2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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The men's 50 kilometre walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 21, 2009, on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The event started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate.

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Prior to the competition, previous winners did not appear to be medal prospects: the defending world champion Nathan Deakes missed the competition due to injury, and the reigning Olympic champion Alex Schwazer had failed to finish his sole 50 km race of the season. Frenchman Yohann Diniz, as the European Champion, was expected to perform well. The Russian team of world record holder Denis Nizhegorodov, Yuriy Andronov and former world champion Sergey Kirdyapkin appeared to be the strongest. Norwegians Erik Tysse and Trond Nymark were possible medallists as were Jesús Ángel García and Jared Tallent. Zhao Chengliang, Li Lei, and Xu Faguang were suggested as candidates to win the Chinese team's first medal of the championships. [1]

The final began in wet conditions, but Yuki Yamazaki and Luke Adams built up a considerable early lead. Tallent and Diniz caught up with them around the 5 km mark, but a large pack of walkers containing a number of contenders remained not far off the leaders. After the first hour, a six-strong pack of Nizhegorodov and Kirdyapkin, Tallent and Adams, and Yamazaki and Diniz had broken away from the rest. At the halfway point Yamazaki, after receiving a number of warnings, was disqualified and Schwazer decided to prematurely stop his own race. The remaining five stayed in contention until the 40 km mark, where Nizhegorodov pulled out, and Diniz and Adams began to drift away from the leaders. Kirdyapkin sped ahead of Tallent and Trond Nymark had a late burst and caught up with the leaders. Kirdyapkin won, almost three minutes ahead of the rest of the competition, and Nymark took second. García, with a late charge, was not far behind and won the bronze medal. [2]

The 2005 World Champion Kirdyapkin won his second title with a world-leading 3:38:35, the second fastest time of his career after his 2005 winning walk. It marked a racewalk Championship sweep for the Russians, with all three winners being coached by Viktor Chegin. [3] Nymark won the first World Championship medal of career with a new Norwegian record, and veteran García won the fourth medal of his career, although his last came in 2001. A number of athletes set personal bests, including fourth placed Grzegorz Sudoł, but the season's fastest walkers had not performed well with Matej Tóth and Diniz finishing in tenth and twelfth, respectively. [2]

On January 15, 2015, Kirdyapkin's results were disqualified for doping violations. [4] Most of Chegin's athletes have received similar bans. Nymark received the gold medal in a ceremony during the 2016 European Athletics Championships. [5]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Trond Nymark
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Jesús Angel García
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Grzegorz Sudoł
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)

Abbreviations

DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
WLworld leading
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Nizhegorodov  (RUS)3:34:14 Cheboksary, Russia11 May 2008
Championship record Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Korzeniowski  (POL)3:36:03Paris, France27 August 2003
World leadingFlag of France.svg  Yohann Diniz  (FRA)3:38:45 Dudince, Slovakia 28 March 2009
African record Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hatem Ghoula  (TUN)3:58:44 Santa Eulària des Riu, Spain4 March 2007
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Chaohong  (CHN)3:36:06 Nanjing, China22 October 2005
North American recordFlag of Mexico.svg  Raúl González  (MEX)3:41:20 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 11 June 1978
South American record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Xavier Moreno  (ECU)3:52:07 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil28 July 2007
European record Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Nizhegorodov  (RUS)3:34:14Cheboksary, Russia11 May 2008
Oceanian recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Deakes  (AUS)3:35:47 Geelong, Australia2 December 2006

No new records was set during this competition.

Qualification standards

Standard AStandard B
3:58:004:09:00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 21, 200909:10 Final

Results

Olympic medallist Jared Tallent fell away from the top three in the final stages. Jared Tallent 6371.jpg
Olympic medallist Jared Tallent fell away from the top three in the final stages.
RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Sergey Kirdyapkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)3:38:35 DQ (Doping)
Gold medal icon.svg Trond Nymark Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)3:41:16 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Jesús Ángel García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)3:41:37SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Grzegorz Sudoł Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:42:34PB
4 André Höhne Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)3:43:19PB
5 Luke Adams Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)3:43:39PB
6 Jared Tallent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)3:44:50SB
7 Marco De Luca Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)3:46:31PB
8 Jarkko Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)3:47:36PB
9 Matej Tóth Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)3:48:35
10 Xu Faguang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3:48:52PB
11 Yohann Diniz Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)3:49:03
12 Jesús Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)3:50:55PB
13 Donatas Škarnulis Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)3:50:56SB
14 Zhao Chengliang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3:53:06
15 Oleksiy Shelest Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)3:54:03PB
16 Tadas Šuškevicius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)3:54:29PB
17 Koichiro Morioka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)3:56:21
18 Horacio Nava Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)3:56:26SB
19 Herve Davaux Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)3:57:10PB
20 Andreas Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)3:57:53PB
21 Rafał Augustyn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)3:58:30
22 Augusto Cardoso Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)3:59:10SB
23 Miloš Bátovský Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)3:59:39
24 Li Lei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)4:00:13
25 Mikel Odriozola Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)4:00:54
26 Cédric Houssaye Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)4:02:44SB
27 Diego Cafagna Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)4:08:04
28 José Alejandro Cambil Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)4:13:14
29 Mesías Zapata Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador  (ECU)4:15:28
30 Luis Fernando García Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)4:18:13SB
Takayuki Tanii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)DQ
Yuki Yamazaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)DQ
Omar Zepeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)DQ
Mário dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)DNF
Marco Benavides Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador  (ESA)DNF
Konstadínos Stefanópoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)DNF
Jamie Costin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)DNF
Colin Griffin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)DNF
Alex Schwazer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)DNF
Ingus Janevics Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)DNF
Konstadínos Stefanópoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)DNF
Erik Tysse Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)DNF
Rafał Fedaczyński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)DNF
António Pereira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)DNF
Yuriy Andronov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)DNF
Denis Nizhegorodov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)DNF
Nenad Filipović Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia  (SRB)DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified, NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

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