Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueCentral Lenin Stadium
Date30 July
Competitors29 from 14 nations
Winning time3:49:24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hartwig Gauder
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jordi Llopart
 Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yevgeniy Ivchenko
 Soviet Union
← 1972
1984 →
Athletics at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The Men's 50 km Race Walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entry list of 27 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified and nine of them did not finish in the final, held on 30 July 1980.[1] This event was not held during 1976 Summer Olympics,returning to Olympic program after last returning to the program after a hiatus edition, because it was held in 1972.

This event netted Spain its first-ever medal in athletics, with Jordi Llopart taking silver.[2]

Medalists

Gold Hartwig Gauder
 East Germany
Silver Jordi Llopart
 Spain
Bronze Yevgeniy Ivchenko
 Soviet Union

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 3:49:24
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jordi Llopart (ESP) 3:51:25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Yevgeniy Ivchenko (URS) 3:56:32
4  Bengt Simonsen (SWE) 3:57:08
5  Vyacheslav Fursov (URS) 3:58:32
6  Josep Marín (ESP) 4:03:08
7  Stanisław Rola (POL) 4:07:07
8  Willi Sawall (AUS) 4:08:25
9  László Sátor (HUN) 4:10:53
10  Pavol Blažek (TCH) 4:16:26
11  Ian Richards (GBR) 4:22:57
12  Christos Karageorgos (GRE) 4:24:36
13  Juraj Benčík (TCH) 4:27:39
14  Enrique Peña (COL) 4:29:27
15  Ernesto Alfaro (COL) 4:46:28
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Bo Gustafsson (SWE) DNF
—  Bohdan Bułakowski (POL) DNF
—  Daniel Bautista (MEX) DNF
—  David Smith (AUS) DNF
—  Gérard Lelièvre (FRA) DNF
—  Martín Bermúdez (MEX) DNF
—  Raúl González (MEX) DNF
—  Reima Salonen (FIN) DNF
—  Boris Yakovlev (URS) DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—  Dietmar Meisch (GDR) DSQ
—  Jaromír Vaňous (TCH) DSQ
—  Uwe Dünkel (GDR) DSQ

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. ^ "1980 Olympic 50km race walk silver medallist Llopart dies". World Athletics. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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