2012 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 20 km walk (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 20 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 56 athletes from 34 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | London | ||||||||
| Competition phase | 4th August 2012 | ||||||||
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The 20-km walk Men at the 2012 Olympics in London was held on August 4, 2012 on a circuit in downtown London. 56 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was the Chinese Chen Ding , who won ahead of Erick Barrondo from Guatemala. The bronze medal went to the Chinese Wang Zhen .
The German André Höhne crossed the finish line in 21st place.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
| Olympic champion |
Valery Borchin ( Russia )
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1:19:01 h | Beijing 2008 |
| World Champion |
Luis Fernando López ( Colombia )
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1:20:38 h | Daegu 2011 |
| European champion |
Matej Tóth ( Slovenia )
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1:23:53 h | Olhão , Portugal 2011 |
| Central America and Caribbean champions | Aníbal Paau ( Guatemala )
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1:26:13 h | Cartago , Costa Rica 2012 |
| South America champion | Caio Bonfim ( Brazil )
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1:23:59 h | Salinas , Ecuador 2012 |
| Asian champion | Chundong Zhu ( People's Republic of China )
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1:21:22 h | Nomi , Japan 2012 |
| African champions | Hassanine Sebei ( Tunisia )
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1: 24: 15.5 h | Radès , Tunisia 2009 |
| Oceania Champion |
Jared Tallent ( Australia )
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1:23:01 h | Hobart 2012 |
Existing records
| World record |
Vladimir Kanaikin ( Russia )
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1:17:16 h | Saransk , Russia | September 29, 2007 |
| Olympic record |
Robert Korzeniowski ( Poland )
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1:18:59 h | 20km walk from Sydney , Australia | September 22, 2000 |
Remarks:
- On June 8, 2008, the Russian Sergei Morozov scored a time of 1:16:43 h at the Russian championship in Saransk , with which he undercut the world record by 33 seconds. However, since there were no doping controls during the competition, the time could not be recognized as a world record. Morosow was not one of the Russian walkers here in London , but it must be pointed out in this context that all six Russian participants from both London walking competitions in 2012 were disqualified after violating the doping regulations.
- All times in this article are in London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).
Routing
The walkers had to cope with ten times a two-kilometer loop that led over The Mall along St. James's Park to the Victoria Memorial . The course turned onto Constitution Hill and passed Buckingham Palace along Green Park . After a turning point, it went back to the start and finish point.
Course of the competition
August 4, 2012 , 5 p.m.
In the following description, the three Russian walkers who were disqualified for doping reasons, some of whom played an important role in leadership and persecution groups, are not considered from the outset.
The Irishman Robert Heffernan and the Pole Grzegorz Sudoł took over the management work early on, but the field initially remained together. Later the Japanese Yūsuke Suzuki pushed forward. Again and again he launched attacks to set himself apart from the field of participants. He was able to stay at the front until eight kilometers and was always a few seconds ahead of a large group of pursuers. Halfway through the course, a group of seven with the Chinese Chen Ding and Wang Zhen, the Australian Jared Tallent, Erick Barrondo from Guatemala, the Mexican Eder Sánchez, the Spaniard Miguel Ángel López and the Colombian Luis Fernando López took the lead.
A short time later, the Frenchman Bertrand Moulinet launched an attack. He had a lead of seven seconds in the meantime, but was caught up again by the field. This was the moment Chen had chosen to launch his attack. Eight other athletes were initially able to go along with Chen's increased tempo. But at sixteen the group had shrunk to three walkers. Chen, Wang and Barrondo were five seconds ahead of Tallent, with Sánchez another six seconds behind them. A little later, López was able to catch up with the leaders again. However, he was disqualified immediately following his third warning.
Again it was Chen who picked up the pace. His compatriot Wang couldn't keep up and fell behind. At the beginning of the last lap, Chen had worked out an eight-second lead over Barrondo, with Wang just behind. Barrondo pushed again and was able to pull away from Wang.
Chen won the competition with a new Olympic record . He won the first ever Chinese medal in Olympic walking . Erick Barrondo crossed the finish line eleven seconds behind him, becoming Guatemala's first medalist at the Olympic Games. The bronze medal was won by a Chinese, Wang Zhen, 28 seconds behind Barrondo. With Cai Zelin on the next place, the third Chinese also made it into the top four.
| Split times | |||
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| brand | Meanwhile | Leading | 2 km time |
| 2 km | 8:24 min | Robert Heffernan with a large group | 8:24 min |
| 4 km | 16:19 min | Yūsuke Suzuki - 6 seconds in front of a large group | 7:55 min |
| 6 km | 24:19 min | Yūsuke Suzuki - 7 seconds in front of a large group | 8:00 min |
| 8 kilometers | 32:20 min | Yūsuke Suzuki - 3 seconds in front of a large group | 8:01 min |
| 10 km | 40:08 min | Ding Chen with a group of 7 - a few seconds ahead of pursuers | 7:48 min |
| 12 km | 48:05 min | Bertrand Moulinet - 4 s in front of 11 pursuers | 7:57 min |
| 14 km | 55:54 min | Ding Chen with a group of nine | 7:49 min |
| 16 km | 1:03:40 h | Ding Chen with a group of 3 - Tallent 5 s back - Sánchez 11 s back | 7:46 min |
| 18 km | 1:11:15 h | Ding Chen - Barrondo 8 s back - Wang Zhen 9 s back | 7:35 min |
| 20 km | 1:18:46 h | Valery Borchin | 7:31 min |
Result
Picture gallery
Olympic champion Chen Ding from China - here at a competition in 2013 in the middle between the silver medalist of these games Erick Barrondo from Guatemala ( left ) and the Olympic yacht Bertrand Moulinet from France ( right )
Bronze medalist Wang Zhen, China
The Spaniard Miguel Ángel López finished fifth in this competition
The Mexican Olympic sixth Eder Sánchez
The Australian Jared Tallent finished seventh
Bertrand Moulinet from France came in eighth
The Irishman Robert Heffernan was an Olympian
The Indian Irfan Kolothum Thodi took tenth place
The Portuguese Olympic Eleventh João Vieira
The German walker André Höhne turned 21.
Like all other Russians, Valery Borchin was disqualified for violating the doping rules
Web links
- SportsReference 20km Walk Men , accessed September 13, 2018
- Official report , accessed September 13, 2018
- Results on the website of the IAAF World Athletics Federation , accessed on September 13, 2018
Video recording
- Finale on youtube.com, accessed September 13, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 688 , accessed on September 13, 2018
- ↑ a b Valeriy Borchin ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2018 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. magazinos.com (English), accessed September 13, 2018
- ↑ a b Drastic penalties for Russian Olympic champions , Süddeutsche Zeitung January 20, 2015, accessed on September 13, 2018
- ↑ a b CAS confirms sanctions for Russia's Evdokimova & Krivov , Sports Integrity Initiative August 14, 2017, accessed on September 13, 2018
- ↑ Doping: Russian walker Kirdjapkin loses Olympic gold , Süddeutsche Zeitung March 24, 2016, accessed on September 13, 2018
- ↑ Olympic participant: blood pass leads to doping ban , Westfälische Nachrichten September 24, 2013, accessed on September 13, 2018
- ↑ Doping: The sixth Russian Olympic goer from 2012 also banned , Die Presse August 8, 2017, accessed on September 13, 2018
- ↑ Route map at ICM Gerson (English), page 2 ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2016 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 on September 13, 2018
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 181 , accessed on September 13, 2018
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