The Chinese trio of Han Yucheng, Liu Yunfeng, and Zhu Hongjun took an early lead as the race walkers had left the stadium, but their challenge never materialized. Han could not keep up with the leaders through the first lap and soon fell off the pace, leaving Liu and Zhu with a burden to defend their chances. Approaching the second and third lap, Spain's Paquillo Fernández soon joined the Chinese duo to toughen the pace and build a commanding lead over the rest of the field, followed by his teammate Juan Manuel Molina, Ivano Brugnetti, Nathan Deakes, African champion Hatem Ghoula, and overwhelming favorite Jefferson Pérez.
When Ghoula was given his first warning with a yellow card on possession at the 6k mark, the leading pack had been whittled down to eight. Halfway through the race and with only four laps to go, Fernandez, Brugnetti, and Deakes were the strongest chasers, forming a slightly tight group to decide on the medals. Perez, however, struggled to keep up the pace on the leaders by a ten-metre deficit with Zhu and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Noé Hernández following him.
Fifty minutes into the race, Brugnetti steadily turned to break away from the leading group with Fernandez and Deakes continuously chasing him to the front. While Hernandez was disqualified after the red paddle, Perez managed to bridge back to the leaders with only a few laps remaining, but eventually fell behind. This left with Brugnetti, Fernandez, and Deakes walking closely and swiftly towards the 18k mark, before the two Europeans zoomed past Deakes to gain a three-second lead going to the final lap. Brugnetti made a decisive move to put some distance ahead of Fernandez in the approach to the Olympic Stadium.
As Fernandez could not close the gap on the final stretch, a jubilant Brugnetti celebrated all the way to a superb finish, and savored his Olympic gold medal in 1:19:40, just five seconds ahead of the Spaniard. Behind the two European rivals, Deakes managed to hold on for the bronze with Perez placing to a disappointing fourth.[3][4]
The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 20 kilometres race walk, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 1:23:00 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 1:24:30 or faster could be entered.
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The men s 20 kilometres race walk at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held through the streets of Athens with the start and finish at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20 1 2 Men s 20 kilometres walkat the Games of the XXVIII OlympiadVenueAthens Olympic StadiumDates20 AugustCompetitors48 from 28 nationsWinning time1 19 40MedalistsIvano Brugnetti ItalyPaquillo Fernandez SpainNathan Deakes Australia 20002008 The Chinese trio of Han Yucheng Liu Yunfeng and Zhu Hongjun took an early lead as the race walkers had left the stadium but their challenge never materialized Han could not keep up with the leaders through the first lap and soon fell off the pace leaving Liu and Zhu with a burden to defend their chances Approaching the second and third lap Spain s Paquillo Fernandez soon joined the Chinese duo to toughen the pace and build a commanding lead over the rest of the field followed by his teammate Juan Manuel Molina Ivano Brugnetti Nathan Deakes African champion Hatem Ghoula and overwhelming favorite Jefferson Perez When Ghoula was given his first warning with a yellow card on possession at the 6k mark the leading pack had been whittled down to eight Halfway through the race and with only four laps to go Fernandez Brugnetti and Deakes were the strongest chasers forming a slightly tight group to decide on the medals Perez however struggled to keep up the pace on the leaders by a ten metre deficit with Zhu and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Noe Hernandez following him Fifty minutes into the race Brugnetti steadily turned to break away from the leading group with Fernandez and Deakes continuously chasing him to the front While Hernandez was disqualified after the red paddle Perez managed to bridge back to the leaders with