Guillaume LeBlanc

Canadian racewalker

Guillaume LeBlanc

LeBlanc in 1984

Personal information
Born|  (1962-04-14) April 14, 1962 (age 60)
Sept-Îles, Québec
Height| 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight| 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country|  Canada
Sport| Athletics
Event(s)| Racewalking

Medal record

Men’s athletics
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
|  1992 Barcelona | 20 km Walk
Universiade
|  1983 Edmonton | 20 km Walk
Commonwealth Games
|  1982 Brisbane | 30 km Walk

Updated on 25 July 2013.

Guillaume LeBlanc (born April 14, 1962 in Sept-Îles, Quebec) is a Canadian former athlete who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.

A winner of 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[edit]

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

## Achievements[edit]

Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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Representing  Canada
1984  | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States  | 4th  | 20 km | 1:24:29
-- | 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
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
-- | 50 km | DQ

## See also[edit]

* Canadian records in track and field

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Guillaume LeBlanc at World Athletics
* Guillaume LeBlanc at the Canadian Olympic Committee
* Guillaume LeBlanc at the Commonwealth Games Federation
* Guillaume LeBlanc at Olympics.com
* Guillaume LeBlanc at Olympedia

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Commonwealth Games champions in Men's 20-mile, 30 km and 50 kilometres race walk

* 1966–1974: 20 miles
* 1978–1994: 30 kilometres
* 1998–2006: 50 kilometres

* 1966: Ron Wallwork (ENG)
* 1970: Noel Freeman (AUS)
* 1974: John Warhurst (ENG)
* 1978: Olly Flynn (ENG)
* 1982: Steve Barry (WAL)
* 1986: Simon Baker (AUS)
* 1990: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN)
* 1994: Nicholas A'Hern (AUS)
* 1998: Saravanan Govindasamy (MAS)
* 2002–2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)

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Summer Universiade champions in men's 20 kilometres race walk

* 1981: Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
* 1983: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN)
* 1985: Viktor Mostovik (URS)
* 1987: Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA)
* 1989: Walter Arena (ITA)
* 1991–1993: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 1995: Daniel García (MEX)
* 1997: Ilya Markov (RUS)
* 1999: Alejandro López (MEX)
* 2001: Lorenzo Civallero (ITA)
* 2003: Stepan Yudin (RUS)
* 2005: Juan Manuel Molina (ESP)
* 2007: Chu Yafei (CHN)
* 2009: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)
* 2011–2013: Andrey Krivov (RUS)
* 2015: Dane Bird-Smith (AUS)
* 2017: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
* 2019: Koki Ikeda (JPN)

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