World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1947–1969 no rankings done 1970 1 ........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 2 ..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 3 ... Burkhard Leuschke (East Germany) 4 ................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 5 ................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 6 .........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 7 ......Winfried Skotnicki (East Germany) 8 .............Herbert Meier (West Germany) 9 ...........Peter Schuster (West Germany) 10 ....Horst-Rüdiger Magnor (West Germany) 1971 1 ..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 2 ................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 3 ........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 4 ................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 5 ......Winfried Skotnicki (East Germany) 6 . Bernhard Nermerich (West Germany) 7 ...........Igor Della Rossa (Soviet Union) 8 .........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 9 ......................Paul Nihill (Great Britain) 10 .................................Larry Young (US) 1972 1 ....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 2 ..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 3 ...................................Larry Young (US) 4 ................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) Yohann Diniz won 5 ................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 6 .......Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) the ’17 Worlds 7 ........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) with history’s 8 .............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) second-fastest 9 ...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) time 10 ...............Gabriel Hernandez (Mexico) © GIANCARLO COLOMBO/PHOTO RUN © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1973 1977 1 ....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 1 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 2 ................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 2 ......................... Pedro Aroche (Mexico) 3 ........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 3 ........................... Paolo Grecucci (Italy) 4 .......Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 4 ..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 5 ..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 5 ...........................Enrique Vera (Mexico) 6 ................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 6 .......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 7 ..... Sergey Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 7 ................ Ralf Knutter (East Germany) 8 ......Winfried Skotnicki (East Germany) 8 .......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 9 .............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) 9 .........................László Sátor (Hungary) 10 ...Vladimir Svetsnikov (Soviet Union) 10 .....Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 1974 1978 1 ........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 1 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 2 ................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 2 .............................Jordi Llopart (Spain) 3 ................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 3 ..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 4 .............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) 4 .............................Jan Ornoch (Poland) 5 ..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 5 ....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 6 ......Winfried Skotnicki (East Germany) 6 ................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 7 .........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 7 ......................... Pedro Aroche (Mexico) 8 .......Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 8 ...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 9 ..... Sergey Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 9 ........ Viktor Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 10 ..........Matthias Kroel (East Germany) 10 ............................ Vittorio Visini (Italy) 1975 1979 1 ....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 1 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 2 ..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 2 ....................Martín Bermúdez (Mexico) 3 .........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 3 ...........................Enrique Vera (Mexico) 4 .......Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 4 ........ Viktor Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 5 .....Vladimir Svetsnikov (Soviet Union) 5 .............................Jordi Llopart (Spain) 6 .......................Gerard Lelievre (France) 6 ......... Vladimir Rezayev (Soviet Union) 7 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 7 .......Vyacheslav Fursov (Soviet Union) 8 .............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) 8 ..................Petr Myelnik (Soviet Union) 9 ......................... Pedro Aroche (Mexico) 9 ....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 10 ...... Vladimir Machnev (Soviet Union) 10 .............................. José Marin (Spain) 1976 1980 1 ..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 1 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2 ...........................Enrique Vera (Mexico) 2 .............................Jordi Llopart (Spain) 3 ...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 3 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 4 ....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 4 .......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 5 ............Matthias Kroel (East Germany) 5 .......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 6 .........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 6 ................ Uwe Dünkel (East Germany) 7 ........................... Paolo Grecucci (Italy) 7 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 8 .............. Stefan Müller (East Germany) 8 ...................Bengt Simonsen (Sweden) 9 ................ Ralf Knutter (East Germany) 9 .......Vyacheslav Fursov (Soviet Union) 10 .....Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 10 ..................... Stanisław Rola (Poland) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1981 1985 1 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 1 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2 ...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 3 .......................... Sandro Bellucci (Italy) 3 .................... Erling Andersen (Norway) 4 ................ Uwe Dünkel (East Germany) 4 ...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 5 .......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 5 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 6 ............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 6 ............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 7 ..........................Marcel Jobin (Canada) 7 ......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 8 .............................Jordi Llopart (Spain) 8 ................. Axel Noack (East Germany) 9 ....................Martín Bermúdez (Mexico) 9 .......................... Sandro Bellucci (Italy) 10 ........................ Arturo Bravo (Mexico) 10 ................. Raffaello Ducceschi (Italy) 1982 1986 1 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 1 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2 ...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 2 ... Vyacheslav Ivanenko (Soviet Union) 3 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 3 ............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 4 ........................... Felix Gomez (Mexico) 4 ........ Sergey Protsishin (Soviet Union) 5 ......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 5 ...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 6 ........................ Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 6 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 7 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 7 .......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 8 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 8 ......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 9 .......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 9 .............. Nikolay Frolov (Soviet Union) 10 ....................Bogusław Duda (Poland) 10 .........Pavol Szikora (Czechoslovakia) 1983 1987 1 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 1 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 2 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 3 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 3 ... Vyacheslav Ivanenko (Soviet Union) 4 ................. Sergey Yung (Soviet Union) 4 ...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 5 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 5 .......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 6 ...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 6 ....................Martín Bermúdez (Mexico) 7 ........ Viktor Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 7 ................... Raffaello Ducceschi (Italy) 8 .............................Jordi Llopart (Spain) 8 .......................... Sandro Bellucci (Italy) 9 .......................Gerard Lelievre (France) 9 ............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 10 ...............François Lapointe (Canada) 10 .........Pavol Szikora (Czechoslovakia) 1984 1988 1 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 1 ... Vyacheslav Ivanenko (Soviet Union) 2 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 3 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 3 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 4 ...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 4 .....Aleksandr Potashov (Soviet Union) 5 ......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 5 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 6 ............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 6 ....................... Simon Baker (Australia) 7 .......................... Sandro Bellucci (Italy) 7 ......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 8 ...........Pavol Szikora (Czechoslovakia) 8 ................... Raffaello Ducceschi (Italy) 9 .......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 9 .......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 10 .................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 10 .........Pavol Szikora (Czechoslovakia) © Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1989 1993 1 ....................... Simon Baker (Australia) 1 ..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 2 ...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 2 ..................Valentin Kononen (Finland) 3 ...........Stanislav Vezhel (Soviet Union) 3 ................. Carlos Mercenário (Mexico) 4 ....................Martín Bermúdez (Mexico) 4 .............................Tim Berrett (Canada) 5 .....Aleksandr