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
Venue Seoul Olympic Stadium (start and finish)
DatesSeptember 23
Competitors53 from 28 nations
Winning time1:19:57 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jozef Pribilinec
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Silver medal icon.svg Ronald Weigel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Maurizio Damilano
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1984
1992  

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

Results

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