Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
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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.
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Venue | Pontal | ||||||||||||
Date | 19 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:40:58 | ||||||||||||
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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 appealed the decision, and the medal was reinstated for Arai.[1]