2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 11 August.[1]

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2013 World Championships
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Dates11 August (final)
Competitors64 from 34 nations
Winning time1:20:58
Medalists
 
 
 

The first leader was Takumi Saito who set the pace for the first 5K, opening up a gap on the pack, with his Japanese teammate Yusuke Suzuki the first to chase him down. Suzuki moved out to a 13-second lead by the 10K mark. The six chasers included all three 2012 Olympic medalists. The first to catch him was bronze medalist Wang Zhen who pulled out to the lead only to get disqualified. Even though he had received the notification, Wang continued until he was taken off the course. Behind him, Olympic gold medalist Chen Ding, Erick Barrondo silver medalist and local favorite Aleksandr Ivanov took up the front, 22 seconds ahead of the next group. But Barrondo picked up two red cards.

After 15K, Ivanov took off, with Barrondo giving chase. First Ivanov picked up a red card and slowed down. Then Barrondo picked up his third red card and was told to leave the race to his disbelief. When Chen passed him, he raised his arm to wave good bye. But Chen couldn't catch Ivanov, who took a ten-second victory in front of cheering Russian fans.[2]

One walker gave a positive test at the competition: second last finisher Ebrahim Rahimian of Iran had used erythropoietin.[3]

Records

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

World record  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Championship record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France 23 August 2003
World Leading  Petr Trofimov (RUS) 1:18:28 Sochi, Russia 23 February 2013
African Record  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:19:02 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 10 May 1997
Asian Record  Wang Zhen (CHN) 1:17:36 Taicang, China 30 March 2012
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  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Oceanian record  Nathan Deakes (AUS) 1:17:33 Cixi, China 23 April 2005

Qualification standards

A standard[5] B standard
1:24:00 1:26:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
11 August 201317:00Final

Results

KEY: NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The race was started at 17:00.[6]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
DQAleksandr Ivanov Russia (RUS)1:20:58Doping
Chen Ding China (CHN)1:21:09SB
Miguel Ángel López Spain (ESP)1:21:21SB
João Vieira Portugal (POR)1:22:05
4Denis Strelkov Russia (RUS)1:22:06
5Takumi Saito Japan (JPN)1:22:09
6Ruslan Dmytrenko Ukraine (UKR)1:22:14
7Inaki Gomez Canada (CAN)1:22:21SB
8Christopher Linke Germany (GER)1:22:36SB
9Kim Hyun-sub South Korea (KOR)1:22:50SB
10Dane Bird-Smith Australia (AUS)1:23:06
11Yusuke Suzuki Japan (JPN)1:23:20
12Jaime Quiyuch Guatemala (GUA)1:23:24
13Matteo Giupponi Italy (ITA)1:23:27SB
14Matteo Giupponi Italy (ITA)1:23:27SB
15Andrii Kovenko Ukraine (UKR)1:23:46
16Alexandros Papamihail Greece (GRE)1:23:48SB
17Jose Leonardo Montana Colombia (COL)1:23:50SB
18Rolando Saquipay Ecuador (ECU)1:24:01SB
19Rafał Augustyn Poland (POL)1:24:03
20Benjamin Thorne Canada (CAN)1:24:26
21Anton Kučmín Slovakia (SVK)1:24:38
22Yerko Araya Chile (CHI)1:24:42SB
23Ato Ibáñez Sweden (SWE)1:24:49
24Álvaro Martín Spain (ESP)1:25:12
25Marius Žiūkas Lithuania (LTU)1:25:17
26Cai Zelin China (CHN)1:25:31
27Hatem Ghoula Tunisia (TUN)1:25:41
28Giorgio Rubino Italy (ITA)1:25:42
29Bertrand Moulinet France (FRA)1:26:12SB
30Ivan Losyev Ukraine (UKR)1:26:32
31Alex Wright Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)1:26:40
32Diego Flores Mexico (MEX)1:26:46
33Gurmeet Singh India (IND)1:26:47
34Chandan Singh India (IND)1:26:51
35Mauricio Arteaga Ecuador (ECU)1:27:35
36Georgiy Sheiko Kazakhstan (KAZ)1:27:41
37Isaac Palma Mexico (MEX)1:28:14
38Perseus Karlstrom Sweden (SWE)1:28:20SB
39Choe Byeong Kwang South Korea (KOR)1:28:26
40Sérgio Vieira Portugal (POR)1:28:34
41Máté Helebrandt Hungary (HUN)1:28:49
42Arnis Rumbenieks Latvia (LAT)1:29:13
43Federico Tontodonati Italy (ITA)1:29:26
44Francisco Arcilla Spain (ESP)1:29:38
45Vitaliy Anichkin Kazakhstan (KAZ)1:30:02
46Juan Manuel Cano Argentina (ARG)1:30:45SB
47Anibal Paau Guatemala (GUA)1:30:54
48Dzianis Simanovich Belarus (BLR)1:31:52
49Andrey Ruzavin Russia (RUS)1:32:45
50Rhydian Cowley Australia (AUS)1:33:35
51Alejandro Francisco Florez Switzerland (SUI)1:35:01
DQEbrahim Rahimian Iran (IRI)1:35:46 Doping[3]
52Tim Seaman United States (USA)1:36:35
Irfan Kolothum Thodi India (IND)DQ
Erick Barrondo Guatemala (GUA)DQ
Wang Zhen China (CHN)DQ
Byun Young-Jun South Korea (KOR)DQ
Caio Bonfim Brazil (BRA)DQ
Lebogang Shange South Africa (RSA)DNF
Dawid Tomala Poland (POL)DNF
Eider Arévalo Colombia (COL)DNF
Luis Fernando López Colombia (COL)DNF
Kevin Campion France (FRA)DNF
Hassanine Sebei Tunisia (TUN)DNF

References

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