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

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]

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
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Medalists edit

Gold Daniel Plaza
  Spain
Silver Guillaume LeBlanc
  Canada
Bronze Giovanni De Benedictis
  Italy

Abbreviations edit

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
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 edit

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

Final ranking edit

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 (GBR) 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 Troshin (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 edit

References edit

  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.

External links edit