The Men's 50 kilometres race walk

50 kilometres race walk

The 50 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it.-World records:...

 event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 World Championships in Athletics

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....

 was held on September 3 on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae – bosang Memorial Park in the center of Daegu

Daegu

Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...

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Yohann Diniz

Yohann Diniz

Yohann Diniz is a French race walker.He won the gold medal in the 50 km race at the 2006 European Championships in a personal best time of 3:41:39 hours...

 took the early lead, challenged by Nathan Deakes

Nathan Deakes

Nathan Deakes is an Australian race walker. Deakes trains with the Australian Institute of Sport....

 until Diniz was disqualified. Deakes continued to lead by as much as 30 seconds over Sergey Bakulin

Sergey Bakulin

Sergey Bakulin is a male race walker from Russia.-Achievements:-References:...

 but began to falter with hamstring problems. First he was passed by Bakulin before dropping out. Bakulin stretched out to almost a 2 minute lead, between 40 and 45km, only Jared Tallent

Jared Tallent

Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal...

 looked like he had a chance, gaining several seconds per kilometer but not really enough to make a dent in the huge lead. Tallent paid for the extra effort trying to chase the leader, slowing considerably on the final 2km lap, being passed by world record holder Denis Nizhegorodov

Denis Nizhegorodov

Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.-Achievements:-References:...

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sergey Bakulin Sergey Bakulin Sergey Bakulin is a male race walker from Russia.-Achievements:-References:... '	Denis Nizhegorodov Denis Nizhegorodov Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.-Achievements:-References:... '	Jared Tallent Jared Tallent Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal... '

Records

World Record		3:34:14	Cheboksary Cheboksary -Twin towns/sister cities:Cheboksary is twinned with: Eger in Hungary Antalya in Turkey Santa Clara in CubaAlso Partnerships are shown with: Rundu in Namibia -External links:****... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	11 May 2008
Championship Record		3:36:03	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	27 August 2003
World Leading		3:38:46	Saransk Saransk Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow... , Russia	12 June 2011
African Record		3:58:44	Santa Eulària des Riu Santa Eulària des Riu Santa Eulària des Riu is a municipality on the eastern coast of Ibiza. The only river on the island flows through the town of Santa Eulària. The town was depicted, in the time before and up to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in Elliot Paul's Life and Death of a Spanish Town... , Spain 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...	4 March 2007
Asian Record		3:36:06	Nanjing Nanjing ' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	22 October 2005
North, Central American and Caribbean record		3:41:20	Poděbrady Podebrady Poděbrady is a historical spa town in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It lies on the river Labe 50 km east of Prague on the D11 highway. A historic milestone in the life of the town was the year 1905, when it was visited by the German estate owner Prince von Bülow... , Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...	11 June 1978
South American record		3:52:07	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	28 July 2007
European Record		3:34:14	Cheboksary, Russia	11 May 2008
Oceanian record		3:35:47	Geelong Geelong, Victoria Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	2 December 2006

Qualification standards

A time	B time
3:58:00	4:09:00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
September 3, 2011	08:00	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sergey Bakulin Sergey Bakulin Sergey Bakulin is a male race walker from Russia.-Achievements:-References:...		3:41:24
	Denis Nizhegorodov Denis Nizhegorodov Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov is a Russian race walker and current world record holder in the 50 km racewalk, with a time of 3:34:14, set in Cheboksary on May 11, 2008.-Achievements:-References:...		3:42:45	SB
	Jared Tallent Jared Tallent Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal...		3:43:36	SB
	Si Tianfeng Si Tianfeng Si Tianfeng is a Chinese race walker. He represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also competed in the 50 km walk at the 2009 Chinese National Games and won the bronze medal. Si set a Games record to take the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2010 Asian Games...		3:44:40
	Luke Adams Luke Adams Luke Kendall Adams is a male race walker from Australia, who was born in Tanzania. He is a two-time Olympian for Australia. He also guest starred in the Family Guy episode Baby, You Knock Me Out.-Achievements:...		3:45:41	SB
	Koichiro Morioka Koichiro Morioka is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-References:...		3:46:21
	Park Chil-sung Park Chil-Sung Park Chil-Sung is a South Korean race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...		3:47:13	NR South Korean records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in South Korea maintained by the Korean Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-External links:* *...
	Xu Faguang		3:47:19
	Takayuki Tanii		3:48:03	SB
10	Hirooki Arai		3:48:40	PB
11	Andrés Chocho		3:49:32	AR
12	Marco De Luca Marco De Luca -Achievements:-References:...		3:49:40	SB
13	Rafał Sikora		3:50:24
14	Kim Dong-Young Kim Dong-Young Kim Dong-Young is a South Korean race walker.-Achievements:-References:Notes...		3:51:12	PB
15	Jarkko Kinnunen Jarkko Kinnunen Jarkko Juhani Kinnunen is a Finnish race walker. His trainer is Kari Ahonen since 1999.-Achievements:-References:...		3:52:32	SB
16	Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi is an Italian race walker. His father is from Congo and his mother from Haiti.-Achievements:-References:*...		3:52:35	PB
17	Trond Nymark Trond Nymark Trond Nymark is a Norwegian race walker. He was born in Bergen and represents TIF Viking.-Achievements:-External links:* Homepage of Trond Nymark....		3:54:26	SB
18	Édgar Hernández		3:54:46	SB
19	José Leyver		3:55:37
20	Oleksiy Kazanin Oleksiy Kazanin -Achievements:-References:...		3:56:18	SB
21	Omar Zepeda Omar Zepeda Omar Zepeda is a male race walker from Mexico. He finished sixth in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a personal best time of 3:49:01 hours....		3:56:41
22	Andreas Gustafsson		4:00:05	SB
23	Bertrand Moulinet		4:07:58
24	Quentin Rew		4:08:46
25	Li Jianbo Li Jianbo Li Jianbo is a male Chinese race walker. He finished thirteenth in the 50 km race walk event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*...		4:10:26

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Jesús Ángel García

Jesús Ángel García Bragado is a Spanish race walker. He is married to gymnast Carmen Acedo.-Achievements:-References:...

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Mikel Odriozola

Mikel Odriozola Domínguez is a Spanish race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...

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Antti Kempas

Antti Kempas is a Finnish race walker.He finished eleventh at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2005 World Championships....

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Yohann Diniz

Yohann Diniz is a French race walker.He won the gold medal in the 50 km race at the 2006 European Championships in a personal best time of 3:41:39 hours...

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Tadas Šuškevičius

Tadas Šuškevičius is a race-walker who competes internationally for Lithuania.He finished 32nd in the 50 km walk at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He also competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics reaching 17th place and setting a personal record.-Achievements:- Personal bests...

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Nathan Deakes

Nathan Deakes is an Australian race walker. Deakes trains with the Australian Institute of Sport....

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Igors Kazakevics

Igors Kazakevičs is a Latvian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...

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Sergey Kirdyapkin

Sergey Alexandrovich Kirdyapkin is a Russian race walker.He won the gold medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a personal best time of 3:38:08 hours. He won his second world title at the 2009 World Championships, finishing in 3:38:35, his second fastest ever time.He is married...

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Matej Tóth

Matej Tóth is a Slovak race walker. He is a two-time Olympian, having competed in 2004 and 2008, and has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions...

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Robert Heffernan

Robert Heffernan is an Irish race walker. Having been seen as one of Ireland's best hopes of an athletics medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, he came eighth in the 20km Walk. His wife Marian Andrews is also national women's 400 metres champion and was on the Irish women's team that finished 4th in...

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External links

• 50 kilometres walk results at IAAF website
• results at IAAF website