Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on 19 August. Matej Tóth, winner of the 2015 World Championships from Slovakia won the gold medal, reigning Olympic champion Jared Tallent from Australia finished second and Japanese walker Hirooki Arai took the bronze. The winning time was 3:40:58. Canadian Evan Dunfee was awarded the bronze medal after Athletics Canada successfully filed a protest because Arai had made contact with Dunfee in the last 2 km of race, but the Japanese committee
2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk instead was invited to leave the course with a red paddle. Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: The race was started at 08:30. 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 August. From the gun, the three Chinese athletes made it clear they were going to make an effort to take this home race. The effort almost worked, as the group ultimately led by Olympic bronze medalist Wang Zhen held the lead until the