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1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - Men's 50 km walk

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Host City: Los Angeles, United States

Date Started: August 11, 1984

Date Finished: August 11, 1984

(Competitors: 31; Countries: 16)

Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Overview by IAAF

González – five times the world’s best 50Km man between 1977 and 1982 – was the man to beat, and was the fastest in the field with 3:46:41. Two non-participants – Ronald Weigel (3:43:25) and ’80 winner Gauder (3:45:37) – had beaten him in that race. González was one of six sharing the lead at 20Km, but Martin Bermudez (MEX) and Erling Andersen (NOR) were disqualified. The 20Km specialists Damilano and LeBlanc failed to finish, and Ernesto Canto faded to place 10th. Damilano was the last to drop, some 46 seconds behind González. The Mexican was left with a huge lead, and he won by nearly six minutes from Gustafsson, who got away from Bellucci in the last 3Km. At his fourth Olympics, González finally won the one title to have eluded him in his career.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The day was hot as the race started and it only got hotter for the 4 hours it was contested. [Raúl González] was the world record holder but had not won gold at the Olympics nor at the 1983 World Championship. He went out very hard, taking a chance in the heat, but broke the field open and had dropped everybody by 40 km. He eventually won by almost six minutes. The field was depleted by the absence of the East Germans, notably [Ronald Weigel] and [Hartwig Gauder], the defending champion.

		Results

*50 km walk*	Men	Final	11 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	3.47.26	Raúl González	Mexico	MEX	29 Feb 52
2	3.53.19	Bo Gustafsson	Sweden	SWE	29 Sep 54
3	3.53.45	Sandro Bellucci	Italy	ITA	21 Feb 55
4	3.58.30	Reima Salonen	Finland	FIN	19 Nov 55
5	3.59.26	Raffaello Ducceschi	Italy	ITA	25 Feb 62
6	3.59.46	Carl Schueler	United States	USA	26 Feb 56
7	4.03.09	Jorge Llopart	Spain	ESP	5 May 52
8	4.04.42	José Pinto	Portugal	POR	19 Jun 56
9	4.05.47	Manuel Alcalde	Spain	ESP	31 Dec 56
10	4.07.59	Ernesto Canto	Mexico	MEX	18 Oct 59
11	4.09.18	Mike Harvey	Australia	AUS	5 Dec 62
12	4.13.34	Dominique Guebey	France	FRA	23 May 52
13	4.15.12	Lars Ove Moen	Norway	NOR	15 Nov 59
14	4.22.51	Vince O'Sullivan	United States	USA	23 Feb 57
15	4.23.39	Zhang Fuxin	China	CHN	9 Jul 61
16	4.26.33	Chris Maddocks	Great Britain	GBR	28 Mar 57
17	4.36.35	José Victor Alonzo	Guatemala	GUA	1 May 59
	DQ	Martín Bermúdez	Mexico	MEX	19 Jul 58
	DNF	Gérard Lelièvre	France	FRA	13 Nov 49
	DNF	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	ITA	6 Apr 57
	DNF	Querubin Moreno	Moldova	MDA	29 Dec 59
	DQ	Erling Andersen	Norway	NOR	22 Sep 60
	DQ	Bengt Simonsen	Sweden	SWE	23 Mar 58
	DQ	Roland Nilsson	Sweden	SWE	13 Sep 48
	DQ	François Lapointe	Canada	CAN	23 Aug 61
	DNF	Guillaume Leblanc	Canada	CAN	14 Apr 62
	DNF	Marcel Jobin	Canada	CAN	3 Jan 42
	DNF	Marco Evoniuk	United States	USA	30 Sep 57
	DNF	Andrew Jachno	Australia	AUS	13 Apr 62
	DNF	Willi Sawall	Australia	AUS	7 Nov 41
	DNF	Osvaldo Morejon	Bolivia	BOL	11 Dec 59