Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Volodymyr Holubnychy 1964
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Volodymyr Holubnychy  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) José Pedraza  Mexico
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolay Smaga  Soviet Union
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Athletics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's

20 kilometres walk was the shorter of the two men's racewalking events on the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Mexico City. It was held on 14 October 1968. 34 athletes from 20 nations entered.[1]

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Volodymyr Holubnychy  Soviet Union 1-33:58.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) José Pedraza  Mexico 1-34:00.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolay Smaga  Soviet Union 1-34:03.4
4 Rudy Haluza  United States 1-35:00.2
5 Gerhard Sperling  East Germany 1-35:27.2
6 Otto Barch  Soviet Union 1-36:16.8
7 Hans-Georg Reimann  East Germany 1-36:31.4
8 Stefan Ingvarsson  Sweden 1-36:43.4
9 Leonida Caraiosifoglu  Romania 1-37:07.6
10 Peter Frenkel  East Germany 1-37:20.8
11
Arthur Jones
  Great Britain 1-37:32.0
12 Pasquale Busca  Italy 1-37:32.0
13 José Oliveros  Mexico 1-38:17
14 Antal Kiss  Hungary 1-38:24
15 Stig Lindberg  Sweden 1-40:03
16 Frank Clark  Australia 1-40:06
17 Tom Dooley  United States 1-40:08
18 Karl-Heinz Merschenz  Canada 1-40:11
19 Charles Sowa  Luxembourg 1-40:17
20 Eladio Campos  Mexico 1-41:52
21 Örjan Andersson  Sweden 1-41:58
22 John Webb  Great Britain 1-42:51
23 René Pfister  Switzerland 1-43:36
24 Bob Hughes  Great Britain 1-43:50
25 Ron Laird  United States 1-44:38
26 Mieczysław Rutyna  Poland 1-47:29
27 Euclides Calzado  Cuba 1-49:27
28 Julio Ortíz  Guatemala 1-54:48
29 Roberto Castellanos  El Salvador 1-58:48
Julius Müller  West Germany DQ
José Esteban Valle  Nicaragua DNF
Carlos Vanegas  Nicaragua DNF
Felix Cappella  Canada DNF
Kazuo Saito
  Japan DNF

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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