1972 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50 km walk (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 50 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 36 athletes from 18 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Olympiastadion Munich (start / finish) | ||||||||
| Competition phase | 3rd September 1972 | ||||||||
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The men's 50 km walk at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held on September 3, 1972. The start and finish was the Munich Olympic Stadium . 36 athletes took part, 29 of which made it to the finish line. This discipline was removed from the program in 1976, but resumed in 1980.
Olympic champion was Bernd Kannenberg from the Federal Republic of Germany. Silver was won by Weniamin soldiersko from the Soviet Union, bronze went to Larry Young from the USA.
For the Federal Republic of Germany - officially Germany - there were also: Gerhard Weidner , sixth place, and Horst-Rüdiger Magnor , 16th place.
The GDR was represented by: Peter Selzer , fifth place, Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller , eleventh place, and Christoph Höhne , 14th place.
The Swiss Alfred Badel had to give up the race.
Walkers from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Existing records
| World best | 3:52:45 h |
Bernd Kannenberg ( Federal Republic of Germany )
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Bremen , Federal Republic of Germany (now Germany ) | May 27, 1972 |
| Olympic record | 4:11:12 h |
Abdon Pamich ( Italy )
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50km walk from Tokyo , Japan | October 18, 1964 |
Note: World records were not set in street walking because of the different track conditions.
Conducting the competition
The walkers started their competition on September 3rd. There were no preliminary fights.
Course of competition
Date: September 5, 1972, 2 p.m.
The favorite were the Soviet European champion from 1971 , Weniamin soldiersko, and Bernd Kannenberg from Germany, who set a new world record in May of the Olympic year. The pace was very high from the start. The interim times were far below the values established at earlier major events such as the Olympic Games or European Championships. Above all, Kannenberg was in the lead, his only companion up to kilometer 35 was a military man, all other walkers were clearly behind. The Soviet European champion was given a warning and now had to slow down a bit, taking into account a clean walking technique. As a result, Bernd Kannenberg pulled away and was able to work out a lead of over two minutes to the finish. In his Olympic victory , he improved Abdon Pamich's Olympic record by more than 15 minutes. Weniamin soldiersko also had a lead of more than two minutes on the US walker Larry Young, who had divided the race very well and coming from behind pushed further and further forward. In the end, like in 1968 , he won the bronze medal. Fourth to sixth place went to Otto Bartsch from the USSR, GDR walker Peter Selzer and Gerhard Weidner from the Federal Republic of Germany. The 1968 Olympic champion, Christoph Höhne, crossed the finish line in 14th place, over 24 minutes behind the winner.
At 46 years old, Canadian Alex Oakley was the oldest competitor in the field. In Munich he took part in the Olympic Games for the fourth time.
| Split times | |||
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| Intermediate mark |
Meanwhile | Leading | 10 km time |
| 10 km | 45:55 min | Bernd Kannenberg | 45:55 min |
| 20 km | 1:32:59 h | Bernd Kannenberg | 47:04 min |
| 30 km | 2:20:03 h | Bernd Kannenberg | 47:04 min |
| 40 km | 3:07:52 h | Bernd Kannenberg | 47:49 min |
| 50 km | 3:56:12 h | Bernd Kannenberg | 48:20 min |
Bottom line
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Picture gallery
Shaul Ladany from Israel
literature
- Werner Schneider / Sport-Informations-Dienst / Bertelsmann Sportredaktion, The Olympic Games 1972. Munich - Kiel - Sapporo, Bertelsmann-Verlag, Munich, Gütersloh, Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-570-04559-5 , p. 38f
Video
- 50 km marcha - JJOO Múnich 1972 , published on November 2, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed on November 27, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 50km Walk , accessed November 27, 2017
- Official report, Volume 3 "The competitions" , p. 56, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on November 27, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 566 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 27, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 43, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on November 25, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 56, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on November 27, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed November 27, 2017
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