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

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]

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
Ernesto Canto
 Mexico
Raúl González
 Mexico
Maurizio Damilano
 Italy
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

Medalists
GoldErnesto Canto
 Mexico
SilverRaúl González
 Mexico
BronzeMaurizio Damilano
 Italy

Abbreviations
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

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

Final ranking
Rank Athlete Time Note
 Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:23:13OR
 Raúl González (MEX) 1:23:20
 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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