2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Last updated

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue National Stadium
Location Tokyo, Japan
Dates20 September
Competitors48 from 26 nations
Winning time1:18:35
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2023
2027  

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 September 2025. [1]

Contents

Summary

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World Record Flag of Japan.svg  Toshikazu Yamanishi  (JPN)1:16:10 Kobe, Japan16 February 2025
Championship Record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France23 August 2003
World LeadingFlag of Japan.svg  Toshikazu Yamanishi  (JPN)1:16:10 Kobe, Japan16 February 2025
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Gathimba  (KEN)1:18:23 Nairobi, Kenya18 June 2021
Asian Record Flag of Japan.svg  Toshikazu Yamanishi  (JPN)1:16:10 Kobe, Japan16 February 2025
European Record Flag of France.svg  Yohann Diniz  (FRA)1:17:02 Arles, France8 March 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean Record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Evan Dunfee  (CAN)1:17:39 Adelaide, Australia16 February 2025
Oceanian Record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Deakes  (AUS)1:17:33 Cixi, China23 April 2005
South American Record Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France23 August 2003

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:19:20. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
20 September09:55 Final

Results

The race was started on 20 September at 9:55.

PlaceAthleteNationTimeWarningsNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Caio Bonfim Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:18:35~ ~
Silver medal icon.svg Wang Zhaozhao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:18:43~ ~
Bronze medal icon.svg Paul McGrath Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:18:45~ ~
4 Aurélien Quinion Flag of France.svg  France 1:18:49~ PB
5 Gabriel Bordier Flag of France.svg  France 1:19:23~ ~
6 Qian Haifeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:19:38
7 Kento Yoshikawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:19:46
8 Diego García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:20:05
9 Satoshi Maruo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:20:09
10 Christopher Linke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:20:11
11 Leo Köpp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:20:35
12 Ricardo Ortiz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:20:36~ ~
13 Perseus Karlström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:20:37
14 Maher Ben Hlima Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:20:39~
15 Jordy Jiménez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:20:43
16 Francesco Fortunato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:21:00
17 Matheus Corrêa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:21:04~ SB
18 Misgana Wakuma Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:21:17> SB
19 David Hurtado Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:21:18~ ~ ~ PZ
20 Rhydian Cowley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:21:18~
21 Álvaro López Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:21:28
22 Dominik Černý Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:21:29
23 Declan Tingay Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:21:30~ >
24 Li Chenjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:21:39
25 Veli-Matti Partanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:21:41~ SB
26 Mukola Rushchak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:21:57
27 Serhii Svitlychnyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:22:24~
28 Toshikazu Yamanishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:22:39~ ~ ~ PZ
29 Mateo Romero Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:22:44
30 Choe Byeong-kwang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:22:52
31 Servin Sebastian Flag of India.svg  India 1:23:03~
32 Bence Venyercsán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:23:06~
33 Noel Chama Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:23:41> >
34 Gianluca Picchiottino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:23:50
35 Mazlum Demir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:24:11
36 Andrea Cosi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:24:18~ ~ ~ PZ
37 Jerry Jokinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:24:37~
38 Érick Barrondo Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:24:42 SB
39 Tim Fraser Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:24:55>
40 César Herrera Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:25:01~
41 Raivo Saulgriezis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:27:25> > > PZ
42 Max Batista Gonçalves dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:27:34~
43 Wayne Snyman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:30:12~ SB
Luis Henry Campos Flag of Peru.svg  Peru DQ ~ > > ~
José Luis Doctor Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico ~ ~ > ~
Ihor Hlavan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine ~ > ~ ~
Hayrettin Yıldız Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey > > > >
Alexandros Papamichail Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNS
[4]
Key:~ Red card for loss of contact> Red card for bent kneePZ 3.5 min. Penalty ZoneTR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards)

References

  1. 1 2 "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men's 20 kilometres walk". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  2. "20 kilometres walk Men − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  4. "Results 20 Kilometres Race Walk Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.