Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
| Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 22 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 61 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:37:09 OR | ||||||||||||
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Alex Schwazer |
 Italy
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Jared Tallent |
 Australia
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Denis Nizhegorodov |
 Russia
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The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 22 at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 4:00:00 (A standard) and 4:07:00 (B standard).
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start
s.t. - same time.
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