Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walk
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The 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.
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 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
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
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start NM no mark OR olympic record WR world record AR area record NR national record PB personal best SB season best
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| World Record | 3:38.17 | May 25, 1986 |  PotsdamPotsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre.... , East Germany |
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| Olympic Record | 3:47.26 | August 11, 1984 |  Los Angeles, United StatesLos Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... |
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| Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
| Olympic Record | 3:38.29 | September 30, 1988 |  Seoul, South Korea |
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Final ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:38:29 | OR | ||
| 3:38:56 | |||
| 3:39:45 | |||
| 4 | 3:41:00 | ||
| 5 | 3:43:03 | ||
| 6 | 3:44:07 | ||
| 7 | 3:44:49 | ||
| 8 | 3:45:43 | ||
| 9 | 3:46:31 | ||
| 10 | 3:47:04 | ||
| 11 | 3:47:14 | ||
| 12 | 3:47:31 | ||
| 13 | 3:48:09 | ||
| 14 | 3:48:15 | ||
| 15 | 3:49:22 | ||
| 16 | 3:50:28 | ||
| 17 | 3:50:46 | ||
| 18 | 3:51:36 | ||
| 19 | 3:53:23 | ||
| 20 | 3:53:34 | ||
| 21 | 3:55:57 | ||
| 22 | 3:56:55 | ||
| 23 | 3:57:44 | ||
| 24 | 3:58:31 | ||
| 25 | 3:59:13 | ||
| 26 | 3:59:23 | ||
| 27 | 3:59:30 | ||
| 28 | 4:00:07 | ||
| 29 | 4:00:07 | ||
| 30 | 4:01:31 | ||
| 31 | 4:03:12 | ||
| 32 | 4:04:56 | ||
| 33 | 4:08:08 | ||
| 34 | 4:12:49 | ||
| 35 | 4:25:24 | ||
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — | DSQ | ||
| — | DSQ | ||
| — | DSQ | ||
See also
- 1987 Men's World Championships 50km Walk (Rome)1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km WalkThese are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:...
- 1988 Race Walking Year Ranking1988 Race Walking Year RankingThis page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1988 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km...
- 1990 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Split)1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km WalkThese are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. There were a total number of fifteen participating athletes, who finished the race.-Abbreviations:...
- 1991 Men's World Championships 50km Walk (Tokyo)1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km WalkThese are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1991 World Championships held on Saturday August 31, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan, with the start at 07:00h local time...
- 1992 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Barcelona)Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walkThese are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 45 competitors, with seven athletes who were disqualified.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:...