Jared Tallent, who is pictured above walking along The Mall, had to settle for another second
place
at The Olympics in the longer walk, though perhaps a personal best time was a small consolation.
He finished 7th in the 20k at these Games a few days earlier. He won the Commonwealth Gold medal over
20k in 2010 in New Delhi. His wife Clair Tallent won the 2011 Australian 20k race walk title.
In March 2016, Court of Arbitration for Sport stripped London gold medallist Sergey Kirdyapkin
of all his results for the period of 20 August 2009 to 15 October 2012 for doping.
Tallent was then awarded the gold medal.
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Men's 50km Walk
2012 London Games.
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| Sergey KIRDYAPKIN |
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RUS |
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3:35.59 |
Disqualified
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2. Jared TALLENT
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AUS |
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3:36.53 |
P.B. |
3. Tianfeng SI
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CHN |
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3:37.16 |
P.B. |
4. Robert HEFFERNAN
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IRL |
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3:37.54 |
National Record |
5. Igor EROKHIN
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RUS |
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3:37.54 |
P.B. |
6. Sergey BAKULIN
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RUS |
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3:38.55 |
S.B. |
7. Jianbo LI
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CHN |
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3:39.01 |
P.B. |
8. Matej TOTH
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SVK |
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3:41.24 |
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