1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk
Encyclopedia
These are the official results of the men's 50 kilometres walk
event at the 1983 World Championships
held on 12 August 1983 in Helsinki
, Finland
.
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...
event at the 1983 World Championships
1983 World Championships in Athletics
The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....
held on 12 August 1983 in Helsinki
Helsinki
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, Finland
Finland
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Medalists
| Gold |  Ronald WeigelRonald Weigel Ronald Weigel is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany as one of world's best in race walking.His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk... East Germany (GDR) |
| Silver |  Josep MarínSpain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... (ESP) |
| Bronze |  Sergey YungSoviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start NM no mark WR world record WL world leading AR area record NR national record PB personal best SB season best
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
3:40:46 | March 13, 1983 | Valencia, Spain |
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| Event Record | New event | |||
Final ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:43:08 | |||
| 3:43:42 | |||
| 3:49:03 | |||
| 4 | 3:52:53 | ||
| 5 | 3:53:51 | ||
| 6 | 3:53:57 | ||
| 7 | 3:55:38 | ||
| 8 | 3:56:02 | ||
| 9 | 3:56:57 | ||
| 10 | 3:57:25 | ||
| 11 | 3:59:03 | ||
| 12 | 3:59:27 | ||
| 13 | 4:00:50 | ||
| 14 | 4:02:00 | ||
| 15 | 4:03:10 | ||
| 16 | 4:03:47 | ||
| 17 | 4:06:49 | ||
| 18 | 4:06:51 | ||
| 19 | 4:07:46 | ||
| 20 | 4:08:11 | ||
| 21 | 4:09:22 | ||
| 22 | 4:09:40 | ||
| 23 | 4:18:41 | ||
| 24 | 4:30:28 | ||
| 25 | 4:35:46 | ||
| 26 | 4:35:58 | ||
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
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| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — | DSQ | ||
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See also
- 1978 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Prague)
- 1980 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Moscow)Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walkThe Men's 50 km Race Walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entrylist of 27 competitors. Four athletes were disqualified and eight did not finish in the final, held on 30 July 1980.-Medalists:-Final ranking:-See also:...
- 1982 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Athens)1982 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km WalkThese are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece.-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Final:-See also:...
- 1984 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Los Angeles)Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walkThe Men's 50 km Race Walk at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 31 competitors. Five athletes were disqualified in the final, held on August 11, 1984.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:-Final ranking:-See also:...
- 1986 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Stuttgart)1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km WalkThese are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany.-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Final:-See also:* 1980 Men's Olympic 50km Walk...
- 1988 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Seoul)Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walkThe Men's 50 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 42 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while four walkers did not finish the race, held on Friday September 30, 1988.-Medalists:...