Racewalking In The Olympics

1896 Athens

WidipediA: 1896 Summer Olympics

• No Walks

1900 Paris

• No Walks

1904 St. Louis

WidipediA: 1904 Summer Olympics

• No Walks

1906 Athens (Interim Games)

WidipediA: 1906 Summer Olympics

• 1500m Walk
  • 1. George Bonhag USA 7:12.6 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Donald Linden CAN 7:19.8
  • 3. Konstantin Spetsiotis GRE 7:22.0
• 3000m Walk
  • 1. György Sztantics HUN15:13.2
  • 2. Hermann Müller GER 15:20.0
  • 3. Georgios Saridakis GRE 15:33.0

1908 London

WidipediA: 1908 Summer Olympics

• 3500m Walk
  • 1. George Larner GBR 1:15:57.4 (World best)
  • 2. Ernest Webb GBR 15:07.4
  • 3. Harry Kerr NZL 15:43.4
• 10 Miles Walk
  • 1. George Larner GBR 1:15:57.4 (World best)
  • 2. Ernest Webb GBR 1:17:31.0
  • 3. Edward Spencer GBR 1:21:20.2

1912 Stockholm

WidipediA: 1912 Summer Olympics

• 10,000m Walk
  • 1. George Goulding CAN 46:28.4
  • 2. Ernest Webb GBR 46:50.4
  • 3. Frenando Altimani ITA 47:37.6
  • DNF Frank Kaiser USA
  • 1st Heat: 6. Sam Schwarts USA 50:30.8
  • 1st Heat: 7. Edward Renz USA 50:30.8
  • 2nd Heat: 5. Frank Kaiser USA 50:30.8
  • 2nd Heat: 6. Arthur Voelmeke USA 50:30.8

1920 Antwerp

WidipediA: 1908 Summer Olympics

• 3,000m Walk
  • 1. Ugo Frigerio ITA 13:14.2 (Olympic record)
  • 2. George Parker USA 13:20.6
  • 3. Richard Remer USA 13:23.6
  • 5. Thomas Maroney USA 13:26.8
  • 1st Heat: 3. Thomas Maroney USA -
  • 1st Heat: 11. Joe Pearman USA -
  • 2nd Heat: 3. Richard Remer USA -
  • 2nd Heat: 4. William Roelker USA -
• 10,000m Walk
  • 1. Ugo Frigerio ITA
  • 2. Joseph Pearman USA 49:40.8
  • 3. Charles Gunn GBR 49:44.4
  • 6. Thomas Maroney USA 50:20.6
  • 1st Heat: 2. Joe Pearman USA 47:30.2
  • 1st Heat: 7. William Roelker USA -
  • 2nd Heat: 3. Thomas Maroney USA -
  • 2nd Heat: 4. Willie Plant USA -

1924 Paris

WidipediA: 1924 Summer Olympics

• 10,000m Walk
  • 1. Ugo Frigerio ITA 47:49.0
  • 2. Reginald Goodwin GBR 48:37.9
  • 3. Cecil McMaster SAF 49:08.0
  • 1st Heat: 3 - Harry Hinkel USA
  • 2nd Heat: 9 - Charles Foster USA
  • Final: 9 - Harry Hinkel USA

1928 Amsterdam

WidipediA: 1928 Summer Olympics

• No Walks

1932 Los Angeles

WidipediA: 1932 Summer Olympics

• 50k Walk
  • 1. Tommy Green GBR 4:50:10
  • 2. Janis Dalinch LAT 4:57:20
  • 3. Ugo Frigerio ITA 4:59:06
  • 8. Ernie Crosbie USA 5:28:01
  • 9. Bill Chisholm USA 5:51:00
  • DNF Harry Hinkel USA

1936 Berlin

WidipediA: 1908 Summer Olympics

• 50k Walk
  • 1. Harold Whitlock GBR 4:30:41.4 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Arthur Schwab SUI 4:32:10
  • 3. Adalberts Bubenko LAT 4:32:43
  • 21. Albert Mangan USA 5:12:00.0
  • 23. Ernest Koehler USA 5:20:18.4
  • 26. Ernie Crosbie USA 5:31:44.2

