World Athletics Championships 2001/50 km men's walking
| 8th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 50 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 48 walkers from 25 countries | ||||||||
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 Edmonton
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| Competition location | Edmonton circuit | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 11th | ||||||||
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The 50-km walk Men at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics was in the streets of the August 11, 2001 Canadian city of Edmonton held.
His second World Cup -Titel by 1997 won the triple Olympic champion (50 km: 1996 / 2000 - 20 km: 2000) and reigning European champion Robert Korzeniowski of Poland . In 1995 he also won bronze at the World Cup . Second place went to the Spanish world champion from 1993 and vice world champion from 1997 Jesús Ángel García . Bronze went to the Mexican Edgar Hernández .
Existing records
| World record | 3:37:26 h |
 Valery Spitsyn
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Moscow , Russia | May 21, 2000 |
| World Cup record | 3:40:53 h |
 Maurizio Damilano
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World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy | August 30, 1987 |
Note:
Records have still not been set in marathon running and street walking due to the different track conditions with the exception of championship records.
The Polish world champion Robert Korzeniowski achieved a new world best of the year with 3:42:08 h.
execution
There was no preliminary round, all 48 walkers went to the final together.
Result
August 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.
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Mikel Odriozola came in fifteenth
Omar Zepeda gave up the competition
Nathan Deakes, fourth over 20 km and 2000 Olympic third , was disqualified
Roman Magdziarczyk - disqualified
Pedro Martins - disqualified
Video
- 2001 IAAF World Athletics Championships - Men's 50km Walk Final on youtube.com, accessed August 12, 2020
Web links
- 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 27, 2020
- Men 50km Walk Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) at todor66.com, accessed August 12, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 50km Walk, Edmonton 2001, p. 222 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 12, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 50 km go men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 12, 2020