2008 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 20 km walk (men)
 
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| sport | athletics |
| discipline | 20 km walk |
| gender | Men |
| place | Destination: Beijing National Stadium |
| Attendees | 51 athletes from 34 countries |
| Competition phase | August 16, 2008 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Valery Borchin ( RUS )
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 silver |
Jefferson Pérez ( ECU )
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 bronze |
Jared Tallent ( AUS )
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The 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was held on August 16, 2008. The course took place in the Olympic city of Beijing, the goal was the national stadium . 51 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was the Russian Valeri Bortschin , silver went to Jefferson Pérez from Ecuador, and bronze went to the Australian Jared Tallent .
Current title holders
| Olympic champion 2004 |
Ivano Brugnetti ( Italy )
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1:19:40 h | Athens 2004 |
| World Champion 2007 |
Jefferson Pérez ( Ecuador )
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1:22:20 h | Osaka 2007 |
| European champion 2006 |
Francisco Javier Fernández ( Spain )
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1:19:09 h | Gothenburg 2006 |
| Pan American Champion 2007 |
Jefferson Pérez ( Ecuador )
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1:22:08 h | Rio de Janeiro 2007 |
| Central America and Caribbean champions 2008 | James Aurelio Rendón ( Colombia )
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1: 25: 22.7 h | Cali 2008 |
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out of competition: Jefferson Pérez ( Ecuador )
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1:20: 54.9 h | ||
| South America Champion 2007 | James Aurelio Rendón ( Colombia )
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1: 24: 25.37 h | São Paulo 2007 |
| Asian champion 2007 | Cui Zhide ( People's Republic of China )
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1:30:22 h | Amman 2007 |
| Africa Champion 2008 | Mohamed Ameur ( Algeria )
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1:22:55 h | Addis Ababa 2008 |
| Oceania Champion 2008 | Competition not in the championship program | Saipan 2008 | |
Existing records
| World record | 1:16:43 h |
Sergei Morozov ( Russia )
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Saransk , Russia | 8 June 2008 - just as WBL , not as WR out |
| 1:17:16 h |
Vladimir Kanaikin ( Russia )
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Saransk , Russia | September 20, 2007 | |
| Olympic record | 1:18:59 h |
Robert Korzeniowski ( Poland )
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20km walk from Sydney , Australia | September 22, 2000 |
Starting position
The favorites for this competition were the 2007 and 2005 world champion Jefferson Pérez from Ecuador - also Olympic champion in 2004 , the vice world champion in 2005 and 2007 Francisco Javier Fernández - also European champion in 2006 , and the 2004 Olympic champion Ivano Brugnetti from Italy. Russian Deputy European champion from 2006 Valeri Bortschin, the Tunisian World Cup -Third of 2007 World Cup -Fünfte 2005 Hatem Ghoula, the Mexican Eder Sanchez as WM -Vierter of 2007 World Cup -Achter in 2005.
Course of competition
August 16, 2008 , 9:00 a.m.
On the first half of the route, a moderate pace was set with 2-kilometer sections between 8:04 and 8:14 minutes. After eight kilometers Brugnetti had taken the lead and gradually accelerated the pace after half of the course, the times of all subsequent 2-kilometer sections were under eight minutes. The top group, which had been large until then, has now slowly become smaller. After twelve kilometers, nine walkers were still in front, together with Brugnetti in the lead. That changed from kilometer fourteen. Bortschin now took the initiative and it got really fast. So the group soon fell apart and the Russian separated himself more and more from his colleagues. The Australian Jared Tallent was second at sixteen, two seconds behind, Brugnetti followed another second. Two kilometers from the finish, Pérez had worked his way up to the first pursuer position, his gap to Bortschin was only three seconds, while Tallent - 16 s back - and Brugnetti - 25 s back - could no longer keep the distance to the leader. The Chinese Wang Hao followed in fifth place - 27 s back.
Valery Borchin ended his competition at high speed and finally became Olympic champion with fourteen seconds ahead of Jefferson Pérez. Jared Tallent was 41 seconds behind Bortschin at the finish and won the bronze medal. Wang Hao was fourth just five seconds after Tallent, another four seconds back was Ivano Brugnetti in fifth. Australian Luke Adams finished sixth, six seconds behind Brugnetti. Francisco Javier Fernández followed well behind in seventh place.
| Split times | |||
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| brand | Meanwhile | Leading | 2 km time |
| 2 km | 8:14 min | Rustam Kuwatow with a large group | 8:14 min |
| 4 km | 16:20 min | Rustam Kuwatow with a large group | 8:06 min |
| 6 km | 24:29 min | Francisco Javier Fernández with a large group | 8:09 min |
| 8 kilometers | 32:38 min | Ivano Brugnetti with a large group | 8:09 min |
| 10 km | 40:42 min | Ivano Brugnetti with a large group | 8:04 min |
| 12 km | 48:36 min | Ivano Brugnetti with a group of 9 | 7:54 min |
| 14 km | 56:28 min | Ivano Brugnetti with a group of 9 | 7:52 min |
| 16 km | 1:04:05 h | Bortschin / Pérez –Tallent 2 s back - Brugnetti 3 s back | 7:37 min |
| 18 km | 1:11:32 h | Bortschin / Pérez 3 s back - Tallent 16 s back - Brugnetti 25 s back - Wang 27 s back | 7:27 min |
| 20 km | 1:19:01 h | Valery Borchin | 7:29 min |
result
Olympic champion Valeri Borchin from Russia
Silver medalist Jefferson Pérez from Ecuador
Bronze medal for Jared Tallent, Australia
The Chinese Wang Hao finished fourth
Fifth place for the Italian Ivano Brugnetti
Seventh place for the Spaniard Francisco Javier Fernández
Irish Olympic eighth Robert Heffernan
The Colombian Luis Fernando López comes in ninth place
The Spaniard Juan Manuel Molina is twelfth
Benjamin Sánchez from Spain is thirteenth in the Olympic Games
The Russian Ilya Markow finished seventeenth
The Italian Giorgio Rubino is in eighteenth place
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Web links
- SportsReference 20k Men Walk , accessed June 6, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on June 6, 2018
Video
- Athletics - Men's 20km Race Walk - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games , published August 15, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed June 6, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 6, 2018
- ↑ Campeonato Sudamericano de Atletismo 2007 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 6, 2018
- ↑ 17th Asian Athletics Championship 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2017 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. at athleticsasia.org (PDF, 417 KB), accessed June 6, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 on athletics-oceania.com (PDF, 130 KB), accessed on June 6, 2018
- ^ IAAF, 20 km Walk Men , accessed June 6, 2018
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