1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk
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These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk
event at the 1987 World Championships
in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...
event at the 1987 World Championships
1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...
in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.
Medalists
| Gold |  Hartwig GauderHartwig Gauder Hartwig Gauder is a former German race walker.-Biography:In 1996 Gauda started suffering from a virus infection of his heart. After living with an artificial heart for several months, he received a heart transplant. He has subsequently taken part in the New York Marathon several times... East Germany (GDR) |
| Silver | Ronald Weigel Ronald Weigel Ronald Weigel is a German athlete and Olympic medal winner. In the 1980s through the middle of the 1990s he represented East Germany as one of world's best in race walking.His first big win came in 1983 when he won the World title in the 50 km walk... East Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze |  Vyacheslav IvanenkoVyacheslav Ivanenko Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanenko is a retired race walker who represented the USSR. He won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a personal best time of 3:38:29... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start NM no mark WR world record WL world leading AR area record NR national record PB personal best SB season best
Records
Existing records at the start of the event.| World Record | 3:38:17 | Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre.... , East Germany |
May 25, 1986 | |
| Championship Record | 3:43.08 | Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
August 12, 1983 | |
Final
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
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3:40.53 CR | |
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3:41.30 | |
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3:44.02 | |
| 4. | 3:47.49 | |
| 5. | 3:48.27 | |
| 6. | 3:48.52 | |
| 7. | 3:49.44 | |
| 8. | 3:52.08 | |
| 9. | 3:52.16 | |
| 10. | 3:52.21 | |
| 11. | 3:53.30 | |
| 12. | 3:55.52 | |
| 13. | 3:56.11 | |
| 14. | 3:56.34 | |
| 15. | 3:56.40 | |
| 16. | 3:57.09 | |
| 17. | 3:57.43 | |
| 18. | 3:58.43 | |
| 19. | 3:59.55 | |
| 20. | 4:00.10 | |
| 21. | 4:00.11 | |
| 22. | 4:03.34 | |
| 23. | 4:09.53 | |
| 24. | 4:10.55 | |
| 25. | 4:11.04 | |
| 26. | 4:14.25 | |
| 27. | 4:26.03 | |
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See also
- 1978 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Prague)
- 1980 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Moscow)Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walkThe Men's 50 km Race Walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entrylist of 27 competitors. Four athletes were disqualified and eight did not finish in the final, held on 30 July 1980.-Medalists:-Final ranking:-See also:...
- 1982 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Athens)1982 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km WalkThese are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece.-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Final:-See also:...
- 1984 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Los Angeles)Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walkThe Men's 50 km Race Walk at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 31 competitors. Five athletes were disqualified in the final, held on August 11, 1984.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:-Final ranking:-See also:...
- 1986 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Stuttgart)1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km WalkThese are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany.-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Final:-See also:* 1980 Men's Olympic 50km Walk...
- 1987 Race Walking Year Ranking1987 Race Walking Year RankingThis page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1987 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km...
- 1988 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Seoul)Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walkThe Men's 50 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 42 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while four walkers did not finish the race, held on Friday September 30, 1988.-Medalists:...
- 1990 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Split)1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km WalkThese are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. There were a total number of fifteen participating athletes, who finished the race.-Abbreviations:...