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

Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Daniel Plaza
Spain (ESP)
Silver  Guillaume LeBlanc
Canada (CAN)
Bronze  Giovanni De Benedictis
Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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

Startlist

Intermediates

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time
 Daniel Plaza (ESP) 1:21:45
 Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 1:22:25
 Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) 1:23:11
4  Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1:23:39
5  Chen Shaoguo (CHN) 1:24:06
6  Jimmy McDonald (IRL) 1:25:16
7  Daniel García (MEX) 1:25:35
8  Sándor Urbanik (HUN) 1:26:08
9  Héctor Moreno (COL) 1:26:23
10  Miguel Ángel Prieto (ESP) 1:26:38
11  Robert Ihly (GER) 1:26:56
12  Mikhail Shchennikov (EUN) 1:27:17
13  Vladimir Andreyev (EUN) 1:28:25
14  Tim Berrett (CAN) 1:28:25
15  Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1:28:37
16  Chris Maddocks (GBR) 1:28:45
17  Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1:29:23
18  Walter Arena (ITA) 1:29:34
19  Igor Kollár (TCH) 1:29:38
20  Axel Noack (GER) 1:29:55
21  Joel Sánchez (MEX) 1:30:12
22  Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) 1:31:39
23  Andrew Penn (GBR) 1:31:40
24  Martin Rush (TCH) 1:31:56
25  Shemisu Hasen (ETH) 1:32:39
26  Viktoras Meškauskas (LTU) 1:33:24
27  Sérgio Galdino (BRA) 1:33:32
28  Ján Záhončík (TCH) 1:33:37
29  Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:33:51
30  Allen James (USA) 1:35:12
31  Andrew Jachno (AUS) 1:36:49
32  Marcelo Palma (BRA) 1:40:11
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
 Li Mingcai (CHN) DNF
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) DNF
 Oleg Trochin (EUN) DNF
 Ademar Kammler (BRA) DNF
 Jefferson Pérez (ECU) DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
 Valentí Massana (ESP) DSQ
 Thierry Toutain (FRA) DSQ
 Bobby O'Leary (IRL) DSQ
 José Urbano (POR) DSQ
 Saleumphone Sopraseut (LAO) DSQ

See also

References