2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Medalists
GoldSilverBronze
Wang Hao
 China (CHN)		 Eder Sánchez
 Mexico (MEX)		 Giorgio Rubino
 Italy (ITA)

Records
World record  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Championship record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Paris, France 23 August 2003
World Leading  Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 1:17:38 Adler, Russia 28 February 2009
African record  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:19:02 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 10 May 1997
Asian record  Zhu Hongjun (CHN) 1:17:41 Cixi, China 23 April 2005
North American record  Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 8 May 1999
South American record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Paris, France 23 August 2003
European record  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Oceanian record  Nathan Deakes (AUS) 1:17:33 Cixi, China 23 April 2005

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

Schedule
Date Time Round
August 15, 200913:00Final

Competition notes

With the 2007 champion and 2008 Olympic silver medallist Jefferson Pérez having retired, the reigning Olympic champion Valeriy Borchin 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 and Wang Hao, were regarded as the strongest challengers to Borchin. Italians Giorgio Rubino and Ivano Brugnetti were singled out as medal contenders, while former world record holder and three-time World silver medallist Paquillo Fernández was seen as being past his peak.[1]

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 produced a season's best performance for the bronze medal. The veteran competitor Paquillo Fernández withdrew from the race before the halfway mark.[2]

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.[3]

Results

The medals of some of the athletics world championship races in 2009 were otherwise awarded 24 March 2016 as a result of doping disqualifications. Among these reallocations also the medals of 20 km walk, which saw the Italian Giorgio Rubino, initially 4th, get the bronze medal. This fact, 7 years after the event, allowed Italy to clear the zero in the Medal table, with also the bronze given to Antonietta Di Martino only in 2019.[4]

Valeriy Borchin won the competition but was later disqualified for doping
Wang Hao set a new personal best to take the silver (later upgraded to gold)
Eder Sánchez took the bronze (later upgraded to silver), his first World Championships medal
2008 Olympic medallist Jared Tallent only managed fifth place
RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1Valeriy Borchin Russia (RUS)1:18:41DQ (doping)
Wang Hao China (CHN)1:19:06PB
Eder Sánchez Mexico (MEX)1:19:22SB
Giorgio Rubino Italy (ITA)1:19:50
4Luis Fernando López Colombia (COL)1:20:03NR
5Jared Tallent Australia (AUS)1:20:27
6Erik Tysse Norway (NOR)1:20:38
7Jesús Sánchez Mexico (MEX)1:20:52PB
8Matej Tóth Slovakia (SVK)1:21:13
9João Vieira Portugal (POR)1:21:43SB
10Koichiro Morioka Japan (JPN)1:21:48
11Li Jianbo China (CHN)1:21:54
12Zhu Yafei China (CHN)1:21:56
13André Höhne Germany (GER)1:21:59
14Robert Heffernan Ireland (IRL)1:22:09SB
15José Ignacio Díaz Spain (ESP)1:22:12SB
16Andrey Krivov Russia (RUS)1:22:19
17Luke Adams Australia (AUS)1:22:37
18Hassanine Sebei Tunisia (TUN)1:22:52
19Babubhai Panucha India (IND)1:23:06NR
20Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Italy (ITA)1:23:07SB
21Dzianis Simanovich Belarus (BLR)1:23:36
22Rolando Saquipay Ecuador (ECU)1:23:51SB
23Juan Manuel Molina Spain (ESP)1:24:00
24Park Chil-Sung South Korea (KOR)1:24:01
25Artur Brzozowski Poland (POL)1:24:17
26Sérgio Vieira Portugal (POR)1:24:32
27Pedro Daniel Gómez Mexico (MEX)1:24:39
28Yerko Araya Chile (CHI)1:24:49
29Isamu Fujisawa Japan (JPN)1:25:12
30Petr Trofimov Russia (RUS)1:26:02
31David Kimutai Kenya (KEN)1:26:35
32Ruslan Dmytrenko Ukraine (UKR)1:27:01
33Kim Hyun-Sub South Korea (KOR)1:27:08
34Predrag Filipović Serbia (SRB)1:27:44
35Pavel Chihuan Peru (PER)1:27:54
36Rustam Kuvatov Kazakhstan (KAZ)1:28:47SB
37Jakub Jelonek Poland (POL)1:28:59
38Andrés Chocho Ecuador (ECU)1:29:14
39Juan Manuel Cano Argentina (ARG)1:29:20SB
40Allan Segura Costa Rica (CRC)1:29:52
41Yusuke Suzuki Japan (JPN)1:30:21
42Byun Youngjun South Korea (KOR)1:30:35
43Mauricio Arteaga Ecuador (ECU)1:32:25
44Vilius Mikelionis Lithuania (LTU)1:32:53
Adam Rutter Australia (AUS)DQ
Moacir Zimmermann Brazil (BRA)DQ
José Alessandro Bagio Brazil (BRA)DNF
Paquillo Fernández Spain (ESP)DNF
Ivano Brugnetti Italy (ITA)DNF

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

References
General
Specific
  1. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-09). Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.
  2. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-15). Event Report - Men's 20Km Race Walk - Final Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
  3. Butcher, Michael (2009-08-15). After Beijing and Berlin gold, no more anonymity for Race Walk champion Borchin Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
  4. "GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE 24 MARCH 2016 CAS DECISION". iaaf.org. Retrieved 15 August 2017. Now disqualified by doping violation: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) originally 1st, 1:18:41
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