1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk

These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...

event at the 1987 World Championships
1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...

in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Sunday August 30, 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Maurizio Damilano Maurizio Damilano Maurizio Damilano is an Italian former race walker.He was the 1980 Olympic Champion and the 1987 and 1991 World Champion in the 20 km race walk.... Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... (ITA)
Silver	Jozef Pribilinec Jozef Pribilinec Jozef Pribilinec is a Slovak athlete who mainly competed in racewalking.He was born in Kopernica.Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-References:... Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... (TCH)
Bronze	Josep Marín Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... (ESP)

Abbreviations

All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
CR event record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
CR	event record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....	1:19.12	June 21, 1987	Karl-Marx-Stadt Chemnitz Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle... , East Germany
Event Record	1:20.49	August 7, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	1:20.45	August 30, 1987	Rome, Italy

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		1:20.45 CR
		1:21.07
		1:21.24
4.		1:21.53
5.		1:22.53
6.		1:23.01
7.		1:23.38
8.		1:23.42
9.		1:23.51
10.		1:24.14
11.		1:24.37
12.		1:24.46
13.		1:24.51
14.		1:25.01
15.		1:25.08
16.		1:25.10
17.		1:25.12
18.		1:25.24
19.		1:26.00
20.		1:26.09
21.		1:27.06
22.		1:27.24
23.		1:27.27
24.		1:27.32
25.		1:27.33
26.		1:27.34
27.		1:27.40
28.		1:28.07
29.		1:28.08
30.		1:28.29
31.		1:28.40
32.		1:28.44
33.		1:29.22
34.		1:32.36
35.		1:34.26
—		DNF
—		DNF
—		DSQ
—		DSQ
—		DSQ
—		DSQ
—		DSQ

Medalists

Abbreviations

Records

Final

See also