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Quentin Rew competes in the 50km walk in Sapporo (Photo credit Getty Images)

In his third Olympic Games, Quentin Rew has finished 16^th in the men’s 50km race walk in a time of 3:57:33.

It was a 5.30am start to beat the heat for the 50km race walk, the longest Olympic athletics event, which was held in Sapporo, 800km to the north of Tokyo. As the morning progressed and the temperature continued to rise, the start field of 59 gradually dropped to 47 with 10 walkers withdrawing and two disqualified for technical infractions.

The Wellington Harrier Athletic Club member gradually picked his way through the field after being 24^th through the opening 15km. He was 20^th with 5km to go, before claiming a further four spots over the final laps to finish in 16^th.

Quentin competed at the Olympic Games in London 2012 and Rio 2016, finishing 27^th and 12^th respectively in the 50km race walk. At the 2017 World Championships in London, he finished 12th in a New Zealand record of 3:46:29 before finishing 11th in the same competition two years later in Doha.