2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held throughout the city of Berlin on August 15, beginning and ending at the Brandenburg Gate.

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Wang Hao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Eder Sánchez
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)
Giorgio Rubino
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)

Records

World record Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Kanaykin  (RUS)1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Championship record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)1:17:21 Paris, France 23 August 2003
World LeadingFlag of Russia.svg  Valeriy Borchin  (RUS)1:17:38 Adler, Russia 28 February 2009
African record Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hatem Ghoula  (TUN)1:19:02 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 10 May 1997
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Hongjun  (CHN)1:17:41 Cixi, China 23 April 2005
North American record Flag of Guatemala.svg  Julio René Martínez  (GUA)1:17:46 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 8 May 1999
South American record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)1:17:21 Paris, France 23 August 2003
European record Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Kanaykin  (RUS)1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Deakes  (AUS)1:17:33 Cixi, China 23 April 2005

Qualification standards

A TimeB Time
1:22:301:24:20

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 15, 200913:00 Final

Competition notes

With the 2007 champion and 2008 Olympic silver medallist Jefferson Pérez having retired, the reigning Olympic champion Valeriy Borchin was regarded as strong favourite. He had recorded the world-leading time prior to the tournament and had been undefeated that season. The Olympic third and fourth-place finishers, Jared Tallent and Wang Hao, were regarded as the strongest challengers to Borchin. Italians Giorgio Rubino and Ivano Brugnetti were singled out as medal contenders, while former world record holder and three-time World silver medallist Paquillo Fernández was seen as being past his peak. [1]

Borchin prevailed and was first to cross the line at the Brandenburg gate, with a winning time of 1:18:41. Chinese athlete Hao improved upon his previous best to take the silver medal while Mexican Eder Sánchez produced a season's best performance for the bronze medal. The veteran competitor Paquillo Fernández withdrew from the race before the halfway mark. [2]

Despite becoming the reigning World and Olympic champion, Borchin stated that he needed to achieve much more to match the achievements of his sporting heroes Jefferson Pérez and Robert Korzeniowski. [3]

Results

The medals of some of the athletics world championship events in 2009 were re-awarded 24 March 2016 as a result of doping disqualifications. Among these reallocations were the medals of the 20 km walk, which saw the Italian Giorgio Rubino, who originally finished fourth, awarded the bronze medal.

This allowed Italy to enter the medal table, with another bronze medal awarded to Antonietta Di Martino in 2019. [4]

Valeriy Borchin won the competition but was later disqualified for doping Waleri Wiktorowitsch Bortschin 6328.jpg
Valeriy Borchin won the competition but was later disqualified for doping
Wang Hao set a new personal best to take the silver (later upgraded to gold) Wang Hao 6358.jpg
Wang Hao set a new personal best to take the silver (later upgraded to gold)
Eder Sanchez took the bronze (later upgraded to silver), his first World Championships medal Eder Sanchez 6401.jpg
Eder Sánchez took the bronze (later upgraded to silver), his first World Championships medal
2008 Olympic medallist Jared Tallent only managed fifth place Jared Tallent 6371.jpg
2008 Olympic medallist Jared Tallent only managed fifth place
RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Valeriy Borchin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1:18:41DQ (doping)
Gold medal icon.svg Wang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:19:06PB
Silver medal icon.svg Eder Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:19:22SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Giorgio Rubino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:19:50
4 Luis Fernando López Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:20:03 NR
5 Jared Tallent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:20:27
6 Erik Tysse Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1:20:38
7 Jesús Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:20:52PB
8 Matej Tóth Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:21:13
9 João Vieira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:21:43SB
10 Koichiro Morioka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:21:48
11 Li Jianbo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:21:54
12 Zhu Yafei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:21:56
13 André Höhne Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1:21:59
14 Robert Heffernan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)1:22:09SB
15 José Ignacio Díaz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:22:12SB
16 Andrey Krivov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1:22:19
17 Luke Adams Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:22:37
18 Hassanine Sebei Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)1:22:52
19 Babubhai Panucha Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1:23:06 NR
20 Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:23:07SB
21 Dzianis Simanovich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)1:23:36
22 Rolando Saquipay Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:23:51SB
23 Juan Manuel Molina Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:24:00
24 Park Chil-Sung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:24:01
25 Artur Brzozowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1:24:17
26 Sérgio Vieira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:24:32
27 Pedro Daniel Gómez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:24:39
28 Yerko Araya Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)1:24:49
29 Isamu Fujisawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:25:12
30 Petr Trofimov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1:26:02
31 David Kimutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)1:26:35
32 Ruslan Dmytrenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:27:01
33 Kim Hyun-Sub Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:27:08
34 Predrag Filipović Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia  (SRB)1:27:44
35 Pavel Chihuan Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)1:27:54
36 Rustam Kuvatov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)1:28:47SB
37 Jakub Jelonek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1:28:59
38 Andrés Chocho Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:29:14
39 Juan Manuel Cano Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)1:29:20SB
40 Allan Segura Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica  (CRC)1:29:52
41 Yusuke Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:30:21
42 Byun Youngjun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:30:35
43 Mauricio Arteaga Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:32:25
44 Vilius Mikelionis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1:32:53
Adam Rutter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)DQ
Moacir Zimmermann Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)DQ
José Alessandro Bagio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)DNF
Paquillo Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)DNF
Ivano Brugnetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified, NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

References

General
Specific
  1. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-09). Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.
  2. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-15). Event Report - Men's 20Km Race Walk - Final Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
  3. Butcher, Michael (2009-08-15). After Beijing and Berlin gold, no more anonymity for Race Walk champion Borchin Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
  4. "GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE 24 MARCH 2016 CAS DECISION". iaaf.org. Retrieved 15 August 2017. Now disqualified by doping violation: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) originally 1st, 1:18:41