2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 28 on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park in the center of Daegu. Forty-six men started the competition and 27 countries were represented.

Valeriy Borchin entered as the reigning world and 2008 Olympic champion. The athletes on the Chinese and Russian teams led the rankings that year: Wang Zhen and Chu Yafei were the top two, while Borchin, world record holder Vladimir Kanaykin, and Sergey Morozov were in the top six. Wang Hao, Eder Sánchez and Jared Tallent had also performed well that year, as had Kim Hyun-sub representing the host nation.[1]

Italian Giorgio Rubino and Japan's Yusuke Suzuki were the early leaders after 5 km. The two remained half a minute ahead at 10 km, but Rubino fell off the pace and was later disqualified for lifting both feet off the ground. Borchin and Wang Zhen made up ground on Suzuki and after 15 km Borchin progressively pulled away to win the race and defend his title. In the last 5 km Vladimir Kanaykin and Luis Fernando López finished quickly (some half a minute behind the winner) and came away with the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Wang Zhen held on for fourth and it was Stanislav Emelyanov and Kim Hyun-sub who next crossed the line.[2]

Borchin became only the third walker to win consecutive 20 km world titles, joining Maurizio Damilano and Jefferson Pérez. Although his winning time was not especially quick, the race was undertaken in hot and humid conditions.[3] López's gold was Colombia's first ever medal in the history of the World Championships in Athletics.[2]

The International Association of Athletics Federations informed the Korea Association of Athletics Federations (KAAF) that the bronze medalist, Stanislav Yemelyanov of Russia, had also failed a drug test, and Kim will move up to third place.[4]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Luis Fernando López
 Colombia (COL)
Wang Zhen
 China (CHN)
Kim Hyun-sub
 South Korea (KOR)

Records

World Record  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Championship Record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Paris, France 23 August 2003
World Leading  Wang Zhen (CHN) 1:18:30 Taicang, China 22 April 2011
African Record  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:19:02 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 10 May 1997
Asian Record  Zhu Hongjun (CHN) 1:17:41 Cixi, China 23 April 2005
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 Paris, 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 time B time
1:22:30 1:24:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 28, 201109:00Final

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Luis Fernando López Colombia (COL)1:20:38SB
Wang Zhen China (CHN)1:20:54
Kim Hyun-sub South Korea (KOR)1:21:17
4Yūsuke Suzuki Japan (JPN)1:21:39
5Alex Schwazer Italy (ITA)1:21:50SB
6Erick Barrondo Guatemala (GUA)1:22:08
7Chu Yafei China (CHN)1:22:10
8Wang Hao China (CHN)1:22:49
9Matej Tóth Slovakia (SVK)1:22:55
10Eder Sánchez Mexico (MEX)1:23:05
11João Vieira Portugal (POR)1:23:26
12Miguel Ángel López Spain (ESP)1:23:41
13Anton Kucmin Slovakia (SVK)1:23:57
14James Rendón Colombia (COL)1:24:08SB
15Horacio Nava Mexico (MEX)1:24:15
16Christopher Linke Germany (GER)1:24:17
17Caio Bonfim Brazil (BRA)1:24:29
18Trevor Barron United States (USA)1:24:33
19Rafał Augustyn Poland (POL)1:24:47
20Byun Young-joon South Korea (KOR)1:24:48
21Hassanine Sebei Tunisia (TUN)1:25:17
22Jared Tallent Australia (AUS)1:25:25
23Nazar Kovalenko Ukraine (UKR)1:25:50
24Gurmeet Singh India (IND)1:26:34
25Babubhai Panucha India (IND)1:26:53
26David Kimutai Kenya (KEN)1:27:20SB
27Yerko Araya Chile (CHI)1:27:47
28Hédi Teraoui Tunisia (TUN)1:29:48
29Diego Flores Mexico (MEX)1:30:00
30Juan Manuel Cano Argentina (ARG)1:30:00
31Emerson Hernandez El Salvador (ESA)1:30:48SB
32Ronald Quispe Bolivia (BOL)1:32:09PB
Moacir Zimmermann Brazil (BRA)DSQ
Gustavo Restrepo Colombia (COL)DSQ
Giorgio Rubino Italy (ITA)DSQ
Anatole Ibáñez Sweden (SWE)DSQ
Paquillo Fernández Spain (ESP)DSQ
Adam Rutter Australia (AUS)DNF
Mauricio Arteaga Ecuador (ECU)DNF
Park Chil-sung South Korea (KOR)DNF
Valeriy Borchin Russia (RUS)DSQdoping (1:19:56)
Vladimir Kanaykin Russia (RUS)DSQdoping (1:20:27)
Stanislav Emelyanov Russia (RUS)DSQdoping (1:21:11)
Ruslan Dmytrenko Ukraine (UKR)DSQdoping (1:21:31)
Sergey Morozov Russia (RUS)DSQdoping (1:22:37)
Recep Çelik Turkey (TUR)DSQdoping (1:25:39)

References

  1. Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-21). Men's 20Km Race Walk - PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-29.
  2. Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-28). Men's 20Km Race Walk - Final - Borchin retains World title Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-29.
  3. Russia’s Borchin wins 20km walk. Korea Herald (2011-08-28). Retrieved on 2011-08-29.
  4. "8 years, 3 doping cases later, race walker becomes 1st S. Korean with world championships medal". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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