| Host City: Los Angeles, United States |
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| Date Started: August 3, 1984 |
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| Date Finished: August 3, 1984 |
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| (Competitors: 38; Countries: 22) |
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Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Ernesto Canto was more than a minute quicker than the other entrants, and being used to hot conditions was a big pre-race favourite. Guillaume LeBlanc led by 10 seconds at 5Km, but had been caught by Canto, González, Mattioli and Damilano by halfway. Damilano broke away just before 15Km, opening up a 30m gap, which Canto and González closed down as LeBlanc fell back. Canto edged away in the last 2Km, with González holding off the defending champion for second, as just 13 seconds covered the top three, the closest finish since 1968 |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| The race began with five laps of the Coliseum track and the racers then walked seven laps of a 2.5 km circuit on Exposition Boulevard, before finishing with 1½ laps on the track. The favorites were Ernesto Canto (MEX), the 1983 World Champion, and 1982 European Champion José Marín (ESP). Defending champion Maurizio Damilano was back and he forced the pace, leading thru 15 km., with Marin unable to stay with the leaders. As they neared the tunnel entrance the medals were pretty much decided with Canto leading his teammate, Raúl González, by 30 metres, Damilano another 25 metres back, and it remained that way to the finish. The Mexicans enjoyed somewhat of a hometown advantage because of the large Mexican population in Los Angeles that cheered them throughout the race. |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics |
| World Record |
 Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) |
1:19:30 |
September 23, 1983 |
 Bergen, Norway |
| Olympic Record |
 Maurizio Damilano (ITA) |
1:23:35.5 |
July 24, 1980 |
 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics |
| Olympic Record |
 Ernesto Canto (MEX) |
1:23:13 |
August 3, 1984 |
 Los Angeles, United States |
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Results |
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| 20 km walk |
Men |
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Final |
3 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
1.23.13 |
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Ernesto Canto |
Mexico |
MEX |
18 Oct 59 |
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| 2 |
1.23.20 |
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Raúl González |
Mexico |
MEX |
29 Feb 52 |
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| 3 |
1.23.26 |
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Maurizio Damilano |
Italy |
ITA |
6 Apr 57 |
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| 4 |
1.24.29 |
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Guillaume Leblanc |
Canada |
CAN |
14 Apr 62 |
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| 5 |
1.25.07 |
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Carlo Mattioli |
Italy |
ITA |
23 Oct 54 |
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| 6 |
1.25.32 |
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José Marín |
Spain |
ESP |
20 Jan 50 |
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| 7 |
1.25.42 |
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Marco Evoniuk |
United States |
USA |
30 Sep 57 |
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| 8 |
1.25.42 |
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Erling Andersen |
Norway |
NOR |
22 Sep 60 |
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| 9 |
1.26.04 |
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Querubin Moreno |
Moldova |
MDA |
29 Dec 59 |
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| 10 |
1.26.48 |
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Dave Smith |
Australia |
AUS |
24 Jul 55 |
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| 11 |
1.27.06 |
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François Lapointe |
Canada |
CAN |
23 Aug 61 |
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| 12 |
1.27.12 |
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Héctor Moreno |
Colombia |
COL |
8 Jun 63 |
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| 13 |
1.27.28 |
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Philip Vesty |
Great Britain |
GBR |
5 Jan 63 |
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| 14 |
1.27.43 |
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Simon Baker |
Australia |
AUS |
6 Feb 58 |
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| 15 |
1.27.50 |
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Gérard Lelièvre |
France |
FRA |
13 Nov 49 |
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| 16 |
1.28.24 |
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Willi Sawall |
Australia |
AUS |
7 Nov 41 |
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| 17 |
1.28.26 |
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Marcelino Colin |
Mexico |
MEX |
2 Jun 61 |
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| 18 |
1.28.46 |
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Francisco Vargas |
Colombia |
COL |
12 Nov 67 |
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| 19 |
1.28.53 |
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Ian McCombie |
Great Britain |
GBR |
11 Jan 61 |
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| 20 |
1.29.46 |
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Martial Fesselier |
France |
FRA |
9 Oct 61 |
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| 21 |
1.29.49 |
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Marcel Jobin |
Canada |
CAN |
3 Jan 42 |
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| 22 |
1.30.06 |
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Chand Ram |
India |
IND |
26 Jan 58 |
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| 23 |
1.30.20 |
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Jim Heiring |
United States |
USA |
4 Nov 55 |
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| 24 |
1.30.46 |
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Steven Barry |
Great Britain |
GBR |
25 Oct 50 |
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| 25 |
1.30.54 |
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José Pinto |
Portugal |
POR |
19 Jun 56 |
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| 26 |
1.31.24 |
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Abdelwahab Ferguène |
Algeria |
ALG |
18 Nov 58 |
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| 27 |
1.32.10 |
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Zhang Fuxin |
China |
CHN |
9 Jul 61 |
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| 28 |
1.32.27 |
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Alessandro Pezzatini |
Italy |
ITA |
25 Aug 57 |
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| 29 |
1.33.58 |
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Martin Toporek |
Austria |
AUT |
15 Feb 61 |
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| 30 |
1.34.12 |
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Benamar Kechoukouche |
Algeria |
ALG |
18 Apr 51 |
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| 31 |
1.34.47 |
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Santiago Fonseca |
Honduras |
HON |
30 Dec 53 |
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| 32 |
1.34.53 |
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Pius Munyasia |
Kenya |
KEN |
6 Jul 60 |
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| 33 |
1.35.12 |
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Dan O'Connor |
United States |
USA |
29 Mar 52 |
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| 34 |
1.35.32 |
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José Victor Alonzo |
Guatemala |
GUA |
1 May 59 |
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| 35 |
1.35.48 |
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Stefano Casali |
San Marino |
SMR |
15 Oct 62 |
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| 36 |
1.44.42 |
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Osvaldo Morejon |
Bolivia |
BOL |
11 Dec 59 |
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| 37 |
1.48.45 |
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Luis Campos |
El Salvador |
ESA |
21 Jul 62 |
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| 38 |
1.49.35 |
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Amjad Tawalbeh |
Jordan |
JOR |
3 Jan 65 |
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