Guillaume LeBlanc

Personal information

Born

April 14, 1962
Sept-Îles, Québec

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

74 kg (163 lb)

Sport

Country

Sport

Event(s)

Medal record

Updated on 25 July 2013.

Guillaume LeBlanc (born April 14, 1962 in Sept-Îles, Quebec) is a former Canadian 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.

Personal bests

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, 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

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: Govindasamy Saravanan (MAS) 2002–2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)

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