1999 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk
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The Men's 20 km Walk
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...

at the 1999 World Championships
1999 World Championships in Athletics
The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....

in Sevilla, Spain was held on Saturday 21 August 1999, with the start at 18:45h local time.

Medalists

Gold   Ilya Markov
Ilya Markov
Ilya Vladislavovich Markov is a Russian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...


Russia
Russia
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 (RUS)
Silver   Jefferson Pérez
Jefferson Pérez
Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada is a retired Ecuadorian race walker. He specializes in the 20 km event, in which he has won the only two medals his country has ever achieved in the Olympic Games....


Ecuador
Ecuador
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 (ECU)
Bronze   Daniel García
Spain
Spain
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 (ESP)

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
    DNS did not start
    NM no mark
    WR world record
    AR area record
    NR national record
    PB personal best
    SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record
World records in athletics
World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....

 
1:17.46 May 8, 1999   Eisenhüttenstadt
Eisenhüttenstadt
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, Germany
Germany
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Event Record  1:19.37 August 24, 1991   Tokyo, Japan

Intermediates

Rank Number Athlete Time
5 KILOMETRES
1 1244 21:10
2 1246 21:10
3 674 21:10
4 996 21:11
5 482 21:11
10 KILOMETRES
1 1244 42:51
2 674 42:51
3 130 42:51
4 780 42:52
5 367 b 42:52
15 KILOMETRES
1 780 1:03:44
2 1244 1:03:44
3 996 1:03:44
4 1348 1:03:45
5 239 1:03:45

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Time Note
1:23:34
1:24:19
1:24:31
4 1:24:43
5 1:24:51
6 1:25:15
7 1:25:26
8 1:25:33
9 1:25:54
10 1:26:00 SB
1999 Race Walking Year Ranking
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in 1999 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km . One of the main events during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain...

11 1:26:08
12 1:26:17
13 1:26:25
14 1:26:51
15 1:27:23
16 1:28:36
17 1:29:03
18 1:29:03
19 1:29:33
20 1:31:26
21 1:31:38
22 1:32:08
23 1:34:47
24 1:35:58
25 1:37:50
26 1:38:08
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
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