Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 12 August on a route along Pontal. Wang Zhen was the first male athletics medallist of the games. His Chinese teammate Cai Zelin was second and Dane Bird-Smith of Australia took the bronze.

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenuePontal
Date12 August 2016
Competitors74 from 40 nations
Winning time1:19:14
Medalists
Wang Zhen  China
Cai Zelin  China
Dane Bird-Smith  Australia
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Summary

Miguel Ángel López of Spain, the reigning 2015 World Champion, was among the favourites though he was not high on the world lists that year. The defending 2012 Olympic champion Chen Ding had been defeated in national competition by Wang Zhen, who was fifth on the seasonal rankings and had won the 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships. Cai Zelin (fourth at the 2012 Olympics) rounded out the strong Chinese team. Japan entered a fast team, headed by the world's top three ranked walkers: Eiki Takahashi, Isamu Fujisawa and Daisuke Matsunaga.[1][2] The ban of the perennially strong Russian team affected the quality of entrants.

In the race, Tom Bosworth of Great Britain was a leader for much of the race until Wang Zhen increased the pace and disrupted the lead pack. Neither the Olympic nor World Champion could follow and López ultimately fell to tenth overall. Wang's lead was never assailed and his compatriot Cai ended the race as silver medallist some 12 seconds behind. Australia's Dane Bird-Smith outwalked home athlete Caio Bonfim to take the bronze medal, though Bonfim was rewarded with fourth and a Brazilian record.[2][3] While Bosworth faded to sixth, he still left with the British national record.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Date Time Round
Friday, 12 August 201614:30Final

Records

Prior to this event, the existing World and Olympic records stood as follows.

World record  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
Olympic record  Chen Ding (CHN) 1:18.46 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012

Result

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Wang Zhen China 1:19:14
Cai Zelin China 1:19:26 PB
Dane Bird-Smith Australia 1:19:37 PB
4 Caio Bonfim Brazil 1:19:42 NR
5 Christopher Linke Germany 1:20:00
6 Tom Bosworth Great Britain 1:20:13 NR
7 Daisuke Matsunaga Japan 1:20:22
8 Matteo Giupponi Italy 1:20:27 PB
9 Esteban Soto Colombia 1:20:36 PB
10 Evan Dunfee Canada 1:20:49
11 Miguel Ángel López Spain 1:20:58
12 Inaki Gomez Canada 1:21:12
13 Manish Singh India 1:21:21
14 Ever Palma Mexico 1:21:24
15 Éider Arévalo Colombia 1:21:36
16 Ruslan Dmytrenko Ukraine 1:21:40
17 Kim Hyun-sub South Korea 1:21:44 SB
18 Hagen Pohle Germany 1:21:44
19 Jakub Jelonek Poland 1:21:52
20 Alexandros Papamichail Greece 1:21:55
21 Isamu Fujisawa Japan 1:22:03
22 Álvaro Martín Spain 1:22:11
23 Pedro Daniel Gómez Mexico 1:22:22
24 Richard Vargas Venezuela 1:22:23
25 Yerko Araya Chile 1:22:23
26 Marius Žiūkas Lithuania 1:22:27 SB
27 Benjamin Thorne Canada 1:22:28
28 Máté Helebrandt Hungary 1:22:31 PB
29 Luis Fernando López Colombia 1:22:32
30 Ersin Tacir Turkey 1:22:53
31 João Vieira Portugal 1:23:03
32 Anton Kučmín Slovakia 1:23:17
33 Rhydian Cowley Australia 1:23:30
34 Georgiy Sheiko Kazakhstan 1:23:31
35 Ihor Hlavan Ukraine 1:23:32
36 Hassanine Sebei Tunisia 1:23:44
37 Daniel Pintado Ecuador 1:23:44
38 Nils Brembach Germany 1:23:46
39 Chen Ding China 1:23:54
40 Nazar Kovalenko Ukraine 1:24:40
41 Paolo Yurivilca Peru 1:24:48
42 Eiki Takahashi Japan 1:24:59
43 Aliaksandr Liakhovich Belarus 1:25:04
44 Lebogang Shange South Africa 1:25:07
45 Marco Antonio Rodríguez Bolivia 1:25:11 SB
46 Alex Wright Ireland 1:25:25
47 Artur Brzozowski Poland 1:25:29
48 Erik Tysse Norway 1:26:06
49 Kévin Campion France 1:26:22
50 Erick Barrondo Guatemala 1:27:01
51 Juan Manuel Cano Argentina 1:27:27
52 Julio César Salazar Mexico 1:27:38
53 Sérgio Vieira Portugal 1:27:39
54 Hamid Reza Zouravand Iran 1:27:45
55 Francisco Arcilla Spain 1:27:50
56 José María Raymundo Guatemala 1:29:07
57 Choe Byeong-kwang South Korea 1:29:08
58 Wayne Snyman South Africa 1:29:20
59 Marius Šavelskis Lithuania 1:29:26
60 Nguyễn Thành Ngưng Vietnam 1:30:01
61 Byun Young-jun South Korea 1:30:38
62 Mert Atlı Turkey 1:31:36
63 Moacir Zimmermann Brazil 1:33:58
Samuel Ireri Gathimba Kenya DNF
Simon Wachira Kenya DNF
Perseus Karlström Sweden DNF
Dzianis Simanovich Belarus DNF
José Alessandro Bagio Brazil DNF
Andrés Chocho Ecuador DQ R230.7
Mauricio Arteaga Ecuador DQ R230.7
Ganapathi Krishnan India DQ R230.7
Łukasz Nowak Poland DQ R230.7
Quentin Rew New Zealand DQ R230.7
Gurmeet Singh India DQ R230.7

References

  1. Minshull, Phil (2016-08-06). Preview: men's 20km race walk – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-13.
  2. senior outdoor 2016 20 Kilometres Race Walk men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-13.
  3. Minshull, Phil (2016-08-12). Report: men's 20km race walk – Rio 2016 Olympic Games . IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-13.
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