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

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 (ECU)
Silver Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
Bronze Hatem Ghoula (TUN)

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

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

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1st, gold medalist(s) Jefferson Pérez (ECU)1:22:20 
2nd, silver medalist(s) Paquillo Fernández (ESP)1:22:40 
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hatem Ghoula (TUN)1:22:40 
4 Eder Sánchez (MEX)1:23:36 
5 Giorgio Rubino (ITA)1:23:39 
6 Robert Heffernan (IRL)1:23:42 
7 Luke Adams (AUS)1:23:52 
8 Erik Tysse (NOR)1:24:10 
9 Ilya Markov (RUS)1:24:35 
10 Alex Schwazer (ITA)1:24:39SB
11 Koichiro Morioka (JPN)1:24:46 
12 Rolando Saquipay (ECU)1:25:03 
13 Li Gaobo (CHN)1:25:30 
14 Matej Tóth (SVK)1:25:57 
15 Park Chil-Sung (KOR)1:26:08 
16 Juan Manuel Molina (ESP)1:26:26 
17 Benjamin Kuciński (POL)1:26:43 
18 Andriy Kovenko (UKR)1:26:44 
19 Akihiro Sugimoto (JPN)1:26:45 
20 Kim Hyun-sup (KOR)1:26:51 
21 Takayuki Tanii (JPN)1:26:53 
22 Luis Fernando López (COL)1:27:22 
23 Benjamin Sánchez (MEX)1:27:29 
24 Hassanine Sebei (TUN)1:27:35 
25 João Vieira (POR)1:27:44 
26 Rafał Augustyn (POL)1:27:54 
27 Ivan Trotski (BLR)1:27:56 
28 Kevin Eastler (USA)1:28:29 
29 Han Yucheng (CHN)1:31:58 
30 Dong Jimin (CHN)1:32:03 
31 Timothy Seaman (USA)1:33:58 
32 Predrag Filipović (SRB)1:35:51 
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
 Jared Tallent (AUS)DSQ 
 Gabriel Ortiz (MEX)DSQ 
 Andrés Chocho (ECU)DSQ 
 Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)DSQ 
 Daniel García (MEX)DSQ 
 Igor Erokhin (RUS)DSQ 
 Gustavo Restrepo (COL)DSQ 
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
 Valeriy Borchin (RUS)DNF 
 Sérgio Vieira (POR)DNF 
 André Höhne (GER)DNF 

See also

References


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