2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a two kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August.[1][2]

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates13 August (final)
Competitors64 from 32 nations
Winning time1:18:53
Medalists
    Colombia
    Authorised Neutral Athletes
    Brazil

Summary

As is typical, this race started off as a pack. By 5K, the pack still numbered 32, exactly half the starters, walking a leisurely (for them) 19:54. The second 5K was exactly the same, passed in 39:48 but the pack had worn down to 17. British champion, walking before the home crowd, accelerated the pace, dropping many off the pack. But out in front, Bosworth was given more scrutiny and earned the deadly red card disqualifying him from the race. By 15K in 59:33 (19:45), the pack was down to eight and defending champion Miguel Ángel López (Spain) was no longer one of them.[3] Rallying from a 23 second deficit at 10K, South African Lebogang Shange came back to the group as others dropped off. By the last 2K loop, the leaders Éider Arévalo (Colombia) and Sergey Shirobokov, an Authorised Neutral Athlete were in racewalking's version of a sprint finish, dropping Shange, Christopher Linke (Germany), Dane Bird-Smith (Australia), Wang Kaihua (China) and Caio Bonfim (Brazil) to fight for bronze. Arévalo broke the race open enough to get a Colombian flag from the audience, holding it around his neck as he made sure he had enough of a gap on Shirobokov, then crossing the finish line with the flag held high two seconds ahead. 9 second behind them, Bonfim had broken away from Shange to secure bronze. Arévalo, Bonfim and Shange all set national records.[4]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[5]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki  JPN 15 Mar 2015 Nomi, Japan
Championship 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez  ECU 23 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis, France
World leading 1:17:54 Wang Kaihua  CHN 4 Mar 2017 Huangshan, China
African 1:19:02 Hatem Ghoula  TUN 10 May 1997 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Asian 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki  JPN 15 Mar 2015 Nomi, Japan
NACAC 1:17:46 Julio René Martínez  GUA 8 May 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
South American 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez  ECU 23 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis, France
European 1:17:02 Yohann Diniz  FRA 8 Mar 2015 Arles, France
Oceanian 1:17:33 Nathan Deakes  AUS 23 Apr 2015 Cixi, China

The following records were set at the competition:[6]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Brazilian 1:19:04 Caio Bonfim  BRA 13 Aug 2017
South African 1:19:18 Lebogang Shange  RSA
Colombian 1:18:53 Éider Arévalo  COL

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:24:00.[7]

Results

The final took place on 13 August at 14:19. The results were as follows:[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Éider Arévalo Colombia (COL)1:18:53NR
Sergey Shirobokov Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)1:18:55
Caio Bonfim Brazil (BRA)1:19:04NR
4Lebogang Shange South Africa (RSA)1:19:18NR
5Christopher Linke Germany (GER)1:19:21
6Dane Bird-Smith Australia (AUS)1:19:28PB
7Wang Kaihua China (CHN)1:19:30
8Álvaro Martín Spain (ESP)1:19:41SB
9Alberto Amezcua Spain (ESP)1:19:46PB
10Miguel Ángel López Spain (ESP)1:19:57SB
11Isamu Fujisawa Japan (JPN)1:20:04
12Artur Brzozowski Poland (POL)1:20:33PB
13Diego García Spain (ESP)1:20:34PB
14Eiki Takahashi Japan (JPN)1:20:36
15Nils Brembach Germany (GER)1:20:42PB
16Giorgio Rubino Italy (ITA)1:20:47SB
17Hagen Pohle Germany (GER)1:20:53SB
18Brian Pintado Ecuador (ECU)1:21:17PB
19Jin Xiangqian China (CHN)1:21:24
20Damian Błocki Poland (POL)1:21:29PB
21Erick Barrondo Guatemala (GUA)1:21:34SB
22Aliaksandr Liakhovich Belarus (BLR)1:21:39
23Irfan Kolothum Thodi India (IND)1:21:40
24Kévin Campion France (FRA)1:21:46
25Francesco Fortunato Italy (ITA)1:22:01PB
26Kim Hyun-sub South Korea (KOR)1:22:08
27Ruslan Dmytrenko Ukraine (UKR)1:22:26SB
28Mauricio Arteaga Ecuador (ECU)1:22:28SB
29Marius Žiūkas Lithuania (LTU)1:22:38
30Samuel Gathimba Kenya (KEN)1:22:52SB
31Choe Byeong-kwang South Korea (KOR)1:22:54SB
32Ivan Losyev Ukraine (UKR)1:23:03SB
33César Augusto Rodríguez Peru (PER)1:23:05PB
34Wang Rui China (CHN)1:23:09
35Jesús Tadeo Vega Mexico (MEX)1:23:10SB
36Georgiy Sheiko Kazakhstan (KAZ)1:23:11
37Perseus Karlström Sweden (SWE)1:23:36
38Daisuke Matsunaga Japan (JPN)1:23:39
39Yerko Araya Chile (CHI)1:23:46
40José Alejandro Barrondo Guatemala (GUA)1:23:47
41Callum Wilkinson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)1:23:54
42Alexandros Papamichail Greece (GRE)1:23:56
43Pedro Daniel Gómez Mexico (MEX)1:24:11
44Anatole Ibáñez Sweden (SWE)1:24:23SB
45Ersin Tacir Turkey (TUR)1:24:43
46Juan Manuel Cano Argentina (ARG)1:24:49
47Manuel Esteban Soto Colombia (COL)1:24:56
48Matteo Giupponi Italy (ITA)1:25:20SB
49Dzmitry Dziubin Belarus (BLR)1:25:41
50Devender Singh India (IND)1:25:47
51Benjamin Thorne Canada (CAN)1:26:56
52José María Raymundo Guatemala (GUA)1:27:09
53Jakub Jelonek Poland (POL)1:27:43
54Ganapathi Krishnan India (IND)1:28:32
55Serhiy Budza Ukraine (UKR)1:29:25
56Rhydian Cowley Australia (AUS)1:30:40
57Kim Dae-ho South Korea (KOR)1:30:41
58Mert Atlı Turkey (TUR)1:31:26
Salih Korkmaz Turkey (TUR)DNF
Eder Sánchez Mexico (MEX)
Simon Wachira Kenya (KEN)
Tom Bosworth Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)DQ230.6(a)
Alex Wright Ireland (IRL)
Richard Vargas Venezuela (VEN)

References

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