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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

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	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	304	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)	OB	Gold
2	154	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	704	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	627	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	702	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	156	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	546	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	23	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	385	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	652	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	281	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	348	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	651	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	118	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	116	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	493	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	489	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	488	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	215	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	528	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	624	Bo Gustafsson	SWE	–	–	–	–	23:40.0 (=15)	47:07.0 (=15)	1-10:40.0 (=17)	1-33:54.0 (15)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	241	Gérard Lelièvre	FRA	–	–	–	–	22:50.0 (=9)	45:58.0 (13)	1-10:35.0 (14)	1-34:57.0 (=16)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNF	25	Dave Smith	AUS	–	–	–	–	23:40.0 (=15)	47:07.0 (=15)	1-11:02.0 (19)	1-39:47.0 (23)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DQ	317	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	300	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	745	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	782	Jaromír Vaňous	TCH	–	–	–	–	[22:59.0] ([14])	[46:22.0] ([14])	[1-08:17.0] ([13])	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	347	Aris Karageorgos	GRE	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	620	Alf Brandt	SWE	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)