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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's 20 kilometres walk

|games = 1992 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|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

}}

{{AthleticsAt1992SummerOlympics}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/mens-20-kilometres-walk.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/mens-20-kilometres-walk.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk |access-date=3 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Records

class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center;"
colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record{{flagathlete|Pavol Blažek|TCH}}1:18.13September 16, 1990{{flagicon|FRG}} Hildesheim, West Germany
Olympic Record{{flagathlete|Jozef Pribilinec|TCH}}1:19.57September 23, 1988{{flagicon|KOR}} Seoul, South Korea

Results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankAthleteNationTimeTime behindNotes
{{gold1}}

|align=left| Daniel Plaza

|align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1992 Summer}}

|1:21:45

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{{silver2}}

|align=left| Guillaume LeBlanc

|align=left|{{flagIOC|CAN|1992 Summer}}

|1:22:25

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{{bronze3}}

|align=left| Giovanni De Benedictis

|align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Summer}}

|1:23:11

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4

|align=left|Maurizio Damilano

|align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Summer}}

|1:23:39

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5

|align=left|Chen Shaoguo

|align=left|{{flagIOC|CHN|1992 Summer}}

|1:24:06

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6

|align=left|Jimmy McDonald

|align=left|{{flagIOC|IRL|1992 Summer}}

|1:25:16

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7

|align=left|Daniel García

|align=left|{{flagIOC|MEX|1992 Summer}}

|1:25:35

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8

|align=left|Sándor Urbanik

|align=left|{{flagIOC|HUN|1992 Summer}}

|1:26:08

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9

|align=left|Héctor Moreno

|align=left|{{flagIOC|COL|1992 Summer}}

|1:26:23

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10

|align=left|Miguel Ángel Prieto

|align=left|{{flagIOC|ESP|1992 Summer}}

|1:26:38

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11

|align=left|Robert Ihly

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|1992 Summer}}

|1:26:56

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12

|align=left|Mikhail Shchennikov

|align=left|{{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}}

|1:27:17

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13

|align=left|Vladimir Andreyev

|align=left|{{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}}

|1:28:25

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14

|align=left|Tim Berrett

|align=left|{{flagIOC|CAN|1992 Summer}}

|1:28:25

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15

|align=left|Stefan Johansson

|align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|1992 Summer}}

|1:28:37

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16

|align=left|Chris Maddocks

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Summer}}

|1:28:45

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17

|align=left|Pavol Blažek

|align=left|{{flagIOC|TCH|1992 Summer}}

|1:29:23

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18

|align=left|Walter Arena

|align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Summer}}

|1:29:34

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19

|align=left|Igor Kollár

|align=left|{{flagIOC|TCH|1992 Summer}}

|1:29:38

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20

|align=left|Axel Noack

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|1992 Summer}}

|1:29:55

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21

|align=left|Joel Sánchez

|align=left|{{flagIOC|MEX|1992 Summer}}

|1:30:12

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22

|align=left|Nicholas A'Hern

|align=left|{{flagIOC|AUS|1992 Summer}}

|1:31:39

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23

|align=left|Andrew Penn

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Summer}}

|1:31:40

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24

|align=left|Martin Rush

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Summer}}

|1:31:56

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25

|align=left|Shemisu Hasen

|align=left|{{flagIOC|ETH|1992 Summer}}

|1:32:39

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26

|align=left|Viktoras Meškauskas

|align=left|{{flagIOC|LTU|1992 Summer}}

|1:33:24

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27

|align=left|Sérgio Galdino

|align=left|{{flagIOC|BRA|1992 Summer}}

|1:33:32

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28

|align=left|Ján Záhončík

|align=left|{{flagIOC|TCH|1992 Summer}}

|1:33:37

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29

|align=left|Ernesto Canto

|align=left|{{flagIOC|MEX|1992 Summer}}

|1:33:51

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30

|align=left|Allen James

|align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|1992 Summer}}

|1:35:12

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31

|align=left|Andrew Jachno

|align=left|{{flagIOC|AUS|1992 Summer}}

|1:36:49

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32

|align=left|Marcelo Palma

|align=left|{{flagIOC|BRA|1992 Summer}}

|1:40:11

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rowspan="10"|—

| align=left |Li Mingcai

| align=left |{{flagIOC|CHN|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}

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align=left |Robert Korzeniowski

| align=left |{{flagIOC|POL|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}

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align=left |Oleg Troshin

| align=left |{{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}

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align=left |Ademar Kammler

| align=left |{{flagIOC|BRA|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}

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align=left |Jefferson Pérez

| align=left |{{flagIOC|ECU|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}

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align=left |Valentí Massana

| align=left |{{flagIOC|ESP|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DSQ}}

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align=left |Thierry Toutain

| align=left |{{flagIOC|FRA|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DSQ}}

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align=left |Bobby O'Leary

| align=left |{{flagIOC|IRL|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DSQ}}

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align=left |José Urbano

| align=left |{{flagIOC|POR|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DSQ}}

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align=left |Saleumphone Sopraseut

| align=left |{{flagIOC|LAO|1992 Summer}}

|{{AthAbbr|DSQ}}

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See also

References

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