1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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These are the official results of the Men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The race was held on 7 August 1983.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Mexico.svg Ernesto Canto
Mexico (MEX)
Silver Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jozef Pribilinec
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yevgeniy Yevsyukov
Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1983 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of Mexico.svg  Domingo Colin  (MEX)1:19.35April 27, 1980 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Cherkasy, Soviet Union
Event Record New event
Broken records during the 1983 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Flag of Mexico.svg  Ernesto Canto  (MEX)1:20.49August 7, 1983 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland

Intermediates

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Mexico.svg  Ernesto Canto  (MEX)1:20:49
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jozef Pribilinec  (TCH)1:20:59
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yevgeniy Yevsyukov  (URS)1:21:08
4Flag of Spain.svg  Josep Marín  (ESP)1:21:21
5Flag of France.svg  Gérard Lelièvre  (FRA)1:21:37 NR
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavol Blažek  (TCH)1:21:54
7Flag of Italy.svg  Maurizio Damilano  (ITA)1:21:57
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Guillaume LeBlanc  (CAN)1:22:04 NR
9Flag of Mexico.svg  Raúl González  (MEX)1:22:06
10Flag of East Germany.svg  Roland Wieser  (GDR)1:22:14
11Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Gorshkov  (URS)1:22:34
12Flag of Finland.svg  Reima Salonen  (FIN)1:22:51
13Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Pyotr Pochenchuk  (URS)1:24:55
14Flag of East Germany.svg  Ralf Kowalsky  (GDR)1:25:13
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Dave Smith  (AUS)1:25:23
16Flag of Mexico.svg  Enrique Vera  (MEX)1:25:27
17Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Alik Basriev  (BUL)1:25:49
18Flag of Italy.svg  Carlo Mattioli  (ITA)1:25:53
19Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Heiring  (USA)1:25:55
20Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Marcel Jobin  (CAN)1:26:13
21Flag of Norway.svg  Erling Andersen  (NOR)1:26:39
22Flag of East Germany.svg  Michael Bonke  (GDR)1:26:57
23Flag of Portugal.svg  José Pinto  (POR)1:27:10
24Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Pezzatini  (ITA)1:27:15
25Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Phil Vesty  (GBR)1:27:20
26Flag of France.svg  Martial Fesselier  (FRA)1:27:39
27Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Roman Mrázek  (TCH)1:27:46
28Flag of Spain.svg  Jordi Llopart  (ESP)1:27:49
29Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Baker  (AUS)1:28:09
30Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Willi Sawall  (AUS)1:28:16
31Flag of Sweden.svg  Per Rasmussen  (SWE)1:28:51
32Flag of Finland.svg  Matti Katila  (FIN)1:29:14
33Flag of Norway.svg  Lars Ove Moen  (NOR)1:29:16
34Flag of Spain.svg  Francisco Botonero  (ESP)1:29:42
35Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelwahab Ferguene  (ALG)1:29:53
36Flag of the United States.svg  Tim Lewis  (USA)1:30:10
37Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Roger Mills  (GBR)1:30:25
38Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Shemsu Hassan  (ETH)1:30:36
39Flag of New Zealand.svg  Kevin Taylor  (NZL)1:30:38
40Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Guangxing  (CHN)1:31:02
41Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian McCombie  (GBR)1:31:14
42Flag of India.svg  Chand Ram  (IND)1:31:32
43Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jiang Shaohong  (CHN)1:31:43
44Flag of Finland.svg  Petri Makela  (FIN)1:32:21
45Flag of Algeria.svg  Benamar Kachkouche  (ALG)1:32:33
46Flag of Japan.svg  Takehiro Sonohara  (JPN)1:33:45
47Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Sergio Gutierrez  (CRC)1:33:59
48Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph Martens  (BEL)1:34:39
49Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Santiago Fonseca  (HON)1:35:07
50Flag of New Zealand.svg  Shane Donelly  (NZL)1:35:21
51Flag of Bolivia.svg  Osvaldo Morejon  (BOL)1:36:37
52Flag of Denmark.svg  Per Nielsen  (DEN)1:38:52
53Flag of San Marino.svg  Stefano Casali  (SMR)1:39:41
54Flag of Singapore.svg  Nadarajan Rengasamy  (SIN)1:51:35
55Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Uaongo Areai  (COK)2:05:13
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
Flag of the United States.svg  Marco Evoniuk  (USA)DNF
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  François Lapointe  (CAN)DNF
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Keith Olsthoom  (NZL)DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Bo Gustafsson  (SWE)DSQ
Flag of Turkey.svg  Burhan Vurgun  (TUR)DSQ
DID NOT START (DNS)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Jan Staaf  (SWE)DNS
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Fuxin  (CHN)DNS

See also

References