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Athletics At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 Kilometres Walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 August 2021 in Sapporo. Approximately 60 athletes competed; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the number qualifying through time (no universality places were used in 2016). The reigning champion is Wang Zhen of China. Background This was the 17th appearance of the event, having appeared at every Olympics since 1956. Qualification A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's 20 kilometres walk if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 1:21:00. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odori Park
is a park located in the heart of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. means "large street" in Japanese. It stretches east to west through Nishi 1 chōme, Ōdōri to Nishi 12 chōme, Ōdōri ("Nishi" means west, and "chōme" is a block in Japanese), and divides the city into north and south sections. Odori Park spans about 1.5 km and covers 78,901 m². During the urban planning of Sapporo, it was originally designated as the main street but it eventually became a park. Throughout the year, many events and ceremonies such as the Sapporo Lilac Festival and the Sapporo Snow Festival are held in the park, and local landmarks including the Sapporo TV Tower and the Sapporo City Archive Museum are located within its boundaries. History Odori as a street In 1869, Shima Yoshitake, a judge sent by the government as the commissioner responsible for founding a central city in Hokkaido, came to Sapporo and developed a city plan that divided Sapporo City into North and South sections by means of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Jun (racewalker)
Zhang Jun ( zh, 张•俊; born 20 July 1998) is a Chinese racewalking athlete. He qualified to represent China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ... 2021, competing in men's 20 kilometres walk. References External links * 1998 births Living people Chinese male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships athletes for China {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhydian Cowley
Rhydian Cowley (born 4 January 1991) is an Australian race walker born in Glen Waverley, Victoria who specialises in the 50 kilometres race walk and 20 kilometres race walk. Cowley competed in the 2013 World Championships in Moscow and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. For both of his major championship competitions, Cowley qualified in the 20 kilometres race walk. He has also competed at a Summer Universiade, five World Race Walking Cups, and a World Junior Championships. In 2021, he competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he finished in 8th in the men's 50 kilometres walk with a new personal best time of 3:52.01 just 113 seconds behind the eventual winner Dawid Tomala of Poland. Personal life Cowley was born on 4 January 1991. He attended Melbourne High School and Deakin University in his schooling years, completing a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce at the latter institution. He currently lives in Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia. Cowley s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane Bird-Smith
Dane Alex Bird-Smith (born 15 July 1992) is an Australian racewalking athlete. He competes in the 20 kilometres race walk, and has a best of 1:19:28 hours for the distance, set in 2017. He competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he was the bronze medallist. Bird-Smith represented Australia at the World Championships in Athletics three times (2013, 2015, and 2017), and has appeared four times at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships/Cup. He was the gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, the Summer Universiade in 2015 and the Oceania Race Walking Championships in 2018 and 2014. He is the son of former Australian Olympic walker David Smith. He holds the Oceanian continental records for the 3000 metres walk and 5000 metres walk. He is now playing AFL for the Kenmore Bears. Career Early life and career The son of David Smith, an international racewalker, Queensland-born Bird-Smith initially took up athletics but focused on the 400 metres. However he sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel López (racewalker)
Miguel Ángel López Nicolás (born 3 July 1988 in Murcia) is a Spanish racewalker. He won the gold medal in the 20 km race walk at the 2015 World Championships and the silver in 2013. He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth, and the 50 km walk at the 2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro .... Competition record References External links * * * * 1988 births Living people Spanish male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Murcia World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain European Athletics Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego García (racewalker)
Diego García Carrera (born 19 January 1996) is a male Spanish racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, winning the silver medal. In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He was also the winner of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in 2018. In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ... held in Doha, Qatar. He finished in 35th place. See also * Spain at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics * Spain at the 2018 European Athletics Championships References External links * * * * Place of birth miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro Martín (racewalker)
Álvaro Rafael Martín Uriol (born 18 June 1994 in Llerena) is a Spanish racewalker. He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... but did not finish the race. Competition record References External links * * * * 1994 births Living people Spanish male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain People from Campiña Sur (Badajoz) Sportspeople from the Province of Badajoz European Athletics Championships winners Spanish Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Tadeo Vega
Jesús Tadeo Vega (born 23 May 1994) is a Mexican racewalking athlete. He qualified to represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ... 2021, competing in men's 20 kilometres walk. References External links * 1994 births Living people Mexican male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Mexico Athletes from Mexico City 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Olivas (athlete)
Andrés Eduardo Olivas (born 27 May 1998) is a Mexican racewalking athlete. He qualified to represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ... 2021, competing in men's 20 kilometres walk. References External links * 1998 births Living people Mexican male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Mexico Pan American Games competitors for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Chihuahua City 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Alí Chama
Noel Alí Chama Almazán (born 15 September 1997) is a Mexican racewalking athlete. He qualified to represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ... 2021, competing in men's 20 kilometres walk. References External links * 1997 births Living people Mexican male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Mexico Sportspeople from the State of Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Mexican people World Athletics Championships athletes for Mexico {{Mexico-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiki Takahashi
is a male Japanese racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. On December 13, 2015, he set the Asian record for the 10,000m race walk on a track. In 2016, he was the #1 ranked walker in the world for 20 km. As a result of his fast time in February, he was considered Japan's next great walking hope, replacing teammate world record holder Yusuke Suzuki. He walked in the 2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ... where he walked with the lead (chase) pack until almost 14 km when eventual winner Cai Zelin broke the race open. Takahashi eventually finished 42nd. See also * Japan at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics References External links * Living pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Tontodonati
Federico Tontodonati (born 30 October 1989) is a male Italian racewalker who won six international medals at senior level at the race walk competitions. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 20 km walk. Biography He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing at the 27th position. He won 9 national titles: 3 over 50 km (in 2011, 2012, 2015), 3 over 20 km (2012, 2016, 2021), two over 10 km (2015 and 2017) and one over 5000 m indoor (2021). Tontodonati family Tontodonati is a family of sportswomen and sportsmen. Federico is the brother of the kayaking coach Matteo Tontodonati (born 1991) and the nephew of the Italian ex-rower Letizia Tontodonati (born 1998), ex-brother-in-law of the Australian-born Italian rower Kiri Tontodonati (born 1994), ex-wife of Matteo, coach of the kayaker Marco Tontodonati (born 2005), and son of the rowing coach Mauro Tontodonati (born 1963). National titles Tontodonati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
