1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Template:AthleticsAt1997WorldChampionships 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	Template:Flagicon Daniel García Mexico (MEX)
Silver	Template:Flagicon Mikhail Shchennikov Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Template:Flagicon Mikhail Khmelnitskiy Belarus (BLR)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Narinder Singh	1:24:50	19 April 1997	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
World Record	Template:Flagathlete	1:18.04	April 7, 1994	Template:Flagicon Beijing, PR China
Event Record	Template:Flagathlete	1:19.37	August 24, 1991	Template:Flagicon Tokyo, Japan

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Template:Flagathlete	1:21:43
	Template:Flagathlete	1:21:53
	Template:Flagathlete	1:22:01
4	Template:Flagathlete	1:22:57
5	Template:Flagathlete	1:23:03
6	Template:Flagathlete	1:23:10
7	Template:Flagathlete	1:23:14
8	Template:Flagathlete	1:23:33
9	Template:Flagathlete	1:23:49
10	Template:Flagathlete	1:23:53
11	Template:Flagathlete	1:24:12
12	Template:Flagathlete	1:24:24
13	Template:Flagathlete	1:24:37
14	Template:Flagathlete	1:24:46
15	Template:Flagathlete	1:24:47
16	Template:Flagathlete	1:24:48
17	Template:Flagathlete	1:25:27
18	Template:Flagathlete	1:25:38
19	Template:Flagathlete	1:25:46
20	Template:Flagathlete	1:25:47
21	Template:Flagathlete	1:25:50
22	Template:Flagathlete	1:26:20
23	Template:Flagathlete	1:26:23
24	Template:Flagathlete	1:26:24
25	Template:Flagathlete	1:26:39
26	Template:Flagathlete	1:26:50
27	Template:Flagathlete	1:27:17
28	Template:Flagathlete	1:27:25
29	Template:Flagathlete	1:27:27
30	Template:Flagathlete	1:28:51
31	Template:Flagathlete	1:28:51
32	Template:Flagathlete	1:30:49
33	Template:Flagathlete	1:31:28
34	Template:Flagathlete	1:32:05
35	Template:Flagathlete	1:32:32
36	Template:Flagathlete	1:32:37
37	Template:Flagathlete	1:32:44
38	Template:Flagathlete	1:34:02
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
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DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
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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