Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Athletics at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Decathlon men

The Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 1:23:00 (A standard) and 1:24:30 (B standard).[2]

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Valeriy Borchin
Russia (RUS)
Silver  Jefferson Pérez
Ecuador (ECU)
Bronze  Jared Tallent
Australia (AUS)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record Sergey Morozov (RUS) 1:16:43 Saransk, Russia 8 June 2008
Olympic record  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1:18:59 Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes[3]
Valeriy Borchin Russia 1:19:01
Jefferson Pérez Ecuador 1:19:15 SB
Jared Tallent Australia 1:19:42
4 Wang Hao China 1:19:47 PB
5 Ivano Brugnetti Italy 1:19:51 SB
6 Luke Adams Australia 1:19:57
7 Francisco Javier Fernández Spain 1:20:32
8 Robert Heffernan Ireland 1:20:36
9 Luis Fernando López Colombia 1:20:59 SB
10 Chu Yafei China 1:21:17
11 Yuki Yamazaki Japan 1:21:18 SB
12 Juan Manuel Molina Spain 1:21:25
13 Benjamin Sánchez Spain 1:21:38
14 José Alessandro Bagio Brazil 1:21:43 SB
15 Eder Sánchez Mexico 1:21:53
16 Koichiro Morioka Japan 1:21:57
17 Ilya Markov Russia 1:22:02
18 Giorgio Rubino Italy 1:22:11
19 David Kimuta Kenya 1:22:21 SB
20 Rolando Saquipay Ecuador 1:22:32
21 Erik Tysse Norway 1:22:43
22 Ivan Trotski Belarus 1:22:55
23 Kim Hyun-Sub South Korea 1:22:57
24 Andriy Kovenko Ukraine 1:22:59
25 André Höhne Germany 1:23:13
26 Matej Tóth Slovakia 1:23:17
27 Hatem Ghoula Tunisia 1:23:44
28 Dzianis Simanovich Belarus 1:23:53
29 Rafał Augustyn Poland 1:24:25
30 Dong Jimin China 1:24:34
31 James Rendón Colombia 1:24:41
32 João Vieira Portugal 1:25:05
33 Park Chil-Sung South Korea 1:25:07
34 Hassanine Sebei Tunisia 1:25:23
35 Marius Žiukas Lithuania 1:25:36
36 David Mejia Mexico 1:26:45
37 Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Italy 1:26:53
38 Andrés Chocho Ecuador 1:27:09
39 Allan Segura Costa Rica 1:27:10
40 Juan Manuel Cano Argentina 1:27:17
41 Predrag Filipovic Serbia 1:28:15
42 Rustam Kuvatov Kazakhstan 1:28:25
43 Kevin Eastler United States 1:28:44
44 Siarhei Charnou Belarus 1:29:38
45 Sérgio Vieira Portugal 1:29:51
46 Jakub Jelonek Poland 1:30:37
47 Fedosei Ciumacenco Moldova 1:31:37
48 Mohamed Ameur Algeria 1:32:21
49 Recep Çelik Turkey 1:32:54
Chris Erickson Australia DQ
Takayuki Tanii Japan DQ

PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best

Intermediates

Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
4 KM 1. Rustam Kuvatov  Kazakhstan 16:20
2. Francisco Javier Fernández  Spain +0:03
3. Ivano Brugnetti  Italy s.t.
4. Luke Adams  Australia s.t.
5. Luis Fernando López  Colombia s.t.
8 KM 1. Ivano Brugnetti  Italy 32:38
2. Francisco Javier Fernández  Spain +0:01
3. Luke Adams  Australia s.t.
4. Yafei Chu  China s.t.
5. Eder Sánchez  Mexico s.t.
12 KM 1. Ivano Brugnetti  Italy 48:36
2. Francisco Javier Fernández  Spain s.t.
3. Luis Fernando López  Colombia +0:01
4. Robert Heffernan  Ireland s.t.
5. Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador s.t.
16 KM 1. Valeriy Borchin  Russia 1:04:05
2. Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador s.t.
3. Jared Tallent  Australia +0:02
4. Ivano Brugnetti  Italy +0:03
5. Francisco Javier Fernández  Spain +0:07

s.t. - same time.

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  2. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  3. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-16-2008/sex=M/discCode=20KR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-16
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