1988 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 20 km walk (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 20 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 53 athletes from 28 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location |
Seoul Olympic Stadium (start and finish) |
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| Competition phase | September 23, 1988 | ||||||||
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The men's 20 km walk at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held on September 23, 1988. 53 athletes took part, 49 of whom made it to the finish. The start and finish was the Seoul Olympic Stadium .
The Czechoslovak Jozef Pribilinec became Olympic champion . He won ahead of Ronald Weigel from the GDR and the Italian Maurizio Damilano .
In addition to the medalist Weigel, Axel Noack took part for the GDR and finished the race in eighth place.
Walkers from the Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein were not there.
Current title holders
| Olympic champion 1984 |
Ernesto Canto ( Mexico )
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1:23:13 h | Los Angeles 1984 |
| World Champion 1987 |
Maurizio Damilano ( Italy )
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1:20:45 h | Rome 1987 |
| European champion 1986 |
Jozef Pribilinec ( Czechoslovakia )
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1:21:15 h | Stuttgart 1986 |
| Pan American champion 1987 |
Carlos Mercenario ( Mexico )
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1:24:50 h | Indianapolis 1987 |
| Central America and Caribbean Champion 1987 | Carlos Ramones ( Venezuela )
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1:34:34 h | Caracas 1987 |
| South America Champion 1987 | Cláudio Bertolino ( Brazil )
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1:38:34 h | São Paulo 1987 |
| Asian champion 1987 | Liu Jianli ( People's Republic of China )
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1:33:16 h | Singapore 1987 |
| African Champion 1988 | Mohamed Bouhalla ( Algeria )
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1:27:43 h | Annaba 1988 |
Existing records
| World record | 1:19:08 h |
Mikhail Shchennikov ( Soviet Union )
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Kiev , Soviet Union (now Ukraine ) | July 30, 1988 |
| Olympic record | 1:23:13 h |
Ernesto Canto ( Mexico )
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20 km walk from Los Angeles , USA | 3rd August 1984 |
Note: World records were not set in street walking because of the different track conditions.
Routing
The starting point was in the Seoul Olympic Stadium . After one lap, the route ran out of the stadium to the south and shortly afterwards to the east. It went over the Olympic-ro north past the Asian Park . At the level of the Baekjegobun-ro , a circuit of around 2.5 km in length began and had to be completed seven times. The route then led back to the stadium, where, after a final lap on the running track, the goal was.
Race course
Date: September 23, 1988
The favorites of the race were the Italian Maurizio Damilano, Olympic champion from 1980 and reigning world champion , the Czechoslovak Jozef Pribilinec, reigning European champion , the two GDR walkers Ronald Weigel and Axel Noack and Mikhail Schchennikow from the Soviet Union, who set a new world record in July of that year had achieved. In addition, there was the Mexican Olympic champion from 1984 Ernesto Canto.
After five kilometers, an eighteen-man top group with all favorites had formed, which was up to half a minute ahead of the first pursuers. At ten kilometer the group had shrunk to seven walkers. Pribilinec, Damilano, Canto and four other walkers were six seconds ahead of the first chase group, in which u. a. Noack also went. Another five seconds behind was a second group of pursuers with Weigel. After fifteen kilometers, Weigel caught up and formed a leading trio with Pribilinec and Canto. The three were eight seconds ahead of Damilano and Shchennikov. A short time later, Canto was disqualified for not following the walking rules. Jozef Pribilinec reached the stadium with a five-meter lead ahead of Ronald Weigel, who could no longer match the Czechoslovaks on the final lap. Fourteen seconds after Weigel, Maurizio Damilano reached the goal. The ranks four to six went to the Spaniard José Marín, the Czechoslovak Roman Mrázek and Michail Schtschennikow. At 1:19:57 h, Jozef Pribilienc set a new Olympic record . This made him the first walker to cover this distance in less than two hours at the Olympic Games.
Jozef Pribilienc was the first Czechoslovakian medalist and Olympic champion in the 20 km walk .
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| Intermediate mark |
Meanwhile | Leading | 5 km time |
| 5 km | 20:08 min | 18-person leadership group | 20:08 min |
| 10 km | 40:37 min | seven-member leadership group | 20:29 min |
| 15 km | 1:00:39 h | Pribilinec, Weigel, Canto | 20:02 min |
| 20 km | 1:19:57 h | Jozef Pribilinec | 19:18 min |
Result
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Web links and sources
- Men's 20k walk in the 1988 Summer Olympics from Sports-Reference.com database , accessed January 26, 2018
- Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , results in athletics: p. 235, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 26, 2018
Video
- JANKO KULICH & KOLEGIUM: Ide, Ide / DJ Jake Neutron REMIX fičuring Jožko Pribilinec / , published on October 3, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on January 26, 2018 - Note: Video probably discontinued as an artistic music and video contribution, but after all, with numerous scenes from the 20 km competition in Seoul in 1988
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 687 , accessed on January 26, 2018
- ↑ Route map in a study by the Korean Society of Geodesy, Photogrammetry & Cartography (pp. 217–220) ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 26, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 235, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 26, 2018
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