2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2022 World Championships
Venue Hayward Field
Dates15 July
Competitors48 from 26 nations
Winning time1:19:07
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  2019
2023  
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The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held on a 1 kilometer loop course on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. adjacent to Autzen Stadium in Eugene on 15 July 2022. [1] [2]

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Summary

David Kenny broke from the start to take the early lead. After a couple hundred metres in the spotlight, Toshikazu Yamanishi went by en route to a 3:55 first kilometer. With a 4 second lead, Yamanishi saw nobody was willing to go with him. He remained in the lead for three laps before easing off the accelerator. Perseus Karlström was next to take the point with a pack of 22 staying close together. On the eighth lap, César Rodríguez asserted himself into the lead, then Yamanishi took over. Just after the halfway mark, Yamanishi dropped a 3:51 lap and continued the pressure, the pack dwindled to 9, then 7 as the third 5K was covered in 19:24. Karlström again pushed to the front but couldn't hold the lead, falling off the pace. With four laps to go, it was down to three leaders, Yamanishi, his encouraging teammate Koki Ikeda and Kenyan Samuel Gathimba. With two to go, Ikeda edged ahead but that was temporary. Yamanishi edged back ahead, the on his final lap dropped a 3:41 to separate from his teammate Ikeda. With his final lap, Karlström matched the 3:41 to come back and pass Gathimba for the bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [3]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Japan.svg  Yusuke Suzuki  (JPN)1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
Championship record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France 23 August 2003
World Leading ANA flag (2017).svg  Vasiliy Mizinov  (ANA)1:17:47 Sochi, Russia 31 January 2022
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Gathimba  (KEN)1:18:23 Nairobi, Kenya 18 June 2021
Asian Record Flag of Japan.svg  Yusuke Suzuki  (JPN)1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Guatemala.svg  Julio Martínez  (GUA)1:17:46 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 8 May 1999
South American Record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France 23 August 2003
European Record Flag of France.svg  Yohann Diniz  (FRA)1:17:02 Arles, France 8 March 2015
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Deakes  (AUS)1:17:33 Cixi, China 23 April 2005

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:21:00. [4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
15 July15:10 Final

Results

The race was started on 15 July at 15:09. [5]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Toshikazu Yamanishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:19:07 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Koki Ikeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:19:14
Bronze medal icon.svg Perseus Karlström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1:19:18 SB
4 Samuel Gathimba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)1:19:25 SB
5 Brian Pintado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:19:34 PB
6 Caio Bonfim Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:19.51
7 Álvaro Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:20:19
8 Hiroto Jusho Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:20:39
9 Alberto Amezcua Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:20:44
10 César Rodríguez Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)1:20:59
11 David Hurtado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:21:11
12 Wayne Snyman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)1:21:23
13 Wang Kaihua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:21:41 SB
14 Cui Lihong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:22:17
15 Francesco Fortunato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:22:50
16 Diego García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:23:21
17 Declan Tingay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:23:28
18 Andrés Olivas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:23:26
19 Rhydian Cowley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:23:37
20 Aleksi Ojala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)1:23:40
21 José Ortiz Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:23:48
22 Éider Arévalo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:24:32
23 Jordy Jiménez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:24:35
24 Zhang Jun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:24:35
25 Julio César Salazar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:25:16
26 Miroslav Úradník Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:25:40
27 José Oswaldo Calel Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:26:24
28 Georgiy Sheiko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)1:26:40
29 Eiki Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:26:46
30 Matheus Corrêa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:27:31
31 Nick Christie Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1:28:28
32 Gianluca Picchiottino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:28:33
33 Kyle Swan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:28:43
34 Choe Byeong-kwang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1:28:56
35 Quentin Rew Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1:29:19
36 Lucas Mazzo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:29:32
37 Dominik Černý Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:29:41
38 Juan Manuel Cano Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)1:29:47
39 David Kenny Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)1:31:23
40 Sandeep Kumar Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1:31:58
41 Luis Henry Campos Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)1:34:02
42 Jesús Calderón Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:35:43
43 Dan Nehnevaj Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1:43:07
Christopher Linke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER) DNF
José Alejandro Barrondo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA) DQ

References

  1. Timetable
  2. "2022 World Athletics Championships Oregon Race Walk Loop". Athleticshour.com. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  3. "20 Kilometres Walk Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  5. Final results