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1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 Kilometres Walk
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 22 August 1958. Medalists Results Final 22 August Participation According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event. * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (1) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1958 European Athletics Championships, Mens 50 kilometres race walk 50 kilometres race walk The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and th ... Race walking at the European Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
50 Kilometres Race Walk
The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 50 kilometres is approximately 31 miles. The 50 kilometres race walk was dropped from the Olympic program after the 2020 Tokyo Games in 2021 and was replaced by a mixed team race, the marathon race walk mixed relay in order to achieve gender equality. World records The men's world record for the 50 km race walk was held by Denis Nizhegorodov, through his race of 3:34:14 in Cheboksary in 2008, until it was beaten by Yohann Diniz at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislav Moc
Ladislav Moc (17 September 1931 – 18 September 2022) was a Czech racewalker. He competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar .... References 1931 births 2022 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Czech male race walkers Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia People from KolÃn District Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claus Biethan
Claus (sometimes Clas) is both a given name and a German, Danish, and Dutch surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Claus von Amsberg, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (1926–2002) * Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Count of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born 2004) *Claus von Bülow (1926–2019), British socialite accused of attempting to murder his wife, Sunny von Bülow *Claus Clausen (other), three people of that name *Claus Jacob (born 1969), German scientist *Claus Jørgensen (racewalker) (born 1974), Danish racewalker *Claus Bech Jørgensen (born 1976), Danish-born Faroese footballer * Claus Larsen (other), three people of that name *Claus Lundekvam (born 1973), Norwegian former footballer *Claus Moser, Baron Moser (1922–2015), British statistician * Claus Nielsen (born 1964), Danish former football striker *Claus Norreen (born 1970), Danish musician with the band Aqua, and record producer *Claus Offe (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åke Söderlund
Ã…ke Wilhelm Söderlund (11 April 1925 – 25 August 2002) was a Swedish racewalking athlete. He competed at the 1952, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics with the best result of 18th place in the 20 km event in 1964. Söderlund twice competed at the European Athletics Championships, but failed to finish the 50 kilometres race walk. He also took part in the IAAF World Race Walking Cup twice, winning a bronze medal in the 50 km event in 1961 and placing 12th in the 20 km in 1967. Söderlund won three Nordic Race Walking Championships, in the 20 km in 1957 and 1967 and in the 50 km in 1961. Söderlund later competed in the masters category and won the 25 km event at the 1975 World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships. His twin brother Erik The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or EirÃkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''EirÃkr'' (or ''ErÃkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Dordoni
Giuseppe Dordoni (28 June 1926 – 24 October 1998) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre race walk. Biography He competed for Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal in the men's 50 kilometre walk event. In 1950 he became European champion. Dordoni finished second behind Ken Matthews in the 2 miles walk event at the 1961 AAA Championships. Achievements National titles Pino Dordoni has won 26 times the individual national championship. *11 wins on 10000 metres walk (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957) *10 wins on 20 km walk (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957) *5 wins on 50 km walk (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954) See also * Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame * FIDAL Hall of Fame The IAAF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the Italian Athletics Federation (, FIDAL) in 2012. The FIDAL Hall of Fame includes Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Dufresne
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * Bulgarian: Andrei, |
