Matej Tóth strides along the finish straight at the Olympic Stadium, in Beijing,
to take the Gold medal in the men's 50 kilometre race walk, at the 2015 World
Championships. For Tóth it was his first victory since winning the European Race
walking Cup in 2011.
He was second at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich and
in Berlin in 2018.
But in 2016 he wins the 2016 Olympic Games
gold medal in the 50m race walk.
1.
|
Matej
|
TOTH |
SLO |
3:40:32
|
|
2.
|
Jared |
TALLENT |
AUS |
3:42:17 |
SB |
| 3. |
Takayuki
|
TANII |
JAP |
3:42:55 |
|
| 4. |
Hirooki |
ARAI |
JAP
|
3:43:4 |
|
| 5. |
Robert
|
HEFFERNAN |
IRE |
3:44:17 |
SB |
| 6. |
Zang |
LIN |
CHN |
3:44:39 |
PB |
| 7. |
Yu |
WEI |
ECU |
3:45:21
|
AR |
| 8. |
Andrés |
CHOCHO |
ESP
|
3:46:00
|
SB |
2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Final men's 50 k race walk.
| 1. |
Matej Tóth |
Slovakia |
3:40:58 |
|
| 2. |
Jared Tallent |
Australia |
3:41:16 |
SB |
| 3. |
Hirooki Arai |
Japan |
3:41:24 |
SB |
| 4. |
Evan Dunfee |
Canada |
3:41:38 |
NR |
| 5. |
Yu Wei |
China |
3:43:00 |
|
| 6. |
Robert Heffernan
|
Ireland |
3:43:55 |
|
| 7. |
Håvard Haukenes |
Norway |
3:46:33 |
PB |
| 8. |
Yohann Diniz |
France |
3:46:43 |
SB |