Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Beijing Olympic Stadium
Dates:	August 16
Competitors:	51
Nations:	30
Win Value:	1:19:01
Gold:	Valeriy Borchin
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Jefferson Perez
Silvernoc:	ECU
Bronze:	Jared Tallent
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 1:23:00 (A standard) and 1:24:30 (B standard).^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes^[3]
			1:19:01
			1:19:15	SB
			1:19:42
			1:19:47	PB
			1:19:51	SB
			1:19:57
			1:20:32
			1:20:36
			1:20:59	SB
10			1:21:17
11			1:21:18	SB
12			1:21:25
13			1:21:38
14			1:21:43	SB
15			1:21:53
16			1:21:57
17			1:22:02
18			1:22:11
19			1:22:21	SB
20			1:22:32
21			1:22:43
22			1:22:55
23			1:22:57
24			1:22:59
25			1:23:13
26			1:23:17
27			1:23:44
28			1:23:53
29			1:24:25
30			1:24:34
31			1:24:41
32			1:25:05
33			1:25:07
34			1:25:23
35			1:25:36
36			1:26:45
37			1:26:53
38			1:27:09
39			1:27:10
40			1:27:17
41			1:28:15
42			1:28:25
43			1:28:44
44			1:29:38
45			1:29:51
46			1:30:37
47			1:31:37
48			1:32:21
49			1:32:54
			DQ
			DQ

PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best

Intermediates

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
4 km	1. Rustam Kuvatov		16:20
			+0:03
			s.t.
			s.t.
			s.t.
8 km	1. Ivano Brugnetti		32:38
			+0:01
			s.t.
			s.t.
			s.t.
12 km	1. Ivano Brugnetti		48:36
			s.t.
			+0:01
			s.t.
			s.t.
16 km	1. Valeriy Borchin		1:04:05
			s.t.
			+0:02
			+0:03
			+0:07

s.t. - same time.

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule . 2008-08-04 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131714/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode%3D3659/bydiscipline/index.html . 13 September 2008 . dead .
2. Web site: Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008 . 2008-08-04. IAAF. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131730/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. 13 September 2008 . live.
3. Web site: Iaaf.org - Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-16-2008 - 20 Kilometres Race Walk M Final . 2008-08-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080817101743/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode%3D3659/racedate%3D08-16-2008/sex%3DM/discCode%3D20KR/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Df/results.html . 2008-08-17 . Retrieved 2008-08-16