Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 17
Competitors	36 from 19 nations
Winning time	4:20:13.6
Medalists
Christoph Höhne   East Germany   Antal Kiss   Hungary   Larry Young   United States

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held on October 17.

Records

Prior to this event, the world and Olympic records stood as follows:

World record	Gennadiy Agapov (URS)	3:55:36	Almaty, Soviet Union	October 17, 1965
Olympic record	Abdon Pamich (ITA)	4:11:12	Tokyo, Japan	October 18, 1964

Result

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Höhne, ChristophChristoph Höhne	East Germany	4:20:13.6
	Kiss, AntalAntal Kiss	Hungary	4:30:17.0
	Young, LarryLarry Young	United States	4:31:55.4
4	Selzer, PeterPeter Selzer	East Germany	4:33:09.8
5	Lindberg, StigStig Lindberg	Sweden	4:34:05.0
6	Visini, VittorioVittorio Visini	Italy	4:36:33.2
7	Eley, BryanBryan Eley	Great Britain	4:37:32.2
8	Pedraza, JoséJosé Pedraza	Mexico	4:37:51.4
9	Merschenz, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Merschenz	Canada	4:37:57.4
10	Klopfer, GoetzGoetz Klopfer	United States	4:39:13.8
11	Magnor, Horst-RüdigerHorst-Rüdiger Magnor	West Germany	4:39:43.2
12	Clark, FrankFrank Clark	Australia	4:40:13.8
13	Andersson, ÖrjanÖrjan Andersson	Sweden	4:40:42.6
14	Weidner, GerhardGerhard Weidner	West Germany	4:43:26.2
15	Grigoryev, SergeySergey Grigoryev	Soviet Union	4:44:39.2
16	Sowa, CharlesCharles Sowa	Luxembourg	4:44:45.2
17	Saito, KazuoKazuo Saito	Japan	4:47:29.6
18	Lightman, ShaunShaun Lightman	Great Britain	4:52:20.0
19	Gardiner, BobBob Gardiner	Australia	4:52:29.0
20	Stütz, ErwinErwin Stütz	Switzerland	4:53:33.8
21	Delerue, HenriHenri Delerue	France	4:57:40.2
22	Rutyna, MieczysławMieczysław Rutyna	Poland	4:58:03.8
23	Cappella, FelixFelix Cappella	Canada	4:58:31.6
24	Ladany, ShaulShaul Ladany	Israel	5:01:06.0
25	Colín, PabloPablo Colín	Mexico	5:01:30.0
26	Romansky, DaveDave Romansky	United States	5:38:03.4
27	Hernández, IsmaelIsmael Hernández	Mexico	5:56:09.2
28	Cruz, RicardoRicardo Cruz	El Salvador	5:56:22.0
	Nermerich, BernhardBernhard Nermerich	West Germany	DSQ
	Pamich, AbdonAbdon Pamich	Italy	DNF
	Leuschke, BurkhardBurkhard Leuschke	East Germany	DNF
	Agapov, GennadyGennady Agapov	Soviet Union	DNF
	Della-Rossa, IhorIhor Della-Rossa	Soviet Union	DNF
	Kelly, JohnJohn Kelly	Ireland	DNF
	Nihill, PaulPaul Nihill	Great Britain	DNF
	Ingvarsson, StefanStefan Ingvarsson	Sweden	DNF

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.