Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Games:	1992 Summer
Dates:	July 31
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Competitors:	42
Nations:	23
Win Value:	1:21:45
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Daniel Plaza
Goldnoc:	ESP
Silver:	Guillaume LeBlanc
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Giovanni De Benedictis
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

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]

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
		1:18.13	September 16, 1990	Hildesheim, West Germany
		1:19.57	September 23, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Time behind	Notes
	Daniel Plaza		1:21:45
	Guillaume LeBlanc		1:22:25
	Giovanni De Benedictis		1:23:11
4	Maurizio Damilano		1:23:39
5	Chen Shaoguo		1:24:06
6	Jimmy McDonald		1:25:16
7	Daniel García		1:25:35
8	Sándor Urbanik		1:26:08
9	Héctor Moreno		1:26:23
10	Miguel Ángel Prieto		1:26:38
11	Robert Ihly		1:26:56
12	Mikhail Shchennikov		1:27:17
13	Vladimir Andreyev		1:28:25
14	Tim Berrett		1:28:25
15	Stefan Johansson		1:28:37
16	Chris Maddocks		1:28:45
17	Pavol Blažek		1:29:23
18	Walter Arena		1:29:34
19	Igor Kollár		1:29:38
20	Axel Noack		1:29:55
21	Joel Sánchez		1:30:12
22	Nicholas A'Hern		1:31:39
23	Andrew Penn		1:31:40
24	Martin Rush		1:31:56
25	Shemisu Hasen		1:32:39
26	Viktoras Meškauskas		1:33:24
27	Sérgio Galdino		1:33:32
28	Ján Záhončík		1:33:37
29	Ernesto Canto		1:33:51
30	Allen James		1:35:12
31	Andrew Jachno		1:36:49
32	Marcelo Palma		1:40:11
—	align=left	Li Mingcai	align=left
	align=left	Robert Korzeniowski	align=left
	align=left	Oleg Troshin	align=left
	align=left	Ademar Kammler	align=left
	align=left	Jefferson Pérez	align=left
	align=left	Valentí Massana	align=left
	align=left	Thierry Toutain	align=left
	align=left	Bobby O'Leary	align=left
	align=left	José Urbano	align=left
	align=left	Saleumphone Sopraseut	align=left

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)

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/mens-20-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.