Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The Men's 20 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 53 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while one walker did not finish the race. The race was held on Friday September 23, 1988.[1]

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSeoul Olympic Stadium (start and finish)
DatesSeptember 23
Competitors53 from 28 nations
Winning time1:19:57 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jozef Pribilinec
 Czechoslovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ronald Weigel
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maurizio Damilano
 Italy
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Records

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Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record   Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1:19.08 July 30, 1988   Kiev, Soviet Union
Olympic Record   Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:23.13 August 3, 1984   Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
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
  Jozef Pribilinec   Czechoslovakia 1:19:57 OR
  Ronald Weigel   East Germany 1:20:00
  Maurizio Damilano   Italy 1:20:14
4 José Marín   Spain 1:20:34
5 Roman Mrázek   Czechoslovakia 1:20:43
6 Mikhail Shchennikov   Soviet Union 1:20:47
7 Carlos Mercenario   Mexico 1:20:53
8 Axel Noack   East Germany 1:21:14
9 Giovanni De Benedictis   Italy 1:21:18 PB
10 Guillaume Leblanc   Canada 1:21:29
11 Simon Baker   Australia 1:21:47
12 Daniel Plaza   Spain 1:21:53
13 Ian McCombie   Great Britain 1:22:03
14 Aleksey Pershin   Soviet Union 1:22:32
15 Pavol Blažek   Czechoslovakia 1:22:39
16 Martial Fesselier   France 1:22:43
17 Jimmy McDonald   Ireland 1:22:45
18 Thierry Toutain   France 1:22:55
19 Carlo Mattioli   Italy 1:22:58
20 Jean-Claude Corré   France 1:23:09
21 Sándor Urbanik   Hungary 1:23:18
22 Erling Andersen   Norway 1:23:30
23 Ricardo Pueyo   Spain 1:23:40
24 Chris Maddocks   Great Britain 1:23:46
25 Stefan Johansson   Sweden 1:23:51
26 Hirofumi Sakai   Japan 1:24:08
27 Yevgeniy Misyulya   Soviet Union 1:24:39
28 Andrew Jachno   Australia 1:24:52
29 José Urbano   Portugal 1:24:56
30 Jan Staaf   Sweden 1:24:59
31 José Pinto   Portugal 1:26:33
32 Abdelouahab Ferguene   Algeria 1:26:33
33 Héctor Moreno   Colombia 1:27:06
34 Mohamed Bouhalla   Algeria 1:27:10
35 Godfried Dejonckheere   Belgium 1:27:14
36 Zdzisław Szlapkin   Poland 1:27:23
37 Gary Morgan   United States 1:27:26
38 Jim Heiring   United States 1:27:30
39 Hélder Oliveira   Portugal 1:27:39
40 Santiago Fonseca   Honduras 1:27:41
41 Li Baojin   China 1:27:57
42 Reima Salonen   Finland 1:28:25
43 Lyubomir Ivanov   Bulgaria 1:28:43
44 Timothy Lewis   United States 1:31:00
45 Marcelo Palma   Brazil 1:31:42
46 Jeong Pil-hwa   South Korea 1:32:23
47 Tadahiro Kosaka   Japan 1:32:46
48 Rafael Valladares   Honduras 1:37:09
49 Jeong Myeong-o   South Korea 1:40:09
Querubín Moreno   Colombia DNF
Ernesto Canto   Mexico DSQ
Joel Sánchez   Mexico DSQ
Marc Sowa   Luxembourg DSQ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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