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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Records

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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

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Time behind Notes
  Daniel Plaza   Spain 1:21:45
  Guillaume LeBlanc   Canada 1:22:25
  Giovanni De Benedictis   Italy 1:23:11
4 Maurizio Damilano   Italy 1:23:39
5 Chen Shaoguo   China 1:24:06
6 Jimmy McDonald   Ireland 1:25:16
7 Daniel García   Mexico 1:25:35
8 Sándor Urbanik   Hungary 1:26:08
9 Héctor Moreno   Colombia 1:26:23
10 Miguel Ángel Prieto   Spain 1:26:38
11 Robert Ihly   Germany 1:26:56
12 Mikhail Shchennikov   Unified Team 1:27:17
13 Vladimir Andreyev   Unified Team 1:28:25
14 Tim Berrett   Canada 1:28:25
15 Stefan Johansson   Sweden 1:28:37
16 Chris Maddocks   Great Britain 1:28:45
17 Pavol Blažek   Czechoslovakia 1:29:23
18 Walter Arena   Italy 1:29:34
19 Igor Kollár   Czechoslovakia 1:29:38
20 Axel Noack   Germany 1:29:55
21 Joel Sánchez   Mexico 1:30:12
22 Nicholas A'Hern   Australia 1:31:39
23 Andrew Penn   Great Britain 1:31:40
24 Martin Rush   Great Britain 1:31:56
25 Shemisu Hasen   Ethiopia 1:32:39
26 Viktoras Meškauskas   Lithuania 1:33:24
27 Sérgio Galdino   Brazil 1:33:32
28 Ján Záhončík   Czechoslovakia 1:33:37
29 Ernesto Canto   Mexico 1:33:51
30 Allen James   United States 1:35:12
31 Andrew Jachno   Australia 1:36:49
32 Marcelo Palma   Brazil 1:40:11
Li Mingcai   China DNF
Robert Korzeniowski   Poland DNF
Oleg Troshin   Unified Team DNF
Ademar Kammler   Brazil DNF
Jefferson Pérez   Ecuador DNF
Valentí Massana   Spain DSQ
Thierry Toutain   France DSQ
Bobby O'Leary   Ireland DSQ
José Urbano   Portugal DSQ
Saleumphone Sopraseut   Laos DSQ

See also

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References

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  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.
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