Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Men's 20 kilometres walk; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date	July 26
Competitors	60 from 34 nations
Winning time	1:20:07
Medalists
	← 1992 2000 →

These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Igor Kollár garnered a "huge lead" over the pack, but he was disqualified as the judges deemed that he held two feet off the ground. Kollár claimed that the judges only disqualified him because he was so far ahead and they wanted a closer finish, a claim disputed by his coach.^[2]

Medalists edit

Gold	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador
Silver	Ilya Markov Russia
Bronze	Bernardo Segura Mexico

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 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record	Bo Lingtang (CHN)	1:18:04	April 7, 1994	Beijing, PR China
Olympic Record	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	1:19:57	September 23, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Results edit

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	1:20:07
	Ilya Markov (RUS)	1:20:16
	Bernardo Segura (MEX)	1:20:23
4	Nick A'Hern (AUS)	1:20:31
5	Rishat Shafikov (RUS)	1:20:41
6	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	1:20:47
7	Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS)	1:21:09
8	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	1:21:13
9	Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)	1:21:16
10	Thierry Toutain (FRA)	1:21:56
11	Daniel Plaza (ESP)	1:22:05
12	Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR)	1:22:17
13	Sándor Urbanik (HUN)	1:22:18
14	Denis Langlois (FRA)	1:23:08
15	Nischan Daimer (GER)	1:23:23
16	Giovanni Perricelli (ITA)	1:23:41
17	Robert Ihly (GER)	1:23:47
18	Valeriy Borisov (KAZ)	1:23:52
19	Daniel García (MEX)	1:24:10
20	Valentí Massana (ESP)	1:24:14
21	Yu Guohui (CHN)	1:24:30
22	Daisuke Ikeshima (JPN)	1:24:54
23	David Kimutai (KEN)	1:25:01
24	Andreas Erm (GER)	1:25:08
25	Jiří Malysa (CZE)	1:25:13
26	Sérgio Galdino (BRA)	1:25:14
27	Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)	1:25:22
28	Li Zewen (CHN)	1:25:28
29	Claus Jørgensen (DEN)	1:25:28
30	Jan Staaf (SWE)	1:25:30
31	José Urbano (POR)	1:25:32
32	Scott Nelson (NZL)	1:25:50
33	Hatem Ghoula (TUN)	1:25:52
34	Michele Didoni (ITA)	1:26:02
35	Jean-Olivier Brosseau (FRA)	1:26:29
36	Martin St. Pierre (CAN)	1:26:37
37	Mohieddine Beni Daoud (TUN)	1:27:15
38	Róbert Valíček (SVK)	1:27:27
39	Fernando Vázquez (ESP)	1:27:35
40	Justus Kavulanya (KEN)	1:27:49
41	Fedosei Ciumacenco (MDA)	1:27:57
42	Arturo Huerta (CAN)	1:28:23
43	Luis Fernando García (GUA)	1:28:28
44	Valdas Kazlauskas (LTU)	1:28:33
45	Costică Bălan (ROU)	1:28:36
46	Pavol Blažek (SVK)	1:29:41
47	Dion Russell (AUS)	1:30:04
48	Tomáš Kratochvíl (CZE)	1:30:11
49	Cláudio Bertolino (BRA)	1:31:04
50	Curt Clausen (USA)	1:31:30
51	Jimmy McDonald (IRL)	1:32:11
52	Hubert Sonnek (CZE)	1:32:42
53	Htay Myint (MYA)	1:42:28
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Héctor Moreno (COL)	DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Igor Kollár (SVK)	DSQ
—	Li Mingcai (CHN)	DSQ
—	Julio René Martínez (GUA)	DSQ
—	Roberto Oscal (GUA)	DSQ
—	Miguel Rodríguez (MEX)	DSQ
—	Julius Sawe (KEN)	DSQ
DID NOT START (DNS)
—	Moussa Aouanouk (ALG)	DNS