Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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]

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSeoul Olympic Stadium (start and finish)
DatesSeptember 23
Competitors53 from 28 nations
Winning time1:19:57 OR
Medalists
Jozef Pribilinec
 Czechoslovakia
Ronald Weigel
 East Germany
Maurizio Damilano
 Italy
Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

Medalists
GoldJozef Pribilinec
 Czechoslovakia
SilverRonald Weigel
 East Germany
BronzeMaurizio Damilano
 Italy

Abbreviations
  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records
Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)1:19.08July 30, 1988 Kiev, Soviet Union
Olympic Record Ernesto Canto (MEX)1:23.13August 3, 1984 Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)1:19.57September 23, 1988 Seoul, South Korea

Final ranking
Rank Athlete Time Note
 Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1:19:57OR
 Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1:20:00
 Maurizio Damilano (ITA) 1:20:14
4  José Marín (ESP) 1:20:34
5  Roman Mrázek (TCH) 1:20:43
6  Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1:20:47
7  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1:20:53
8  Axel Noack (GDR) 1:21:14
9  Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) 1:21:18PB
10  Guillaume Leblanc (CAN) 1:21:29
11  Simon Baker (AUS) 1:21:47
12  Daniel Plaza (ESP) 1:21:53
13  Ian McCombie (GBR) 1:22:03
14  Aleksey Pershin (URS) 1:22:32
15  Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1:22:39
16  Martial Fesselier (FRA) 1:22:43
17  Jimmy McDonald (IRL) 1:22:45
18  Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1:22:55
19  Carlo Mattioli (ITA) 1:22:58
20  Jean-Claude Corré (FRA) 1:23:09
21  Sándor Urbanik (HUN) 1:23:18
22  Erling Andersen (NOR) 1:23:30
23  Ricardo Pueyo (ESP) 1:23:40
24  Chris Maddocks (GBR) 1:23:46
25  Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1:23:51
26  Hirofumi Sakai (JPN) 1:24:08
27  Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1:24:39
28  Andrew Jachno (AUS) 1:24:52
29  José Urbano (POR) 1:24:56
30  Jan Staaf (SWE) 1:24:59
31  José Pinto (POR) 1:26:33
32  Abdelouahab Ferguene (ALG) 1:26:33
33  Héctor Moreno (COL) 1:27:06
34  Mohamed Bouhalla (ALG) 1:27:10
35  Godfried Dejonckheere (BEL) 1:27:14
36  Zdzisław Szlapkin (POL) 1:27:23
37  Gary Morgan (USA) 1:27:26
38  Jim Heiring (USA) 1:27:30
39  Hélder Oliveira (POR) 1:27:39
40  Santiago Fonseca (HON) 1:27:41
41  Li Baojin (CHN) 1:27:57
42  Reima Salonen (FIN) 1:28:25
43  Lyubomir Ivanov (BUL) 1:28:43
44  Timothy Lewis (USA) 1:31:00
45  Marcelo Palma (BRA) 1:31:42
46  Jeong Pil-hwa (KOR) 1:32:23
47  Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) 1:32:46
48  Rafael Valladares (HON) 1:37:09
49  Jeong Myeong-o (KOR) 1:40:09
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—  Querubín Moreno (COL) DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—  Ernesto Canto (MEX) DSQ
—  Joel Sánchez (MEX) DSQ
—  Marc Sowa (LUX) DSQ

See also

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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