2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 23 August
Competitors 61 from 33 nations
Winning time 1:19:14
Medalists
    Spain
    China
    Canada
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 August.[1][2]

Summary

From the gun, the three Chinese athletes made it clear they were going to make an effort to take this home race. The effort almost worked, as the group ultimately led by Olympic bronze medalist Wang Zhen held the lead until the bell. At almost that moment, returning bronze medalist Miguel Ángel López had finally worked his way back to the lead. The strain of leading showed on Wang's face as Lopez cruised past. Lopez built upon that lead for the final lap and route back into the stadium. Canadian Benjamin Thorne set the Canadian record on his way to the bronze medal.

A deeper story might be in who was not here. After years of the Viktor Chegin drug related cheating scandal, no Russian athlete entered the race, ending their dominance of world podiums. Recent world record setting Yusuke Suzuki also dropped out near the half way mark with a hip injury. Andrés Chocho was making an effort to challenge the leaders late into the race, but instead was invited to leave the course with a red paddle.[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[4]

World record  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
Championship record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France 23 August 2003
World Leading  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
African record  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:19:02 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 10 May 1997
Asian record  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 8 May 1999
South American record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France 23 August 2003
European record  Yohann Diniz (FRA) 1:17:02 Arles, France 8 March 2015
Oceanian record  Nathan Deakes (AUS) 1:17:33 Cixi, China 23 April 2005

Qualification standards

Time[5]
1:25:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
23 August 2015 08:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

The race was started at 08:30.[6]

KEY: NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Miguel Ángel López  Spain (ESP) 1:19:14 PB
2nd, silver medalist(s) Wang Zhen  China (CHN) 1:19:29
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Benjamin Thorne  Canada (CAN) 1:19:57 NR
4 Ihor Hlavan  Ukraine (UKR) 1:20:29 SB
5 Cai Zelin  China (CHN) 1:20:42
6 Caio Bonfim  Brazil (BRA) 1:20:44 SB
7 Éider Arévalo  Colombia (COL) 1:21:13
8 Dane Bird-Smith  Australia (AUS) 1:21:37
9 Chen Ding  China (CHN) 1:21:39
10 Kim Hyun-sub  South Korea (KOR) 1:21:40
11 Lebogang Shange  South Africa (RSA) 1:21:43 NR
12 Evan Dunfee  Canada (CAN) 1:21:48 SB
13 Isamu Fujisawa  Japan (JPN) 1:21:51
14 Inaki Gomez  Canada (CAN) 1:21:55 SB
15 Eder Sánchez  Mexico (MEX) 1:21:56 SB
16 Álvaro Martín  Spain (ESP) 1:22:04
17 Quentin Rew  New Zealand (NZL) 1:22:18 SB
18 Hagen Pohle  Germany (GER) 1:22:29
19 Massimo Stano  Italy (ITA) 1:22:53
20 Giorgio Rubino  Italy (ITA) 1:23:23
21 Ruslan Dmytrenko  Ukraine (UKR) 1:23:37
22 José Leonardo Montaña  Colombia (COL) 1:23:53
23 Dzianis Simanovich  Belarus (BLR) 1:23:54
24 Tom Bosworth  Great Britain (GBR) 1:23:58
25 Alexandros Papamichail  Greece (GRE) 1:24:11
26 Jared Tallent  Australia (AUS) 1:24:19
27 Federico Tontodonati  Italy (ITA) 1:24:33
28 Horacio Nava  Mexico (MEX) 1:24:40 SB
29 Diego Garcia  Spain (ESP) 1:24:52
30 Georgiy Sheiko  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1:24:58
31 Julio César Salazar  Mexico (MEX) 1:24:58
32 Chris Erickson  Australia (AUS) 1:25:15
33 Kévin Campion  France (FRA) 1:25:16
34 Nils Brembach  Germany (GER) 1:25:21
35 Gurmeet Singh  India (IND) 1:25:22
36 João Vieira  Portugal (POR) 1:25:49
37 Mauricio Arteaga  Ecuador (ECU) 1:25:50
38 Christopher Linke  Germany (GER) 1:26:10
39 Ivan Losyev  Ukraine (UKR) 1:26:32
40 Anatole Ibáñez  Sweden (SWE) 1:26:34
41 Chandan Singh  India (IND) 1:26:40
42 Juan Manuel Cano  Argentina (ARG) 1:27:10
43 Marco Antonio Rodríguez  Bolivia (BOL) 1:27:15
44 Anton Kučmín  Slovakia (SVK) 1:27:46
45 Choe Byeong-kwang  South Korea (KOR) 1:28:01
46 Richard Vargas  Venezuela (VEN) 1:28:18
47 Eiki Takahashi  Japan (JPN) 1:28:30
48 José María Raymundo  Guatemala (GUA) 1:29:01
49 Yerko Araya  Chile (CHI) 1:29:12
50 Kenny Martín Pérez  Colombia (COL) 1:29:31
51 Pavel Chihuan  Peru (PER) DNF
51 Perseus Karlström  Sweden (SWE) DNF
51 Baljinder Singh  India (IND) DNF
51 Yusuke Suzuki  Japan (JPN) DNF
51 Erik Tysse  Norway (NOR) DNF
51 Sérgio Vieira  Portugal (POR) DNF
52 Byun Young-jun  South Korea (KOR) DQ
52 Andrés Chocho  Ecuador (ECU) DQ
52 Aliaksandr Liakhovich  Belarus (BLR) DQ
52 Marius Šavelskis  Lithuania (LTU) DQ
52 Alex Wright  Ireland (IRL) DQ

References

  1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Start list
  3. "REPORT: MEN'S 20KM RACE WALK – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. "Records & Lists – Race Walk". IAAF. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2012, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. Final results
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