Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
| Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | ||||||||||||
| Date | 3 September 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
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Bernd Kannenberg |
 West Germany
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Veniamin Soldatenko |
 Soviet Union
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Larry Young |
 United States
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These are the official results of the Men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3 September. This distance was removed from the program following these Olympics, it was included back in the 1980 Summer Olympics. There were no heats with this event, it was held as a finals only event.
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