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
	Govindasamy Saravanan	Malaysia	4:10:05	NR
	Duane Cousins	Australia	4:10:30
	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

1. Saravanan Wins Malaysia's First Ever Gold in Athletics
2. Results