World Athletics Championships 1983/20 km men's walking
| World Athletics Championships 1983 | |||||||||
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| discipline | 20 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 60 athletes from 31 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Helsinki
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| Competition location | Round trip through Helsinki | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 7th | ||||||||
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The men's 20 km walk at the 1983 World Athletics Championships took place on August 7, 1983 in Helsinki , Finland .
60 athletes from 31 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by the Mexican Ernesto Canto after 1:20:49 h. Silver went to the Czechoslovak Vice European Champion from 1982 Jozef Pribilinec with 1:20:59 h. The bronze medal was secured by Yevgeny Jewsjukow from the Soviet Union with 1:21:08 h.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
| World record |
 Domingo Colin
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1:19:35 h | Cherkassy , Soviet Union | April 27, 1980 |
| World championship record | There were still no World Cup records, the event was held for the first time. | |||
Note:
At that time, records were not kept in marathon running and street walking because of the different track conditions with the exception of championship records.
The winning time of 1:20:49 h of the Mexican world champion Ernesto Canto was at the same time a first world championship record.
Result
August 7, 1983
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Video
- 1983 IAAF World Championships 20 Kilometer Walk on youtube.com, accessed April 2, 2020
Web links and sources
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 2, 2020
- Results on todor66.com, accessed April 2, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 215, English), accessed on April 2, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 20 km go men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on March 27, 2020