Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
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The second chase group passes by the Eiffel Tower during the race
Venue Pont d'Iéna and Champ de Mars road course, Paris [1]
Date
  • 1 August 2024
Competitors49 from 25 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Brian Pintado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Silver medal icon.svg Caio Bonfim Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg Álvaro Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2020
2028  

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 1 August 2024. It was the eighteenth time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

This was the first athletics event of this Olympics. Returning silver medalist Koki Ikeda made himself the favorite by walking within 15 seconds of countrymate Yusuke Suzuki's nine-year-old world record at the Japanese National Championships in February. Returning champion Massimo Stano had technically the third fastest time of the year, losing on the finish line to Zhang Jun a few weeks later. But the form chart was upset in May when returning bronze medalist Toshikazu Yamanishi, who did not even make the Japanese team, led double reigning World Champion Álvaro Martín, Caio Bonfim and Brian Pintado to beat both Ikeda and Zhang at the Gran Premio Cantones de A Coruña de Marcha in Spain. [2]

49 walkers took the line with Bonfim charging off to a quick lead and a 4:00 lap of camera time, but after getting two yellow paddles he slowed and the peloton pulled him back over the second lap. The pack stayed together throughout the race with about half the field still in contact by the halfway point. Over the next few laps, more and more fell off the back, down to a dozen by 15 laps. As they moved into the last few laps, Stano, Martín, Bonfim, Pintado and Ikeda appeared at the front of the pack. Ikeda was the first to fall back as lap times dropped into the low 3:50's. The 18th lap was 3:45, separating the first four, several seconds back, only Evan Dunfee was able to keep up. Another 3:47 lap and Stano wasn't able to match the eventual medalists in a virtual tie at the bell. Pintado hit the gas, immediately separating from the other two, leaving them to battle for silver. [3] He picked up two yellow paddles for contact, but since it was the final lap, those judges wouldn't have another opportunity to see him. [4] Pintado's 3:31 was the fastest lap in the race by ten seconds. As Pintado accelerated, Bonfim tried to go with him and gained a couple of steps on Martín. Martín was never able to recover those steps conceding silver to pick up the Spanish flag as he crossed the finish line.

Pintado's victory comes 28 years after Jefferson Pérez won the first gold medal for Ecuador in this same event. In sixth place, 20 year old Misgana Wakuma set a new national record for Ethiopia.

Background

The men's 20 kilometres race walk has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1956.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
RecordAthlete (Nation)TimeLocationDate
World record Flag of Japan.svg  Yusuke Suzuki  (JPN)1:16.36 [5] Nomi, Japan15 March 2015
Olympic record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Ding  (CHN)1:18.46 London, Great Britain4 August 2012
World leadingFlag of Japan.svg  Koki Ikeda  (JPN)1:16.51 [6] Kobe, Japan18 February 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics [7]
Area RecordAthlete (Nation)Time
Africa ( records )Flag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Gathimba  (KEN)1:18.23
Asia ( records )Flag of Japan.svg  Yusuke Suzuki  (JPN)1:16.36 WR
Europe ( records )Flag of France.svg  Yohann Diniz  (FRA)1:17.02
North, Central America
and Caribbean
( records )
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Julio Martínez  (GUA)1:17.46
Oceania ( records )Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Deakes  (AUS)1:17.33
South America ( records )Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)1:17.21

Qualification

For the men's 20 kilometres race walk event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by walking the entry standard of 1:20.10 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [8]

Results

The event took place on 1 August, starting at 07:30 (UTC+2) in the morning. [1] It had 20 one-kilometer laps around a road course at the Pont d'Iéna and Champ de Mars.

RankAthleteNationTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Brian Pintado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:18:55
Silver medal icon.svg Caio Bonfim Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:19:09+0:14~~
Bronze medal icon.svg Álvaro Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:19:11+0:16
4 Massimo Stano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:19:12+0:17
5 Evan Dunfee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:19:16+0:21
6 Misgana Wakuma Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:19:31+0:36~ NR
7 Koki Ikeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:19:41+0:46
8 Yuta Koga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:19:50+0:55~~
9 Aurélien Quinion Flag of France.svg  France 1:19:56+1:01 PB
10 Zhang Jun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:19:56+1:01~~
11 Declan Tingay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:19:56+1:01~ SB
12 Rhydian Cowley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:20:04+1:09
13 Noel Chama Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:20:19+1:24
14 Ricardo Ortiz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:20:27+1:32
15 David Hurtado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:20:30+1:35
16 Callum Wilkinson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:20:31+1:36
17 Paul McGrath Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:20:32+1:37
18 Ryo Hamanishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:20:33+1:38~
19 Christopher Linke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:20:35+1:40
20 Francesco Fortunato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:20:38+1:43~
21 Perseus Karlström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:21:05+2:10
22 Samuel Gathimba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:21:26+2:31~ SB
23 Leo Köpp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:21:36+2:41
24 Gabriel Bordier Flag of France.svg  France 1:21:40+2:45
25 Jordy Jiménez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:21:44+2:49
26 Luis Henry Campos Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:22:00+3:05 SB
27 Artur Brzozowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:22:11+3:16~
28 Max Batista Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:22:16+3:21~
29 Maher Ben Hlima Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:22:34+3:39
30 Vikash Singh Flag of India.svg  India 1:22:36+3:41
31 Li Yandong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:22:46+3:51~
32 Aku Partanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:22:56+4:01>
33 Diego García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:23:10+4:15
34 Dominik Černý Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:23:25+4:30
35 Kyle Swan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:23:32+4:37
36 Wang Zhaozhao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:23:40+4:45~
37 Paramjeet Singh Bisht Flag of India.svg  India 1:23:48+4:53~
38 José Alejandro Barrondo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:24:17+5:22~
39 Matheus Corrêa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:24:25+5:30~>~
40 Ihor Hlavan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:24:52+5:57~>~
41 Riccardo Orsoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:25:08+6:13>
42 Choe Byeong-kwang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:26:15+7:20~
43 Érick Barrondo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:26:19+7:24~~~
44 Máté Helebrandt Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:27:17+8:22~~
45 Salih Korkmaz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:29:05+10:10 SB
46 Bence Venyercsán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:29:14+10:19~~>
César Rodríguez Flag of Peru.svg  Peru DNF ~~
Akshdeep Singh Flag of India.svg  India
Jose Luis Doctor Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DSQ ~~~~

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References

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  2. "20 Kilometres Race Walk - men - senior - all - 2024".
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  7. "Records – 20 Kilomtres Race Walk men". World Athletics . 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  8. Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com , 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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