2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The Men's 20 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 18:40h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

The winning margin was 61 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 20 km walk was won by more than 45 seconds at these championships.

Medalists Gold Jefferson PérezEcuador (ECU)Silver Paquillo FernándezSpain (ESP)Bronze Juan Manuel MolinaSpain (ESP)

Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics ChampionshipsWorld Record 1:17.21 August 23, 2003 Paris, France Event Record

Intermediates RankNumberAthleteTime5 KILOMETRES 1 227 19:47 2 156 19:47 3 158 19:47 4 832 19:47 5 459 19:4710 KILOMETRES 1 227 39:31 2 459 39:32 3 158 39:32 4 818 39:32 5 210 39:3215 KILOMETRES 1 227 59:10 2 210 59:10 3 212 59:22 4 240 59:23 5 158 59:29

Final ranking RankAthleteTimeNote 1:18:35 SB 1:19:36 1:19:44 PB 4 1:20:00 PB 5 1:20:19 SB 6 1:20:25 7 1:20:34 8 1:20:45 9 1:21:01 10 1:21:43 11 1:22:15 12 1:22:28 13 1:22:45 14 1:22:52 SB 15 1:23:03 16 1:23:10 17 1:23:12 18 1:23:42 19 1:23:46 20 1:23:52 21 1:23:55 22 1:24:00 23 1:24:17 24 1:25:02 25 1:25:28 26 1:26:35 27 1:26:45 28 1:26:54 29 1:27:08 30 1:27:10 SB 31 1:29:58 32 1:30:10 DID NOT FINISH (DNF)—DNF —DNF —DNF DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)—DSQ —DSQ —DSQ —DSQ —DSQ —DSQ —DSQ —DSQ

2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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