Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Date | October 17 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:20:13.6 | ||||||||||||
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The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held on October 17. It was won by Christoph Höhne of East Germany.[1]
Records
Prior to this event, the world and Olympic records stood as follows:
World record | Gennadiy Agapov (URS) | 3:55:36 | Almaty, Soviet Union | October 17, 1965 |
Olympic record | Abdon Pamich (ITA) | 4:11:12 | Tokyo, Japan | October 18, 1964 |
Result
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
External links
- Official Olympic Report[permanent dead link], la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.