1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1997 World Championships held on Saturday 2 August 1997 in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes.
Medalists
[edit]| Gold |  Daniel GarcíaMexico (MEX) |
| Silver |  Mikhail ShchennikovRussia (RUS) |
| Bronze |  Mikhail KhmelnitskiyBelarus (BLR) |
Abbreviations
[edit]- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
[edit]| Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Record | Narinder Singh | 1:24:50 | 19 April 1997 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| World Record |  Bu Lingtang (CHN) |
1:18.04 | April 7, 1994 | Beijing, PR China
|
| Event Record |  Maurizio Damilano (ITA) |
1:19.37 | August 24, 1991 |  Tokyo, Japan
|
Startlist
[edit]![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (August 2010) |
Intermediates
[edit] | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (August 2010) |
Final ranking
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Daniel García (MEX) |
1:21:43 | |
 |
Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS) |
1:21:53 | |
 |
Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR) |
1:22:01 | |
| 4 | Yu Guohui (CHN) |
1:22:57 | |
| 5 | Li Zewen (CHN) |
1:23:03 | |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) |
1:23:10 | |
| 7 | Michele Didoni (ITA) |
1:23:14 | |
| 8 | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) |
1:23:33 | |
| 9 |  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) |
1:23:49 | |
| 10 |  Daniel Plaza (ESP) |
1:23:53 | |
| 11 |  Robert Ihly (GER) |
1:24:12 | |
| 12 | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) |
1:24:24 | |
| 13 |  Igor Kollár (SVK) |
1:24:37 | |
| 14 |  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) |
1:24:46 | |
| 15 |  Jacek Muller (POL) |
1:24:47 | |
| 16 | Joel Sánchez (MEX) |
1:24:48 | |
| 17 |  Denis Langlois (FRA) |
1:25:27 | |
| 18 | Omar Zepeda (MEX) |
1:25:38 | |
| 19 |  Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) |
1:25:46 | |
| 20 | Artur Meliashkevich (BLR) |
1:25:47 | |
| 21 |  Sérgio Galdino (BRA) |
1:25:50 | |
| 22 |  Roberto Oscal (GUA) |
1:26:20 | |
| 23 | Marco Giungi (ITA) |
1:26:23 | |
| 24 |  Modris Liepins (LAT) |
1:26:24 | |
| 25 | Jean-Olivier Brosseau (FRA) |
1:26:39 | |
| 26 |  Sándor Urbanik (HUN) |
1:26:50 | |
| 27 | Gyula Dudás (HUN) |
1:27:17 | |
| 28 |  José Urbano (POR) |
1:27:25 | |
| 29 |  Milos Holusa (CZE) |
1:27:27 | |
| 30 |  Fedosei Ciumacenco (MDA) |
1:28:51 | |
| 31 | Luis Fernando García (GUA) |
1:28:51 | |
| 32 | Dion Russell (AUS) |
1:30:49 | |
| 33 | Róbert Valíček (SVK) |
1:31:28 | |
| 34 |  Curt Clausen (USA) |
1:32:05 | |
| 35 |  Valeriy Borisov (KAZ) |
1:32:32 | |
| 36 |  Dimitrios Orfanopoulos (GRE) |
1:32:37 | |
| 37 | Fernando Vázquez (ESP) |
1:32:44 | |
| 38 |  Chris Britz (RSA) |
1:34:02 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) |
DNF | |
| — |  Scott Nelson (NZL) |
DNF | |
| — |  Claus Jørgensen (DEN) |
DNF | |
| — | Thierry Toutain (FRA) |
DNF | |
| — | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) |
DNF | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — |  Jan Staaf (SWE) |
DSQ | |
| — | Andreas Erm (GER) |
DSQ | |
| — | Julio René Martínez (GUA) |
DSQ | |
| — | Ilya Markov (RUS) |
DSQ | |
| — |  Rami Ali Deeb (PLE) |
DSQ | |
| — |  Narinder Singh Al Harbans Singh (MAS) |
DSQ | |
See also
[edit]- 1994 Men's European Championships 20km Walk (Helsinki)
- 1996 Men's Olympic 20km Walk (Atlanta)
- 1997 Race Walking Year Ranking
- 1998 Men's European Championships 20km Walk (Budapest)
References
[edit]
|
