1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50 km walk (men)

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Olympic rings
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R82532, Berlin, Olympia-Stadion (aerial view) .jpg
sport athletics
discipline 50 km walk
gender Men
Attendees 33 athletes from 16 countries
Competition location Olympiastadion Berlin
(start and finish)
Competition phase August 5, 1936
Winning time 4:30: 41.4 h Olympic record
Medalist
gold medal United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harold Whitlock ( GBR )
Silver medal SwitzerlandSwitzerland Arthur Tell Schwab ( SUI )
Bronze medal LatviaLatvia Adalbert Bubenko ( LAT )
1932 1948

The men's 50 km walk at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 5, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 33 athletes took part, 26 of whom made it to the finish.

The Olympic champion was Harold Whitlock from Britain, ahead of Arthur Tell Schwab from Switzerland . Bronze went to Adalbert's Bubenko from Latvia.

Existing records

Routing

The starting point was in the Olympic Stadium . After almost one round of the stadium on the cinder track, the route led through the marathon gate out of the stadium into the city of Berlin . After crossing the Maifeld , the path turned right into Angerburger Allee. Shortly afterwards it went left into the Glockenturmstrasse and to the first checkpoint after four kilometers on the Havelchaussee . The route continued along the banks of the Havel , the Grunewald on the left. The second checkpoint was at six kilometers on the Rupenhorn , two kilometers further on was the third checkpoint on the Schildhorn . The Grunewald Tower was reached after ten kilometers, at the level of Lindwerder Island , the course led the walkers towards the southeast. At the end of the Havelchaussee it went left on the AVUS . The route continued over the racetrack almost to the Nordschleife. Shortly before this loop and the exhibition grounds, the route made a curve to the left onto Waldschulallee, then left again onto Teufelsseechaussee . Now the Drachenberg was passed and shortly before the Teufelssee the route followed the Alte Potsdamer Chaussee (today connection street). At the end of the Chaussee it went left into the Teltower Weg. There was the turning point after a few meters. The way back through the marathon gate to the Olympic Stadium was on the same route. The finish line was reached after the last 150 meters on the cinder track.

The race

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Harold Whitlock United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 4:30: 41.4 h OR
2 Arthur Tell Schwab SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 4: 32: 09.2 h
3 Adalbert Bubenko LatviaLatvia Latvia 4: 32: 42.2 h
4th Jaroslav Štork Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4: 34: 00.2 h
5 Edgar Bruun NorwayNorway Norway 4: 34: 53.2 h
6th Fritz lead white German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 4: 36: 48.4 h
7th Karl Reiniger SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 4: 40: 45.0 h
8th Étienne Laisné Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 4: 41: 40.0 h
9 Teodor Beer Govoy Poland 1928Second Polish Republic Poland 4: 42: 49.0 h
10 Antonius Toscani NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4: 42: 59.4 h
11 Evald Segerström SwedenSweden Sweden 4: 43: 30.4 h
12 Ettore Rivolta Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 4: 48: 47.0 h
13 Adrien Courtois Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 4: 49: 07.0 h
14th Giuseppe Gobbato Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 4: 49: 51.0 h
15th Adolf Aebersold SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 4: 51: 14.0 h
16 Herbert Dill German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 4: 51: 26.0 h
17th Tebbs Lloyd Johnson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 4: 54: 56.0 h
18th Mario Brignoli Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 4: 58: 12.0 h
19th Ryoji Naraoka Japan 1870Japan Japan 5:07:15 h
20th Vasile Firea Romania kingdomRomania Romania 5: 09: 39.0 h
21st Albert Mangan United States 48United States United States 5: 12: 00.2 h
22nd Cai Tsungyi China Republic 1928Republic of China (1912–1949) China 5:16:02.4 h
23 Ernest Koehler United States 48United States United States 5: 20: 18.2 h
24 Chao Yuyen China Republic 1928Republic of China (1912–1949) China 5: 25: 01.0 h
25th Chang Chanchiu China Republic 1928Republic of China (1912–1949) China 5: 26: 54.2 h
26th Ernest Crosbie United States 48United States United States 5: 31: 44.2 h
DNF Ejner Bech DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Jānis Daliņš LatviaLatvia Latvia
Joseph Hopkins United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain
DSQ Gosta Grandin SwedenSweden Sweden
Arnold's Krūkliņš LatviaLatvia Latvia
Dick Löf SwedenSweden Sweden
Friedrich Prehn German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire

August 5, 1936, 1:30 p.m.

Weather conditions: overcast, 17-18 ° C

A short shower two hours before the start left large parts of the route in the haze. After the start the Swede Evald Segerström took the lead, but was soon replaced by the German Friedrich Prehn. Both of them and the Czechoslovak Jaroslav Štork controlled the race up to ten kilometers. Then Segerström took over the lead again and Prehn fell back. After a good 17 km, Štork moved forward, followed by Latvian Dali ,š, who in turn took the lead at 25 km. Here the Briton Harold Whitlock showed himself for the first time, lying in third position. After 32 kilometers he took the initiative, Daliņš gave up the race a short time later. The Swiss Arthur Tell Schwab now worked his way forward. He fought with Štork and the Latvian Adalberts Bubenko for the other medal places behind Whitlock, who finished the race undisputed as the winner. Schwab crossed the finish line a minute and a half behind him. The Latvian Bubenko won the battle for bronze. In the last ten kilometers he was able to convert a gap of half a minute on Štork into a lead of over a minute.

Harold Whitlock undercut the Olympic record by more than 19 minutes and only missed the world record by about four minutes.

Arthur Tell Schwab and Adalbert Bubenko won the first Olympic medals in walking competitions for their countries.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 280f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. World record development of 50 km walking on rekorde-im-sport.de , accessed on September 21, 2017
  2. ^ Official report p. 684, engl. (PDF)
  3. ^ Official report p. 683, engl. (PDF)
  4. Official report p. 606, engl. (PDF)