Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates28 September
Competitors9 from 5 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
  2010
2018  

The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2014 Asian Games was held on the streets of Incheon, South Korea on 28 September.

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Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

DateTimeEvent
Sunday, 28 September 201408:00Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Kanaykin  (RUS)1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Zhen  (CHN)1:17:36 Taicang, China 30 March 2012
Games Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Guohui  (CHN)1:20:25 Bangkok, Thailand 13 December 1998

Results

Legend
RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Zhen  (CHN)1:19:45 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Yusuke Suzuki  (JPN)1:20:44
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  Kim Hyun-sub  (KOR)1:21:37
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cai Zelin  (CHN)1:22:56
5Flag of India.svg  K. T. Irfan  (IND)1:23:18
6Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Georgiy Sheiko  (KAZ)1:23:45
7Flag of Japan.svg  Eiki Takahashi  (JPN)1:24:04
Flag of South Korea.svg  Choe Byeong-kwang  (KOR)DSQ
Flag of India.svg  Ganapathi Krishnan  (IND)DSQ

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