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Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games:
Men's 50 kilometres Walk
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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Date Started: July 30, 1980
Date Finished: July 30, 1980
| Gold: |  Hartwig Gauder |
| Silver: |  Jorge Llopart |
| Bronze: |  Yevgeny Ivchenko |
Summary
After not being contested at the Olympics in 1976, the 50 km. race was reinstated. The world record holder was Mexicoâs [Raúl González], and he led out the field for the first 20 km. But he would not finish, and all the Mexican walkers also failed to finish this race. Hartwig Gauder (GDR) walked with Gonzales for much of the race, but broke him shortly after 30 km. and eventually pulled away to win by two minutes over Spainâs [Jorge Llopart]. Bronze medalist Yevgeny Ivchenko was 42-years-old, one of the oldest athletics medalists ever.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartwig Gauder | 25 | East Germany | GDR | Gold | 3-49:24 | OB |
| 2 | Jorge Llopart | 28 | Spain | ESP | Silver | 3-51:25 | |
| 3 | Yevgeny Ivchenko | 42 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | 3-56:32 | |
| 4 | Bengt Simonsen | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 3-57:08 | ||
| 5 | Vyacheslav Fursov | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 3-58:32 | ||
| 6 | José MarÃn | 30 | Spain | ESP | 4-03:08 | ||
| 7 | StanisÅaw Rola | 23 | Poland | POL | 4-07:07 | ||
| 8 | Willi Sawall | 38 | Australia | AUS | 4-08:25 | ||
| 9 | László Sátor | 27 | Hungary | HUN | 4-10:53 | ||
| 10 | Pavol Blažek | 22 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 4-16:26 | ||
| 11 | Ian Richards | 32 | Great Britain | GBR | 4-22:57 | ||
| 12 | Khristos Karageorgos | 27 | Greece | GRE | 4-24:36 | ||
| 13 | Juraj BenÄÃk | 35 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 4-27:39 | ||
| 14 | Enrique Peña | 38 | Colombia | COL | 4-29:27 | ||
| 15 | Ernesto Alfaro | 34 | Colombia | COL | 4-46:28 | ||
| AC | Bo Gustafsson | 25 | Sweden | SWE | DNF | ||
| AC | Bohdan BuÅakowski | 30 | Poland | POL | DNF | ||
| AC | Daniel Bautista | 27 | Mexico | MEX | DNF | ||
| AC | David Smith | 24 | Australia | AUS | DNF | ||
| AC | Gérard Lelièvre | 30 | France | FRA | DNF | ||
| AC | MartÃn Bermúdez | 22 | Mexico | MEX | DNF | ||
| AC | Raúl González | 28 | Mexico | MEX | DNF | ||
| AC | Reima Salonen | 24 | Finland | FIN | DNF | ||
| AC | Boris Yakovlev | 35 | Soviet Union | URS | DQ | ||
| AC | Dietmar Meisch | 21 | East Germany | GDR | DQ | ||
| AC | JaromÃr VaÅous | 24 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | DQ | ||
| AC | Uwe Dünkel | 19 | East Germany | GDR | DQ |
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