Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...

in Munich

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. The competition was held on 3 September. This distance was removed from the program following these Olympics, it was included back in the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

. There were no heats with this event, it was held as a finals only event.

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Bernd Kannenberg Bernd Kannenberg Bernhard Kannenberg was a West German athlete competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Königsberg, East Prussia....	3:56:11.6
	Veniamin Soldatenko Veniamin Soldatenko Veniamin Vasilievich Soldatenko is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 50 km walk. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata...	3:58:24.0
	Larry Young	4:00:46.0
4	Otto Barch Otto Barch Otto Barch is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Kyrgyzstan.His greatest achievement was the second place in the 50 km race at the 1973 World Race Walking Cup.-References:...	4:01:35.4
5	Peter Selzer Peter Selzer Peter Selzer is a former East German race walker.-Achievements:-References:...	4:04:05.4
6	Gerhard Weidner Gerhard Weidner Gerhard Weidner is a former East German race walker.-Achievements:-References:...	4:06:26.0
7	Vittorio Visini Vittorio Visini Vittorio Visinis s an Italian former race walker.-External links:...	4:08:31.4
8	Gabriel Hernández	4:12:09.0
9	Paul Nihill Paul Nihill Vincent Paul Nihill is a British athlete, who competed in the 20 and 50 kilometre walks.He was born in Colchester....	4:14:09.4
10	Charles Sowa	4:14:21.2
11	Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller is a former East German race walker.-Achievements:-References:...	4:14:28.8
12	Hans Tenggren	4:16:37.6
13	Daniel Björkgren	4:20:00.0
14	Christoph Höhne Christoph Höhne Christoph Höhne is a retired racewalker of the SV Dynamo. He competed at 50km for East Germany in the 1960s and 1970s. He was trained by Max Weber....	4:20:43.8
15	Stefan Ingvarsson	4:21:01.0
16	Horst-Rüdiger Magnor	4:21:53.4
17	William Weigle	4:22:52.2
18	John Warhurst John Warhurst John Warhurst is a retired male race walker from England, who represented Great Britain at the 1972 Olympic Games, finishing 18th in the 50 km walk.-Achievements:-References:*...	4:23:21.6
19	Shaul Ladany	4:24:38.6
20	Raúl González Raúl González Raúl González Blanco , known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04....	4:26:13.4
21	Alex Oakley Alex Oakley Alexander "Alex" Oakley was a race walker from Canada, who represented his native country at five Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. His best finish was the sixth place in the men's 50 km walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. He won the 20 km event at the 1963 Pan American...	4:28:42.6
22	János Dalmati	4:32:23.2
23	Domenico Carpentieri	4:33:10.6
24	Kjell Lund Kjell Lund -Personal life:Lund was born in Lillehammer as the son of Arve Johan Lund and Margit Tora Hornes. He married Tove Berg in 1954.-Career:Lund cooperated with architect Nils Slaatto for many years. Among their designs are Asker City Hall, Chateau Neuf in Oslo, and the module based system Ålhytta. Lund...	4:34:23.4
25	Howard Timms	4:34:43.8
26	Antal Kiss Antal Kiss Antal Kiss was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 50 kilometre walk.He competed for Hungary in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico where he won the silver medal in the 50 kilometre walk....	4:34:45.0
27	Steve Hayden	4:36:07.2
28	Adalberto Scorza	4:42:41.4
29	Ole David Jensen	4:57:13.8
-	Abdon Pamich Abdon Pamich Abdon Pamich is a former Italian race walker, who won two Olympic medals, and was the nation's flagbearer at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also set a world best time over 50 km with 4:03:02 on 16 October 1960 in Ponte San Pietro. The best time was lowered to 4:01:39 the next year by Grigoriy...	DQ
-	Sergey Grigoryev Sergey Grigoryev Sergey Nikolayevich Grigoryev is a Russian football defender.-Career:Grigoryev spent three seasons with Zenit U-21 team. From 2007 to 2008 he played for Russian Second Division club Zenit-2.-External links: at stats.sportbox.ru at RFPL site...	DQ
-	Alfred Badel	DNF
-	Jan Ornoch Jan Ornoch Jan Ornoch is a retired male race walker from Poland. He is the younger brother of Eugeniusz Ornoch and uncle of Mariusz Ornoch.-Achievements:-References:...	DNF
-	Jean-Claude Decosse	DNF
-	José Oliveros	DNF
-	Karl-Heinz Merschenz	DNF
-	Ion Benga	DNS
-	Andrzej Siennicki	DNS
-	Winicjusz Nowosielski	DNS
-	Vasile Dumitrescu Vasile Dumitrescu Vasile Dumitrescu is a Romanian bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1934 FIBT World Championships in Engelberg.-References:*...	DNS
-	Yuri Penalba	DNS
-	Ilia Popov	DNS

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