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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's 20 kilometres walk

|games = 2008 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|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

}}

{{AthleticsAt2008SummerOlympics}}

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html |title=Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule |access-date=2008-08-04 |publisher=IAAF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131714/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode%3D3659/bydiscipline/index.html |archive-date=13 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}

The qualifying standards were 1:23:00 (A standard) and 1:24:30 (B standard).{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html |title=Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008 |access-date=2008-08-04|publisher=IAAF| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131730/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html| archive-date= 13 September 2008 | url-status= live}}

Records

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

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Morozov (RUS)

| world_mark = 1:16:43

| world_place = Saransk, Russia

| world_date = 8 June 2008

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Korzeniowski|POL|2000 Summer}}

| olympic_mark = 1:18:59

| olympic_place = Sydney, Australia

| olympic_date = 22 September 2000

}}

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

Results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Rank!!Athlete!!Nationality!!Time!!Notes{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-16-2008/sex=M/discCode=20KR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det |title=Iaaf.org - Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-16-2008 - 20 Kilometres Race Walk M Final |access-date=2008-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=2008-08-17 }} Retrieved 2008-08-16

{{Gold01}}

|align=left| Valeriy Borchin

align=left| {{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer}}

|1:19:01

|

{{Silver02}}

|align=left| Jefferson Pérez

align=left| {{flagIOC|ECU|2008 Summer}}

|1:19:15

|SB

{{Bronze3}}

|align=left| Jared Tallent

align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer}}

|1:19:42

|

{{Sort|04|4}}

|align=left| Wang Hao

align=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}}

|1:19:47

|PB

{{Sort|05|5}}

|align=left| Ivano Brugnetti

align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer}}

|1:19:51

|SB

{{Sort|06|6}}

|align=left| Luke Adams

align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer}}

|1:19:57

|

{{Sort|07|7}}

|align=left| Paquillo Fernández

align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer}}

|1:20:32

|

{{Sort|08|8}}

|align=left| Robert Heffernan

align=left| {{flagIOC|IRL|2008 Summer}}

|1:20:36

|

{{Sort|09|9}}

|align=left| Luis Fernando López

align=left| {{flagIOC|COL|2008 Summer}}

|1:20:59

|SB

10

|align=left| Chu Yafei

align=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}}

|1:21:17

|

11

|align=left| Yuki Yamazaki

align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|2008 Summer}}

|1:21:18

|SB

12

|align=left| Juan Manuel Molina

align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer}}

|1:21:25

|

13

|align=left| Benjamin Sánchez

align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer}}

|1:21:38

|

14

|align=left| José Alessandro Bagio

align=left| {{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer}}

|1:21:43

|SB

15

|align=left| Eder Sánchez

align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|2008 Summer}}

|1:21:53

|

16

|align=left| Koichiro Morioka

align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|2008 Summer}}

|1:21:57

|

17

|align=left| Ilya Markov

align=left| {{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer}}

|1:22:02

|

18

|align=left| Giorgio Rubino

align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer}}

|1:22:11

|

19

|align=left| David Kimutai

align=left| {{flagIOC|KEN|2008 Summer}}

|1:22:21

|SB

20

|align=left| Rolando Saquipay

align=left| {{flagIOC|ECU|2008 Summer}}

|1:22:32

|

21

|align=left| Erik Tysse

align=left| {{flagIOC|NOR|2008 Summer}}

|1:22:43

|

22

|align=left| Ivan Trotski

align=left| {{flagIOC|BLR|2008 Summer}}

|1:22:55

|

23

|align=left| Kim Hyun-Sub

align=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|2008 Summer}}

|1:22:57

|

