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20 kilometres Race Walk, Men

Date	23 September 1988 — 13:50
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	53 from 28 countries

The course was flat and the day was not overly hot. The favorites were Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) who had won the 1986 European Championships, Maurizio Damilano, the 1987 World Champion and 1980 Olympic gold medalist in this race, and the GDR’s Ronald Weigel, although he was considered better at the longer distance. Eventually this group would win the medals. The finish was very close with Pribilinec and Weigel entering the stadium only a few metres apart, the Czechoslovak in the lead by five metres, but Weigel could never close the gap on the track.

Pos	Nr	Walker	NOC	Time	Warnings	Loss of Contact	Bent Knee	5 km (Pos)	10 km (Pos)	15 km (Pos)
1	984	Jozef Pribilinec	TCH	1-19:57	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:37 (=1)	1-00:39 (=1)	OR	Gold
2	485	Ronald Weigel	GDR	1-20:00	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:48 (12)	1-00:39 (=1)		Silver
3	581	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	1-20:14	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:37 (=1)	1-00:47 (=4)		Bronze
4	270	José Marín	ESP	1-20:34	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:37 (=1)	1-00:50 (=6)
5	982	Roman Mrázek	TCH	1-20:43	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:37 (=1)	1-00:50 (=6)
6	1030	Mikhail Shchennikov	URS	1-20:47	–	–	–	20:49 (33)	40:51 (16)	1-00:47 (=4)
7	765	Carlos Mercenario	MEX	1-20:53	–	–	–	21:23 (46)	40:37 (=1)	1-00:54 (=8)
8	473	Axel Noack	GDR	1-21:14	–	–	–	20:51 (=41)	40:43 (=8)	1-00:54 (=8)
9	582	Giovanni De Benedictis	ITA	1-21:18	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:57 (=19)	1-00:54 (=8)			1
10	164	Guillaume LeBlanc	CAN	1-21:29	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:48 (=12)	1-01:13 (=12)
11	33	Simon Baker	AUS	1-21:47	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:57 (=19)	1-01:07 (11)
12	277	Daniel Plaza	ESP	1-21:53	–	–	–	20:49 (=33)	40:43 (=8)	1-01:13 (=12)
13	438	Ian McCombie	GBR	1-22:03	–	–	–	20:51 (=41)	40:48 (=12)	1-01:32 (15)
14	1053	Aleksey Pershin	URS	1-22:32	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:37 (=1)	1-01:42 (=16)
15	972	Pavol Blažek	TCH	1-22:39	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:43 (=8)	1-01:13 (=12)
16	325	Martial Fesselier	FRA	1-22:43	–	–	–	20:22 (=19)	41:31 (=31)	1-02:07 (=22)
17	551	Jimmy McDonald	IRL	1-22:45	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:48 (=12)	1-02:07 (=22)
18	353	Thierry Toutain	FRA	1-22:55	–	–	–	20:25 (=28)	41:31 (=31)	1-01:50 (=20)
19	592	Carlo Mattioli	ITA	1-22:58	–	–	–	20:51 (=41)	40:43 (=8)	1-01:42 (=16)
