The men's 20 kilometres walk at the

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took place on 16 August at the

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. The qualifying standards were 1:23:00 (A standard) and 1:24:30 (B standard).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best

Intermediates

s.t. - same time.

References

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