Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date:	July 26
Win Value:	1:20:07
Competitors:	53
Nations:	32
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Jefferson Pérez
Goldnoc:	ECU
Silver:	Ilya Markov
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Bernardo Segura
Bronzenoc:	MEX
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Igor Kollár garnered a "huge lead" over the pack, but he was disqualified as the judges deemed that he held two feet off the ground. Kollár claimed that the judges only disqualified him because he was so far ahead and they wanted a closer finish, a claim disputed by his coach.^[2]

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
		1:18:04	April 7, 1994	Beijing, PR China
		1:19:57	September 23, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Time behind	Notes
	Jefferson Pérez		1:20:07
	Ilya Markov		1:20:16	+0:09
	Bernardo Segura		1:20:23	+0:16
4	Nick A'Hern		1:20:31	+0:24
5	Rishat Shafikov		1:20:41	+0:34
6	Aigars Fadejevs		1:20:47	+0:39
7	Mikhail Shchennikov		1:21:09	+1:02
8	Robert Korzeniowski		1:21:13	+1:06
9	Yevgeniy Misyulya		1:21:16	+1:09
10	Thierry Toutain		1:21:56	+1:49
11	Daniel Plaza		1:22:05	+1:58
12	Mikhail Khmelnitskiy		1:22:17	+2:10
13	Sándor Urbanik		1:22:18	+2:11
14	Denis Langlois		1:23:08	+3:01
15	Nischan Daimer		1:23:23	+3:16
16	Giovanni Perricelli		1:23:41	+3:34
17	Robert Ihly		1:23:47	+3:39
18	Valeriy Borisov		1:23:52	+3:44
19	Daniel García		1:24:10	+4:03
20	Valentí Massana		1:24:14	+4:07
21	Yu Guohui		1:24:30	+4:23
22	Daisuke Ikeshima		1:24:54	+4:47
23	David Kimutai		1:25:01	+4:54
24	Andreas Erm		1:25:08	+5:01
25	Jiří Malysa		1:25:13	+5:06
26	Sérgio Galdino		1:25:14	+5:07
27	Giovanni De Benedictis		1:25:22	+5:15
28	Li Zewen		1:25:28	+5:21
29	Claus Jørgensen		1:25:28	+5:21
30	Jan Staaf		1:25:30	+5:23
31	José Urbano		1:25:32	+5:25
32	Scott Nelson		1:25:50	+5:43
33	Hatem Ghoula		1:25:52	+5:45
34	Michele Didoni		1:26:02	+5:55
35	Jean-Olivier Brosseau		1:26:29	+6:22
36	Martin St. Pierre		1:26:37	+6:30
37	Mohieddine Beni Daoud		1:27:15	+7:08
38	Róbert Valíček		1:27:27	+7:20
39	Fernando Vázquez		1:27:35	+7:28
40	Justus Kavulanya		1:27:49	+7:42
41	Fedosei Ciumacenco		1:27:57	+7:50
42	Arturo Huerta		1:28:23	+8:16
43	Luis Fernando García		1:28:28	+8:21
44	Valdas Kazlauskas		1:28:33	+8:26
45	Costică Bălan		1:28:36	+8:29
46	Pavol Blažek		1:29:41	+9:34
47	Dion Russell		1:30:04	+9:07
48	Tomáš Kratochvíl		1:30:11	+10:04
49	Cláudio Bertolino		1:31:04	+10:57
50	Curt Clausen		1:31:30	+11:23
51	Jimmy McDonald		1:32:11	+12:04
52	Hubert Sonnek		1:32:42	+12:35
53	Htay Myint		1:42:28	+22:21
—	Héctor Moreno			–
	Igor Kollár			–
	Li Mingcai			–
	Julio René Martínez			–
	Roberto Oscal			–
	Miguel Rodríguez			–
	Julius Sawe			–
	Moussa Aouanouk			–

See also

• 1993 Men's World Championships 20 km Walk (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Men's European Championships 20 km Walk (Helsinki)
• 1995 Men's World Championships 20 km Walk (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Race Walking Year Ranking
• 1997 Men's World Championships 20 km Walk (Athens)
• 1998 Men's European Championships 20 km Walk (Budapest)
• 1999 Men's World Championships 20 km Walk (Seville)

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173310/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/mens-20-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: a.s . Petit Press . 2000-09-11 . Speedwalker returns from the depths . 2024-01-13 . spectator.sme.sk . en.