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

Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Southport Broadwater Parklands
Dates	8 April 2018
Competitors	15 from 8 nations
Winning time	1:19:34 GR
Medalists
Dane Bird-Smith    Australia   Tom Bosworth    England   Samuel Gathimba    Kenya

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]

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

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 8 April 2018	7:00	Race

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

Results

The results were as follows:^[3]

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes	Race violations
	10	Dane Bird-Smith (AUS)	1:19:34	GR
	8	Tom Bosworth (ENG)	1:19:38	NR^[UK]	~
	12	Samuel Gathimba (KEN)	1:19:51		~~
4	15	Benjamin Thorne (CAN)	1:20:49	SB	~
5	4	Quentin Rew (NZL)	1:21:47	SB	~
6	3	Manish Singh (IND)	1:22:22	R 125.5	~~
7	2	Callum Wilkinson (ENG)	1:22:35		~~
8	9	Evan Dunfee (CAN)	1:23:26	SB	>
9	1	Lebogang Shange (RSA)	1:23:27
10	7	Michael Hosking (AUS)	1:25:35		~
11	13	Rhydian Cowley (AUS)	1:26:12		~~
12	5	Simon Wachira (KEN)	1:26:33		~
13	6	Irfan Kolothum Thodi (IND)	1:27:34
14	11	Wayne Snyman (RSA)	1:28:09
15	14	Jérôme Caprice (MRI)	1:33:12

Notes

• ^UK Also a British record
• > Bent knee
• ~ Loss of contact

References

1. "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. 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.