1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 24, 1991, with the start at 08:30h local time.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Damilano
Italy (ITA)
Silver Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Shchennikov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yevgeniy Misyulya
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 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavol Blažek  (TCH)1:18.13September 16, 1990 Flag of Germany.svg Hildesheim, Germany
Event Record Flag of Italy.svg  Maurizio Damilano  (ITA)1:20.45August 30, 1987 Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy
Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Flag of Italy.svg  Maurizio Damilano  (ITA)1:19.37August 24, 1991 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan

Intermediates

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Italy.svg  Maurizio Damilano  (ITA)1:19:37CR
Med 2.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mikhail Shchennikov  (URS)1:19:46
Med 3.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yevgeniy Misyulya  (URS)1:20:22
4.Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni De Benedictis  (ITA)1:20:29
5.Flag of Spain.svg  Valentí Massana  (ESP)1:20:29
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Ihly  (GER)1:20:52
7.Flag of Italy.svg  Walter Arena  (ITA)1:21:01
8.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Mingcai  (CHN)1:21:15
9.Flag of France.svg  Thierry Toutain  (FRA)1:21:22
10.Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Korzeniowski  (POL)1:21:32
11.Flag of Germany.svg  Axel Noack  (GER)1:21:35
12.Flag of Mexico.svg  Carlos Mercenario  (MEX)1:21:37
13.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Igor Kollár  (TCH)1:21:44
14.Flag of Hungary.svg  Sándor Urbanik  (HUN)1:21:57
15.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Roman Mrazek  (TCH)1:22:03
16.Flag of Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GER)1:22:18
17.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavol Blažek  (TCH)1:22:34
18.Flag of Portugal.svg  José Urbano  (POR)1:23:09
19.Flag of Colombia.svg  Héctor Moreno  (COL)1:23:27
20.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nick A'Hern  (AUS)1:23:44
21.Flag of Spain.svg  Miguel Ángel Prieto  (ESP)1:24:06
22.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tim Berrett  (CAN)1:24:10
23.Flag of Israel.svg  Vladimir Ostrovskiy  (ISR)1:24:35
24.Flag of Brazil.svg  Marcelo Palma  (BRA)1:24:54
25.Flag of Brazil.svg  Sérgio Galdino  (BRA)1:25:20
26.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Artur Shumak  (URS)1:25:22
27.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian McCombie  (GBR)1:25:30
28.Flag of Hungary.svg  Gyula Dudás  (HUN)1:25:52
29.Flag of Ireland.svg  Bobby O'Leary  (IRL)1:29:28
30.Flag of Sweden.svg  Stefan Johansson  (SWE)1:29:47
31.Flag of the United States.svg  Tim Lewis  (USA)1:30:55
32.Flag of Honduras.svg  Santiago Fonseca  (HON)1:38:36
Flag of Mexico.svg  Joel Sánchez  (MEX)DNF
Flag of Brazil.svg  Claudio Luiz Bertolino  (BRA)DNF
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Guillaume LeBlanc  (CAN)DSQ
Flag of Spain.svg  Daniel Plaza  (ESP)DSQ
Flag of Japan.svg  Hirofumi Sakai  (JPN)DSQ

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