Guillaume LeBlanc

Guillaume LeBlanc
	LeBlanc in 1984
Personal information
Born	April 14, 1962 (age 62); Sept-Îles, Québec
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
Universiade
	Updated on 11 January 2024

Guillaume LeBlanc (born April 14, 1962 in Sept-Îles, Quebec) is a Canadian retired race walker. He specialised in the 20 km event.

Career

LeBlanc won the 20 km event at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie.

He competed for Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain, where he won the silver medal in the 20 kilometre walk event.^[1]

Personal bests

20 km: 1:21:13 hrs – Saint Léonard, 5 October 1986
50 km: 3:56:46 hrs – Ciudad de México, 5 April 1992

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Canada
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	4th	20 km	1:24:29
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	—	50 km	DNF
	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Bucaramanga, Colombia	2nd	20 km	1:27:06
1986	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Saint Léonard, Canada	1st	20 km	1:21:13
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	10th	20 km	1:21:29
1988	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Mar del Plata, Argentina	3rd	20 km	1:27:08
1990	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Xalapa, México	5th	20 km	1:23:26
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	20 km	1:22:25
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	—	50 km	DQ

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guillaume LeBlanc". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.

External links

Guillaume LeBlanc at World Athletics
Guillaume LeBlanc at Team Canada
Guillaume LeBlanc at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Guillaume LeBlanc at Olympics.com
Guillaume LeBlanc at Olympedia

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guillaume LeBlanc". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.

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v t e Commonwealth Games champions in Men's 20-mile, 30 km and 50 kilometres race walk
20 miles (1966–1974)	1966: Ron Wallwork (ENG) 1970: Noel Freeman (AUS) 1974: John Warhurst (ENG)
30 kilometres (1978-1994)	1978: Olly Flynn (ENG) 1982: Steve Barry (WAL) 1986: Simon Baker (AUS) 1990: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 1994: Nicholas A'Hern (AUS)
50 kilometres (1998-2006)	1998: Saravanan Govindasamy (MAS) 2002: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)

v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's racewalking (1500 m walk, mile walk, 3000 m walk, 2 miles walk, 5000 m walk, 3 miles walk)
Mile walk (1500 m walk)	1907: Sam Liebgold 1908: Sam Liebgold 1909: Sam Liebgold 1920: Joseph Pearman 1921: Richard Remer 1922: William Plant 1923: William Plant 1924: William Plant 1925: Alexander Zellar 1926: Harry Hinkel 1927: William Plant 1928: Harry Hinkel 1929: Harry Hinkel 1930: Michael Pecora 1931: William Carlson 1932: Michael Pecora 1933: William Carlson 1934: Charles Eschenbach 1935: Henry Cieman (CAN), Charles Eschenbach (2nd) 1936: Charles Eschenbach 1937: Nat Jaeger 1938: Otto Kotraba 1939: Otto Kotraba 1940: Charles Eschenbach 1941: Nat Jaeger 1942: Al Cicerone 1943: Sune Carlsson (SWE), Joe Medgyesi (2nd) 1944: Joe Medgyesi 1945: Joe Medgyesi 1946: Joe Medgyesi 1947: Ernie Weber 1948: Henry Laskau 1949: Henry Laskau 1950: Henry Laskau 1951: Henry Laskau 1952: Henry Laskau 1953: Henry Laskau 1954: Henry Laskau 1955: Henry Laskau 1956: Henry Laskau 1957: Henry Laskau 1958: John Humcke 1959: John Humcke 1960: Frank Sipos (HUN), Jack Blackburn (2nd) 1961: Ronald Zinn 1962: Ronald Zinn 1963: Ronald Zinn 1964: Ron Laird 1965: Ronald Zinn 1966: Rudy Haluza 1967: Don DeNoon 1968: Ron Laird 1969: Dave Romansky 1970: Dave Romansky 1971: Ron Laird 1972: Dave Romansky 1973: Ron Daniel 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman
3000 m walk (2 miles walk)	1913: Dick Gifford 1914: Richard Remer 1915: Edward Renz 1916: George Goulding (CAN), Edward Renz (2nd) 1917: Richard Remer 1918: Richard Remer 1919: Edward Renz 1974: Larry Walker 1975: Ron Daniel 1976: Ron Laird 1977: Todd Scully 1978: Todd Scully 1979: Todd Scully 1980: Todd Scully 1981: Ray Sharp 1982: Jim Heiring 1983: Ray Sharp 1984: Jim Heiring 1985: Jim Heiring 1986: Jim Heiring 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman 2011: Patrick Stroupe 2012: Trevor Barron 2013: Tim Seaman 2015: Nick Christie 2016: John Nunn 2017: John Nunn 2018: Nick Christie 2019: Nick Christie 2020: Nick Christie 2023: Nick Christie 2024: Nick Christie
5000 m walk (3 miles walk)	1907: Sam Liebgold 1908: Sam Liebgold 1909: Sam Liebgold 1910: Sam Liebgold 1911: Frank Kaiser 1987: Tim Lewis 1988: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN), Tim Lewis (2nd) 1989: Tim Lewis 1990: Tim Berrett (GBR), Doug Fournier (2nd) 1991: Doug Fournier 1992: Gary Morgan 1993: Allen James 1994: Jonathan Matthews 1995: Allen James 1996: Allen James 1997: Allen James 1998: Tim Seaman 1999: Tim Seaman 2000: Tim Seaman 2001: Tim Seaman 2002: Tim Seaman 2003: Tim Seaman 2004: Tim Seaman 2005: Tim Seaman 2006: Tim Seaman 2007: Tim Seaman 2008: Matthew Boyles 2009: Tim Seaman 2010: Tim Seaman
Notes	* From 1906 to 1979, events were conducted by the Amateur Athletic Union. Events from 1980 to 1992 were conducted under The Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted by USA Track & Field. Distances have varied as follows: Mile walk all years except 1933-1939 when 1500 m walk was contested, 2 miles walk until 1986 (3000 m walk since except for odd years since 2015), 3 miles walk until 1911 (5000 m walk since).