24

|align=left| Andriy Kovenko

align=left| {{flagIOC|UKR|2008 Summer}}

|1:22:59

|

25

|align=left| André Höhne

align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|2008 Summer}}

|1:23:13

|

26

|align=left| Matej Tóth

align=left| {{flagIOC|SVK|2008 Summer}}

|1:23:17

|

27

|align=left| Hatem Ghoula

align=left| {{flagIOC|TUN|2008 Summer}}

|1:23:44

|

28

|align=left| Dzianis Simanovich

align=left| {{flagIOC|BLR|2008 Summer}}

|1:23:53

|

29

|align=left| Rafał Augustyn

align=left| {{flagIOC|POL|2008 Summer}}

|1:24:25

|

30

|align=left| Dong Jimin

align=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}}

|1:24:34

|

31

|align=left| James Rendón

align=left| {{flagIOC|COL|2008 Summer}}

|1:24:41

|

32

|align=left| João Vieira

align=left| {{flagIOC|POR|2008 Summer}}

|1:25:05

|

33

|align=left| Park Chil-Sung

align=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|2008 Summer}}

|1:25:07

|

34

|align=left| Hassanine Sebei

align=left| {{flagIOC|TUN|2008 Summer}}

|1:25:23

|

35

|align=left| Marius Žiukas

align=left| {{flagIOC|LTU|2008 Summer}}

|1:25:36

|

36

|align=left| David Mejia

align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|2008 Summer}}

|1:26:45

|

37

|align=left| Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi

align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer}}

|1:26:53

|

38

|align=left| Andrés Chocho

align=left| {{flagIOC|ECU|2008 Summer}}

|1:27:09

|

39

|align=left| Allan Segura

align=left| {{flagIOC|CRC|2008 Summer}}

|1:27:10

|

40

|align=left| Juan Manuel Cano

align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|2008 Summer}}

|1:27:17

|

41

|align=left| Predrag Filipovic

align=left| {{flagIOC|SRB|2008 Summer}}

|1:28:15

|

42

|align=left| Rustam Kuvatov

align=left| {{flagIOC|KAZ|2008 Summer}}

|1:28:25

|

43

|align=left| Kevin Eastler

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer}}

|1:28:44

|

44

|align=left| Siarhei Charnou

align=left| {{flagIOC|BLR|2008 Summer}}

|1:29:38

|

45

|align=left| Sérgio Vieira

align=left| {{flagIOC|POR|2008 Summer}}

|1:29:51

|

46

|align=left| Jakub Jelonek

align=left| {{flagIOC|POL|2008 Summer}}

|1:30:37

|

47

|align=left| Fedosei Ciumacenco

align=left| {{flagIOC|MDA|2008 Summer}}

|1:31:37

|

48

|align=left| Mohamed Ameur

align=left| {{flagIOC|ALG|2008 Summer}}

|1:32:21

|

49

|align=left| Recep Çelik

align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|2008 Summer}}

|1:32:54

|

{{Sort|99
}

|align=left| Chris Erickson ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer}}

|DQ

|

|-

|{{Sort|99|}}

|align=left| Takayuki Tanii ||align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|2008 Summer}}

|DQ

|

|}

PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best

= Intermediates =

class="wikitable" width=70%
IntermediateAthleteCountryMark
rowspan="5"| 4 km1. Rustam Kuvatov{{flagIOC|KAZ|2008 Summer}}16:20
2. Paquillo Fernández{{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer}}+0:03
3. Ivano Brugnetti{{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer}}s.t.
4. Luke Adams{{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer}}s.t.
5. Luis Fernando López{{flagIOC|COL|2008 Summer}}s.t.
rowspan="5"| 8 km1. Ivano Brugnetti{{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer}}32:38
2. Paquillo Fernández{{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer}}+0:01
3. Luke Adams{{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer}}s.t.
4. Yafei Chu{{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer}}s.t.
5. Eder Sánchez{{flagIOC|MEX|2008 Summer}}s.t.
rowspan="5"| 12 km1. Ivano Brugnetti{{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer}}48:36
2. Paquillo Fernández{{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer}}s.t.
3. Luis Fernando López{{flagIOC|COL|2008 Summer}}+0:01
4. Robert Heffernan{{flagIOC|IRL|2008 Summer}}s.t.
5. Jefferson Pérez{{flagIOC|ECU|2008 Summer}}s.t.
rowspan="5"| 16 km1. Valeriy Borchin{{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer}}1:04:05
2. Jefferson Pérez{{flagIOC|ECU|2008 Summer}}s.t.
3. Jared Tallent{{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer}}+0:02
4. Ivano Brugnetti{{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer}}+0:03
5. Paquillo Fernández{{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer}}+0:07

s.t. - same time.

References

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Category:Men's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics