Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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.

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueCentral Lenin Stadium
Date24 July
Competitors34 from 20 nations
Winning time1:23:35.5
Medalists
Maurizio Damilano
 Italy
Pyotr Pochenchuk
 Soviet Union
Roland Wieser
 East Germany
Athletics at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
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 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]

Medalists
GoldMaurizio Damilano
 Italy
SilverPyotr Pochenchuk
 Soviet Union
BronzeRoland Wieser
 East Germany

Results
RANK FINAL TIME
 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

References
  1. "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.
  2. Thipsamay Chanthaphone at Sports Reference
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