1948 London

WidipediA: 1908 Summer Olympics

• 10,000m Walk
  • 1. John Mikaelsson SWE 45:13.2
  • 2. Ingemar Johansson SWE 45:43.8
  • 3. Fritz Schwab SUI 46:00.2
  • 1st Heat: disq Ernest Weber USA
  • 1st Heat: disq Fred Sharaga USA
  • 2nd Heat: 7 - Henry Laskau USA
• 50k Walk
  • 1. John Ljunggren SEW 4:41:52
  • 2. Gaston Godel SUI 4:48:17
  • 3. Tebbs Lloyd Johnson* GBR 4:48:31
    *Tebbs at 48 became the oldest Olympic atheletics medelist. (So there is hope.)
  • 12. Ernie Crosbie USA 5:15:16.0
  • 15. John Deni USA 5:28:33.0
  • 16. Adolph Weinacker USA 5:30:14.0

1952 Helsinki

WidipediA: 1952 Summer Olympics

• 10,000m Walk
  • 1. John Mikaelsson SWE 45:02.8
  • 2. Fritz Schwab SUI 45:41.0
  • 3. Bruno Junk URS 45:41.0
  • 1st Heat: disq Henry Laskau USA
  • 2nd Heat: 9 - Price King USA 51:08.6
• 50k Walk
  • 1. Giuseppe Dordoni ITA 4:28:07.8 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Josef Dolezal TCH 4:30:18
  • 3. Antal Roka HUN 4:32:28
  • 22. Adolph Weinacker USA 5:01:00.4
  • DNF Leo Sjogren USA
  • DNF John Deni USA

1956 Melborne

WidipediA: 1956 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk
  • 1. Leonid Spirin URS 1:31:27.4
  • 2. Antanas Mikenas URS 1:32:03
  • 3. Burno Junk URS 1:32:12
  • 12. Henry Laskau USA 1:38:46.8
  • 16. Bruce McDonald USA 1:43:25.6
  • 17. Jim Hewson USA 1:46:24.8
• 50k Walk
  • 1. Norman Read NZL 4:30:42.8
  • 2. Yevgeniy Maskinskov URS 4:32:57
  • 3. John Ljunggren SWE 4:35:02
  • 7. Adolph Weinacker USA 5:00:16
  • 11. Elliott Denman USA 5:12:14
  • 12. Leo Sjogres 5:12:34

1960 Rome

WidipediA: 1960 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk
  • 1. Vladimir Golubnichiy URS 1:33:07.2
  • 2. Noel Freeman AUS 1:34:17
  • 3. Stan Vickers GBR 1:34:57
  • 19. Ron Zinn USA 1:42:47.0
  • 23. Bob Mimm USA 1:45:09.0
  • 24. Rudy Haluza USA 1:45:11.0
• 50k Walk
  • 1. Donald Thompson GBR 4:25:30 (Olymipc record)
  • 2. John Ljunggren SWE 4:25:47
  • 3. Abdon Parnich ITA 4:27:56
  • 19. Ron Laird USA 4:53:21.6
  • 23. Bruce McDonald USA 5:00:47.6
  • 24. John Allen USA 5:03:15.2

1964 Toyko

WidipediA: 1964 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk
  • 1. Kenneth Mathews GBR 1:29:34.0 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Dieter Linder GER (GDR) 1:31:14
  • 3. Vladimir Golubnichiy URS 1:32:00
  • 6. Ron Zinn USA 1:32:43
  • 17. Jack Mortland USA 1:36:35
  • DQ Ron Laird USA
• 50k Walk
  • 1. Abdon Parnich ITA 4:11:12.4 (world best)
  • 2. Paul Nahill GBR 4:11:32
  • 3. Ingvar Pettersson SWE 4:14:18
  • 21. Chris McCarthy USA 4:35:41.6
  • 26. Bruce McDonald USA 4:45:10.4
  • 29. Mike Brodie USA 4:57:41.0

1968 Mexico City

WidipediA: 1968 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk
  • 1. Vladimir Golubnichiy URS 1:33:58.4
  • 2. Jose Pedraza MEX 1:34:00
  • 3. Nikolay Smaga URS 1:34:04
  • 4. Rudy Haluza USA 1:35:01
  • 17. Tom Dooley USA 1:40:08
  • 25. Ron Laird USA 1:44:38
• 50k Walk
  • 1. Christoph Höhne GDR 4:20:13.6
  • 2. Antal Kiss HUN 4:30:17
  • 3. Larry Young USA 4:31:56 (WikipediA link)
  • 25. Goetz Klopfer USA 4:39:13.8
  • 26. Dave Romansky USA 5:38:03.4 *With a fever over 100°

