1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The Men's 20 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain was held on Saturday 21 August 1999, with the start at 18:45h local time.

Medalists

Gold	Ilya Markov Russia (RUS)
Silver	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador (ECU)
Bronze	Daniel García Mexico (MEX)

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 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Julio René Martínez  (GUA)	1:17.46	May 8, 1999	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Event Record	Maurizio Damilano  (ITA)	1:19.37	August 24, 1991	Tokyo, Japan

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	1244	Ilya Markov  (RUS)	21:10
2	1246	Roman Rasskazov  (RUS)	21:10
3	674	Julio René Martínez  (GUA)	21:10
4	996	Daniel García  (MEX)	21:11
5	482	Denis Langlois  (FRA)	21:11
10 KILOMETRES
1	1244	Ilya Markov  (RUS)	42:51
2	674	Julio René Martínez  (GUA)	42:51
3	130	Yevgeniy Misyulya  (BLR)	42:51
4	780	Alessandro Gandellini  (ITA)	42:52
5	367 b	Paquillo Fernández  (ESP)	42:52
15 KILOMETRES
1	780	Alessandro Gandellini  (ITA)	1:03:44
2	1244	Ilya Markov  (RUS)	1:03:44
3	996	Daniel García  (MEX)	1:03:44
4	1348	Igor Kollár  (SVK)	1:03:45
5	239	Li Zewen  (CHN)	1:03:45

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Ilya Markov  (RUS)	1:23:34
	Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)	1:24:19
	Daniel García  (MEX)	1:24:31
4	Li Zewen  (CHN)	1:24:43
5	Alessandro Gandellini  (ITA)	1:24:51
6	Igor Kollár  (SVK)	1:25:15
7	Nathan Deakes  (AUS)	1:25:26
8	Giovanni De Benedictis  (ITA)	1:25:33
9	Ivan Trotski  (BLR)	1:25:54
10	Michele Didoni  (ITA)	1:26:00	SB
11	Yevgeniy Misyulya  (BLR)	1:26:08
12	Alejandro López  (ESP)	1:26:17
13	Denis Langlois  (FRA)	1:26:25
14	Yu Guohui  (CHN)	1:26:51
15	Paquillo Fernández  (ESP)	1:27:23
16	Hatem Ghoula  (TUN)	1:28:36
17	Daisuke Ikeshima  (JPN)	1:29:03
18	Mikel Odriozola  (ESP)	1:29:03
19	Augusto Cardoso  (POR)	1:29:33
20	Liu Yunfeng  (CHN)	1:31:26
21	Valeriy Borisov  (KAZ)	1:31:38
22	Fedosei Ciumacenco  (MDA)	1:32:08
23	Claus Jørgensen  (DEN)	1:34:47
24	Timothy Seaman  (USA)	1:35:58
25	José Urbano  (POR)	1:37:50
26	Nick A'Hern  (AUS)	1:38:08
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Mikhail Khmelnitskiy  (BLR)	DNF
—	Bernardo Segura  (MEX)	DNF
—	Sándor Urbanik  (HUN)	DNF
—	Luis Fernando García  (GUA)	DNF
—	Andreas Erm  (GER)	DNF
—	Aigars Fadejevs  (LAT)	DNF
—	Roman Rasskazov  (RUS)	DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	João Vieira  (POR)	DSQ
—	Arturo Huerta  (CAN)	DSQ
—	Vladimir Andreyev  (RUS)	DSQ
—	Róbert Valíček  (SVK)	DSQ
—	Birger Fält  (SWE)	DSQ
—	Julio René Martínez  (GUA)	DSQ

See also

• 1999 Race Walking Year Ranking

References

• Results
• IAAF results
• trackandfieldnews
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite