Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
# Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, held on July 31, 1992. There were a total number of 42 competitors, with five athletes who were disqualified.

## Medalists

| Gold | Daniel Plaza Spain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Guillaume LeBlanc Canada |
| Bronze | Giovanni De Benedictis Italy |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

| DNS | did not start |
| - | - |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics :

| World Record | Pavol Blažek (TCH) | 1:18.13 | September 16, 1990 | Hildesheim, West Germany |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) | 1:19.57 | September 23, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Daniel Plaza (ESP) | 1:21:45 |
| | Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) | 1:22:25 |
| | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | 1:23:11 |
| 4 | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:23:39 |
| 5 | Chen Shaoguo (CHN) | 1:24:06 |
| 6 | Jimmy McDonald (IRL) | 1:25:16 |
| 7 | Daniel García (MEX) | 1:25:35 |
| 8 | Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | 1:26:08 |
| 9 | Héctor Moreno (COL) | 1:26:23 |
| 10 | Miguel Ángel Prieto (ESP) | 1:26:38 |
| 11 | Robert Ihly (GER) | 1:26:56 |
| 12 | Mikhail Shchennikov (EUN) | 1:27:17 |
| 13 | Vladimir Andreyev (EUN) | 1:28:25 |
| 14 | Tim Berrett (CAN) | 1:28:25 |
| 15 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | 1:28:37 |
| 16 | Chris Maddocks (GBR) | 1:28:45 |
| 17 | Pavol Blažek (TCH) | 1:29:23 |
| 18 | Walter Arena (ITA) | 1:29:34 |
| 19 | Igor Kollár (TCH) | 1:29:38 |
| 20 | Axel Noack (GER) | 1:29:55 |
| 21 | Joel Sánchez (MEX) | 1:30:12 |
| 22 | Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) | 1:31:39 |
| 23 | Andrew Penn (GBR) | 1:31:40 |
| 24 | Martin Rush (GBR) | 1:31:56 |
| 25 | Shemisu Hasen (ETH) | 1:32:39 |
| 26 | Viktoras Meškauskas (LTU) | 1:33:24 |
| 27 | Sérgio Galdino (BRA) | 1:33:32 |
| 28 | Ján Záhončík (TCH) | 1:33:37 |
| 29 | Ernesto Canto (MEX) | 1:33:51 |
| 30 | Allen James (USA) | 1:35:12 |
| 31 | Andrew Jachno (AUS) | 1:36:49 |
| 32 | Marcelo Palma (BRA) | 1:40:11 |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) |||
| — | Li Mingcai (CHN) | DNF |
| — | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | DNF |
| — | Oleg Troshin (EUN) | DNF |
| — | Ademar Kammler (BRA) | DNF |
| — | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | DNF |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) |||
| — | Valentí Massana (ESP) | DSQ |
| — | Thierry Toutain (FRA) | DSQ |
| — | Bobby O'Leary (IRL) | DSQ |
| — | José Urbano (POR) | DSQ |
| — | Saleumphone Sopraseut (LAO) | DSQ |
