World Athletics Championships 1991/20 km men's walking
| 3rd World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 20 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 37 walkers from 22 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Tokyo
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| Competition location | Round trip through Tokyo | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 24th | ||||||||
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The men's 20 km walk at the 1991 World Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Tokyo on August 24, 1991 .
In this competition, the goers from the Soviet Union won two medals, silver and bronze. World champion was the Italian defending champion, Olympic champion in 1980 , two-time Olympic bronze medalist ( 1984 / 1988 ) and Vice European Champion 1986 Maurizio Damilano . He won ahead of Mikhail Shchennikov . Bronze went to Jauhen Missjulja .
The two leading walkers Maurizio Damilano and Mikhail Shchennikov reached the stadium together. Shchennikov sprinted and crossed the alleged finish line first, but had to discover that there was still another lap to complete. In his attack, however, he had lost so much strength that it was no longer enough to win. Damilano finally won by three seconds.
Records / best performances
Existing records
| World record | 1:18:13 h |
 Pavol Blažek
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Hildesheim , FR Germany | September 16, 1990 |
| World championship record | 1:20:45 h |
 Maurizio Damilano
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World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy | August 30, 1987 |
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.
Record improvements
- The Italian world champion Maurizio Damilano improved his own world championship record by 1:12 minutes to 1:19:37 h in the competition on August 24th .
- In addition, the Chinese Li Mingcai set a new Asian record with 1:21:15 h.
execution
There was no preliminary round, all 37 walkers competed together for the final.
Result
August 24, 1991, 8:30 a.m.
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Web links
- World Championships in Athletics, 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed April 24, 2020
- Men 20km Walk Athletics III World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) on todor66.com, accessed April 24, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 20km Walk, Tokyo 1991, p. 215 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on April 24, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 20 km go men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 24, 2020