1997 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 1997 World Championships held on Saturday 2 August 1997 in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Mexico.svg Daniel García
Mexico (MEX)
Silver Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Shchennikov
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Flag of Belarus.svg Mikhail Khmelnitskiy
Belarus (BLR)

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
Event RecordNarinder Singh1:24:5019 April 1997Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
World Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bu Lingtang  (CHN)1:18.04April 7, 1994 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing, PR China
Event Record Flag of Italy.svg  Maurizio Damilano  (ITA)1:19.37August 24, 1991 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan

Startlist

Intermediates

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Mexico.svg  Daniel García  (MEX)1:21:43
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Mikhail Shchennikov  (RUS)1:21:53
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Belarus.svg  Mikhail Khmelnitskiy  (BLR)1:22:01
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Guohui  (CHN)1:22:57
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Zewen  (CHN)1:23:03
6Flag of Belarus.svg  Yevgeniy Misyulya  (BLR)1:23:10
7Flag of Italy.svg  Michele Didoni  (ITA)1:23:14
8Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni De Benedictis  (ITA)1:23:33
9Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hatem Ghoula  (TUN)1:23:49
10Flag of Spain.svg  Daniel Plaza  (ESP)1:23:53
11Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Ihly  (GER)1:24:12
12Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Gandellini  (ITA)1:24:24
13Flag of Slovakia.svg  Igor Kollár  (SVK)1:24:37
14Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)1:24:46
15Flag of Poland.svg  Jacek Muller  (POL)1:24:47
16Flag of Mexico.svg  Joel Sánchez  (MEX)1:24:48
17Flag of France.svg  Denis Langlois  (FRA)1:25:27
18Flag of Mexico.svg  Omar Zepeda  (MEX)1:25:38
19Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nicholas A'Hern  (AUS)1:25:46
20Flag of Belarus.svg  Artur Meliashkevich  (BLR)1:25:47
21Flag of Brazil.svg  Sérgio Galdino  (BRA)1:25:50
22Flag of Guatemala.svg  Roberto Oscal  (GUA)1:26:20
23Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Giungi  (ITA)1:26:23
24Flag of Latvia.svg  Modris Liepins  (LAT)1:26:24
25Flag of France.svg  Jean-Olivier Brosseau  (FRA)1:26:39
26Flag of Hungary.svg  Sándor Urbanik  (HUN)1:26:50
27Flag of Hungary.svg  Gyula Dudás  (HUN)1:27:17
28Flag of Portugal.svg  José Urbano  (POR)1:27:25
29Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Milos Holusa  (CZE)1:27:27
30Flag of Moldova.svg  Fedosei Ciumacenco  (MDA)1:28:51
31Flag of Guatemala.svg  Luis Fernando García  (GUA)1:28:51
32Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Dion Russell  (AUS)1:30:49
33Flag of Slovakia.svg  Róbert Valíček  (SVK)1:31:28
34Flag of the United States.svg  Curt Clausen  (USA)1:32:05
35Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Valeriy Borisov  (KAZ)1:32:32
36Flag of Greece.svg  Dimitrios Orfanopoulos  (GRE)1:32:37
37Flag of Spain.svg  Fernando Vázquez  (ESP)1:32:44
38Flag of South Africa.svg  Chris Britz  (RSA)1:34:02
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Aigars Fadejevs  (LAT)DNF
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Scott Nelson  (NZL)DNF
Flag of Denmark.svg  Claus Jørgensen  (DEN)DNF
Flag of France.svg  Thierry Toutain  (FRA)DNF
Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Andreyev  (RUS)DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Jan Staaf  (SWE)DSQ
Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Erm  (GER)DSQ
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Julio René Martínez  (GUA)DSQ
Flag of Russia.svg  Ilya Markov  (RUS)DSQ
Flag of Palestine.svg  Rami Ali Deeb  (PLE)DSQ
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Narinder Singh Al Harbans Singh  (MAS)DSQ

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