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Men’s 20 kilometres walk
Held at 13 Games, 1956–2024. Most golds: Soviet Union (2). Most medals: Maurizio Damilano (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
Open the latest podium in the atlas →Games131956–2024
Medals39
Delegations14on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Brian Pintado Ecuador | Caio Bonfim Brazil | Álvaro Martín Spain |
| 2020 Tokyo | Massimo Stano Italy | Koki Ikeda Japan | Toshikazu Yamanishi Japan |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Wang Zhen China | Cai Zelin China | Dane Bird-Smith Australia |
| 2012 London | Chen Ding China | Erick Barrondo Guatemala | Wang Zhen China |
| 2000 Sydney | Robert Korzeniowski Poland | Noé Hernández Valentin Mexico | Vladimir Andreyev Russia |
| 1996 Atlanta | Jefferson Pérez Ecuador | Ilya Markov Russia | Bernardo Segura Mexico |
| 1988 Seoul | Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia | Ronald Weigel East Germany | Maurizio Damilano Italy |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Ernesto Canto Mexico | Raúl González Mexico | Maurizio Damilano Italy |
| 1980 Moscow | Maurizio Damilano Italy | Pyotr Pochynchuk Soviet Union | Roland Wieser East Germany |
| 1976 Montreal | Daniel Bautista Mexico | Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany | Peter Frenkel East Germany |
| 1972 Munich | Peter Frenkel East Germany | Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union | Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany |
| 1968 Mexico City | Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union | José Pedraza Mexico | Nikolay Smaga Soviet Union |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Leonid Spirin Soviet Union | Antanas Mikėnas Soviet Union | Bruno Junk Soviet Union |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | East Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |