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]

Medalists

Gold Jozef Pribilinec
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
Silver Ronald Weigel
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Bronze Maurizio Damilano
Flag of Italy.svg Italy

Abbreviations

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

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

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jozef Pribilinec  (TCH)1:19:57 OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)1:20:00
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Maurizio Damilano  (ITA)1:20:14
4Flag of Spain.svg  José Marín  (ESP)1:20:34
5Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Roman Mrázek  (TCH)1:20:43
6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mikhail Shchennikov  (URS)1:20:47
7Flag of Mexico.svg  Carlos Mercenario  (MEX)1:20:53
8Flag of East Germany.svg  Axel Noack  (GDR)1:21:14
9Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni De Benedictis  (ITA)1:21:18 PB
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Guillaume Leblanc  (CAN)1:21:29
11Flag of Australia.svg  Simon Baker  (AUS)1:21:47
12Flag of Spain.svg  Daniel Plaza  (ESP)1:21:53
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian McCombie  (GBR)1:22:03
14Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksey Pershin  (URS)1:22:32
15Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Pavol Blažek  (TCH)1:22:39
16Flag of France.svg  Martial Fesselier  (FRA)1:22:43
17Flag of Ireland.svg  Jimmy McDonald  (IRL)1:22:45
18Flag of France.svg  Thierry Toutain  (FRA)1:22:55
19Flag of Italy.svg  Carlo Mattioli  (ITA)1:22:58
20Flag of France.svg  Jean-Claude Corré  (FRA)1:23:09
21Flag of Hungary.svg  Sándor Urbanik  (HUN)1:23:18
22Flag of Norway.svg  Erling Andersen  (NOR)1:23:30
23Flag of Spain.svg  Ricardo Pueyo  (ESP)1:23:40
24Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Maddocks  (GBR)1:23:46
25Flag of Sweden.svg  Stefan Johansson  (SWE)1:23:51
26Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Hirofumi Sakai  (JPN)1:24:08
27Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yevgeniy Misyulya  (URS)1:24:39
28Flag of Australia.svg  Andrew Jachno  (AUS)1:24:52
29Flag of Portugal.svg  José Urbano  (POR)1:24:56
30Flag of Sweden.svg  Jan Staaf  (SWE)1:24:59
31Flag of Portugal.svg  José Pinto  (POR)1:26:33
32Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelouahab Ferguene  (ALG)1:26:33
33Flag of Colombia.svg  Héctor Moreno  (COL)1:27:06
34Flag of Algeria.svg  Mohamed Bouhalla  (ALG)1:27:10
35Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Godfried Dejonckheere  (BEL)1:27:14
36Flag of Poland.svg  Zdzisław Szlapkin  (POL)1:27:23
37Flag of the United States.svg  Gary Morgan  (USA)1:27:26
38Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Heiring  (USA)1:27:30
39Flag of Portugal.svg  Hélder Oliveira  (POR)1:27:39
40Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Santiago Fonseca  (HON)1:27:41
41Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Baojin  (CHN)1:27:57
42Flag of Finland.svg  Reima Salonen  (FIN)1:28:25
43Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Lyubomir Ivanov  (BUL)1:28:43
44Flag of the United States.svg  Timothy Lewis  (USA)1:31:00
45Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Marcelo Palma  (BRA)1:31:42
46Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Jeong Pil-hwa  (KOR)1:32:23
47Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tadahiro Kosaka  (JPN)1:32:46
48Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Rafael Valladares  (HON)1:37:09
49Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Jeong Myeong-o  (KOR)1:40:09
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Querubín Moreno  (COL)DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Ernesto Canto  (MEX)DSQ
Flag of Mexico.svg  Joel Sánchez  (MEX)DSQ
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Marc Sowa  (LUX)DSQ

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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.