Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSeoul Olympic Stadium (start and finish)
DatesSeptember 23
Competitors53 from 28 nations
Winning time1:19:57 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jozef Pribilinec
File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ronald Weigel
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maurizio Damilano
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
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The Men's 20 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 53 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while one walker did not finish the race. The race was held on Friday September 23, 1988.[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1:19.08 July 30, 1988 Soviet Union Kiev, Soviet Union
Olympic Record File:Flag of Mexico.svg Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:23.13 August 3, 1984 United States Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1:19.57 September 23, 1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jozef Pribilinec File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 1:19:57 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ronald Weigel File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 1:20:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maurizio Damilano File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1:20:14
4 José Marín File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1:20:34
5 Roman Mrázek File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 1:20:43
6 Mikhail Shchennikov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1:20:47
7 Carlos Mercenario File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1:20:53
8 Axel Noack File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 1:21:14
9 Giovanni De Benedictis File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1:21:18 PB
10 Guillaume Leblanc File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1:21:29
11 Simon Baker File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 1:21:47
12 Daniel Plaza File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1:21:53
13 Ian McCombie File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 1:22:03
14 Aleksey Pershin File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1:22:32
15 Pavol Blažek File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 1:22:39
16 Martial Fesselier File:Flag of France.svg France 1:22:43
17 Jimmy McDonald File:Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg Ireland 1:22:45
18 Thierry Toutain File:Flag of France.svg France 1:22:55
19 Carlo Mattioli File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1:22:58
20 Jean-Claude Corré File:Flag of France.svg France 1:23:09
21 Sándor Urbanik File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1:23:18
22 Erling Andersen File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 1:23:30
23 Ricardo Pueyo File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1:23:40
24 Chris Maddocks File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 1:23:46
25 Stefan Johansson File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1:23:51
26 Hirofumi Sakai File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 1:24:08
27 Yevgeniy Misyulya File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1:24:39
28 Andrew Jachno File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 1:24:52
29 José Urbano File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 1:24:56
30 Jan Staaf File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1:24:59
31 José Pinto File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 1:26:33
32 Abdelouahab Ferguene File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 1:26:33
33 Héctor Moreno File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1:27:06
34 Mohamed Bouhalla File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 1:27:10
35 Godfried Dejonckheere File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1:27:14
36 Zdzisław Szlapkin File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1:27:23
37 Gary Morgan File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:27:26
38 Jim Heiring File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:27:30
39 Hélder Oliveira File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 1:27:39
40 Santiago Fonseca File:Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg Honduras 1:27:41
41 Li Baojin File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1:27:57
42 Reima Salonen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 1:28:25
43 Lyubomir Ivanov File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria 1:28:43
44 Timothy Lewis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:31:00
45 Marcelo Palma File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil 1:31:42
46 Jeong Pil-hwa File:Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg South Korea 1:32:23
47 Tadahiro Kosaka File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 1:32:46
48 Rafael Valladares File:Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg Honduras 1:37:09
49 Jeong Myeong-o File:Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg South Korea 1:40:09
Querubín Moreno File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia DNF
Ernesto Canto File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico DSQ
Joel Sánchez File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico DSQ
Marc Sowa File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg DSQ

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

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