Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
# Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The Men's 50 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 42 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while four walkers did not finish the race, held on Friday September 30, 1988.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ronald Weigel East Germany |
| Bronze | Hartwig Gauder East Germany |

## 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 1988 Summer Olympics :

| World Record | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | 3:38.17 | May 25, 1986 | Potsdam, East Germany |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | Raúl González (MEX) | 3:47.26 | August 11, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics |||||
| Olympic Record | Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) | 3:38.29 | September 30, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) | 3:38:29 | OR |
| | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | 3:38:56 | |
| | Hartwig Gauder (GDR) | 3:39:45 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Potashov (URS) | 3:41:00 | |
| 5 | José Marín (ESP) | 3:43:03 | |
| 6 | Simon Baker (AUS) | 3:44:07 | |
| 7 | Bo Gustafsson (SWE) | 3:44:49 | |
| 8 | Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA) | 3:45:43 | |
| 9 | Dietmar Meisch (GDR) | 3:46:31 | |
| 10 | Pavol Szikora (TCH) | 3:47:04 | |
| 11 | Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) | 3:47:14 | |
| 12 | Pavol Blažek (TCH) | 3:47:31 | |
| 13 | Jorge Llopart (ESP) | 3:48:09 | |
| 14 | François Lapointe (CAN) | 3:48:15 | |
| 15 | Martín Bermúdez (MEX) | 3:49:22 | |
| 16 | Alain Lemercier (FRA) | 3:50:28 | |
| 17 | Roman Mrázek (TCH) | 3:50:46 | |
| 18 | Reima Salonen (FIN) | 3:51:36 | |
| 19 | Andrew Jachno (AUS) | 3:53:23 | |
| 20 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | 3:53:34 | |
| 21 | José Pinto (POR) | 3:55:57 | |
| 22 | Marco Evoniuk (USA) | 3:56:55 | |
| 23 | Carl Schueler (USA) | 3:57:44 | |
| 24 | Jacek Bednarek (POL) | 3:58:31 | |
| 25 | Manuel Alcalde (ESP) | 3:59:13 | |
| 26 | Vitaliy Popovych (URS) | 3:59:23 | |
| 27 | Les Morton (GBR) | 3:59:30 | |
| 28 | Paul Blagg (GBR) | 4:00:07 | |
| 29 | Li Baojin (CHN) | 4:00:07 | |
| 30 | Héctor Moreno (COL) | 4:01:31 | |
| 31 | Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) | 4:03:12 | |
| 32 | Sandro Bellucci (ITA) | 4:04:56 | |
| 33 | Arturo Bravo (MEX) | 4:08:08 | |
| 34 | Andrew Kaestner (USA) | 4:12:49 | |
| 35 | William Sawe (KEN) | 4:25:24 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Erling Andersen (NOR) | DNF | |
| — | Godfried Dejonckheere (BEL) | DNF | |
| — | Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | DNF | |
| — | Jan Staaf (SWE) | DNF | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Jean-Marie Neff (FRA) | DSQ | |
| — | Eric Neisse (FRA) | DSQ | |
| — | Hernán Andrade (MEX) | DSQ | |
