1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Sunday, August 30, 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Maurizio Damilano Italy (ITA) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
| Bronze | Josep Marín Spain (ESP) |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Axel Noack (GDR) | 1:19.12 | June 21, 1987 | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Ernesto Canto (MEX) | 1:20.49 | August 7, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Ernesto Canto (MEX) | 1:20.45 | August 30, 1987 | Rome, Italy |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:20.45 CR |
| | Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) | 1:21.07 |
| | Josep Marín (ESP) | 1:21.24 |
| 4. | Viktor Mostovik (URS) | 1:21.53 |
| 5. | Carlo Mattioli (ITA) | 1:22.53 |
| 6. | Roman Mrázek (TCH) | 1:23.01 |
| 7. | Jean-Claude Corre (FRA) | 1:23.38 |
| 8. | Querubin Moreno (COL) | 1:23.42 |
| 9. | Ian McCombie (GBR) | 1:23.51 |
| 10. | Reima Salonen (FIN) | 1:24.14 |
| 11. | Pavol Blažek (TCH) | 1:24.37 |
| 12. | Andrew Jachno (AUS) | 1:24.46 |
| 13. | Martial Fesselier (FRA) | 1:24.51 |
| 14. | Dominique Guebey (FRA) | 1:25.01 |
| 15. | Erling Andersen (NOR) | 1:25.08 |
| 16. | José Urbano (POR) | 1:25.10 |
| 17. | Jan Staaf (SWE) | 1:25.12 |
| 18. | José Pinto (POR) | 1:25.24 |
| 19. | Tim Lewis (USA) | 1:26.00 |
| 20. | Ricardo Pueyo (ESP) | 1:26.09 |
| 21. | Ray Sharp (USA) | 1:27.06 |
| 22. | Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | 1:27.24 |
| 23. | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | 1:27.27 |
| 24. | Simon Baker (AUS) | 1:27.32 |
| 25. | Francisco Vargas (COL) | 1:27.33 |
| 26. | Anatoliy Gorshkov (URS) | 1:27.34 |
| 27. | Miguel Ángel Prieto (ESP) | 1:27.40 |
| 28. | Wolfgang Wiedemann (FRG) | 1:28.07 |
| 29. | Gary Morgan (USA) | 1:28.08 |
| 30. | Vesa Puukari (FIN) | 1:28.29 |
| 31. | Carlos Ramones (VEN) | 1:28.40 |
| 32. | Santiago Fonseca (HON) | 1:28.44 |
| 33. | François Lapointe (CAN) | 1:29.22 |
| 34. | Chris Maddocks (GBR) | 1:32.36 |
| 35. | Abdelwahab Ferguene (ALG) | 1:34.26 |
| — | Frants Kostyukevich (URS) | DNF |
| — | Héctor Moreno (COL) | DNF |
| — | Axel Noack (GDR) | DSQ |
| — | Walter Arena (ITA) | DSQ |
| — | Ernesto Canto (MEX) | DSQ |
| — | Carlos Mercenario (MEX) | DSQ |
| — | Dave Smith (AUS) | DSQ |
