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These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
Men's 20 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | July 26 | |||||||||
Competitors | 53 from 32 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:20:07 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Igor Kollár garnered a "huge lead" over the pack, but he was disqualified as the judges deemed that he held two feet off the ground. Kollár claimed that the judges only disqualified him because he was so far ahead and they wanted a closer finish, a claim disputed by his coach.[2]
Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||||
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World Record | Bo Lingtang (CHN) | 1:18:04 | April 7, 1994 | Beijing, PR China |
Olympic Record | Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) | 1:19:57 | September 23, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
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