countries

The race was felt to be between 1971 European Champion Veniamin Soldatenko (URS) and West Germany’s Bernd Kannenberg, who had broken the world best earlier in the year. The two dominated the race, leading together for 35 km., when Kannenberg surged and dropped Soldatenko. By then, Soldatenko he already had a warning and had to walk more conservatively. Larry Young (USA) repeated his bronze medal from 1968. The defending champion was Christoph Höhne (GDR) who was Lugano Trophy champion in 1965, 1967, and 1970, and was European Champion in 1969 as well. But he had an off day and placed 14th.

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	372	Bernd Kannenberg	FRG	3-56:11.6	–	–	–	22:42.0 (–)	45:55.0 (=1)	1-09:25.0 (=1)	1-32:59.0 (=1)	1-56:26.0 (=1)	2-20:03.0 (=1)	2-44:02.0 (1)	3-07:52.0 (1)	3-31:49.0 (1)	OB	Gold
2	960	Veniamin Soldatenko	URS	3-58:24.0	–	–	–	– (–)	45:55.0 (=1)	1-09:25.0 (=1)	1-32:59.0 (=1)	1-56:26.0 (=1)	2-20:03.0 (=1)	2-44:03.0 (2)	3-08:13.0 (2)	3-32:58.0 (2)		Silver
3	1035	Larry Young	USA	4-00:46.0	–	–	–	23:15.0 (–)	47:32.0 (12)	1-11:25.0 (=4)	1-35:08.0 (4)	1-58:35.0 (4)	2-21:58.0 (3)	2-45:34.0 (3)	3-09:45.0 (3)	3-35:03.0 (3)		Bronze
4	925	Otto Barch	URS	4-01:35.4	–	–	–	22:53.0 (–)	47:10.0 (=4)	1-11:49.0 (=6)	1-35:40.0 (=6)	1-59:50.0 (6)	2-23:49.0 (4)	2-47:41.0 (4)	3-11:49.0 (4)	3-36:23.0 (4)
5	346	Peter Selzer	GDR	4-04:05.4	–	–	–	– (–)	47:10.0 (=4)	1-11:49.0 (=6)	1-35:40.0 (=6)	1-59:51.0 (=7)	2-24:26.0 (7)	2-49:19.0 (=6)	3-14:40.0 (5)	3-39:36.0 (5)
6	407	Gerhard Weidner	FRG	4-06:26.0	–	–	–	– (–)	47:24.0 (=9)	1-11:49.0 (=6)	1-35:58.0 (=10)	2-00:10.0 (10)	2-25:01.0 (8)	2-49:56.0 (8)	3-15:33.0 (7)	3-41:13.0 (6)
7	537	Vittorio Visini	ITA	4-08:31.4	–	–	–	23:06.0 (–)	47:10.0 (=4)	1-11:49.0 (=6)	1-35:48.0 (=8)	1-59:42.0 (5)	2-24:06.0 (6)	2-49:19.0 (=6)	3-15:27.0 (6)	3-41:54.0 (7)
8	640	Gabriel Hernández	MEX	4-12:09.0	–	–	–	23:20.0 (–)	47:47.0 (=13)	1-12:23.0 (=12)	1-37:20.0 (=12)	2-02:50.0 (=13)	2-29:24.0 (12)	2-55:34.0 (12)	3-20:36.0 (=10)	3-46:16.0 (9)
9	301	Paul Nihill	GBR	4-14:09.4	–	–	–	– (–)	47:10.0 (=4)	1-11:49.0 (=6)	1-35:58.0 (=10)	1-59:52.0 (9)	2-23:54.0 (5)	2-48:37.0 (5)	3-15:52.0 (8)	3-45:28.0 (8)
10	605	Charel Sowa	LUX	4-14:21.2	–	–	–	23:16.0 (–)	47:47.0 (=13)	1-12:23.0 (=12)	1-37:20.0 (=12)	2-02:33.0 (12)	2-28:14.0 (11)	2-54:24.0 (11)	3-20:36.0 (=10)	3-47:28.0 (10)
11	349	Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller	GDR	4-14:28.8	–	–	–	23:44.0 (–)	47:24.0 (=9)	1-11:49.0 (=6)	1-35:48.0 (=8)	2-00:15.0 (11)	2-25:38.0 (=9)	2-51:41.0 (9)	3-20:04.0 (9)	3-48:47.0 (11)
12	855	Hans Tenggren	SWE	4-16:37.6	–	–	–	– (–)	50:35.0 (=29)	1-16:27.0 (=29)	1-42:08.0 (=26)	2-07:52.0 (=21)	2-33:48.0 (=17)	2-59:52.0 (=16)	3-26:05.0 (14)	3-51:39.0 (12)
13	838	Daniel Björkgren	SWE	4-20:00.0	–	–	–	– (–)	50:35.0 (=29)	1-16:27.0 (=29)	1-42:08.0 (=26)	2-07:52.0 (=21)	2-33:48.0 (=17)	2-59:52.0 (=16)	3-27:08.0 (16)	3-53:59.0 (=14)
14	330	Christoph Höhne	GDR	4-20:43.8	–	–	–	– (–)	47:10.0 (=4)	1-11:25.0 (=4)	1-35:28.0 (5)	1-59:51.0 (=7)	2-25:38.0 (=9)	2-53:36.0 (10)	3-23:18.0 (12)	3-52:32.0 (13)
15	849	Stefan Ingvarsson	SWE	4-21:01.0	–	–	–	– (–)	50:35.0 (=29)	1-16:27.0 (=29)	1-42:08.0 (=26)	2-07:52.0 (=21)	2-33:48.0 (=17)	2-59:52.0 (=16)	3-27:07.0 (15)	3-53:59.0 (=14)
16	380	Horst-Rüdiger Magnor	FRG	4-21:53.4	–	–	–	– (–)	47:47.0 (=13)	1-12:23.0 (=12)	1-38:06.0 (=16)	2-04:51.0 (=16)	2-31:38.0 (=14)	2-58:39.0 (13)	3-25:58.0 (13)	3-54:11.0 (16)
17	1028	William Weigle	USA	4-22:52.2	–	–	–	24:46.0 (–)	51:06.0 (34)	1-17:23.0 (33)	1-43:39.0 (33)	2-09:58.0 (29)	2-36:17.0 (24)	3-02:47.0 (22)	3-29:39.0 (20)	3-56:21.0 (18)
18	315	John Warhurst	GBR	4-23:21.6	–	–	–	23:07.0 (–)	47:24.0 (=9)	1-12:25.0 (16)	1-38:06.0 (=16)	2-04:51.0 (=16)	2-31:59.0 (16)	2-59:35.0 (15)	3-27:42.0 (17)	3-55:57.0 (17)
19	496	Shaul Ladany	ISR	4-24:38.6	–	–	–	– (–)	47:47.0 (=13)	1-13:15.0 (19)	1-39:01.0 (19)	2-04:53.0 (18)	2-31:38.0 (=14)	3-00:12.0 (19)	3-28:59.0 (19)	3-56:48.0 (19)
20	639	Raúl González	MEX	4-26:13.4	–	–	–	– (–)	47:47.0 (=13)	1-12:23.0 (=12)	1-37:20.0 (=12)	2-02:50.0 (=13)	2-29:51.0 (13)	2-59:30.0 (14)	3-28:58.0 (18)	3-58:06.0 (20)
21	101	Alex Oakley	CAN	4-28:42.6	–	–	–	23:49.0 (–)	49:33.0 (25)	1-15:45.0 (26)	1-42:22.0 (31)	2-08:16.0 (25)	2-35:01.0 (22)	3-02:40.0 (20)	3-31:12.0 (21)	4-00:10.0 (21)
22	453	János Dalmati	HUN	4-32:23.2	–	–	–	23:21.0 (–)	48:35.0 (21)	1-14:03.0 (20)	1-39:51.0 (=20)	2-06:45.0 (20)	2-34:32.0 (20)	3-03:48.0 (23)	3-34:02.0 (23)	4-03:57.0 (23)
23	509	Domenico Carpentieri	ITA	4-33:10.6	–	–	–	– (–)	47:47.0 (=13)	1-12:42.0 (=17)	1-38:15.0 (18)	2-05:44.0 (19)	2-36:11.0 (23)	3-07:45.0 (=25)	3-36:17.0 (25)	4-05:06.0 (24)