20	323	Jean-Claude Corre	FRA	1-23:09	–	–	–	20:22 (=19)	41:31 (=31)	1-02:19 (=25)
21	537	Sándor Urbanik	HUN	1-23:18	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	40:51 (=16)	1-01:46 (=18)
22	809	Erling Andersen	NOR	1-23:30	–	–	–	20:51 (=41)	40:57 (=19)	1-01:50 (=20)
23	280	Ricardo Pueyo	ESP	1-23:40	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	41:22 (=24)	1-02:07 (=22)
24	434	Chris Maddocks	GBR	1-23:46	–	–	–	20:22 (=19)	41:39 (=36)	1-02:19 (=25)
25	1197	Stefan Johansson	SWE	1-23:51	–	–	–	20:49 (=33)	41:25 (=27)	1-02:19 (=25)
26	637	Hirofumi Sakai	JPN	1-24:08	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	41:07 (=22)	1-01:46 (=18)
27	1048	Yauhen Misiulia	URS	1-24:39	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	41:34 (=34)	1-03:19 (=31)
28	41	Andrew Jachno	AUS	1-24:52	–	–	–	20:22 (=19)	41:28 (=29)	1-02:58 (=29)
29	878	José Urbano	POR	1-24:56	–	–	–	20:49 (=33)	41:22 (=24)	1-02:58 (=29)
30	958	Jan Staaf	SWE	1-24:59	–	–	–	20:49 (=33)	41:22 (=24)	1-02:56 (28)
31	873	José Pinto	POR	1-26:33	–	–	–	20:49 (=33)	42:39 (=43)	1-03:37 (=36)
32	5	Abdel Wahab Ferguene	ALG	1-26:33	–	–	–	20:22 (=19)	41:39 (=36)	1-03:19 (=31)
33	222	Héctor Moreno	COL	1-27:06	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	42:34 (=38)	1-03:24 (=33)
34	3	Mohamed Bouhalla	ALG	1-27:10	–	–	–	20:25 (=28)	42:34 (=38)	1-03:37 (=36)
35	83	Godfried De Jonckheere	BEL	1-27:14	–	–	–	21:23 (=46)	42:53 (=47)	1-04:51 (=42)
36	854	Zdzisław Szlapkin	POL	1-27:23	–	–	–	20:22 (=19)	42:34 (=38)	1-03:24 (=33)
37	1113	Gary Morgan	USA	1-27:26	–	–	–	20:25 (=28)	42:34 (=38)	1-03:59 (39)
38	1094	Jim Heiring	USA	1-27:30	–	–	–	20:25 (=28)	40:51 (=16)	1-04:12 (41)
39	871	Hélder Oliveira	POR	1-27:39	–	–	–	20:25 (=28)	42:39 (=43)	1-04:00 (40)
40	518	Santiago Fonseca	HON	1-27:41	–	–	–	20:49 (=33)	42:53 (=47)	1-04:51 (=42)
41	202	Li Baojin	CHN	1-27:57	–	–	–	21:23 (=46)	42:39 (=43)	1-05:12 (45)
42	312	Reima Salonen	FIN	1-28:25	–	–	–	20:08 (=1)	41:28 (=29)	1-03:37 (=36)
43	134	Lyubomir Ivanov	BUL	1-28:43	–	–	–	20:22 (=19)	41:34 (=34)	1-03:24 (=33)
44	1104	Tim Lewis	USA	1-31:00	–	–	–	20:22 (=19)	42:34 (=38)	1-05:27 (46)
45	119	Marcelo Palma	BRA	1-31:42	–	–	–	20:22 (=19)	42:48 (46)	1-05:28 (47)
46	682	Jeong Pil-Hwa	KOR	1-32:23	–	–	–	21:55 (50)	43:23 (50)	1-05:44 (48)
47	631	Tadahiro Kosaka	JPN	1-32:46	–	–	–	22:30 (51)	44:20 (51)	1-06:26 (49)
48	520	Rafael Valladares	HON	1-37:09	–	–	–	22:56 (52)	45:45 (52)	1-07:20 (50)
49	685	Jeong Myeong-Oh	KOR	1-40:09	–	–	–	24:54 (53)	46:59 (53)	1-09:01 (51)
DNF	731	José Querubín Moreno	COL	–	–	–	–	20:49 (=33)	41:25 (=27)	– (–)
DQ	223	Ernesto Canto	MEX	–	–	–	–	[20:08] ([=1])	[40:37] ([=1])	[1-00:39] ([=1])
DQ	770	Marco Sowa	LUX	–	–	–	–	[21:23] ([=46])	[42:53] ([=47])	– (–)
DQ	759	Joel Sánchez	MEX	–	–	–	–	[20:51] ([=41])	[41:07] ([=22])	[1-05:04] ([44])