Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Games:	1968 Summer
Venue:	Estadio Olimpico Universitario
Dates:	October 14
Competitors:	34
Nations:	20
Win Value:	1:33:58.4
Gold:	Volodymyr Holubnychy
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	José Pedraza
Silvernoc:	MEX
Bronze:	Nikolay Smaga
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The men's 20 kilometres walk was the shorter of the two men's racewalking events on the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Mexico City. It was held on 14 October 1968. 34 athletes from 20 nations entered.^[1]

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Time behind	Notes
			1:33:58.4
			1:34:00.0
			1:34:03.4
4			1:35:00.2
5			1:35:27.2
6			1:36:16.8
7			1:36:31.4
8			1:36:43.4
9			1:37:07.6
10			1:37:20.8
11			1:37:32.0
12			1:37:32.0
13			1:38:17
14			1:38:24
15			1:40:03
16			1:40:06
17			1:40:08
18			1:40:11
19			1:40:17
20			1:41:52
21			1:41:58
22			1:42:51
23			1:43:36
24			1:43:50
25			1:44:38
26			1:47:29
27			1:49:27
28			1:54:48
29			1:58:48
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173309/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/ATH/mens-20-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.