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20 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	3 August 1984 — 17:15
Status	Olympic
Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants	38 from 22 countries

The race began with five laps of the Coliseum track and the racers then walked seven laps of a 2.5 km circuit on Exposition Boulevard, before finishing with 1½ laps on the track. The favorites were Ernesto Canto (MEX), the 1983 World Champion, and 1982 European Champion José Marín (ESP). Defending champion Maurizio Damilano was back and he forced the pace, leading thru 15 km., with Marin unable to stay with the leaders. As they neared the tunnel entrance the medals were pretty much decided with Canto leading his teammate, Raúl González, by 30 metres, Damilano another 25 metres back, and it remained that way to the finish. The Mexicans enjoyed somewhat of a hometown advantage because of the large Mexican population in Los Angeles that cheered them throughout the race.

Pos	Nr	Walker	NOC	Time	Warnings	Loss of Contact	Bent Knee	5 km (Pos)	10 km (Pos)	15 km (Pos)
1	632	Ernesto Canto	MEX	1-23:13	–	–	–	20:58 (=3)	41:33 (=1)	1-02:22 (2)	OR	Gold
2	639	Raúl González	MEX	1-23:20	–	–	–	20:59 (=7)	41:35 (=3)	1-02:31 (4)		Silver
3	500	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	1-23:26	–	–	–	20:58 (=3)	41:33 (=1)	1-02:14 (1)		Bronze
4	128	Guillaume LeBlanc	CAN	1-24:29	–	–	–	20:48 (1)	41:35 (=3)	1-02:23 (3)
5	509	Carlo Mattioli	ITA	1-25:07	–	–	–	20:58 (=3)	41:36 (5)	1-03:00 (5)
6	233	José Marín	ESP	1-25:32	–	–	–	20:59 (=7)	42:05 (=9)	1-03:44 (8)
7	897	Marco Evoniuk	USA	1-25:42	–	–	–	20:58 (=3)	41:52 (8)	1-03:28 (7)
8	675	Erling Andersen	NOR	1-25:54	–	–	–	20:59 (=7)	41:48 (7)	1-03:19 (6)
9	189	José Querubín Moreno	COL	1-26:04	–	–	–	21:22 (=16)	43:10 (14)	1-04:39 (11)
10	995	Dave Smith	AUS	1-26:48	–	–	–	21:00 (10)	41:47 (6)	1-04:23 (10)
11	127	François Lapointe	CAN	1-27:06	–	–	–	21:06 (=12)	43:02 (=12)	1-05:09 (12)
12	188	Héctor Moreno	COL	1-27:12	–	–	–	21:22 (=16)	43:13 (15)	1-05:28 (15)
13	399	Philip Vesty	GBR	1-27:28	–	–	–	21:42 (=22)	43:26 (17)	1-05:22 (14)
14	994	Simon Baker	AUS	1-27:43	–	–	–	21:06 (=12)	42:57 (11)	1-05:30 (16)
15	292	Gérard Lelièvre	FRA	1-27:50	–	–	–	21:13 (=14)	43:02 (=12)	1-05:18 (13)
16	37	Willi Sawall	AUS	1-28:24	–	–	–	21:40 (=19)	44:15 (=24)	1-06:49 (23)
17	634	Marcelino Colín	MEX	1-28:26	–	–	–	20:57 (2)	42:05 (=9)	1-04:01 (9)
18	192	Francisco Vargas	COL	1-28:46	–	–	–	21:40 (=19)	44:14 (23)	1-06:41 (20)
19	382	Ian McCombie	GBR	1-28:53	–	–	–	21:40 (=19)	43:44 (19)	1-06:00 (17)
20	285	Martial Fesselier	FRA	1-29:46	–	–	–	21:47 (=26)	43:59 (22)	1-06:30 (19)
21	125	Marcel Jobin	CAN	1-29:49	–	–	–	21:13 (=14)	43:18 (16)	1-06:08 (18)
22	455	Siri Chand Ram	IND	1-30:06	–	–	–	21:43 (25)	44:15 (=24)	1-07:26 (26)
23	907	Jim Heiring	USA	1-30:20	–	–	–	21:04 (11)	43:29 (18)	1-06:43 (21)
24	352	Steve Barry	GBR	1-30:46	–	–	–	21:30 (18)	43:46 (21)	1-06:47 (22)
25	726	José Pinto	POR	1-30:54	–	–	–	21:42 (=22)	45:00 (28)	1-08:35 (28)
26	7	Abdel Wahab Ferguene	ALG	1-31:24	–	–	–	21:42 (=22)	43:45 (20)	1-07:18 (25)
27	174	Zhang Fuxin	CHN	1-32:10	–	–	–	22:18 (=30)	44:36 (26)	1-07:13 (24)
28	517	Alessandro Pezzatini	ITA	1-32:27	–	–	–	21:48 (28)	44:46 (27)	1-08:14 (27)
29	45	Martin Toporek	AUT	1-33:58	–	–	–	22:00 (29)	45:14 (29)	1-09:13 (29)
30	8	Benamar Kechkouche	ALG	1-34:12	–	–	–	22:18 (=30)	45:54 (31)	1-10:15 (=32)
31	970	Santiago Fonseca	HON	1-34:47	–	–	–	22:56 (=33)	46:07 (33)	1-09:50 (31)
32	587	Pius Munyasia	KEN	1-34:53	–	–	–	21:47 (=26)	45:27 (30)	1-09:49 (30)
33	928	Dan O'Connor	USA	1-35:12	–	–	–	22:18 (=30)	45:55 (32)	1-10:15 (=32)
34	433	José Víctor Alonzo	GUA	1-35:32	–	–	–	22:57 (=35)	46:42 (35)	1-11:10 (35)
35	769	Stefano Casali	SMR	1-35:48	–	–	–	22:56 (=33)	46:10 (34)	1-10:20 (34)
36	84	Osvaldo Morejón	BOL	1-44:42	–	–	–	22:57 (=35)	47:19 (36)	1-13:39 (36)
37	216	Luis Campos	ESA	1-48:45	–	–	–	26:06 (38)	52:24 (37)	1-20:31 (37)
38	556	Amjad Tawalbeh	JOR	1-49:35	–	–	–	25:15 (37)	52:42 (38)	1-21:20 (38)
DNS	317	Dieter Hoffmann	FRG	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	265	Reima Salonen	FIN	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	288	Dominique Guebey	FRA	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	684	Lars Ove Moen	NOR	–	–	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)