The
Men's 50 km Race Walk at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in
Moscow,
USSR had an entry list of 27 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified and nine of them did not finish in the final, held on 30 July 1980.
This event was not conducted in
1976
Events January
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, it was last held in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
.
This event netted Spain its first-ever medal in athletics, with
Jordi Llopart taking silver.
Medalists
Final ranking
See also
*
1978 Men's European Championships 50 km Walk (Prague)
*
1982 Men's European Championships 50 km Walk (Athens)
*
1983 Men's World Championships 50 km Walk (Helsinki)
*
1986 Men's European Championships 50 km Walk (Stuttgart)
References
External links
Results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 Km Walk
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Racewalking at the Olympics
Men's events at the 1980 Summer Olympics