These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1997 World Championships held on Saturday 2 August 1997 in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes.
Medalists Gold Daniel GarcíaMexico (MEX)Silver Mikhail ShchennikovRussia (RUS)Bronze Mikhail KhmelnitskiyBelarus (BLR)
Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics ChampionshipsEvent RecordNarinder Singh 1:24:5019 April 1997Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Record 1:18.04 April 7, 1994 Beijing, PR China Event Record 1:19.37 August 24, 1991 Tokyo, Japan Final ranking RankAthleteTimeNote 1:21:43 1:21:53 1:22:01 4 1:22:57 5 1:23:03 6 1:23:10 7 1:23:14 8 1:23:33 9 1:23:49 10 1:23:53 11 1:24:12 12 1:24:24 13 1:24:37 14 1:24:46 15 1:24:47 16 1:24:48 17 1:25:27 18 1:25:38 19 1:25:46 20 1:25:47 21 1:25:50 22 1:26:20 23 1:26:23 24 1:26:24 25 1:26:39 26 1:26:50 27 1:27:17 28 1:27:25 29 1:27:27 30 1:28:51 31 1:28:51 32 1:30:49 33 1:31:28 34 1:32:05 35 1:32:32 36 1:32:37 37 1:32:44 38 1:34:02 DID NOT FINISH (DNF)— DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF — DNF DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)— DSQ — DSQ — DSQ — DSQ — DSQ — DSQ
See also 1994 Men's European Championships 20km Walk (Helsinki) 1996 Men's Olympic 20km Walk (Atlanta) 1997 Race Walking Year Ranking 1998 Men's European Championships 20km Walk (Budapest)
References Results Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite