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

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

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 26
Competitors53 from 32 nations
Winning time1:20:07
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jefferson Pérez
 Ecuador
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ilya Markov
 Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bernardo Segura
 Mexico
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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

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Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record   Bo Lingtang (CHN) 1:18:04 April 7, 1994   Beijing, PR China
Olympic Record   Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1:19:57 September 23, 1988   Seoul, South Korea

Results

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. ^ a.s, Petit Press (2000-09-11). "Speedwalker returns from the depths". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
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