Day 9 - Saturday August 11 2001

The 50km race walk is great for spectators. After leaving the stadium, the competitors must complete 24 loops of the course before heading back to the stadium. So you get see them two dozen times, not just one fleeting glimpse. And you also see them up-close, just a few feet away.

The race began at 08:00 and finished over 4 and a half hours later! Forty-eight walkers started the race. Seven did not finish DNF; 10 were disqualified DQ.

Men's 50km Race Walk	Day 9 - Official Results
891 Robert Korzeniowski of Poland POL 301 Jesús Angel García of Spain ESP 786 Edgar Hernandez of Mexico MEX
	Leaving the stadium Second from right (visible bibs): 17th: 634 Yoshimi Hara of Japan JPN , 18th: 256 Miloš Holuša of Czech Republic CZE , 4th: 719 Aigars Fadejevs of Latvia LAT , DNF: 587 Giovanni De Benedictis of Italy ITA , DQ: 492 Denis Trautmann of Germany GER
	Third from right (visible bibs): DQ: 981 Nikolay Matyukhin of Russia RUS , DNF: 543 Sándor Urbanik of Hungary HUN , 28th: 558 Jamie Costin of Ireland IRL , 24th: 796 Miguel Angel Rodríguez MEX , 13th: 589 Francesco Galdenzi ITA , 9th: 893 Tomasz Lipiec POL , 23rd: 1049 Štefan Malík of Slovak Republic SVK , 10th: 493 Mike Trautmann GER
	At the loop start, rows of seated judges watch the walkers. As the walkers go by, a spotter calls out bib numbers for them.
	Left to right: 14th: 1161 Phillip Dunn USA , 22nd: 270 Jacob Sørensen of Denmark DEN , DNF: 858 Trond Nymark of Norway NOR In the background, a scoreboard lists bib numbers and infractions. After this turn, the walkers must cross a blue SEIKO mat which I presume has sensors to track split times for each athlete (maybe number of laps too?).

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