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

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates23 August
Competitors61 from 33 nations
Winning time1:19:14
Medalists
gold medal    Spain
silver medal    China
bronze medal    Canada
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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

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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 in a national record time.

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

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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

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Time[5]
1:25:00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
23 August 2015 08:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

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

KEY: NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Miguel Ángel López  Spain (ESP) 1:19:14 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Zhen  China (CHN) 1:19:29
3rd place, 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 & N.I. (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
Pavel Chihuán  Peru (PER) DNF
Perseus Karlström  Sweden (SWE) DNF
Baljinder Singh  India (IND) DNF
Yusuke Suzuki  Japan (JPN) DNF
Erik Tysse  Norway (NOR) DNF
Sérgio Vieira  Portugal (POR) DNF
Byun Young-jun  South Korea (KOR) DQ
Andrés Chocho  Ecuador (ECU) DQ
Aliaksandr Liakhovich  Belarus (BLR) DQ
Marius Šavelskis  Lithuania (LTU) DQ
Alex Wright  Ireland (IRL) DQ

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. 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