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

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The Men's 20 kilometres race 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.

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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, who represented 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 to came away with the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Wang Zhen held on for fourth, with Stanislav Emelyanov fifth kKim Hyun-sub sixth. [2]

At the time, 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]

On 20 January 2015, Borchin was suspended for eight years from 15 October 2012, with his results between 14 July 2009 and 15 October 2012 (including his 2009 and 2011 World Championship gold medals) being deleted from the records. On the same day, Kanaykin was suspended for life starting from 17 December 2012, with all of his results between 11 February 2011 to 17 December 2012 (including his 2011 world Championship silver medal) being deleted from the records.

López was therefore declared the 2011 World Champion, with his gold medal being Colombia's first ever medal in the history of the Championships, [2] while Wang Zhen was promoted to silver.

Stanislav Yemelyanov of Russia was originally promoted to the bronze medal, but he was suspended for eight years for a second doping offence from 7 April 2017, with all of his results from 2 June 2009 being deleted from the records (including these championships); this suspension was made indefinite on 2 June 2018.

Accordingly, the IAAF informed the Korea Association of Athletics Federations (KAAF) that Kim would be awarded the bronze medal, South Korea's first ever at these Championships. [4]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Luis Fernando López
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)
Wang Zhen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Kim Hyun-sub
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)

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 the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Zhen  (CHN)1:18:30 Taicang, China 22 April 2011
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, Central American and Caribbean 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
1:22:301:24:00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 28, 201109:00 Final

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Luis Fernando López Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:20:38 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Wang Zhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:20:54
Bronze medal icon.svg Kim Hyun-sub Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:21:17
4 Yūsuke Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:21:39
5 Alex Schwazer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:21:50SB
6 Erick Barrondo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:22:08
7 Chu Yafei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:22:10
8 Wang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:22:49
9 Matej Tóth Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:22:55
10 Eder Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:23:05
11 João Vieira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:23:26
12 Miguel Ángel López Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:23:41
13 Anton Kucmin Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:23:57
14 James Rendón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:24:08SB
15 Horacio Nava Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:24:15
16 Christopher Linke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1:24:17
17 Caio Bonfim Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:24:29
18 Trevor Barron Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1:24:33
19 Rafał Augustyn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1:24:47
20 Byun Young-joon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:24:48
21 Hassanine Sebei Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)1:25:17
22 Jared Tallent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:25:25
23 Nazar Kovalenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:25:50
24 Gurmeet Singh Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1:26:34
25 Babubhai Panucha Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1:26:53
26 David Kimutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)1:27:20SB
27 Yerko Araya Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)1:27:47
28 Hédi Teraoui Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)1:29:48
29 Diego Flores Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:30:00
30 Juan Manuel Cano Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)1:30:00
31 Emerson Hernandez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador  (ESA)1:30:48SB
32 Ronald Quispe Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL)1:32:09PB
Moacir Zimmermann Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)DSQ
Gustavo Restrepo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)DSQ
Giorgio Rubino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)DSQ
Anatole Ibáñez Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)DSQ
Paquillo Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)DSQ
Adam Rutter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)DNF
Mauricio Arteaga Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)DNF
Park Chil-sung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)DNF
Valeriy Borchin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)DSQdoping (1:19:56)
Vladimir Kanaykin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)DSQdoping (1:20:27)
Stanislav Emelyanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)DSQdoping (1:21:11)
Ruslan Dmytrenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)DSQdoping (1:21:31)
Sergey Morozov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)DSQdoping (1:22:37)
Recep Çelik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)DSQdoping (1:25:39)

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