20 16 Who and which country won the men's 50 km walk in the Olympic Games?
Rio de Janeiro August 19, under the scorching sun in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Yu Wei, a track and field athlete from China, walked for 3 hours and 43 minutes in the Pontal competition of the Rio Olympic Games, ranking fifth. The other two players from China, Wang Zhendong and Han Yucheng, were ranked 1 1 and 46th respectively. The gold medal in this event was won by Toth of Slovakia, with a time of 3 hours, 40 minutes and 58 seconds. Tarant of Australia won the silver medal, and Hirohisa of Japan won the bronze medal.
The competition was held in Pontal, a beautiful coastal area. The weather forecast provided by the championship on that day showed that the temperature during the competition was about 24 degrees Celsius. However, due to the sunny weather and scorching sun, the competition environment for the players was still difficult.
In this Olympic cycle, Yu Wei ranks seventh in international competitions. 20 14 international race walking challenge 20 km race walking and 20 15 world track and field championship 50 km race walking, he was the seventh. He has been in the leading group since the beginning of the game. At the half distance of 25 kilometers, he ranked eighth in the first group with the scores of 1 hour, 5 1 minute and 12 second.
In the 40th kilometer race, Yu Wei took 2 hours, 57 minutes and 02 seconds, only 8 seconds behind the first place. However, when the remaining length of the competition was less than 10 km, Yu Wei was gradually thrown out by the talented Canadian players Deng Fei, Shinai Gwangju and Toth. With five kilometers left in the race, Yu Wei ranked fifth, 57 seconds behind Tarant.
In the final sprint stage, the gap with the top players gradually widened, and Yu Wei was gradually thrown out, and finally won the fifth place with a score of 3 hours and 43 minutes, and missed the medal. Toth won the championship in 3 hours, 40 minutes and 58 seconds, with a talent of 3 hours and 4 1 minute 16 seconds, and Hiroshi Noi ranked third in 3 hours and 4 1.24 seconds.
At the beginning of the competition, Wang Zhendong ranked 30th. Enter the top 20 after 30 kilometers, and cross the finish line in 3 hours, 48 minutes and 50 seconds 1 1. Han Yucheng, another player from China, ranked around 65,438+00 at first, and was gradually surpassed by other players, ranking over 50. Because more than 20 players were sent off or failed to complete the competition, his final ranking also rose to 47.