Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date:	31 August 1972
Competitors:	24
Nations:	12
Win Value:	1:26:42.4
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Peter Frenkel
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Volodymyr Holubnychy
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Hans-Georg Reimann
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

These are the official results of the Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 31 August. There were no heats with this event, it was held as a finals only event.^[1]

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Time behind	Notes
			1:26:42.4
			1:26:55.2
			1:27:16.6
4			1:27:55.0
5			1:28:16.6
6			1:28:44.4
7			1:32:01.6
8			1:32:30.0
9			1:32:40.6
10			1:32:53.4
11			1:33:03.2
12			1:33:05.0
13			1:33:13.8
14			1:33:22.2
15			1:34:58.8
16			1:35:20.6
17			1:35:38.8
18			1:36:23.8
19			1:38:33.6
20			1:43:11.6
21			1:45:09.4
22			1:45:45.4
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External links

Official report

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/mens-20-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.