The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

 was held throughout the city of Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 on August 15, beginning and ending at the Brandenburg Gate

Brandenburg Gate

The Brandenburg Gate is a former city gate and one of the most well-known landmarks of Berlin and Germany. It is located west of the city centre at the junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the Pariser Platz. It is the only remaining gate of a series through which...

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Valeriy Borchin Valeriy Borchin Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin is a race walker from Russia who is the reigning Olympic and World champion over the 20 km distance....	Wang Hao Wang Hao (athlete) Wang Hao is a Chinese race walker.In August 2008 he finished fourth in the 20 km race walk event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in a new personal best time of 1:19:47 hours. He missed out on the bronze medal by a margin of five seconds.On 23 October 2008 he set a new world junior record over... '	Eder Sánchez Eder Sánchez Heraclio Eder Sánchez Terán is a Mexican race walker. He's currently serving the Mexican Army, and has won the Mexican 'Premio Nacional del Deporte'.-Achievements:-References:*... '

Records

World Record		1:17:16	Saransk Saransk Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	29 September 2007
Championship Record		1:17:21	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	23 August 2003
World Leading		1:17:38	Adler Adler The term Adler, the German word for the bird of prey "eagle", is both the last name of many people and an emblematic bird featured on many blazons since the feudal age, including the present German Bundeswappen and at times on the flags of Austria and Germany... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	28 February 2009
African Record		1:19:02	Eisenhüttenstadt Eisenhüttenstadt Eisenhüttenstadt is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland. The town was founded in 1950 alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city and has a population of 32,214... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	10 May 1997
Asian Record		1:17:41	Cixi Cixi City Cixi is a city within the sub-provincial city of Ningbo located in China's Zhejiang province.- History :The city was captured by British forces in the Battle of Tsekee on 15 March 1842 during the First Opium War... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	23 April 2005
North American Record		1:17:46	Eisenhüttenstadt Eisenhüttenstadt Eisenhüttenstadt is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland. The town was founded in 1950 alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city and has a population of 32,214... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	8 May 1999
South American record		1:17:21	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	23 August 2003
European Record		1:17:16	Saransk Saransk Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	29 September 2007
Oceanian Record		1:17:33	Cixi Cixi City Cixi is a city within the sub-provincial city of Ningbo located in China's Zhejiang province.- History :The city was captured by British forces in the Battle of Tsekee on 15 March 1842 during the First Opium War... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	23 April 2005

Qualification standards

A Time	B Time
1:22:30	1:24:20

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 15, 2009	13:00	Final

Competition notes

With the 2007 champion and 2008 Olympic silver medallist 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....

 having retired, the reigning Olympic champion Valeriy Borchin

Valeriy Borchin

Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin is a race walker from Russia who is the reigning Olympic and World champion over the 20 km distance....

 was regarded as strong favourite. He had recorded the world-leading time prior to the tournament and had been undefeated that season. The Olympic third and fourth place finishers, Jared Tallent

Jared Tallent

Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal...

 and Wang Hao

Wang Hao (athlete)

Wang Hao is a Chinese race walker.In August 2008 he finished fourth in the 20 km race walk event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in a new personal best time of 1:19:47 hours. He missed out on the bronze medal by a margin of five seconds.On 23 October 2008 he set a new world junior record over...

, were regarded as the strongest challengers to Borchin. Italians Giorgio Rubino

Giorgio Rubino

Giorgio Rubino is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

 and Ivano Brugnetti

Ivano Brugnetti

Ivano Brugnetti is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:‎...

 were singled out as medal contenders, while former world record holder and three-time World silver medallist Francisco Javier Fernández

Francisco Javier Fernández

Francisco Javier Fernández Peláez is a Spanish race walker. He specializes in the 20 km race walk....

 was seen as being past his peak.

Borchin prevailed and was first to cross the line at the Brandenburg gate, with a winning time of 1:18:41. Chinese athlete Hao improved upon his previous best to take the silver medal while Mexican Eder Sánchez

Eder Sánchez

Heraclio Eder Sánchez Terán is a Mexican race walker. He's currently serving the Mexican Army, and has won the Mexican 'Premio Nacional del Deporte'.-Achievements:-References:*...

 produced a season's best performance for the bronze medal. The veteran competitor Francisco Javier Fernández withdrew from the race before the halfway mark.

Despite becoming the reigning World and Olympic champion, Borchin stated that he needed to achieve much more to match the achievements of his sporting heroes Jefferson Pérez and Robert Korzeniowski

Robert Korzeniowski

Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....

