Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 21
Competitors31 from 16 nations
Winning time4:28:07.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antal Róka  Hungary
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The Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 21 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Italian athlete Giuseppe Dordoni earned the gold medal and set a new Olympic Record.[1]

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy 4:28:07.8 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josef Doležal  Czechoslovakia 4:30:17.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antal Róka  Hungary 4:31:27.2
4 Rex Whitlock  Great Britain 4:32:21.0
5 Sergey Lobastov  Soviet Union 4:32:34.2
6 Vladimir Ukhov  Soviet Union 4:32:51.6
7 Dumitru Paraschivescu  Romania 4:41:05.2
8 Ion Baboie  Romania 4:41:52.8
9 John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:43:45.2
10 Giuseppe Kressevich  Italy 4:44:30.2
11 Harold Whitlock  Great Britain 4:45:12.6
12 Sándor László  Hungary 4:45:55.8
13 Rudi Lüttge  Germany 4:47:28.6
14 Pekka Viljanen  Finland 4:49:16.4
15 Donald Tunbridge  Great Britain 4:50:40.4
16 Raymond Lesage  France 4:52:37.8
17 Edgar Bruun  Norway 4:52:48.4
18 Claude Hubert  France 4:55:28.2
19 Salvatore Cascino  Italy 4:56:46.0
20 Harry Kristensen  Denmark 4:57:35.8
21 Jean Strunc  France 4:59:08.2
22 Adolf Weinacker  United States 5:01:00.4
23 Pavel Kazankov  Soviet Union 5:02:37.8
24 Gilbert Marquis  Switzerland 5:02:56.2
25 Ferd Hayward  Canada 5:04:40.4
26 René Charrière  Switzerland 5:08:59.0
27 Gerhard Winther  Norway 5:11:40.2
28 Åke Söderlund  Sweden 5:30:56.6
Guillermo Weller  Argentina DNF
John Deni  United States DNF
Leo Sjogren  United States DNF

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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