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

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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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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]

Medalists

Gold Ernesto Canto
 Mexico
Silver Raúl González
 Mexico
Bronze Maurizio Damilano
 Italy

Abbreviations

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

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

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:23:13 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Raúl González (MEX) 1:23:20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1:23:26
4  Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 1:24:29
5  Carlo Mattioli (ITA) 1:25:07
6  Josep Marín (ESP) 1:25:32
7  Marco Evoniuk (USA) 1:25:42
8  Erling Andersen (NOR) 1:25:54
9  Querubín Moreno (COL) 1:26:04
10  David Smith (AUS) 1:26:48
11  François Lapointe (CAN) 1:27:06
12  Héctor Moreno (COL) 1:27:12
13  Philip Vesty (GBR) 1:27:28
14  Simon Baker (AUS) 1:27:43
15  Gérard Lelièvre (FRA) 1:27:50
16  Willi Sawall (AUS) 1:28:24
17  Marcelino Colín (MEX) 1:28:26
18  Francisco Vargas (COL) 1:28:46
19  Ian McCombie (GBR) 1:28:53
20  Martial Fesselier (FRA) 1:29:46
21  Marcel Jobin (CAN) 1:29:49
22  Chand Ram (IND) 1:30:06
23  Jim Heiring (USA) 1:30:20
24  Steve Barry (GBR) 1:30:46
25  José Pinto (POR) 1:30:54
26  Abdelouahab Ferguene (ALG) 1:31:24
27  Zhang Fuxin (CHN) 1:32:10
28  Alessandro Pezzatini (ITA) 1:32:27
29  Martin Toporek (AUT) 1:33:58
30  Benamar Kechkouche (ALG) 1:34:12
31  Santiago Folseca (HON) 1:34:47
32  Pius Munyasia (KEN) 1:34:53
33  Daniel O'Connor (USA) 1:35:12
34  José Víctor Alonzo (GUA) 1:35:32
35  Stefano Casali (SMR) 1:35:48
36  Oswaldo Morejón (BOL) 1:44:42
37  Luis Campos (ESA) 1:48:45
38  Amjad Tawalbeh (JOR) 1:49:35
DID NOT START (DNS)
 Reima Salonen (FIN) DNS
 Dominique Guebey (FRA) DNS
 Dieter Hoffmann (FRG) DNS
 Lars Ove Moen (NOR) DNS

See also

References

  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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