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Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games:

Men's 50 kilometres Walk

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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Date Started: August 3, 1932
Date Finished: August 3, 1932

Gold: GBR Tommy Green
Silver: LAT Jānis Dāliņš
Bronze: ITA Ugo Frigerio

Summary

This was the first time the 50 kilometer walk was contested at the Olympic Games. Tommy Green won the event by seven minutes, although a pack of three had been together at the 40 km. mark. Ugo Frigerio added a bronze medal to his shorter walk gold medals from the 1920 and 1924 Olympics.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal T(H)
1 Tommy Green 38 Great Britain GBR Gold 4-50:10 OB
2 Jānis Dāliņš 27 Latvia LAT Silver 4-57:20
3 Ugo Frigerio 30 Italy ITA Bronze 4-59:06
4 Karl Hähnel 39 Germany GER 5-06:06
5 Ettore Rivolta 27 Italy ITA 5-07:39
6 Paul Sievert 36 Germany GER 5-16:41
7 Henri Quintric France FRA 5-27:25
8 Ernie Crosbie 22 United States USA 5-28:02
9 Bill Chisholm 23 United States USA 5-51:00
10 Alfred Maasik 35 Estonia EST 6-19:00
AC Henry Cieman Canada CAN DNF
AC John Moralis 29 Greece GRE DNF
AC Francesco Pretti 28 Italy ITA DNF
AC Arthur Tell Schwab 35 Switzerland SUI DNF
AC Harry Hinkel 28 United States USA DNF