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Men’s 50 kilometres walk
Held at 13 Games, 1936–2020. Most golds: Poland (3). Most medals: Robert Korzeniowski (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
Open the latest podium in the atlas →Games131936–2020
Medals39
Delegations23on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Tokyo | Dawid Tomala Poland | Jonathan Hilbert Germany | Evan Dunfee Canada |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Matej Tóth Slovakia | Jared Tallent Australia | Hirooki Arai Japan |
| 2012 London | Jared Tallent Australia | Si Tianfeng China | Robert Heffernan Ireland |
| 2000 Sydney | Robert Korzeniowski Poland | Aigars Fadejevs Latvia | Joel Sánchez Guerrero Mexico |
| 1996 Atlanta | Robert Korzeniowski Poland | Mikhail Shchennikov Russia | Valentí Massana Spain |
| 1988 Seoul | Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union | Ronald Weigel East Germany | Hartwig Gauder East Germany |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Raúl González Mexico | Bo Gustafsson Sweden | Sandro Bellucci Italy |
| 1980 Moscow | Hartwig Gauder East Germany | Jorge Llopart Spain | Yevgeniy Ivchenko Soviet Union |
| 1972 Munich | Bernd Kannenberg West Germany | Veniamin Soldatenko Soviet Union | Larry Young United States |
| 1968 Mexico City | Christoph Höhne East Germany | Antal Kiss Hungary | Larry Young United States |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Norman Read New Zealand | Yevgeny Maskinskov Soviet Union | John Ljunggren Sweden |
| 1952 Helsinki | Pino Dordoni Italy | Josef Doležal Czechoslovakia | Antal Róka Hungary |
| 1936 Berlin | Harold Whitlock Great Britain | Arthur Tell Schwab Switzerland | Adalberts Bubenko Latvia |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | East Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |