50 kilometres race walk
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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.
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World records
The men's world record for the 50 km race walk is held by Denis Nizhegorodov, through his race of 3:34:14 in Cheboksary in 2008.
Progressions
Medallists
Olympic
World Championships
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1983 |  Ronald Weigel (GDR) |
 José Marín (ESP) |
 Sergey Yung (URS) |
| 1987 | Hartwig Gauder (GDR) |
Ronald Weigel (GDR) |
Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) |
| 1991 | Aleksandr Potashov (URS) |
Andrey Perlov (URS) |
 Hartwig Gauder (GER) |
| 1993 | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) |
 Valentin Kononen (FIN) |
 Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) |
| 1995 | Valentin Kononen (FIN) |
 Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) |
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) |
| 1997 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) |
Jesús Ángel García (ESP) |
 Miguel Rodríguez (MEX) |
| 1999 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) |
Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) |
 Curt Clausen (USA) |
| 2001 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL)} |
Jesús Ángel García (ESP) |
Edgar Hernández (MEX) |
| 2003 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) |
German Skurygin (RUS) |
Andreas Erm (GER) |
| 2005 | Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) |
Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) |
Alex Schwazer (ITA) |
| 2007 |  Nathan Deakes (AUS) |
 Yohann Diniz (FRA) |
Alex Schwazer (ITA) |
| 2009 | Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) |
 Trond Nymark (NOR) |
Jesús Ángel García (ESP) |
External links
- 50 kilometres race walk all time – men from IAAF
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