Robert Heffernan
Performance at major championships

Robert Heffernan

Section Title: Performance at major championships
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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes

Representing Ireland

1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	70th	20 km	1:32:14

European U23 Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	13th	20 km	1:36:26

2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	18th	20 km	1:22:43

Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	28th	20 km	1:26:04

2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	17th	20 km	1:23:57

World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	14th	20 km	1:25:02

2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	8th	20 km	1:21:10

2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	27th	20 km	1:22:58

Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	—	20 km	DSQ

2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	20 km	DSQ

2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th	20 km	1:23:42

2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	9th	20 km	1:19:22 (PB)

Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	8th	20 km	1:20:36

2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	4th	20 km	1:25:21

World Championships	Berlin, Germany	15th	20 km	1:22:09

2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	20 km	1:21:00

4th	50 km	3:45:30

2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	9th	20 km	1:25:34

2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	11th	20 km	1:21:51

Olympic Games	London, England	9th	20 km	1:20:18

3rd	50 km	3:37:54 (PB)

2013	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	9th	20 km	1:23:26

World Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	50 km	3:37:56

2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	23rd	20 km	1:21:00

2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	5th	50 km	3:44:17

2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th	50 km	3:43:55

Sentence(s)

At the 2000 Olympics, Robert Heffernan finished in 28th place and at the 2004 Olympics he was disqualified, both in the 20 km race.

final_sentence: At the 2000 Olympics, Robert Heffernan finished in 28th place and at the 2004 Olympics he was disqualified, both in the 20 km race.