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1972 Olympic Games Munich - Men's 50 km walk

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Host City: München, West Germany

Date Started: September 3, 1972

Date Finished: September 3, 1972

(Competitors: 36; Countries: 18)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, München

Overview by IAAF

Soldatenko, the European Champion, and Kannenberg, who had produced the fastest ever time of 3:52:45 earlier in the year, were expected to battle for the gold. Kannenberg went to the front from the start, and Soldatenko stayed with him for 35Km before dropping back. In third at 20Km was Sergey Grigoryev (URS) who was 1:26 behind the leaders, but he was disqualified shortly after the 25Km mark. Larry Young started conservatively, as he had done in 1968, but had moved up from 11th at 10Km to third at 30Km. He repeated his bronze medal of Mexico City with the best time ever by an American. Kannenberg’s winning time was the third-best ever, and Soldatenko’s was the number five mark of all-time. The one major disappointment was Christoph Höhne. The defending champion had a rare off-day, finishing 14th in 0.181064814814815

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The race was felt to be between 1971 European Champion Veniamin Soldatenko (URS) and West Germany’s Bernd Kannenberg, who had broken the world best earlier in the year. The two dominated the race, leading together for 35 km., when Kannenberg surged and dropped Soldatenko. By then, Soldatenko he already had a warning and had to walk more conservatively. Larry Young (USA) repeated his bronze medal from 1968. The defending champion was Christoph Höhne (GDR) who was Lugano Trophy champion in 1965, 1967, and 1970, and was European Champion in 1969 as well. But he had an off day and placed 14th.

		Results

*50 km walk*	Men	Final	3 September

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	3.56.12	Bernd Kannenberg	West Germany	FRG	20 Aug 42
2	3.58.24	Venyamin Soldatenko	Soviet Union	URS	4 Jan 39
3	4.00.46	Larry Young	United States	USA	10 Feb 43
4	4.01.35	Otto Barch	Soviet Union	URS	20 Dec 43
5	4.04.05	Peter Selzer	East Germany	GDR	25 Jun 46
6	4.06.26	Gerhard Weidner	West Germany	FRG	15 Mar 33
7	4.08.31	Vittorio Visini	Italy	ITA	25 May 45
8	4.12.09	Gabriel Hernández	Mexico	MEX	19 Nov 49
9	4.14.09	Paul Nihill	Great Britain	GBR	5 Sep 39
10	4.14.21	Charles Sowa	Luxembourg	LUX	15 Apr 33
11	4.14.29	Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller	East Germany	GDR	30 Jan 53
12	4.16.38	Hans Tenggren	Sweden	SWE	25 Sep 49
13	4.20.00	Daniel Björkgren	Sweden	SWE	14 Sep 39
14	4.20.44	Christoph Höhne	East Germany	GDR	12 Feb 41
15	4.21.01	Stefan Ingvarsson	Sweden	SWE	14 Dec 46
16	4.21.53	Horst-Rüdiger Magnor	Germany	GER	23 Feb 42
17	4.22.52	William Weigle	United States	USA	25 May 40
18	4.23.22	John Warhurst	Great Britain	GBR	1 Oct 44
19	4.24.39	Shaul Ladany	Israel	ISR	2 Apr 36
20	4.26.13	Raúl González	Mexico	MEX	29 Feb 52
21	4.28.43	Alex Oakley	Canada	CAN	26 Apr 29
22	4.32.23	János Dalmati	Hungary	HUN	26 Feb 42
23	4.33.11	Domenico Carpentieri	Italy	ITA	23 Feb 46
24	4.34.23	Kjell Lund	Norway	NOR	23 Jan 44
25	4.34.44	Howard Timms	Great Britain	GBR	9 Jul 44
26	4.34.45	Antal Kiss	Hungary	HUN	30 Dec 35
27	4.36.07	Steve Hayden	United States	USA	11 Jun 44
28	4.42.41	Adalberto Scorza	Argentina	ARG	2 Mar 38
29	4.57.14	David Jensen	Denmark	DEN	16 Jul 43
	DNF	José Oliveros	Mexico	MEX	29 Apr 48
	DNF	Jean-Claude Decosse	France	FRA	6 Jul 49
	DQ	Abdon Pamich	Italy	ITA	3 Oct 33
	DNF	Jan Ornoch	Poland	POL	30 May 52
	DNF	Andrzej Siennicki	Poland	POL
	DNF	Win Nowosielski	Poland	POL
	DQ	Sergey Grigoryev	Soviet Union	URS	7 Oct 37
	DNF	Alfred Badel	Switzerland	SUI	19 Oct 43
	DNF	Karl-Heinz Merschenz	Canada	CAN	1 Nov 36