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The Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 World Championships in Athletics

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....

 was held on August 28 on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae - bosang Memorial Park in the center of Daegu

Daegu

Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...

. Forty-six men started the competition and 27 countries were represented.

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....

 entered as the reigning world and 2008 Olympic champion. The athletes on the Chinese and Russian teams led the rankings that year: Wang Zhen

Wang Zhen (athlete)

Wang Zhen is a Chinese race walker who specialises in the 10 kilometres and 20 kilometres race walk. He is the Asian, Chinese and junior world record holder over 10 km....

 and Chu Yafei

Chu Yafei

Zhu Yafei, also known as Chu Yafei, is a Chinese race walker. He has represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.-Career:...

 were the top two, while Borchin, world record holder Vladimir Kanaykin

Vladimir Kanaykin

Vladimir Alekseevich Kanaykin is a Russian race walker.On September 29, 2007 Kanaykin set a new world record for the 20 km race walk at the 2007 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, in Saransk, Russia...

, and Sergey Morozov were in the top six. 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:*...

 and 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...

 had also performed well that year, as had Kim Hyun-sub

Kim Hyun-Sub

Kim Hyun-sub is a male race walker from South Korea.-Achievements:-References:...

 representing the host nation.

Italian Giorgio Rubino

Giorgio Rubino

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

 and Japan's Yusuke Suzuki were the early leaders after 5 km. The two remained half a minute ahead at 10 km, but Rubino fell off the pace and was later disqualified for lifting both feet off the ground. Borchin and Wang Zhen made up ground on Suzuki and after 15 km Borchin progressively pulled away to win the race and defend his title. In the last 5 km Vladimir Kanaykin and Luis Fernando López

Luis Fernando López

Luis Fernando López Erazo is a Colombian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...

 finished quickly (some half a minute behind the winner) and came away with the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Wang Zhen held on for fourth and it was Stanislav Emelyanov

Stanislav Emelyanov

Stanislav Emelyanov is a Russian race walker and current European champion in 20 kilometres race walk.-Achievements:-References:...

 and Kim Hyun-sub who next crossed the line.

Borchin became only the third walker to win consecutive 20 km world titles, joining Maurizio Damilano

Maurizio Damilano

Maurizio Damilano is an Italian former race walker.He was the 1980 Olympic Champion and the 1987 and 1991 World Champion in the 20 km race walk....

 and 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....

. Although his winning time was not especially quick, the race was undertaken in hot and humid conditions. López's bronze was Colombia

Colombia at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Colombia will compete at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.-Team selection:A team of 21 athletes wasannounced to represent the countryin the event...

's first ever medal in the history of the World Championships in Athletics.

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.... '	Vladimir Kanaykin Vladimir Kanaykin Vladimir Alekseevich Kanaykin is a Russian race walker.On September 29, 2007 Kanaykin set a new world record for the 20 km race walk at the 2007 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, in Saransk, Russia... '	Luis Fernando López Luis Fernando López Luis Fernando López Erazo is a Colombian race walker.-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		1:18:30	Taicang Taicang Taicang is a coastal city in Jiangsu Province of People's Republic of China. It is approximately to the northwest of Shanghai, and to the east of Suzhou. It is a county level city under jurisdiction of Suzhou prefecture level city. In 2008, the registered population was at 466,300, and total GDP... , 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...	22 April 2011
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, Central American and Caribbean 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	1:24:00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 28, 2011	09:00	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

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....		1:19:56
	Vladimir Kanaykin Vladimir Kanaykin Vladimir Alekseevich Kanaykin is a Russian race walker.On September 29, 2007 Kanaykin set a new world record for the 20 km race walk at the 2007 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, in Saransk, Russia...		1:20:27
	Luis Fernando López Luis Fernando López Luis Fernando López Erazo is a Colombian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...		1:20:38	SB
	Wang Zhen Wang Zhen (athlete) Wang Zhen is a Chinese race walker who specialises in the 10 kilometres and 20 kilometres race walk. He is the Asian, Chinese and junior world record holder over 10 km....		1:20:54
	Stanislav Emelyanov Stanislav Emelyanov Stanislav Emelyanov is a Russian race walker and current European champion in 20 kilometres race walk.-Achievements:-References:...		1:21:11
	Kim Hyun-sub Kim Hyun-Sub Kim Hyun-sub is a male race walker from South Korea.-Achievements:-References:...		1:21:17
	Ruslan Dmytrenko		1:21:31	SB
	Yusuke Suzuki		1:21:39
	Alex Schwazer Alex Schwazer Alex Schwazer is an Italian race walker.Schwazer won the bronze medal in the 50 km race at the 2005 World Championships in a national record time of 3:41.54 hours...		1:21:50	SB
10	Erick Barrondo Erick Barrondo Erick Bernabé Barrondo García is a Guatemalan racewalker who competes in the 20 km walk event. He won the gold medal over that distance at the 2011 Pan American Games....		1:22:08
11	Chu Yafei		1:22:10
12	Sergey Morozov		1:22:37
13	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...		1:22:49
14	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...		1:22:55
15	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:*...		1:23:05
16	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....		1:23:26
17	Miguel Ángel López		1:23:41
18	Anton Kucmin		1:23:57
19	James Rendón James Rendón James Aurelio Rendón Villegas is a male race walker from Colombia.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:24:08	SB
20	Horacio Nava Horacio Nava Horacio Nava Reza is a male race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:*...		1:24:15
21	Christopher Linke		1:24:17
22	Caio Bonfim		1:24:29
23	Trevor Barron		1:24:33
24	Rafał Augustyn Rafał Augustyn (athlete) Rafał Augustyn is a Polish race walker.-Achievements:-References:...		1:24:47
25	Byun Youngjun		1:24:48
26	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....		1:25:17
27	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...		1:25:25
28	Recep Çelik		1:25:39
29	Nazar Kovalenko		1:25:50
30	Gurmeet Singh		1:26:34
31	Babubhai Panucha		1:26:53
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....		1:27:20	SB
33	Yerko Araya		1:27:47
34	Hédi Teraoui		1:29:48
35	Diego Flores		1:30:00
36	Juan Manuel Cano		1:30:00
37	Emerson Hernandez		1:30:48	SB
38	Ronald Quispe		1:32:09	PB

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Giorgio Rubino

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

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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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Park Chil-Sung

Park Chil-Sung is a South Korean race walker.-Achievements:-External links:...

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External links

• 20 kilometres walk results at IAAF website