| Event: | Men's 20 kilometres walk |
| Games: | 1988 Summer |
| Venue: | Seoul Olympic Stadium (start and finish) |
| Dates: | September 23 |
| Competitors: | 53 |
| Nations: | 28 |
| Win Value: | 1:19:57 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Jozef Pribilinec |
| Goldnoc: | TCH |
| Silver: | Ronald Weigel |
| Silvernoc: | GDR |
| Bronze: | Maurizio Damilano |
| Bronzenoc: | ITA |
| Prev: | 1984 |
| Next: | 1992 |
The Men's 20 km Race Walk event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 53 competitors. Three athletes were disqualified, while one walker did not finish the race. The race was held on Friday September 23, 1988.[1]
| Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:19.08 | July 30, 1988 | Kiev, Soviet Union | |||
| 1:23.13 | August 3, 1984 |  Los Angeles, United States | |||
| Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics | |||||
| 1:19.57 | September 23, 1988 |  Seoul, South Korea | |||