The photo above shows a happy Robert Korzeniowski with his 50km Walk Gold medal at
the 2004 Olympics in Athens. The win took his amazing record in the event to three
successive Olympic Golds. He then retired form competitive race walking.
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Men's 50km. Walk.
Olympic Games 2004
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| 1. Robert Korzeniowski |
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POL |
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3: 38.46 |
| 2. Denis Nizhegorodov |
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RUS |
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3: 42.50 |
| 3. Aleksey Voyevodin |
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RUS |
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3: 43.34 |
| 4. Caohong Yu |
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CHN |
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3: 43.45 |
| 5. Jesus Angel Garcia |
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SPA |
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3: 44.42 |
| 6. Roman Magdziarczyk |
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POL |
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3: 48.11 |
| 7. Grzegorz Sudol |
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POL |
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3: 49.09 |
| 8. Santiago Perez |
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SPA |
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3: 49.48 |
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 50 km walk
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 20 km walk
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 50 km walk
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 50 km walk
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Athens 50 km walk
Gold medal – first place 2001 Edmonton 50 km walk
Gold medal – first place 2003 Paris 50 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Göthenburg 50 km walk
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Toronto 5000 m walk
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Budapest 50 km walk
Gold medal – first place 2002 Munich 50 km walk
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1991 Sheffield 20 km walk
Gold medal – first place 1993 Buffalo 20 km walk
PERSONAL BEST TIMES:
3000 Metres 11:05.20 Formia 13 JUL 1997
5000 Metres 18:17.22 Reims 03 JUL 1992
10,000 Metres 38:26.53 Riga 31 MAY 2002
10 Kilometres 37:57 Kraków 08 JUN 2002
20,000 Metres 1:19:52.0 Brisbane 04 SEP 2001
20 Kilometres 1:18:22 Hildesheim 09 JUL 2000
30 Kilometres 2:10:57 Athína 27 AUG 2004
35 Kilometres 2:32:29 Paris 27 AUG 2003
50 Kilometres 3:36:03 Paris Saint-Denis 27 AUG 2003
(WORLD RECORD)
One Hour Walk 14.794 1992