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
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk the 1912 Summer Olympics. Both semi-finals were held on Monday, July 8, 1912. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912. Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk The men's 10 kilometres walk was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of racewalking, which had debuted at the previous games with the 10 mile and 3500 metre walks. The 10 kilometre was the only racewalking event in 1912. The competition was held on Monday, July