24	682	Kjell Lund	NOR	4-34:23.4	–	–	–	– (–)	50:55.0 (32)	1-17:51.0 (34)	1-44:28.0 (34)	2-12:00.0 (31)	2-40:41.0 (27)	3-09:44.0 (27)	3-39:31.0 (27)	4-08:27.0 (27)
25	312	Howard Timms	GBR	4-34:43.8	–	–	–	24:42.0 (–)	51:03.0 (33)	1-17:19.0 (32)	1-43:37.0 (32)	2-09:58.0 (28)	2-37:02.0 (26)	3-07:45.0 (=25)	3-36:42.0 (26)	4-06:16.0 (25)
26	459	Antal Kiss	HUN	4-34:45.0	–	–	–	– (–)	50:05.0 (=26)	1-15:23.0 (25)	1-40:59.0 (23)	2-07:59.0 (24)	2-36:23.0 (25)	3-06:02.0 (24)	3-36:15.0 (24)	4-06:32.0 (26)
27	989	Steve Hayden	USA	4-36:07.2	–	–	–	24:17.0 (–)	50:11.0 (28)	1-16:01.0 (28)	1-42:18.0 (=29)	2-08:22.0 (26)	2-34:54.0 (21)	3-02:45.0 (21)	3-32:01.0 (22)	4-03:25.0 (22)
28	10	Adalberto Scorza	ARG	4-42:41.4	–	–	–	26:16.0 (–)	53:47.0 (36)	1-21:03.0 (36)	1-48:50.0 (36)	2-16:54.0 (34)	2-45:10.0 (30)	3-13:53.0 (28)	3-43:14.0 (28)	4-12:53.0 (28)
29	151	Ole David Jensen	DEN	4-57:13.8	–	–	–	24:33.0 (–)	51:09.0 (35)	1-18:09.0 (35)	1-45:58.0 (35)	2-14:29.0 (33)	2-44:23.0 (29)	3-16:00.0 (30)	3-49:36.0 (29)	4-27:09.0 (29)
DNF	817	Alfred Badel	SUI	–	–	–	–	– (–)	48:07.0 (20)	1-14:19.0 (22)	1-41:54.0 (25)	2-10:33.0 (30)	2-41:42.0 (28)	3-15:14.0 (29)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	735	Jan Ornoch	POL	–	–	–	–	23:53.0 (–)	48:46.0 (=22)	1-14:26.0 (=23)	1-39:51.0 (=20)	2-04:46.0 (15)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	98	Karl-Heinz Merschenz	CAN	–	–	–	–	23:38.0 (–)	49:07.0 (24)	1-14:26.0 (=23)	1-41:33.0 (24)	2-09:42.0 (27)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	644	José Oliveros	MEX	–	–	–	–	24:08.0 (–)	50:05.0 (=26)	1-15:55.0 (27)	1-42:18.0 (=29)	2-12:26.0 (32)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	242	Jean-Claude Decosse	FRA	–	–	–	–	23:52.0 (–)	48:46.0 (=22)	1-14:15.0 (21)	1-39:51.0 (=20)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	936	Sergey Grigoryev	URS	–	–	–	–	[22:43.0] (–)	[46:18.0] ([3])	[1-10:25.0] ([=3])	[1-34:25.0] ([3])	[1-58:20.0] ([3])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	531	Abdon Pamich	ITA	–	–	–	–	[23:34.0] (–)	[47:56.0] ([19])	[1-12:42.0] ([=17])	[1-37:57.0] ([15])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	–	Win Nowosielski	POL	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	–	Yuri Peñalba	NCA	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	–	Ilia Popov	BUL	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)