title: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
text: # Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
  
  These are the official results of the men's 50 km walk at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Robert Korzeniowski Poland |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Mikhail Shchennikov Russia |
  | Bronze | Valentí Massana Spain |
  
  ## Abbreviations
  
  * All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
  
  | DNS | did not start |
  | - | - |
  | NM | no mark |
  | OR | olympic record |
  | WR | world record |
  | AR | area record |
  | NR | national record |
  | PB | personal best |
  | SB | season best |
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics :
  
  | World Record | Andrey Perlov (URS) | 3:37.41 | August 5, 1989 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Olympic Record | Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) | 3:38.29 | September 30, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
  
  ## Results
  
  | RANK | FINAL | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 3'43:30 |
  | | Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS) | 3'43:46 |
  | | Valentí Massana (ESP) | 3'44:19 |
  | 4. | Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) | 3'44:52 |
  | 5. | Viktor Ginko (BLR) | 3'45:27 |
  | 6. | Ignacio Zamudio (MEX) | 3'46:07 |
  | 7. | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | 3'47:40 |
  | 8. | Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) | 3'48:42 |
  | 9. | Daniel García (MEX) | 3'50:05 |
  | 10. | Tim Berrett (CAN) | 3'51:28 |
  | 11. | Aleksandar Raković (YUG) | 3'51:31 |
  | 12. | Axel Noack (GER) | 3'51:55 |
  | 13. | Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) | 3'52:31 |
  | 14. | Zhang Huiqiang (CHN) | 3'53:10 |
  | 15. | Thomas Wallstab (GER) | 3'54:48 |
  | 16. | Héctor Moreno (COL) | 3'54:57 |
  | 17. | Julio César Urías (GUA) | 3'56:27 |
  | 18. | Germán Sánchez (MEX) | 3'57:47 |
  | 19. | René Piller (FRA) | 3'58:00 |
  | 20. | Roman Mrazek (SVK) | 3'58:20 |
  | 21. | Štefan Malík (SVK) | 3'58:40 |
  | 22. | Jaime Barroso (ESP) | 4'01:09 |
  | 23. | Modris Liepiņš (LAT) | 4'01:12 |
  | 24. | Allen James (USA) | 4'01:18 |
  | 25. | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 4'01:49 |
  | 26. | Andrzej Chylinski (USA) | 4'03:13 |
  | 27. | Miloš Holuša (CZE) | 4'03:16 |
  | 28. | Martial Fesselier (FRA) | 4'04:42 |
  | 29. | Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) | 4'05:57 |
  | 30. | Antero Lindman (FIN) | 4'07:58 |
  | 31. | Pascal Charrière (SUI) | 4'10:20 |
  | 32. | Peter Tichý (SVK) | 4'10:55 |
  | 33. | Craig Barrett (NZL) | 4'15:15 |
  | 34. | Chris Maddocks (GBR) | 4'18:41 |
  | 35. | Daugvinas Zujus (LTU) | 4'23:35 |
  | 36. | José Magalhaes (POR) | 4'27:37 |
  | — | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | DNF |
  | — | Duane Cousins (AUS) | DNF |
  | — | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | DNF |
  | — | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | DNF |
  | — | Jani Lehtinen (FIN) | DNF |
  | — | Vitaliy Popovych (UKR) | DNF |
  | — | Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) | DNF |
  | — | Ronald Weigel (GER) | DNF |
  | — | Hubert Sonnek (CZE) | DNF |
  | — | Thierry Toutain (FRA) | DSQ |
  | — | Simon Baker (AUS) | DSQ |
  | — | Hugo López (GUA) | DSQ |
  | — | Mao Xinyuan (CHN) | DSQ |
  | — | Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) | DSQ |
  | — | Herman Nelson (USA) | DSQ |
  | — | Fedosei Ciumacenco (MDA) | DNS |
  