Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Southport Broadwater Parklands
Dates8 April 2018
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Winning time1:19:34 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Dane Bird-Smith  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Tom Bosworth  Flag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal icon.svg   Samuel Gathimba  Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
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The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place at Currumbin Beachfront on 8 April 2018. [1]

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Irfan Kolothum Thodi was later removed from the Games after a needle was found in his apartment, which was in contravention of Games policy. [2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: [3]

World record Flag of Japan.svg  Yusuke Suzuki  (JPN)1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015 [4]
Games record Flag of Australia.svg  Nathan Deakes  (AUS)1:19:55 Melbourne, Australia 20 March 2006

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 8 April 20187:00Race

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

The results were as follows: [3]

RankOrderNameResultNotesRace violations
Gold medal icon.svg10Flag of Australia.svg  Dane Bird-Smith  (AUS)1:19:34 GR
Silver medal icon.svg8Flag of England.svg  Tom Bosworth  (ENG)1:19:38 NR [UK] ~
Bronze medal icon.svg12Flag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Gathimba  (KEN)1:19:51~~
415Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Benjamin Thorne  (CAN)1:20:49 SB ~
54Flag of New Zealand.svg  Quentin Rew  (NZL)1:21:47 SB ~
63Flag of India.svg  Manish Singh  (IND)1:22:22R 125.5~~
72Flag of England.svg  Callum Wilkinson  (ENG)1:22:35~~
89Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Evan Dunfee  (CAN)1:23:26 SB >
91Flag of South Africa.svg  Lebogang Shange  (RSA)1:23:27
107Flag of Australia.svg  Michael Hosking  (AUS)1:25:35~
1113Flag of Australia.svg  Rhydian Cowley  (AUS)1:26:12~~
125Flag of Kenya.svg  Simon Wachira  (KEN)1:26:33~
136Flag of India.svg  Irfan Kolothum Thodi  (IND)1:27:34
1411Flag of South Africa.svg  Wayne Snyman  (RSA)1:28:09
1514Flag of Mauritius.svg  Jérôme Caprice  (MRI)1:33:12
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References

  1. 1 2 "Result - Men's 20km Race Walk Final" . Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Commonwealth Games: Two Indians sent home for violating 'no-needles' policy. BBC Sport (2018-04-13). Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  3. 1 2 Athletics | Men's 20km Race Walk - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Suzuki breaks 20km race walk world record". IAAF. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2018.


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