2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50 km walk (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 50 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 54 athletes from 29 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Olympic Stadium Athens (start and finish) | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 27, 2004 | ||||||||
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The men's 50 km walk at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was held on August 27, 2004 on a circuit south of the Athens Olympic Stadium. 54 athletes started, 41 reached the finish.
The Olympic champion was Robert Korzeniowski from Poland . He won from the Russians Denis Nischegorodow and Alexei Vojewodin .
The German walker André Höhne had to give up the race, his teammate Andreas Erm was disqualified.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
| Olympic Champion 2000 |
Robert Korzeniowski ( Poland )
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3: 42.22 h | Sydney 2000 |
| World Champion 2003 | 3: 36.03 h | Paris 2003 | |
| European Champion 2002 | 3: 36.39 h | Munich 2002 | |
| Pan American Champion 2003 |
Germán Sánchez ( Mexico )
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4: 05.02 h | Santo Domingo 2003 |
| Central America and Caribbean champions 2003 | 50 km walking not in the championship program | ||
| South American Champion 2004 | Luis Villagra ( Chile )
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4: 16.45 h | Los Ángeles 2004 |
| Asian champion 2003 | 50 km walking not in the championship program | ||
| African champion 2004 | |||
| Oceania Champion 2002 | |||
Existing records
| World record | 3:36:03 h |
Robert Korzeniowski ( Russia )
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Paris , France | August 27, 2003 |
| Olympic record | 3:38:29 h |
Vyacheslav Ivanenko ( Soviet Union )
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50km walk from Seoul , South Korea | September 30, 1988 |
Remarks:
- The International Athletics Federation ( IAAF) first set official world records for walking on the streets at the 2003 World Championships . Before that, the term “world best” was used here because of the different track conditions. The minimum requirement for recognition of an achievement as a world record is the route over a course with identical start and destination points, so that it is ensured that the route does not have any inclines overall.
- The Russian Denis Nischegorodow achieved a time of 3:35:29 h on June 14, 2004 in Cheboksary, Russia, and was thus more than half a minute faster than Korzeniowski. However, since no doping controls took place, which is mandatory for the recognition of a world record, Nischegorodov's performance could not be recognized as a world record.
Routing
The competition was started in the Olympic Stadium in Athens. Immediately afterwards, the route ran outside the stadium and headed south on a circuit two kilometers long. This circuit initially ran south across the Lavrou to Kapodistriou. There was a turning point here when the route led back. It went in a loop eastwards to the Neapoleos. After 24 laps the way led back to the stadium.
Race course
August 27, 2004 at 7:00 am, Athens local time ( UTC + 2 )
The top favorite was the two-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion and two-time European champion Robert Korzeniowski from Poland. Contenders for the other medals were the Russian World Cup fourth and vice European champion Alexei Wojewodin, the German World Cup third Andreas Erm, who started with a training deficit due to an injury, the Russian World Cup fifth Denis Nischegorodow and the Spanish vice world champion from 2003 Jesús Ángel García.
At the beginning of the race, the three Chinese Yu Chaohong, Han Yucheng and A Latangadasu took over the lead. At the beginning of the circuit, Han stepped up the pace and gained a head start for himself and his compatriots. However, Han soon fell back into the main draw. The Australian Nathan Deakes, the two Russians Nischegorodow and Vojewodin, Korzeniowski, the Latvian Aigars Fadejevs and Erm quickly caught up with the two leading Chinese, of whom Latangadasu was soon unable to keep up with the pace. From this group of six, Fadejevs had to be the first to let go, soon Erm could no longer keep the pace and after thirty kilometers Deakes also fell out of the group. Erm and Deakes were disqualified a little later. Korzeniowski and Nischegorodow were quickly alone in front, because Yu now also fell behind.
But this group of two only existed for a short time. After thirty kilometers, Korzeniowski pushed again and Nischegorodow had to let the Pole go. At 35 km, Korzeniowski was already half a minute ahead. Yu followed a good twenty seconds behind the Russian, who in turn had a three-minute lead over the now fourth-placed Voivodin. Korzeniowski went to a lonely competition up front. His lead continued to grow and the decision about the distribution of the medals also seemed to have been made in the ranks behind. Nischegorodov's lead on Yu also increased and at 45 km Yu was in third about one and a half minutes ahead of Vojewodin. But the Russian was steadily catching up against the increasingly waning Yu.
In the end, Robert Korzeniowski was able to celebrate his third Olympic victory in a row after 3:38:46 h. His lead over silver medalist Denis Nischegorodow was over four minutes. And behind that, Yu Chaohong lost his third place after all. Alexei Voevodin pushed past the Chinese and won the bronze medal with a nine-second lead.
Robert Korzeniowski was the first walker to win the 50 km walk three times . After becoming Olympic champion in the 20 km competition at the 2000 Games , he had already won his fourth gold medal, making him the most successful walker in Olympic history.
| Split times | |||
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| brand | Meanwhile | Leading | 5 km time |
| 5 km | 22:21 min | Korzeniowski, Erm, Chaohong, Fadejevs, Deakes, Nischegorodow | 22:21 min |
| 10 km | 44:48 min | Nischegorodow, Korzeniowski, Fadejevs, Deakes, Yu, Erm | 22:27 min |
| 15 km | 1:06:27 h | Nischegorodow, Korzeniowski, Yu, Erm, Deakes | 21:39 min |
| 20 km | 1:27:54 h | Nischegorodow, Korzeniowski, Yu, Deakes | 21:27 min |
| 25 km | 1:49:18 h | Korzeniowski, Nischegorodow, Yu, Deakes | 21:24 min |
| 30 km | 2:10:57 h | Korzeniowski, Nischegorodow, Deakes, Yu | 21:39 min |
| 35 km | 2:32:12 h | Korzeniowski | 21:15 min |
| 40 km | 2:53:42 h | Korzeniowski | 21:30 min |
| 45 km | 3:15:48 h | Korzeniowski | 22:06 min |
| 50 km | 3:38:46 h | Robert Korzeniowski | 22:58 min |
Result
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Olympic champion Robert Korzeniowski from Poland
Silver medalist Denis Nischegorodow, Russia
The Spaniard Jesús Ángel García finished fifth in the Olympics
The Pole Grzegorz Sudoł took seventh place
The Olympic twelfth Jefferson Pérez from Ecuador
The German André Höhne gave up the competition
The Portuguese Pedro Martins did not reach the goal
The Australian Nathan Deakes was disqualified
Julio René Martínez from Guatemala was withdrawn from the race
The Japanese Takayuki Tanii was disqualified
Web links
- SportsReference 50km Walk , accessed April 26, 2018
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 26, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on April 26, 2018
Video
- Robert Korzeniowski - złoty medal, Ateny 2004, chód na 50 km , published on October 2, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed on April 26, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 688 , accessed on April 26, 2018
- ↑ IAAF world records, 50 km walk men , accessed on April 26, 2018
- ↑ Description of the route on Runscore.com (fr.) , Accessed on April 26, 2018
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