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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date31 August 1972
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Winning time1:26:42.4 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Frenkel
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Volodymyr Holubnychy
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans-Georg Reimann
 East Germany
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These are the official results of the Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 31 August. There were no heats with this event, it was held as a finals only event.[1]

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Frenkel  East Germany 1:26:42.4 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Volodymyr Holubnychy  Soviet Union 1:26:55.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans-Georg Reimann  East Germany 1:27:16.6
4 Gerhard Sperling  East Germany 1:27:55.0
5 Nikolay Smaga  Soviet Union 1:28:16.6
6 Paul Nihill  Great Britain 1:28:44.4
7 Jan Ornoch  Poland 1:32:01.6
8 Vittorio Visini  Italy 1:32:30.0
9 José Oliveros  Mexico 1:32:40.6
10 Larry Young  United States 1:32:53.4
11 Jan Rolstad  Norway 1:33:03.2
12 Pedro Aroche  Mexico 1:33:05.0
13 Heinz Mayr  West Germany 1:33:13.8
14 Phil Embleton  Great Britain 1:33:22.2
15 Tom Dooley  United States 1:34:58.8
16 Wilfried Wesch  West Germany 1:35:20.6
17 Peter Marlow  Great Britain 1:35:38.8
18 Charles Sowa  Luxembourg 1:36:23.8
19 Goetz Klopfer  United States 1:38:33.6
20 Hunde Toure  Ethiopia 1:43:11.6
21 José Esteban Valle  Nicaragua 1:45:09.4
22 Ismael Avila  Mexico 1:45:45.4
Bernd Kannenberg  West Germany DNF
Yevgeniy Ivchenko  Soviet Union DQ
Tadeusz Gorzechowski  Poland DNS
Ludomir Nitkowski  Poland DNS
Shaul Ladany  Israel DNS
Teodor Ionescu  Romania DNS
Ioan Mureşanu  Romania DNS
Daniel Björkgren  Sweden DNS
Stefan Ingvarsson  Sweden DNS
Hans Tenggren  Sweden DNS
Fernando Ielli  Italy DNS
Oscar Barletta  Italy DNS
Kjell Georg Lund  Norway DNS
Aram Levonian  Bulgaria DNS
János Dalmati  Hungary DNS
Antal Kiss  Hungary DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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