2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2022 World Championships
VenueHayward Field
Dates15 July
Competitors48 from 26 nations
Winning time1:19:07
Medalists
gold medal Toshikazu Yamanishi   Japan
silver medal Koki Ikeda   Japan
bronze medal Perseus Karlström   Sweden
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The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held on a 1 kilometer loop course on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. adjacent to Autzen Stadium in Eugene on 15 July 2022.[1][2]

Summary

David Kenny broke from the start to take the early lead. After a couple hundred metres in the spotlight, Toshikazu Yamanishi went by en route to a 3:55 first kilometer. With a 4 second lead, Yamanishi saw nobody was willing to go with him. He remained in the lead for three laps before easing off the accelerator. Perseus Karlström was next to take the point with a pack of 22 staying close together. On the eighth lap, César Rodríguez asserted himself into the lead, then Yamanishi took over. Just after the halfway mark, Yamanishi dropped a 3:51 lap and continued the pressure, the pack dwindled to 9, then 7 as the third 5K was covered in 19:24. Karlström again pushed to the front but couldn't hold the lead, falling off the pace. With four laps to go, it was down to three leaders, Yamanishi, his encouraging teammate Koki Ikeda and Kenyan Samuel Gathimba. With two to go, Ikeda edged ahead but that was temporary. Yamanishi edged back ahead, the on his final lap dropped a 3:41 to separate from his teammate Ikeda. With his final lap, Karlström matched the 3:41 to come back and pass Gathimba for the bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
Championship record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France 23 August 2003
World Leading  Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) 1:17:47 Sochi, Russia 31 January 2022
African Record  Samuel Gathimba (KEN) 1:18:23 Nairobi, Kenya 18 June 2021
Asian Record  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Julio Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 8 May 1999
South American Record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France 23 August 2003
European Record  Yohann Diniz (FRA) 1:17:02 Arles, France 8 March 2015
Oceanian record  Nathan Deakes (AUS) 1:17:33 Cixi, China 23 April 2005

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:21:00.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
15 July 15:10 Final

Results

The race was started on 15 July at 15:09.[5]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Toshikazu Yamanishi  Japan (JPN) 1:19:07 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Koki Ikeda  Japan (JPN) 1:19:14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Perseus Karlström  Sweden (SWE) 1:19:18 SB
4 Samuel Gathimba  Kenya (KEN) 1:19:25 SB
5 Brian Pintado  Ecuador (ECU) 1:19:34 PB
6 Caio Bonfim  Brazil (BRA) 1:19.51
7 Álvaro Martín  Spain (ESP) 1:20:19
8 Hiroto Jusho  Japan (JPN) 1:20:39
9 Alberto Amezcua  Spain (ESP) 1:20:44
10 César Rodríguez  Peru (PER) 1:20:59
11 David Hurtado  Ecuador (ECU) 1:21:11
12 Wayne Snyman  South Africa (RSA) 1:21:23
13 Wang Kaihua  China (CHN) 1:21:41 SB
14 Cui Lihong  China (CHN) 1:22:17
15 Francesco Fortunato  Italy (ITA) 1:22:50
16 Diego García  Spain (ESP) 1:23:21
17 Declan Tingay  Australia (AUS) 1:23:28
18 Andrés Olivas  Mexico (MEX) 1:23:26
19 Rhydian Cowley  Australia (AUS) 1:23:37
20 Aleksi Ojala  Finland (FIN) 1:23:40
21 José Ortiz  Guatemala (GUA) 1:23:48
22 Éider Arévalo  Colombia (COL) 1:24:32
23 Jordy Jiménez  Ecuador (ECU) 1:24:35
24 Zhang Jun  China (CHN) 1:24:35
25 Julio César Salazar  Mexico (MEX) 1:25:16
26 Miroslav Úradník  Slovakia (SVK) 1:25:40
27 José Oswaldo Calel  Guatemala (GUA) 1:26:24
28 Georgiy Sheiko  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1:26:40
29 Eiki Takahashi  Japan (JPN) 1:26:46
30 Matheus Corrêa  Brazil (BRA) 1:27:31
31 Nick Christie  United States (USA) 1:28:28
32 Gianluca Picchiottino  Italy (ITA) 1:28:33
33 Kyle Swan  Australia (AUS) 1:28:43
34 Choe Byeong-kwang  South Korea (KOR) 1:28:56
35 Quentin Rew  New Zealand (NZL) 1:29:19
36 Lucas Mazzo  Brazil (BRA) 1:29:32
37 Dominik Černý  Slovakia (SVK) 1:29:41
38 Juan Manuel Cano  Argentina (ARG) 1:29:47
39 David Kenny  Ireland (IRL) 1:31:23
40 Sandeep Kumar  India (IND) 1:31:58
41 Luis Henry Campos  Peru (PER) 1:34:02
42 Jesús Calderón  Mexico (MEX) 1:35:43
43 Dan Nehnevaj  United States (USA) 1:43:07
Christopher Linke  Germany (GER) DNF
José Alejandro Barrondo  Guatemala (GUA) DQ

References

  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "2022 World Athletics Championships Oregon Race Walk Loop". Athleticshour.com. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  3. ^ "20 Kilometres Walk Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  5. ^ Final results