2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Events at the
2007 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.

The event saw some controversy as Paquillo Fernández, who finished second after overtaking Hatem Ghoula in the final straight, was disqualified after the race for lifting. However, following an appeal by the Spanish team the same day, video evidence was examined and Fernández was found to have walked in compliance with the rules. He was thus re-awarded the silver medal.

Jefferson Pérez became the first race walker to win three World Championship gold medals. Also, Fernández won his third consecutive silver medal. Hatem Ghoula became the first African race walker to win a World Championship medal.

Medallists

Gold Jefferson Pérez
 Ecuador (ECU)
Silver Paquillo Fernández
 Spain (ESP)
Bronze Hatem Ghoula
 Tunisia (TUN)

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17.21 August 23, 2003 France Paris, France
Event Record

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Nation Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador (ECU) 1:22:20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paquillo Fernández  Spain (ESP) 1:22:40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hatem Ghoula  Tunisia (TUN) 1:22:40
4 Eder Sánchez  Mexico (MEX) 1:23:36
5 Giorgio Rubino  Italy (ITA) 1:23:39  
6 Robert Heffernan  Ireland (IRL) 1:23:42  
7 Luke Adams  Australia (AUS) 1:23:52
8 Erik Tysse  Norway (NOR) 1:24:10
9 Ilya Markov  Russia (RUS) 1:24:35
10 Alex Schwazer  Italy (ITA) 1:24:39 SB
11 Koichiro Morioka  Japan (JPN) 1:24:46
12 Rolando Saquipay  Ecuador (ECU) 1:25:03
13 Li Gaobo  China (CHN) 1:25:30
14 Matej Tóth  Slovakia (SVK) 1:25:57
15 Park Chil-Sung  South Korea (KOR) 1:26:08
16 Juan Manuel Molina  Spain (ESP) 1:26:26
17 Benjamin Kuciński  Poland (POL) 1:26:43
18 Andriy Kovenko  Ukraine (UKR) 1:26:44
19 Akihiro Sugimoto  Japan (JPN) 1:26:45
20 Kim Hyun-sup  South Korea (KOR) 1:26:51
21 Takayuki Tanii  Japan (JPN) 1:26:53
22 Luis Fernando López  Colombia (COL) 1:27:22
23 Benjamin Sánchez  Mexico (MEX) 1:27:29
24 Hassanine Sebei  Tunisia (TUN) 1:27:35
25 João Vieira  Portugal (POR) 1:27:44
26 Rafał Augustyn  Poland (POL) 1:27:54
27 Ivan Trotski  Belarus (BLR) 1:27:56
28 Kevin Eastler  United States (USA) 1:28:29
29 Han Yucheng  China (CHN) 1:31:58
30 Dong Jimin  China (CHN) 1:32:03
31 Timothy Seaman  United States (USA) 1:33:58
32 Predrag Filipović  Serbia (SRB) 1:35:51
— Jared Tallent  Australia (AUS) DQ
— Gabriel Ortiz  Mexico (MEX) DQ
— Andrés Chocho  Ecuador (ECU) DQ
— Ivano Brugnetti  Italy (ITA) DQ
— Daniel García  Mexico (MEX) DQ
— Igor Erokhin  Russia (RUS) DQ
— Gustavo Restrepo  Colombia (COL) DQ
— Valeriy Borchin  Russia (RUS) DNF
— Sérgio Vieira  Portugal (POR) DNF
— André Höhne  Germany (GER) DNF

See also

References