2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Championships
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	4 October
Competitors	52 from 28 nations
Winning time	1:26:34
Medalists
Toshikazu Yamanishi   Japan   Vasiliy Mizinov   Authorised Neutral Athletes   Perseus Karlström   Sweden
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The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 4 October 2019. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	1:16:36	Yusuke Suzuki	JPN	15 Mar 2015	Nomi, Japan
Championship	1:17:21	Jefferson Pérez	ECU	23 Aug 2003	Saint-Denis, France
World leading	1:17:15	Toshikazu Yamanishi	JPN	17 Mar 2019	Nomi, Japan
African	1:19:02	Hatem Ghoula	TUN	10 May 1997	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Asian	1:16:36	Yusuke Suzuki	JPN	15 Mar 2015	Nomi, Japan
NACAC	1:17:46	Julio René Martínez	GUA	8 May 1999	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
South American	1:17:21	Jefferson Pérez	ECU	23 Aug 2003	Saint-Denis, France
European	1:17:02	Yohann Diniz	FRA	8 Mar 2015	Arles, France
Oceanian	1:17:33	Nathan Deakes	AUS	23 Apr 2015	Cixi, China

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: ^[3]

Date	Time	Round
4 October	23:30	Final

Summary

The winner was Toshikazu Yamanishi of Japan, 15 seconds ahead of Vasiliy Mizinov, while Perseus Karlström won the bronze medal. ^[4]

Results

The race was started on 4 October at 23:29. The results were as follows: ^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Toshikazu Yamanishi	Japan	1:26:34
	Vasiliy Mizinov	Authorised Neutral Athletes	1:26:49
	Perseus Karlström	Sweden	1:27:00
4	Christopher Linke	Germany	1:27:19
5	Salih Korkmaz	Turkey	1:27:35
6	Koki Ikeda	Japan	1:29:02
7	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain & N.I.	1:29:34
8	Wang Kaihua	China	1:29:52
9	Yin Jiaxing	China	1:29:53
10	Eiki Takahashi	Japan	1:30:04
11	Marius Žiūkas	Lithuania	1:30:22
12	Erick Barrondo	Guatemala	1:30:40
13	Caio Bonfim	Brazil	1:31:32
14	Massimo Stano	Italy	1:31:36
15	Dane Bird-Smith	Australia	1:32:11
16	Kévin Campion	France	1:32:16
17	Hagen Pohle	Germany	1:32:20
18	Andrés Chocho	Ecuador	1:32:49
19	Georgiy Sheiko	Kazakhstan	1:32:53
20	Julio César Salazar	Mexico	1:33:02
21	Choe Byeong-kwang	South Korea	1:33:10
22	Álvaro Martín	Spain	1:33:20
23	Brian Pintado	Ecuador	1:33:48
24	Gabriel Bordier	France	1:34:06
25	Matteo Giupponi	Italy	1:34:29
26	Miguel Ángel López	Spain	1:35:00
27	Irfan Kolothum Thodi	India	1:35:21
28	Ivan Losev	Ukraine	1:35:42
29	Luis Henry Campos	Peru	1:37:20
30	Viktor Shumik	Ukraine	1:37:23
31	Alex Wright	Ireland	1:37:33
32	Dawid Tomala	Poland	1:38:15
33	Samuel Gathimba	Kenya	1:40:45
34	Eduard Zabuzhenko	Ukraine	1:41:04
35	Diego García	Spain	1:41:14
36	Devender Singh	India	1:41:48
37	Kim Hyun-sub	South Korea	1:42:13
38	Wayne Snyman	South Africa	1:43:57
39	Moacir Zimmermann	Brazil	1:44:16
40	Aliaksandr Liakhovich	Belarus	1:44:25
	Rhydian Cowley	Australia	DNF
	Cai Zelin	China
	Mauricio Arteaga	Ecuador
	Nils Brembach	Germany
	José María Raymundo	Guatemala
	Carlos Sánchez Cantera	Mexico
	Richard Vargas	Venezuela
	Jhon Castañeda	Colombia	DSQ
	Callum Wilkinson	Great Britain & N.I.
	José Barrondo	Guatemala
	José Leyver Ojeda	Mexico
	José Mamani	Peru
	Evan Dunfee	Canada	DNS
	Giorgio Rubino	Italy

References

1. "Start list" (PDF).
2. "20 Kilometres Race Walk Men – Records". iaaf.org. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
3. "Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk − Timetable". iaaf.org. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
4. "Japan's Yamanishi takes gold in 20km race walk". Reuters. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
5. "Final results" (PDF).