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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Quick Facts Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Venue ...

The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 22 at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 4:00:00 (A standard) and 4:07:00 (B standard).[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World recordRussia Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)3:34:14 Cheboksary, Russia11 May 2008
Olympic record Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)3:38:29 Seoul, South Korea30 September 1988

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

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Results

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OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start

Intermediates

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s.t. - same time.

References

  1. [1]
    "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. [2]
    "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
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