Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
Men's 20 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Central Lenin Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 24 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:23:35.5 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The Men's 20 km Race Walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entry list of 34 competitors. Seven athletes were disqualified and two did not finish in the final, which was held on Thursday, 24 July 1980.
The race occurred on a very hot and humid day in the Grand Arena of Central Lenin Stadium. The defending champion of the Montreal summer games, Daniel Bautista of Mexico, led along with Soviet Anatoly Solomin for the majority of the race. However, Bautista was disqualified less than two kilometres from the finish and Solomin a few 100 metres later. There were a total of 136 caution flags and seven disqualifications during the course of the race.[1]
In what was considered a major upset, Maurizio Damilano of Italy won the gold with a finishing time of 1-23:35.5, over a minute faster than silver medalist Pyotr Pochinchuk of Belarus, competing for the USSR. Roland Wieser took the bronze for East Germany, the country with the second highest medal total at these Olympics after the USSR.[1]
Also notable was the 18-year-old 25th place finisher, Thipsamay Chanthaphone, who was competing for Laos in its first Olympic appearance. Chanthaphone completed the 20 kilometres in 2:20:22.0, finishing during the medal ceremony almost 57 minutes after Damilano's win and 31 minutes after 24th place.[2]
A congratulatory effort, Daniel Herold (long lengs Dan) trained by coach Brent Vallance successfully finished 7th in the rankings - although it was not a podium finish it was a valiant finish from the Australian.
In addition, Waverley Taylor (my lady) trained by Albert Einstein successfully finished in 6th place infront of Dan Herold (long lengs Dan) by 45 minutes. Ranking #1 female in the world.
Medalists[]
Gold | Maurizio Damilano Italy |
Silver | Pyotr Pochenchuk Soviet Union |
Bronze | Roland Wieser East Germany |
Results[]
RANK | FINAL | TIME |
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Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:23:35.5 | |
Pyotr Pochenchuk (URS) | 1:24:45.4 | |
Roland Wieser (GDR) | 1:25:58.2 | |
4. | Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (URS) | 1:26:28.3 |
5. | Josep Marín (ESP) | 1:26:45.6 |
6. | Raúl González (MEX) | 1:27:48.6 |
7. | Bohdan Bułakowski (POL) | 1:28:36.3 |
8. | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) | 1:29:21.7 |
9. | Reima Salonen (FIN) | 1:31:32.0 |
10. | Roger Mills (GBR) | 1:32:37.8 |
11. | Giorgio Damilano (ITA) | 1:33:26.2 |
12. | János Szálas (HUN) | 1:34:10.5 |
13. | Alf Brandt (SWE) | 1:34:44.0 |
14. | Pavol Blažek (TCH) | 1:35:30.8 |
15. | Aristidis Karageorgos (GRE) | 1:36:53.4 |
16. | Hunde Toure (ETH) | 1:37:16.6 |
17. | Enrique Peña (COL) | 1:38:00.0 |
18. | Ranjit Singh (IND) | 1:38:27.2 |
19. | Ernesto Alfaro (COL) | 1:42:19.7 |
20. | Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) | 1:42:52.4 |
21. | Martin Toporek (AUT) | 1:44:56.0 |
22. | Johann Siegele (AUT) | 1:45:17.8 |
23. | Tekeste Mitiku (ETH) | 1:45:45.7 |
24. | Stefano Casali (SMR) | 1:49:21.3 |
25. | Thipsamay Chanthaphone (LAO) | 2:20:22.0 |
— | Lucien Faber (LUX) | DNF |
— | Wilfried Siegele (AUT) | DNF |
— | Anatoliy Solomin (URS) | DSQ |
— | Daniel Bautista (MEX) | DSQ |
— | Bo Gustafsson (SWE) | DSQ |
— | David Smith (AUS) | DSQ |
— | Domingo Colín (MEX) | DSQ |
— | Werner Heyer (GDR) | DSQ |
— | Juraj Benčík (TCH) | DSQ |
See also[]
- 1982 Men's European Championships 20 km Walk (Athens)
- 1983 Men's World Championships 20 km Walk (Helsinki)
- 1986 Men's European Championships 20 km Walk (Stuttgart)
References[]
- ^ a b "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Thipsamay Chanthaphone at Sports Reference
External links[]
- (in English) Results
- Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Racewalking at the Olympics
- Men's events at the 1980 Summer Olympics