1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50 km walk (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 50 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 31 athletes from 15 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location |
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (start and finish) |
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| Competition phase | August 11, 1984 | ||||||||
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The men's 50 km walk at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 11, 1984. 31 athletes took part.
The Mexican Raúl González became Olympic champion . He won ahead of the Swede Bo Gustafsson and the Italian Sandro Bellucci .
Walkers from the Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part. Athletes from the GDR were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.
Current title holders
| Olympic champion 1980 |
Hartwig Gauder ( GDR )
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3:49:24 h | Moscow 1980 |
| World Champion 1983 |
Ronald Weigel ( GDR )
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3:43:08 h | Helsinki 1983 |
| European Champion 1982 |
Reima Salonen ( Finland )
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3:55:29 h | Athens 1982 |
| Pan American Champion 1983 |
Raúl González ( Mexico )
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4:00:45 h | Caracas 1983 |
| Central America and Caribbean champions | Arturo Bravo ( Mexico )
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4:21:01 h | Havana 1983 |
| South America Champion 1983 | 50 km walking not in the championship program | ||
| Asian champion 1983 | |||
| African champions 1982 | |||
Existing records
| World record | 3:38:31 h |
Ronald Weigel ( GDR )
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Berlin , GDR (now Germany ) | July 20, 1984 |
| Olympic record | 3:49:24 h |
Hartwig Gauder ( GDR )
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Moscow , Soviet Union (now Russia ) | July 30, 1980 |
Routing
The start took place in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . After five rounds of the stadium, the route ran outside the stadium and headed north. The route turned left onto Exposition Boulevard . A circular course of 2.5 km was completed 17 times between Raymond Avenue and Denker Avenue . Then it went back to the stadium, where another one and a half laps had to be completed before the goal was reached.
Race course
Date: August 11, 1984
The favorites included the vice world champion from 1983 and vice European champion from 1982 José Marín from Spain, the European champion and World Cup fourth Reima Salonen from Finland as well as the Mexicans Ernesto Canto and Raúl González, who were already gold and silver medalists in the 20 km distance . World champion Ronald Weigel , GDR, was missing from the boycotting countries in this competition . The strong goers from the USSR - above all the World Cup third Sergei Jung - would have had a chance at the start.
After only five kilometers, a ten-man top group had formed, which was led by the Australian Willi Sawall. Other members of this group were the Canadian Marcel Jobin, González, Canto, Martín Bermúdez from Mexico, the Spaniard Jorge Llopart, the American Marco Evoniuk and the three Italians Maurizio Damilano, Raffaello Ducceschi and Sandro Bellucci. After a further five kilometers, Sawall had pulled away slightly by two seconds. He was followed by Jobin, Canto, Bermúdez and González. Llopart was another eight seconds behind, then came Ducceschi. Sawall stayed ahead for the next few kilometers, but couldn't pull away any further. González and Damilano caught up with him again, just a few seconds behind were Canto, Bermúdez, Jobin and Canadians Guillaume Leblanc and Norwegian Erling Andersen, who were able to make up for a deficit. Another ten seconds behind was Ducceschi. Sawall gave up just twenty kilometers ago and a five-man leadership group had now come together with González and Bermúdez at the front, Damilano, Leblanc and Canto. Andersen was only three seconds behind. Bermúdez then dropped out completely due to qualification and González, Damilano and Leblanc now clearly set themselves apart from their competitors. Only Canto had visual contact with the three in front after 25 kilometers, six seconds behind. But he too fell further and further behind and Leblanc also lost contact with the two leaders. The Canadian dropped out of the competition between kilometers thirty and thirty-five. Before reaching the 40 km mark, the remaining top duo also fell apart. Damilano could no longer follow González and the gap between the two now widened very quickly. For the Mexican it was a lonely running or walking. Before the 45th kilometer, Damilano gave up and González was now five and a half minutes ahead of his closest pursuers. These were Bellucci and the Swede Bo Gustafsson, who had been walking together for thirty kilometers. The lead grew to almost six minutes until the finish line and Raúl González became the superior Olympic champion. On the last five kilometers, Bo Gustafsson broke away from his opponent and won the silver medal 25 seconds ahead of Sandro Bellucci. Reima Salonen, Raffaello Ducceschi, the American Carl Schueler and Jorge Llopart crossed the finish line in the next ranks.
After a cautious start - the first five kilometers in 23:06 min - Raúl González set a steady high pace. Every further 5 km section was under 23 minutes to the end. In doing so, he wore down his opponents who were not up to this speed in the long run. The Mexican improved Ronald Weigel's Olympic record by almost two minutes.
Raúl González was the first Mexican Olympic champion in this discipline.
At the age of 42, the Australian Willi Sawall was the oldest participant in the field. He gave up the race after ten kilometers.
| Split times | |||
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| Intermediate mark |
Meanwhile | Leading | 5 km time |
| 5 km | 23:06 min | ten-strong top group | 23:06 min |
| 10 km | 45:59 min | Willie Sawall | 22:53 min |
| 15 km | 1:08:43 h | Sawall, González, Damilano | 22:44 min |
| 20 km | 1:31:12 h | five-man top group | 22:29 min |
| 25 km | 1:53:54 h | González, Damilano | 22:42 min |
| 30 km | 2:16:24 h | González, Damilano | 22:30 min |
| 35 km | 2:39:17 h | González, Damilano | 22:53 min |
| 40 km | 3:01:50 h | Gonzalez | 22:33 min |
| 45 km | 3:24:30 h | Gonzalez | 22:40 min |
| 50 km | 3:47:26 h | Gonzalez | 22:56 min |
Result
literature
- Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Sarajevo with contributions by Ulrich Kaiser and Heinz Maegerlein , eds. Manfred Vorderwülbecke , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-570-01851-2 , p. 26f
Web links and sources
- SportsReference 50km Walk , accessed January 10, 2018
- Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 282, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 10, 2018
Video
- 1984 Olympic Games 50 Kilometers Walk , published July 9, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed January 10, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 687 , accessed on January 10, 2018
- ↑ Route map in the Official Report, page 98 , accessed on January 10, 2018
- ↑ Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 282, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 10, 2018
- ↑ SportsReference 50km Walk , accessed January 10, 2018
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