Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DateAugust 3
Competitors38 from 21 nations
Winning time1:23:13 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ernesto Canto
 Mexico
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raúl González
 Mexico
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maurizio Damilano
 Italy
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Athletics at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

The Men's 20 km Race Walk at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 42 competitors. Four athletes did not start in the final, held on August 3, 1984.[1]

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record  Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1:19:30 September 23, 1983 Norway Bergen, Norway
Olympic Record  Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1:23:35.5 July 24, 1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record  Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:23:13 August 3, 1984 United States Los Angeles, United States

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ernesto Canto  Mexico 1:23:13 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raúl González  Mexico 1:23:20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maurizio Damilano  Italy 1:23:26
4 Guillaume LeBlanc  Canada 1:24:29
5 Carlo Mattioli  Italy 1:25:07
6 Josep Marín  Spain 1:25:32
7 Marco Evoniuk  United States 1:25:42
8 Erling Andersen  Norway 1:25:54
9 Querubín Moreno  Colombia 1:26:04
10 David Smith  Australia 1:26:48
11 François Lapointe  Canada 1:27:06
12 Héctor Moreno  Colombia 1:27:12
13 Philip Vesty  Great Britain 1:27:28
14 Simon Baker  Australia 1:27:43
15 Gérard Lelièvre  France 1:27:50
16 Willi Sawall  Australia 1:28:24
17 Marcelino Colín  Mexico 1:28:26
18 Francisco Vargas  Colombia 1:28:46
19 Ian McCombie  Great Britain 1:28:53
20 Martial Fesselier  France 1:29:46
21 Marcel Jobin  Canada 1:29:49
22 Chand Ram  India 1:30:06
23 Jim Heiring  United States 1:30:20
24 Steve Barry  Great Britain 1:30:46
25 José Pinto  Portugal 1:30:54
26 Abdelouahab Ferguene  Algeria 1:31:24
27 Zhang Fuxin  China 1:32:10
28 Alessandro Pezzatini  Italy 1:32:27
29 Martin Toporek  Austria 1:33:58
30 Benamar Kechkouche  Algeria 1:34:12
31 Santiago Folseca  Honduras 1:34:47
32 Pius Munyasia  Kenya 1:34:53
33 Daniel O'Connor  United States 1:35:12
34 José Víctor Alonzo  Guatemala 1:35:32
35 Stefano Casali  San Marino 1:35:48
36 Oswaldo Morejón  Bolivia 1:44:42
37 Luis Campos  El Salvador 1:48:45
38 Amjad Tawalbeh  Jordan 1:49:35
— Reima Salonen  Finland DNS
Dominique Guebey  France DNS
Dieter Hoffmann  West Germany DNS
Lars Ove Moen  Norway DNS

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles 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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