Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
# Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the men's 50 km walk at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Robert Korzeniowski Poland |
| - | - |
| Silver | Mikhail Shchennikov Russia |
| Bronze | Valentí Massana Spain |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

| DNS | did not start |
| - | - |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics :

| World Record | Andrey Perlov (URS) | 3:37.41 | August 5, 1989 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) | 3:38.29 | September 30, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |

## Results

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 3'43:30 |
| | Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS) | 3'43:46 |
| | Valentí Massana (ESP) | 3'44:19 |
| 4. | Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) | 3'44:52 |
| 5. | Viktor Ginko (BLR) | 3'45:27 |
| 6. | Ignacio Zamudio (MEX) | 3'46:07 |
| 7. | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | 3'47:40 |
| 8. | Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) | 3'48:42 |
| 9. | Daniel García (MEX) | 3'50:05 |
| 10. | Tim Berrett (CAN) | 3'51:28 |
| 11. | Aleksandar Raković (YUG) | 3'51:31 |
| 12. | Axel Noack (GER) | 3'51:55 |
| 13. | Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) | 3'52:31 |
| 14. | Zhang Huiqiang (CHN) | 3'53:10 |
| 15. | Thomas Wallstab (GER) | 3'54:48 |
| 16. | Héctor Moreno (COL) | 3'54:57 |
| 17. | Julio César Urías (GUA) | 3'56:27 |
| 18. | Germán Sánchez (MEX) | 3'57:47 |
| 19. | René Piller (FRA) | 3'58:00 |
| 20. | Roman Mrazek (SVK) | 3'58:20 |
| 21. | Štefan Malík (SVK) | 3'58:40 |
| 22. | Jaime Barroso (ESP) | 4'01:09 |
| 23. | Modris Liepiņš (LAT) | 4'01:12 |
| 24. | Allen James (USA) | 4'01:18 |
| 25. | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 4'01:49 |
| 26. | Andrzej Chylinski (USA) | 4'03:13 |
| 27. | Miloš Holuša (CZE) | 4'03:16 |
| 28. | Martial Fesselier (FRA) | 4'04:42 |
| 29. | Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) | 4'05:57 |
| 30. | Antero Lindman (FIN) | 4'07:58 |
| 31. | Pascal Charrière (SUI) | 4'10:20 |
| 32. | Peter Tichý (SVK) | 4'10:55 |
| 33. | Craig Barrett (NZL) | 4'15:15 |
| 34. | Chris Maddocks (GBR) | 4'18:41 |
| 35. | Daugvinas Zujus (LTU) | 4'23:35 |
| 36. | José Magalhaes (POR) | 4'27:37 |
| — | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Duane Cousins (AUS) | DNF |
| — | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | DNF |
| — | Jani Lehtinen (FIN) | DNF |
| — | Vitaliy Popovych (UKR) | DNF |
| — | Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) | DNF |
| — | Ronald Weigel (GER) | DNF |
| — | Hubert Sonnek (CZE) | DNF |
| — | Thierry Toutain (FRA) | DSQ |
| — | Simon Baker (AUS) | DSQ |
| — | Hugo López (GUA) | DSQ |
| — | Mao Xinyuan (CHN) | DSQ |
| — | Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) | DSQ |
| — | Herman Nelson (USA) | DSQ |
| — | Fedosei Ciumacenco (MDA) | DNS |
