1992 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50 km walk (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 50 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 42 athletes from 20 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Barcelona | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 7, 1992 | ||||||||
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The men's 50 km walk at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona was held on August 7, 1992. 42 athletes took part, 32 reached the finish in the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona .
Olympic champion was the Russian Andrei Perlow , who started for the United Team of the former Soviet republics . He won ahead of the Mexican Carlos Mercenario and the German Ronald Weigel .
In addition to medalist Weigel, Hartwig Gauder started for Germany , who finished in sixth place.
The Austrian Stephan Wögerbauer finished 26th.
While the Swiss Pascal Charrière finished the race in twentieth, his compatriot Aldo Bertoldi had to give up the race.
Walkers from Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
| Olympic champion in 1988 |
Vyacheslav Ivanenko ( Soviet Union )
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3:28:29 h | Seoul 1988 |
| World Champion 1991 |
Aljaksandr Pataschou ( Soviet Union )
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3:53:09 h | Tokyo 1991 |
| European champion 1990 |
Andrei Perlow ( Soviet Union )
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3:54:36 h | Split 1990 |
| Pan American champion 1991 |
Carlos Mercenario ( Mexico )
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4:03:09 h | Havana 1991 |
| Central America and Caribbean Champion 1991 | 50 km walking not in the championship program | ||
| South American Champion 1991 | |||
| Asian champion 1991 | |||
| African Champion 1992 | |||
| Oceania Champion 1990 | |||
Existing records
| World record | 3:37:41 h |
Andrei Perlow ( Soviet Union )
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Leningrad (today St. Petersburg), Soviet Union (today Russia ) | 5th August 1989 |
| Olympic record | 3:38:29 h |
Vyacheslav Ivanenko ( Soviet Union )
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50km walk from Seoul , South Korea | September 30, 1988 |
Note: World records are not set in street walking because of the different track conditions.
Routing
Most of the competition was held on Zona Franca Street . The street is about 1.5 km southwest of the Olympic Stadium . The start was on the Zona Franca and the course was about 2000 meters long and had to be completed 24 times. The route then led over Carrer del Foc and Passeig Olimpic to the stadium, where the finish line was after a final lap on the running track.
Course of competition
Date: August 7, 1992
The favorites were u. a. the two Andrei Perlow, owner of the world record and reigning European champion , and Aljaksandr Pataschou, reigning world champion , who start for the United Team . Added to this were the Mexican Carlos Mercenario, winner of the Pan American Games and first in the current world annual best list, the German Hartwig Gauder, who has been a constant medalist at all major championships for many years, and his compatriot Ronald Weigel, second at the 1988 Olympic Games .
The field stayed together for the first few kilometers. At ten kilometer a 20-strong top group had formed. After another five kilometers, nine walkers had left, including Weigel, Gauder, Perlow and Mercenario. Gauder later fell back into the chasing field. At half time of the race, the Finn Valentin Kononen was in the lead. At first he had pulled away with Pataschou and worked out a clear lead with him. After the 20 km mark, however, Pataschou gave up and Kononen was alone in front. Mercenario, Perlow, the Spaniards Jaime Barroso and Jesús Ángel García, Weigel, the Russian Waleri Spizyn, who started for the united team, the Mexican Miguel Rodríguez, the Pole Robert Korzeniowski and the Canadian Guillaume LeBlanc formed the chasing group, which were almost half a minute behind .
Less than ten kilometers further, the field had caught up with Kononen. Korzeniowski now took the lead, LeBlanc had given up the race. A short time later, the Frenchman attacked René Piller and took over the lead. Perlow and Mercenario followed one minute behind, with Korzeniowski a few seconds behind. Weigel followed a minute and a half behind the Pole. Gauder had meanwhile overcome his weak phase and fought his way back to tenth place. Perlow had taken the lead five kilometers from the finish. Piller was half a minute behind. After another fifteen seconds, Korzeniowski followed ahead of Mercenario and Weigel. Piller's strength dwindled noticeably on the steep section uphill to the stadium. He kept falling back. Before entering the stadium tunnel, Korzeniowski, who had caught up with Mercenario, was disqualified after his sixth warning for not following the walking rules. Andrei Perlow won the race almost two minutes ahead of Carlos Mercenario. Ronald Weigel won the bronze medal a minute and a half behind, ahead of Valeri Spizyn and the Czechoslovak Roman Mrázek. Hartwig Gauder achieved sixth place with a strong final section.
| Split times | |||
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| Intermediate mark |
Meanwhile | Leading | 5 km time |
| 5 km | 21:39 min | Aljaksandr Pataschou with a large leadership group | 21:39 min |
| 10 km | 47:12 min | Andrei Perlow with a management group of 20 | 25:33 min |
| 15 km | 1:10:19 h | Aljaksandr Pataschou with a group of 13 people | 23:07 min |
| 20 km | 1:33:14 h | Aljaksandr Pataschou and Valentin Kononen | 22:45 min |
| 25 km | 1:55:31 h | Valentin Kononen | 22:17 min |
| 30 km | 2:17:48 h | Valentin Kononen | 22:17 min |
| 35 km | 2:40:35 h | Korzeniowski - 3 seconds ahead of Mercenario and Perlow | 22:47 min |
| 40 km | 3:02:00 h | René Piller clearly ahead of Mercenario and Perlow | 21:25 min |
| 45 km | 3:25:58 h | Andrei Perlow with a clear lead | 23:58 min |
| 50 km | 3:50:13 h | Andrei Perlow | 24:15 min |
Result
Web links
- SportsReference 50km Walk , accessed February 10, 2018
- Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 63, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 10, 2018
Video
- Men's 50km Walk at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics , published November 27, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed February 10, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 688 , accessed on February 10, 2018
- ↑ Route map in the Official Report (p. 203) , accessed on February 10, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 63, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 10, 2018
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