1972 Munich

WidipediA: 1908 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk
  • 1. Peter Frankel GDR 1:26:42.4 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Vladimir Golubnichiy URS 1:26:56
  • 3. Hans Reimann GDR 1:27:17
  • 10. Larry Young USA 1:32:53.4 (WikipediA link)
  • 15. Tom Dooley USA 1:34:58.8
  • 19. Goetz Klopfer USA 1:38:33.6
• 50k Walk
  • 1. Bernd Kannengerg FRG 3:56:11.6 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Venaimin Soldatenko URS 3:58:24
  • 3. Larry Young USA 4:00:46 (WikipediA link)
  • 17. Bill Weigle USA 4:22:53.2
  • 27. Steve Hayden USA 4:36:07.2

1976 Montreal

WidipediA: 1976 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk
  • 1. Danial Bautista MEX 1:24:40.6 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Hans-Georg Reimann GDR 1:25:14
  • 3. Peter Frankel GDR 1:25:30
  • 20. Ron Laird USA 1:33:27.6
  • 22. Larry Walker USA 1:34:19.4
  • 29. Todd Scully 1:36:37.4
• 50k Walk: not held

1980 Moscow

WidipediA: 1980 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk
  • 1. Maurizio Damilano ITL 1:23:35.5 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Pyotr Pochinchuk USR 1:24:46
  • 3. Ronald Wieser GDR 1:25:59
• 50k Walk
  • 1. Hartwig Guader GDR 3:49:24.0 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Jorge Llopart ESP 3:51:25
  • 3. Yevgeniy Ivchenko URS 3:56:32

1984 Los Angeles

WidipediA: 1984 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk
  • 1. Ernesto Canto MEX 1:23:13.0 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Raul Gonzalez MEX 1:23:20
  • 3. Maurizio Damilano ITA 1:23:26
  • 7. Marco Evoniuk USA 1:25:42
  • 23. Jim Heiring USA 1:30:20
  • 33. Dan O'Connor USA 1:35:12
• 50k Walk
  • 1. Raul Gonzalez MEX 3:47:26.0 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Bo Gustafsson SWE 3:52:19
  • 3. Sandro Bellucci ITA 3:53:45
  • 6. Carl Schueler USA 3:59:46
  • 14. Vince O'Sullivan USA 4:22:51
  • DNF Marco Evoniuk USA

1988 Seoul

WidipediA: 1908 Summer Olympics

• 20K Walk
  • 1. Jozef Pribilinec CEA 1:19:57.0 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Ronald Weigel GDR ???
  • 3. Maurizio Damilano ITA 1:20:14
  • 37. Gary Morgan USA 1:27:26
  • 38. Jim Heiring USA 1:27:30
  • 44. Tim Lewis USA 1:31:00
• 50K Walk
  • 1. Vyacheslav Ivanenko URS 3:38:29.0 (Olympic record)
  • 2. Ronald Weigel GDR 3:38:56
  • 3. Hartwig Guader GDR 3:39:45

    USA: Marco Evoniuk, Carl Schueler, Andy Kaestner

1992 Barcalona

WidipediA: 1992 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk - Men
  • 1. Daniel Plaza ESP 1:21:45
  • 2. Guillaume LeBlanc CAN 1:22:25
  • 3. Gionvanni De Benedictis ITA 1:23:11
  • 30. Allen James 1:35:12
• 50k Walk - Men
  • 1. Andrey Perlov EUN 3:50:13
  • 2. Carlos Mercenario MEX 3:52:09
  • 3. Ronald Weigel GDR 3:53:45
  • 23. Carl Schueler USA 4:13:38
  • 33. Herman Nelson USA 4:25:49
  • DNF Marco Evoniuk USA
• 10k Walk - Women
  • 1. Chen Yueling CHN 44:32
  • 2. Yelana Nikolaeva EUN 44:33
  • 3. Li Chinxiu CHN 44:41
  • 20. Michelle Rohl USA 46:45
  • 26. Debbi Lawrence USA 48:23
  • 27. Victoria Herazo USA 48:26

1996 Alantla

WidipediA: 1996 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk - Men
  1. Jefferson Perez, (ECU) 1:20:07
  2. Ilya Markov (RUS) 1:20:16
  3. Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1:20:23
  4. Nick A'Hern (AUS) 1:20:31
  5. Rishat Shafikov (RUS) 1:20:41
  6. Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) 1:20:47
  7. M. Shchennikov (RUS) 1:21:09
  8. Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1:21:13

     USA: Curt Clausen 1:31:30 (50)

• 50k Walk - Men
  1. Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:43:46
  2. M. Shchennikov (RUS) 3:43:46
  3. Valentin Massana (ESP) 3:44:19
  4. Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) 3:44:52
  5. Viktor Ginko (BLR) 3:45:27
  6. Ignacio Zamudio (MEX) 3:46:07

     USA: Andrew Herman, Allen James, Andrez Chlenshky

• 10,000m Walk - Women
  1. Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 41:49 (OR)
  2. Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) 42:12
  3. Yan Wang (CHN) 42:19
  4. Yan Gu (CHN) 42:34
  5. Rossella Giordano (ITA) 42:43
  6. O. Kardapoltseva (BLR) 43:0214

     USA: Michelle Rohl USA 44:29 (14) 20.
     Debbie Larwence (20) 45:32
     Victoria Herazo (DQ)

2000 Sydney

WidipediA: 2000 Summer Olympics

• 20k Walk - Men
  1. Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1:18:59 (Olympic record)
  2. Noe Hernández (MEX) 1:19:03
  3. Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1:19:27

     USA: Curt Clausen 3:58:39 (22), Phillip Dunn 4:03:05 (28), Andrew Hermann 4:07:18 (31)

• 50k Walk - Men
  1. Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:42:22
  2. Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) 3:43:40
  3. Joel Sánchez (MEX) 3:44:36

     USA: Timothy Seaman 1:30:32 (40)

• 20,000m Walk - Women
  1. Wang, Liping (CHN) 1:29:05
  2. Tysse-Plätzer, Kjersti (NOR) 1:29:33
  3. Vasco, María (ESP) 1:30:23

     USA: Michelle Rohl 1:34:26 (17) Yueling Chen 1:39:36 (38), Debbi Lawrence 1:47:20 (44)

2004 Athens

WidipediA: 2004 Summer Olympics

• Official Site

• 20k Walk - Men
  1. Buugnetti Ivano (ITA) 1:19:40 (PB)
  2. Frenandez Francisco Javier  (ESP) 1:19:45
  3. Deakes Nathan (AUS) 1:20:02

     USA: Timothy Seaman 1:25:17 (20), Kevin Eastler 1:25:20 (21), John NUnn 1:27:38 (26)

• 50k Walk - Men
  1. Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:38:46 (WikipediA)
  2. Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 3:42.50
  3. Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) 3:43.34

     USA: Curt Clausen 4:11:31 (32), Phillip Dunn 4:12:49 (34)

• 20,000m Walk - Women
  1. Tsoumeléka Athanasía (GRE) 1:29:12 (PB)
  2. Ivanova Olimpiada (RUS) 1:29:16
  3. Saville Jane (AUS) 1:29:25

     USA: Vaill Teresa 1:38:47 (43)

      

2008 Beijing

WidipediA: 2008 Summer Olympics

• Official Site
• Beijing 2008 China Summer Olympics UnOfficial

• 20k Walk - Men
  1. Valeriy BORCHIN (RUS) 1:19:01
  2. Jefferson Perez, (ECU) 1:19:15 (SB)
  3. Jared TALLENT (AUS) 1:19:42

     USA: Kevin EASTLER 1:28:44 (43)

• 50k Walk - Men
  1. Alex SCHWAZER (ITA) 3:37:09 (OR)
  2. Jared TALLENT (AUS) 3:39:27   (PB)
  3. Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 3:40:14

     USA: Phillip DUNN 4:08:32 (39)

• 20,000m Walk - Women
  1. Olga KANISKINA (RUS) 1:26:31 (OR)
  2. Kjersti Tysse PLATZER (NOR) 1:27:07 (NR)
  3. Elisa RIGAUDO ITA 1:27:12 (PB)

     USA: Joanne DOW 1:34:15 (SB)

2012 London

WidipediA: 2012 Summer Olympics

• Official Site

• 20k Walk - Men
• 50k Walk - Men
• 20,000m Walk - Women

2016 ?

WidipediA: 2016 Summer Olympics

2020 ?

WidipediA: 2020 Summer Olympics

2024 ?

WidipediA: 2016 Summer Olympics