Wang Zhen slows down as he passes the finish line in Beijing after winning the silver medal
in the men's 20 kilometres race walk. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games
in London in the same event. At the time he held the senior Asian record for the 20 km with
1:17:36.
He topped both of those medals by winning the gold medal at Rio.
Both the 2015 and the 2016 finals were won in an identical time,
Zhen winning the 2016 race
2015 Beijing World Championships.
Men's 20k race walk final.
1.
|
Miguel Ángel
|
LOPEZ |
ESP |
1:19.14 |
PB |
2.
|
Wang |
ZHEN |
CHN |
1:19.29 |
|
| 3. |
Benjamin |
THORN |
CAN |
1:19.57 |
NR |
| 4. |
Ihor |
HLAVAN |
UKR |
1:20.29 |
SB |
| 5. |
Cai |
ZELIN |
CHN |
1:20.42 |
|
| 6. |
Caio |
BONFIM |
BRA |
1:20.44 |
SB |
| 7. |
Elder |
AREVALO
|
COL |
1:21.13 |
|
| 8. |
Dane |
BIRD-SMITH |
AUS |
1:21.37 |
|
2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Final men's 20 k race walk.
| 1. |
Wang Zhen
|
China |
1:19:14 |
|
| 2. |
Cai Zelin |
China |
1:19:26 |
PB |
| 3. |
Dane Bird-Smith |
Australia |
1:19:37 |
PB |
| 4. |
Caio Bonfim |
Brazil |
1:19:42 |
NR |
| 5. |
Christopher Linke |
Germany |
1:20:00 |
|
| 6. |
Tom Bosworth |
Great Britain |
1:20:13 |
NR |
| 7. |
Daisuke Matsunaga |
Japan |
1:20:22 |
|
| 8. |
Matteo Giupponi |
Italy |
1:20:27
|
PB |