Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held on October 17. It was won by Christoph Höhne of East Germany.

Records Prior to this event, the world and Olympic records stood as follows:

World record3:55:36Almaty, Soviet UnionOctober 17, 1965Olympic record4:11:12Tokyo, JapanOctober 18, 1964

Result RankAthleteNationTime 4:20:13.6 4:30:17.0 4:31:55.4 4:33:09.8 4:34:05.0 4:36:33.2 4:37:32.2 4:37:51.4 4:37:57.4 10 4:39:13.8 11 4:39:43.2 12 4:40:13.8 13 4:40:42.6 14 4:43:26.2 15 4:44:39.2 16 4:44:45.2 17 4:47:29.6 18 4:52:20.0 19 4:52:29.0 20 4:53:33.8 21 4:57:40.2 22 4:58:03.8 23 4:58:31.6 24 5:01:06.0 25 5:01:30.0 26 5:38:03.4 27 5:56:09.2 28 5:56:22.0 DSQ DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNS DNS DNS DNS

References

External links Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.