Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
January 20, 2023
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]
athletics, 1980, summer, olympics, kilometres, walk, race, walk, 1980, summer, olympics, moscow, ussr, entry, list, competitors, seven, athletes, were, disqualified, finish, final, which, held, thursday, july, 1980, kilometres, walkat, games, xxii, olympiadven. 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 walkat the Games of the XXII OlympiadVenueCentral Lenin StadiumDate24 JulyCompetitors34 from 20 nationsWinning time1 23 35 5MedalistsMaurizio Damilano ItalyPyotr Pochenchuk Soviet UnionRoland Wieser East Germany 19761984 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 Contents 1 Medalists 2 Results 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksMedalists EditGold Maurizio Damilano ItalySilver Pyotr Pochenchuk Soviet UnionBronze Roland Wieser East GermanyResults EditRANK FINAL TIME Maurizio Damilano ITA 1 23 35 5 Pyotr Pochenchuk URS 1 24 45 4 Roland Wieser GDR 1 25 58 24 Yevgeniy Yevsyukov URS 1 26 28 35 Josep Marin ESP 1 26 45 66 Raul Gonzalez MEX 1 27 48 67 Bohdan Bulakowski POL 1 28 36 38 Karl Heinz Stadtmuller GDR 1 29 21 79 Reima Salonen FIN 1 31 32 010 Roger Mills GBR 1 32 37 811 Giorgio Damilano ITA 1 33 26 212 Janos Szalas HUN 1 34 10 513 Alf Brandt SWE 1 34 44 014 Pavol Blazek TCH 1 35 30 815 Aristidis Karageorgos GRE 1 36 53 416 Hunde Toure ETH 1 37 16 617 Enrique Pena COL 1 38 00 018 Ranjit Singh IND 1 38 27 219 Ernesto Alfaro COL 1 42 19 720 Jozef Pribilinec TCH 1 42 52 421 Martin Toporek AUT 1 44 56 022 Johann Siegele AUT 1 45 17 823 Tekeste Mitiku ETH 1 45 45 724 Stefano Casali SMR 1 49 21 325 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 Colin MEX DSQ Werner Heyer GDR DSQ Juraj Bencik TCH DSQSee also Edit1982 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 Edit 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 ReferenceExternal links Edit in English Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men 27s 20 kilometres walk amp oldid 1063138067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