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Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valeriy Borchin Valeriy Borchin Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin is a race walker from Russia who is the reigning Olympic and World champion over the 20 km distance....		1:18:41
	Wang Hao Wang Hao (athlete) Wang Hao is a Chinese race walker.In August 2008 he finished fourth in the 20 km race walk event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in a new personal best time of 1:19:47 hours. He missed out on the bronze medal by a margin of five seconds.On 23 October 2008 he set a new world junior record over...		1:19:06	PB
	Eder Sánchez Eder Sánchez Heraclio Eder Sánchez Terán is a Mexican race walker. He's currently serving the Mexican Army, and has won the Mexican 'Premio Nacional del Deporte'.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:19:22	SB
	Giorgio Rubino Giorgio Rubino Giorgio Rubino is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...		1:19:50
	Luis Fernando López Luis Fernando López Luis Fernando López Erazo is a Colombian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...		1:20:03	NR Colombian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Colombia maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Colombiana de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:A = affected by altitude# = not officially ratified by IAAF...
	Jared Tallent Jared Tallent Jared Tallent is an Australian race walker.Tallent finished third in the 20 km walk at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to claim his first Olympic medal...		1:20:27
	Erik Tysse Erik Tysse Erik Tysse is a Norwegian race walker. He has competed at four editions of the World Championships in Athletics and represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics....		1:20:38
	Jesús Sánchez		1:20:52	PB
	Matej Tóth Matej Tóth Matej Tóth is a Slovak race walker. He is a two-time Olympian, having competed in 2004 and 2008, and has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions...		1:21:13
10	João Vieira João Vieira (athlete) João Paulo Garcia Vieira is a Portuguese race walker.He placed tenth for Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 20 km walk and third at the 2006 European Championships....		1:21:43	SB
11	Koichiro Morioka Koichiro Morioka is a Japanese race walker.-Achievements:-References:...		1:21:48
12	Li Jianbo Li Jianbo Li Jianbo is a male Chinese race walker. He finished thirteenth in the 50 km race walk event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:21:54
13	Zhu Yafei		1:21:56
14	André Höhne André Höhne André Höhne is a German race walker.He finished 14th in the 20 kilometres walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, crossing the line with a time of 1:21:59.-Achievements:-References:...		1:21:59
15	Robert Heffernan Robert Heffernan Robert Heffernan is an Irish race walker. Having been seen as one of Ireland's best hopes of an athletics medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, he came eighth in the 20km Walk. His wife Marian Andrews is also national women's 400 metres champion and was on the Irish women's team that finished 4th in...		1:22:09	SB
16	José Ignacio Díaz		1:22:12	SB
17	Andrey Krivov Andrey Krivov -Achievements:-References:...		1:22:19
18	Luke Adams Luke Adams Luke Kendall Adams is a male race walker from Australia, who was born in Tanzania. He is a two-time Olympian for Australia. He also guest starred in the Family Guy episode Baby, You Knock Me Out.-Achievements:...		1:22:37
19	Hassanine Sebei Hassanine Sebei Hassanine Sebei, , is a Tunisian racewalker who specialises in the 20 kilometres race walk. He was the 2010 African champion and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics....		1:22:52
20	Babubhai Panucha		1:23:06	NR Indian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in India maintained by Athletics Federation of India .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:X = unratified due to no doping control# = not recognised by federationht = hand timingA = affected by altitude...
21	Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi is an Italian race walker. His father is from Congo and his mother from Haiti.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:23:07	SB
22	Dzianis Simanovich		1:23:36
23	Rolando Saquipay Rolando Saquipay Jaime Rolando Saquipay Pañi is a male race walker from Ecuador.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:23:51	SB
24	Juan Manuel Molina Juan Manuel Molina Juan Manuel Molina Morote is a male race walker from Spain.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:24:00
25	Park Chil-Sung Park Chil-Sung Park Chil-Sung is a South Korean race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:24:01
26	Artur Brzozowski		1:24:17
27	Sérgio Vieira Sérgio Vieira Sérgio Vieira is a Portuguese race walker. His twin brother João Vieira is a race walker as well.-Achievements:-References:...		1:24:32
28	Pedro Daniel Gómez		1:24:39
29	Yerko Araya		1:24:49
30	Isamu Fujisawa		1:25:12
31	Petr Trofimov		1:26:02
32	David Kimutai David Kimutai David Kimutai Rotich , is a race walker from Kenya. He is an African Champion, All-Africa Games winner, Commonwealth Games medalist and has competed twice at the Olympics....		1:26:35
33	Ruslan Dmytrenko		1:27:01
34	Kim Hyun-Sub Kim Hyun-Sub Kim Hyun-sub is a male race walker from South Korea.-Achievements:-References:...		1:27:08
35	Predrag Filipović Predrag Filipovic (racewalker) Predrag Filipović is a Serbian racewalker.Filipović is currently competing for the club of AK Vlasotince in his native country. His current coach is Tomislav Stefanović...		1:27:44
36	Pavel Chihuan		1:27:54
37	Rustam Kuvatov		1:28:47	SB
38	Jakub Jelonek Jakub Jelonek Jakub Jelonek is a Polish race walker.-Achievements:-References:...		1:28:59
39	Andrés Chocho		1:29:14
40	Juan Manuel Cano		1:29:20	SB
41	Allan Segura		1:29:52
42	Yusuke Suzuki		1:30:21
43	Byun Youngjun		1:30:35
44	Mauricio Arteaga		1:32:25
45	Vilius Mikelionis		1:32:53

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Francisco Javier Fernández

Francisco Javier Fernández Peláez is a Spanish race walker. He specializes in the 20 km race walk....

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Ivano Brugnetti

Ivano Brugnetti is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:‎...

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Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified, NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best