Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
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These are the official results of the Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 1972 Summer Olympics
in Munich
. The competition was held on 31 August. There were no heats with this event, it was held as a finals only event.
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...
in Munich
Munich
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. The competition was held on 31 August. There were no heats with this event, it was held as a finals only event.
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Frenkel Peter Frenkel Peter Frenkel is an East German athlete who was one of the best 20 km race walkers in the world in the late 1960s and early 1970s.... |
1:26:42.4 | OR | ||
| Volodymyr Holubnychy | 1:26:55.2 | |||
| Hans-Georg Reimann | 1:27:16.6 | |||
| 4 | Gerhard Sperling Gerhard Sperling Gerhard Sperling is a former East German race walker.Sperling represented the sports club TSC Berlin and became East German champion over 20 km in 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1971.-Achievements:-References:... |
1:27:55.0 | ||
| 5 | Mykola Smaga | 1:28:16.6 | ||
| 6 | Paul Nihill Paul Nihill Vincent Paul Nihill is a British athlete, who competed in the 20 and 50 kilometre walks.He was born in Colchester.... |
1:28:44.4 | ||
| 7 | Jan Ornoch Jan Ornoch Jan Ornoch is a retired male race walker from Poland. He is the younger brother of Eugeniusz Ornoch and uncle of Mariusz Ornoch.-Achievements:-References:... |
1:32:01.6 | ||
| 8 | Vittorio Visini Vittorio Visini Vittorio Visinis s an Italian former race walker.-External links:... |
1:32:30.0 | ||
| 9 | José Oliveros | 1:32:40.6 | ||
| 10 | Larry Young | 1:32:53.4 | ||
| 11 | Jan Rolstad Jan Rolstad Jan Rolstad is a retired Norwegian race walker.He finished 21st in the 20 km race at the 1971 European Championships and eleventh at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:... |
1:33:03.2 | ||
| 12 | Pedro Aroche Pedro Aroche Pedro Aroche de los Monteros is a retired male race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:*... |
1:33:05.0 | ||
| 13 | Heinz Mayr | 1:33:13.8 | ||
| 14 | Phil Embleton | 1:33:22.2 | ||
| 15 | Tom Dooley Tom Dooley Tom Dooley or Thomas Dooley may refer to:* Tom Dula, American legend hanged in North Carolina after the Civil War**Tom Dooley , American folksong based upon the above incident... |
1:34:58.8 | ||
| 16 | Wilfried Wesch | 1:35:20.6 | ||
| 17 | Peter Marlow Peter Marlow Peter Marlow is a British racewalker who competed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, finishing 17th in the 20 km walk.... |
1:35:38.8 | ||
| 18 | Charles Sowa | 1:36:23.8 | ||
| 19 | Goetz Klopfer Goetz Klopfer Goetz Heinrich Klopfer was a male race walker, who represented the United States at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. His best finish was the 10th place in the men's 50 km walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won the 20 km event at the 1971 Pan American... |
1:38:33.6 | ||
| 20 | Hunde Toure | 1:43:11.6 | ||
| 21 | José Esteban Valle | 1:45:09.4 | ||
| 22 | Ismael Avila | 1:45:45.4 | ||
| - | Bernd Kannenberg Bernd Kannenberg Bernhard Kannenberg was a West German athlete competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Königsberg, East Prussia.... |
DNF | ||
| - | Yevgeny Ivchenko | DQ | ||
| - | Tadeusz Gorzechowski | DNS | ||
| - | Ludomir Nitkowski | DNS | ||
| - | Shaul Ladany | DNS | ||
| - | Teodor Ionescu | DNS | ||
| - | Ioan Mureşanu | DNS | ||
| - | Daniel Björkgren | DNS | ||
| - | Stefan Ingvarsson | DNS | ||
| - | Hans Tenggren | DNS | ||
| - | Fernando Ielli | DNS | ||
| - | Oscar Barletta | DNS | ||
| - | Kjell Georg Lund | DNS | ||
| - | Aram Levonian | DNS | ||
| - | János Dalmati | DNS | ||
| - | Antal Kiss Antal Kiss Antal Kiss was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 50 kilometre walk.He competed for Hungary in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico where he won the silver medal in the 50 kilometre walk.... |
DNS | ||