Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Athletics at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 21 September in Kuala Lumpur. This was the first time this distance was held at the Commonwealth Games, together with 20 kilometres walk replacing the 30 kilometres walk event.

The race was led by Tim Berrett of New Zealand until one kilometre before the finishing line when he collapsed from dehydration. Govindasamy Saravanan from Malaysia went on to win gaining his country's first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in athletics.[1]

Results

[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Govindasamy Saravanan  Malaysia 4:10:05 NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Duane Cousins  Australia 4:10:30
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Dominic McGrath  Australia 4:12:52
4 Steven Hollier  England 4:18:41
5 Mark Easton  England 4:22:23
6 Graham White  Scotland 4:30:17
7 Kannian Pushparajan  Malaysia 4:31:22
8 Chris Cheeseman  England 4:38:36
9 Thirukumaran Balaysendaran  Malaysia 4:44:33
10 Tony Sargisson  New Zealand 4:45:04
11 Craig Barrett  New Zealand DNF
11 Tim Berrett  Canada DNF
11 Dion Russell  Australia DNF

References

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