Events at the 1997 World Championships | ||
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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 | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1997 World Championships held on Saturday 2 August 1997 in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes.
Gold | Daniel García Mexico (MEX) |
Silver | Mikhail Shchennikov Russia (RUS) |
Bronze | Mikhail Khmelnitskiy Belarus (BLR) |
DNS | did not start |
NM | no mark |
WR | world record |
AR | area record |
NR | national record |
PB | personal best |
SB | season best |
Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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Event Record | Narinder Singh | 1:24:50 | 19 April 1997 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
World Record | Bu Lingtang (CHN) | 1:18.04 | April 7, 1994 | Beijing, PR China |
Event Record | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:19.37 | August 24, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan |
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Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
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Daniel García (MEX) | 1:21:43 | ||
Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS) | 1:21:53 | ||
Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR) | 1:22:01 | ||
4 | Yu Guohui (CHN) | 1:22:57 | |
5 | Li Zewen (CHN) | 1:23:03 | |
6 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | 1:23:10 | |
7 | Michele Didoni (ITA) | 1:23:14 | |
8 | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | 1:23:33 | |
9 | Hatem Ghoula (TUN) | 1:23:49 | |
10 | Daniel Plaza (ESP) | 1:23:53 | |
11 | Robert Ihly (GER) | 1:24:12 | |
12 | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) | 1:24:24 | |
13 | Igor Kollár (SVK) | 1:24:37 | |
14 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:24:46 | |
15 | Jacek Muller (POL) | 1:24:47 | |
16 | Joel Sánchez (MEX) | 1:24:48 | |
17 | Denis Langlois (FRA) | 1:25:27 | |
18 | Omar Zepeda (MEX) | 1:25:38 | |
19 | Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) | 1:25:46 | |
20 | Artur Meliashkevich (BLR) | 1:25:47 | |
21 | Sérgio Galdino (BRA) | 1:25:50 | |
22 | Roberto Oscal (GUA) | 1:26:20 | |
23 | Marco Giungi (ITA) | 1:26:23 | |
24 | Modris Liepins (LAT) | 1:26:24 | |
25 | Jean-Olivier Brosseau (FRA) | 1:26:39 | |
26 | Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | 1:26:50 | |
27 | Gyula Dudás (HUN) | 1:27:17 | |
28 | José Urbano (POR) | 1:27:25 | |
29 | Milos Holusa (CZE) | 1:27:27 | |
30 | Fedosei Ciumacenco (MDA) | 1:28:51 | |
31 | Luis Fernando García (GUA) | 1:28:51 | |
32 | Dion Russell (AUS) | 1:30:49 | |
33 | Róbert Valíček (SVK) | 1:31:28 | |
34 | Curt Clausen (USA) | 1:32:05 | |
35 | Valeriy Borisov (KAZ) | 1:32:32 | |
36 | Dimitrios Orfanopoulos (GRE) | 1:32:37 | |
37 | Fernando Vázquez (ESP) | 1:32:44 | |
38 | Chris Britz (RSA) | 1:34:02 | |
DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
— | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | DNF | |
— | Scott Nelson (NZL) | DNF | |
— | Claus Jørgensen (DEN) | DNF | |
— | Thierry Toutain (FRA) | DNF | |
— | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | DNF | |
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
— | Jan Staaf (SWE) | DSQ | |
— | Andreas Erm (GER) | DSQ | |
— | Julio René Martínez (GUA) | DSQ | |
— | Ilya Markov (RUS) | DSQ | |
— | Rami Ali Deeb (PLE) | DSQ | |
— | Narinder Singh Al Harbans Singh (MAS) | DSQ |
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