2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2023 World Championships
Venue National Athletics Centre
Dates19 August
Competitors50 from 28 nations
Winning time1:17:32
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
  2022
2025  

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 August 2023. [1]

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Summary

The skies over Budapest unloaded on the first event at these Championships drenching the 1 kilometer course just before race time. With tight turns, several athletes slipped and fell trying to compete at high speed.

From the gun, returning silver medalist Koki Ikeda went to the front, creating a gap over a pack led by Salih Korkmaz and two time defending champion Toshikazu Yamanishi. On the fifth lap, Ikeda dropped a 3:49 to open up an 8 second lead. By the half way point he had expanded that gap to 15 seconds. From that commanding lead, Ikeda began to show signs of weakness. Lap times in the low 3:50's became high 3:50's while the chase group was picking up speed. On the 15th lap, Álvaro Martín put the hammer down, dropping a 3:43 lap and pulling next to Ikeda. Martín followed that with a 3:48 crushing Ikeda's enthusiasm. Caio Bonfim, Perseus Karlström and Evan Dunfee were the next to pass Ikeda and set off in chase of Martín. Over the next three laps, Martín opened up 13 seconds over his chasers. He was able to celebrate on the final lap while Karlström was doing a 3:48 behind him to separate from Bonfim and capture silver.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

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 LeadingFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Jun  (CHN)1:17:47 Taicang, China 8 April 2023
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

The following records were set at the competition:

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
World Leading1:17:32 Álvaro Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)19 Aug 2023

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:20:100. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (CEST), was as follows: [4]

DateTimeRound
19 August8:50 Final

Results

The race was started on 19 August at 10:50. [5]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Álvaro Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:17:32 WL
Silver medal icon.svg Perseus Karlström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1:17:39 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Caio Bonfim Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:17:47 NR
4 Evan Dunfee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1:18:03 NR
5 Christopher Linke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1:18:12 NR
6 Veli-Matti Partanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)1:18:22 NR
7 Brian Pintado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:18:26 PB
8 Declan Tingay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:18:30 PB
9 Samuel Gathimba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)1:18:34 SB
10 Gabriel Bordier Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1:18:59 PB
11 Francesco Fortunato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:19:01
12 Yuta Koga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:19:02 SB
13 Alberto Amezcua Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:19:28 PB
14 Rhydian Cowley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:19:31
15 Koki Ikeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:19:44
16 Salih Korkmaz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)1:19:49 SB
17 César Augusto Rodríguez Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)1:19:52 NR
18 Andrés Olivas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:19:55 SB
19 David Hurtado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:20:07
20 Jordy Jiménez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)1:20:08 PB
21 Eiki Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:20:25
22 Luis Henry Campos Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)1:20:56 PB
23 Máté Helebrandt Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1:21:16 PB
24 Toshikazu Yamanishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1:21:39
25 Noel Chama Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:21:51
26 Éider Arévalo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:21:55
27 Vikash Singh Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1:21:58
28 Serhii Svitlychnyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1:22:28 SB
29 Zhang Jun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:23:13
30 Andrea Cosi  [ it ]Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1:23:28
31 José Alejandro Barrondo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:23:33
32 José Luis Doctor  [ de ]Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)1:23:35
33 João Vieira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1:23:37
34 Dominik Černý Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)1:23:42 PB
35 Paramjeet Singh Bisht Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1:24:02
36 Max Batista Gonçalves dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)1:24:10 PB
37 Wang Zhaozhao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:24:23
38 Alexandros Papamichail Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)1:24:26 SB
39 Diego García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1:25:12
40 Kyle Swan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1:26:02
41 Nick Christie Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1:26:21 SB
42 José Eduardo Ortiz Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)1:26:29
43 Jerry Jokinen  [ fi ]Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)1:26:54
44 Niu Wenchao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1:27:26
45 Juan Manuel Cano Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)1:27:29
46 César Herrera Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)1:27:47
47 Akashdeep Singh Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1:31:12
David Kenny Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL) DNF
Massimo Stano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Marius Žiūkas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU) DQ

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