Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSeoul Olympic Stadium (start and finish)
DatesSeptember 23
Competitors53 from 28 nations
Winning time1:19:57 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jozef Pribilinec
 Czechoslovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ronald Weigel
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maurizio Damilano
 Italy
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Athletics at the
1988 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
20 km walkmen
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

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

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Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record  Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1:19.08 July 30, 1988 Soviet Union Kiev, Soviet Union
Olympic Record  Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:23.13 August 3, 1984 United States Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record  Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1:19.57 September 23, 1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea

Results

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

See also

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References

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  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.
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