only a few laps remaining but eventually fell behind This left with Brugnetti Fernandez and Deakes walking closely and swiftly towards the 18k mark before the two Europeans zoomed past Deakes to gain a three second lead going to the final lap Brugnetti made a decisive move to put some distance ahead of Fernandez in the approach to the Olympic Stadium As Fernandez could not close the gap on the final stretch a jubilant Brugnetti celebrated all the way to a superb finish and savored his Olympic gold medal in 1 19 40 just five seconds ahead of the Spaniard Behind the two European rivals Deakes managed to hold on for the bronze with Perez placing to a disappointing fourth 3 4 Contents 1 Records 2 Qualification 3 Schedule 4 Results 5 References 6 External linksRecords EditPrior to the competition update the existing World and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Jefferson Perez ECU 1 17 21 Paris France 23 August 2003Olympic record nbsp Robert Korzeniowski POL 1 18 59 Sydney Australia 22 September 2000No new records were set during the competition Qualification EditThe qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004 For the men s 20 kilometres race walk each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 1 23 00 or faster during the qualification period If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard one athlete that had run the race in 1 24 30 or faster could be entered Schedule EditAll times are Greece Standard Time UTC 2 Date Time RoundFriday 20 August 2004 09 00 FinalResults Edit nbsp Initial stage of the race nbsp Athletes leaving the stadiumRank Name Nationality Result Notes nbsp Ivano Brugnetti nbsp Italy 1 19 40 PB nbsp Paquillo Fernandez nbsp Spain 1 19 45 nbsp Nathan Deakes nbsp Australia 1 20 024 Jefferson Perez nbsp Ecuador 1 20 385 Juan Manuel Molina nbsp Spain 1 20 556 Zhu Hongjun nbsp China 1 21 407 Vladimir Andreyev nbsp Russia 1 21 538 Andre Hohne nbsp Germany 1 21 569 Aigars Fadejevs nbsp Latvia 1 22 08 SB10 Joao Vieira nbsp Portugal 1 22 1911 Hatem Ghoula nbsp Tunisia 1 22 5912 Benjamin Kucinski nbsp Poland 1 23 0813 Marco Giungi nbsp Italy 1 23 3014 Jose Alessandro Bagio nbsp Brazil 1 23 3315 Takayuki Tanii nbsp Japan 1 23 3816 Luke Adams nbsp Australia 1 23 5217 Rolando Saquipay nbsp Ecuador 1 24 0718 Omar Segura nbsp Mexico 1 24 3519 Yevgeniy Misyulya nbsp Belarus 1 25 1020 Timothy Seaman nbsp United States 1 25 1721 Kevin Eastler nbsp United States 1 25 2022 Viktor Burayev nbsp Russia 1 25 3623 Ivan Trotski nbsp Belarus 1 25 5324 Luis Fernando Lopez nbsp Colombia 1 26 3425 Liu Yunfeng nbsp China 1 27 2126 John Nunn nbsp United States 1 27 3827 Valeriy Borisov nbsp Kazakhstan 1 27 3928 Gintaras Andriuskevicius nbsp Lithuania 1 27 5629 Shin Il yong nbsp South Korea 1 28 0230 Gyula Dudas nbsp Hungary 1 28 1831 Moussa Aouanouk nbsp Algeria 1 28 3832 Matej Toth nbsp Slovakia 1 28 4933 Lee Dae ro nbsp South Korea 1 28 5934 Fedosei Ciumacenco nbsp Moldova 1 29 0635 Andrey Talashko nbsp Belarus 1 29 3636 Eleftherios Thanopoulos nbsp Greece 1 30 1537 Jose David Dominguez nbsp Spain 1 30 1638 Vladimir Parvatkin nbsp Russia 1 31 1339 Predrag Filipovic nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 1 31 3540 Han Yucheng nbsp China 1 32 1841 Park Chil sung nbsp South Korea 1 32 41Alessandro Gandellini nbsp Italy DNFBernardo Segura nbsp Mexico DNFYuki Yamazaki nbsp Japan DNFXavier Moreno nbsp Ecuador DSQJiri Malysa nbsp Czech Republic DSQNoe Hernandez nbsp Mexico DSQRobert Heffernan nbsp Ireland DSQReferences Edit IAAF Athens 2004 Men s 20km Race Walk Final Athens 2004 IAAF Retrieved 17 October 2015 Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games Men s 20 kilometres Walk sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 3 December 2017 Arcoleo Laura 20 August 2004 Italy s Baldini wins men s marathon IAAF Retrieved 18 October 2015 Berlin Peter 21 August 2004 On a hot day Brugnetti captures gold in 20 kilometer event Italian makes short work of walk The New York Times Retrieved 18 October 2015 External links EditIAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics 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