European Athletics Championships 1978/50 km men's walk
| 12th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| discipline | Men's 50 km walk |
| city |
Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic 
|
| place | Circuit through Prague |
| Attendees | 32 athletes from 16 countries |
| Competition phase | September 1 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Jorge Llopart ( ESP )
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 silver |
Weniamin soldiersko ( URS )
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 bronze |
Jan Ornoch ( POL )
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The men's 50 km walk at the European Athletics Championships 1978 was held on September 2, 1978 in the streets of Prague . In contrast to the Olympic Games - there had only been the twenty-kilometer walking competition there in 1976 - this discipline was not removed from the competition calendar. From 1980 onwards, walking 50 km was once again part of the Olympic program without exception.
European champion was Jorge Llopart from Spain . Second place went to the Soviet European champion from 1971 and Olympic runner-up from 1972 Weniamin soldiersko . Bronze went to Jan Ornoch from Poland .
Records / best performances
Existing records
| World record | 3:41:20 h |
 Raúl González
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Poděbrady , Czechoslovakia today ( Czech Republic ) | June 11, 1978 |
| European best time | 3:51:39 h |
 Reima saloons
|
Turku , Finland | June 17, 1978 |
| EM record | 3:59:05.6 h |
 Christoph Höhne
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EM in Rome , Italy | August 14, 1974 |
Note:
At that time, records were not kept in marathon running and street walking because of the different track conditions with the exception of championship records.
Record improvement
European champion Jorge Llopart improved the existing EM record on September 2nd by 5: 35.7 minutes to 3: 53: 29.9 hours
execution
There was no preliminary round, all 32 walkers went to the final together.
Result
September 2, 1978, 4:00 p.m.
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 at european-athletics.org, accessed August 1, 2019
- Men 50km Walk European Championship 1978 Prague on todor66.com, accessed June 25, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed August 1, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 50km Walk European Championship 1978 Praha, p. 432 (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 1, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978, 50 km walk men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 1, 2019
- 12th European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia from ifosta.de, accessed on August 1, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 50k men's walk , accessed August 1, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 50km Walk Men , Spanish / English, p. 42 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on August 1, 2019