Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
# Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The Men's 20 km Race Walk at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 42 competitors. Four athletes did not start in the final, held on August 3, 1984.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ernesto Canto Mexico |
| - | - |
| Silver | Raúl González Mexico |
| Bronze | Maurizio Damilano Italy |

## Abbreviations

| 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 1984 Summer Olympics :

| World Record | Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) | 1:19:30 | September 23, 1983 | Bergen, Norway |
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| 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 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ernesto Canto (MEX) | 1:23:13 | OR |
| | Raúl González (MEX) | 1:23:20 | |
| | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:23:26 | |
| 4 | Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) | 1:24:29 | |
| 5 | Carlo Mattioli (ITA) | 1:25:07 | |
| 6 | Josep Marín (ESP) | 1:25:32 | |
| 7 | Marco Evoniuk (USA) | 1:25:42 | |
| 8 | Erling Andersen (NOR) | 1:25:54 | |
| 9 | Querubín Moreno (COL) | 1:26:04 | |
| 10 | David Smith (AUS) | 1:26:48 | |
| 11 | François Lapointe (CAN) | 1:27:06 | |
| 12 | Héctor Moreno (COL) | 1:27:12 | |
| 13 | Philip Vesty (GBR) | 1:27:28 | |
| 14 | Simon Baker (AUS) | 1:27:43 | |
| 15 | Gérard Lelièvre (FRA) | 1:27:50 | |
| 16 | Willi Sawall (AUS) | 1:28:24 | |
| 17 | Marcelino Colín (MEX) | 1:28:26 | |
| 18 | Francisco Vargas (COL) | 1:28:46 | |
| 19 | Ian McCombie (GBR) | 1:28:53 | |
| 20 | Martial Fesselier (FRA) | 1:29:46 | |
| 21 | Marcel Jobin (CAN) | 1:29:49 | |
| 22 | Chand Ram (IND) | 1:30:06 | |
| 23 | Jim Heiring (USA) | 1:30:20 | |
| 24 | Steve Barry (GBR) | 1:30:46 | |
| 25 | José Pinto (POR) | 1:30:54 | |
| 26 | Abdelouahab Ferguene (ALG) | 1:31:24 | |
| 27 | Zhang Fuxin (CHN) | 1:32:10 | |
| 28 | Alessandro Pezzatini (ITA) | 1:32:27 | |
| 29 | Martin Toporek (AUT) | 1:33:58 | |
| 30 | Benamar Kechkouche (ALG) | 1:34:12 | |
| 31 | Santiago Folseca (HON) | 1:34:47 | |
| 32 | Pius Munyasia (KEN) | 1:34:53 | |
| 33 | Daniel O'Connor (USA) | 1:35:12 | |
| 34 | José Víctor Alonzo (GUA) | 1:35:32 | |
| 35 | Stefano Casali (SMR) | 1:35:48 | |
| 36 | Oswaldo Morejón (BOL) | 1:44:42 | |
| 37 | Luis Campos (ESA) | 1:48:45 | |
| 38 | Amjad Tawalbeh (JOR) | 1:49:35 | |
| DID NOT START (DNS) ||||
| — | Reima Salonen (FIN) | DNS | |
| — | Dominique Guebey (FRA) | DNS | |
| — | Dieter Hoffmann (FRG) | DNS | |
| — | Lars Ove Moen (NOR) | DNS | |
