Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesJuly 31
Competitors42 from 23 nations
Winning time1:21:45
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Plaza
 Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guillaume LeBlanc
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni De Benedictis
 Italy
Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walk
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, held on July 31, 1992. There were a total number of 42 competitors, with five athletes who were disqualified.[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record  Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1:18.13 September 16, 1990 West Germany Hildesheim, West Germany
Olympic Record  Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1:19.57 September 23, 1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Plaza  Spain 1:21:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guillaume LeBlanc  Canada 1:22:25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni De Benedictis  Italy 1:23:11
4 Maurizio Damilano  Italy 1:23:39
5 Chen Shaoguo  China 1:24:06
6 Jimmy McDonald  Ireland 1:25:16
7 Daniel García  Mexico 1:25:35
8 Sándor Urbanik  Hungary 1:26:08
9 Héctor Moreno  Colombia 1:26:23
10 Miguel Ángel Prieto  Spain 1:26:38
11 Robert Ihly  Germany 1:26:56
12 Mikhail Shchennikov  Unified Team 1:27:17
13 Vladimir Andreyev  Unified Team 1:28:25
14 Tim Berrett  Canada 1:28:25
15 Stefan Johansson  Sweden 1:28:37
16 Chris Maddocks  Great Britain 1:28:45
17 Pavol Blažek  Czechoslovakia 1:29:23
18 Walter Arena  Italy 1:29:34
19 Igor Kollár  Czechoslovakia 1:29:38
20 Axel Noack  Germany 1:29:55
21 Joel Sánchez  Mexico 1:30:12
22 Nicholas A'Hern  Australia 1:31:39
23 Andrew Penn  Great Britain 1:31:40
24 Martin Rush  Great Britain 1:31:56
25 Shemisu Hasen  Ethiopia 1:32:39
26 Viktoras Meškauskas  Lithuania 1:33:24
27 Sérgio Galdino  Brazil 1:33:32
28 Ján Záhončík  Czechoslovakia 1:33:37
29 Ernesto Canto  Mexico 1:33:51
30 Allen James  United States 1:35:12
31 Andrew Jachno  Australia 1:36:49
32 Marcelo Palma  Brazil 1:40:11
— Li Mingcai  China DNF
Robert Korzeniowski  Poland DNF
Oleg Troshin  Unified Team DNF
Ademar Kammler  Brazil DNF
Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador DNF
Valentí Massana  Spain DSQ
Thierry Toutain  France DSQ
Bobby O'Leary  Ireland DSQ
José Urbano  Portugal DSQ
Saleumphone Sopraseut  Laos DSQ

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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