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
VenueParis [1]
Date
  • 9 August 2024
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The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in Paris, France, on 9 August 2024. This will be the eighteenth time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.

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 [2] 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 [3] Kobe, Japan18 February 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics [4]
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 is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 1:20.10 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [5]

Results

The event is scheduled to be held on 1 August, starting at 07:30 (UTC+2) in the morning. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com . Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "All time Top lists – Senior – 20 Kilometres Race Walk men", World Athletics , 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 20 Kilometres Race Walk men", World Athletics , 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Records – 20 Kilomtres Race Walk men". World Athletics . 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ↑ 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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