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
Daniel Plaza
 Spain
Guillaume LeBlanc
 Canada
Giovanni De Benedictis
 Italy
Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
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
GoldDaniel Plaza
 Spain
SilverGuillaume LeBlanc
 Canada
BronzeGiovanni De Benedictis
 Italy

Abbreviations
  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records
Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record Pavol Blažek (TCH)1:18.13September 16, 1990 Hildesheim, West Germany
Olympic Record Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)1:19.57September 23, 1988 Seoul, South Korea

Final ranking
Rank Athlete Time
 Daniel Plaza (ESP) 1:21:45
 Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 1:22:25
 Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) 1:23:11
4  Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1:23:39
5  Chen Shaoguo (CHN) 1:24:06
6  Jimmy McDonald (IRL) 1:25:16
7  Daniel García (MEX) 1:25:35
8  Sándor Urbanik (HUN) 1:26:08
9  Héctor Moreno (COL) 1:26:23
10  Miguel Ángel Prieto (ESP) 1:26:38
11  Robert Ihly (GER) 1:26:56
12  Mikhail Shchennikov (EUN) 1:27:17
13  Vladimir Andreyev (EUN) 1:28:25
14  Tim Berrett (CAN) 1:28:25
15  Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1:28:37
16  Chris Maddocks (GBR) 1:28:45
17  Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1:29:23
18  Walter Arena (ITA) 1:29:34
19  Igor Kollár (TCH) 1:29:38
20  Axel Noack (GER) 1:29:55
21  Joel Sánchez (MEX) 1:30:12
22  Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) 1:31:39
23  Andrew Penn (GBR) 1:31:40
24  Martin Rush (GBR) 1:31:56
25  Shemisu Hasen (ETH) 1:32:39
26  Viktoras Meškauskas (LTU) 1:33:24
27  Sérgio Galdino (BRA) 1:33:32
28  Ján Záhončík (TCH) 1:33:37
29  Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1:33:51
30  Allen James (USA) 1:35:12
31  Andrew Jachno (AUS) 1:36:49
32  Marcelo Palma (BRA) 1:40:11
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Li Mingcai (CHN) DNF
—  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) DNF
—  Oleg Troshin (EUN) DNF
—  Ademar Kammler (BRA) DNF
—  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—  Valentí Massana (ESP) DSQ
—  Thierry Toutain (FRA) DSQ
—  Bobby O'Leary (IRL) DSQ
—  José Urbano (POR) DSQ
—  Saleumphone Sopraseut (LAO) DSQ

See also
  • 1990 Men's European Championships 20 km Walk (Split)
  • 1991 Men's World Championships 20 km Walk (Tokyo)
  • 1992 Race Walking Year Ranking
  • 1993 Men's World Championships 20 km Walk (Stuttgart)

References
  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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