Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Denis Nizhegorodov at 2008 Olympiad | |||||||||||||
Venue | Beijing Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 22 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 61 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:37:09 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 22 at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
The qualifying standards were 4:00:00 (A standard) and 4:07:00 (B standard).[2]
Records[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
3:34:14 | Cheboksary, Russia | 11 May 2008 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
3:38:29 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
Date | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
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22 August | Alex Schwazer | ![]() |
3:37:09 | OR |
Results[edit]
OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start
Intermediates[edit]
Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
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10 km | 1. Denis Nizhegorodov | ![]() |
44:39 |
2. Adam Rutter | ![]() |
s.t. | |
3. Jianbo Li | ![]() |
s.t. | |
4. Jared Tallent | ![]() |
+0:01 | |
5. Alex Schwazer | ![]() |
s.t. | |
20 km | 1. Denis Nizhegorodov | ![]() |
1:27:38 |
2. Jianbo Li | ![]() |
+0:01 | |
3. Jared Tallent | ![]() |
s.t. | |
4. Alex Schwazer | ![]() |
s.t. | |
5. Yohan Diniz | ![]() |
+0:08 | |
30 km | 1. Jared Tallent | ![]() |
2:10:38 |
2. Alex Schwazer | ![]() |
+0:01 | |
3. Denis Nizhegorodov | ![]() |
s.t. | |
4. Jianbo Li | ![]() |
s.t. | |
5. Yohan Diniz | ![]() |
+1:48 | |
40 km | 1. Jared Tallent | ![]() |
2:54:36 |
2. Alex Schwazer | ![]() |
s.t. | |
3. Denis Nizhegorodov | ![]() |
s.t. | |
4. Jianbo Li | ![]() |
+1:58 | |
5. Grzegorz Sudol | ![]() |
+3:56 |
s.t. - same time.
References[edit]
- ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.