The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held throughout the city of Berlin on August 15, beginning and ending at the Brandenburg Gate.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeWang HaoEder SánchezGiorgio Rubino
Records World record1:17:16Saransk, Russia29 September 2007Championship record1:17:21Paris, France23 August 2003World Leading1:17:38Adler, Russia28 February 2009African record1:19:02Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany10 May 1997Asian record1:17:41Cixi, China23 April 2005North American record1:17:46Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany8 May 1999South American record1:17:21Paris, France23 August 2003European record1:17:16Saransk, Russia29 September 2007Oceanian record1:17:33Cixi, China23 April 2005
Qualification standards A TimeB Time 1:22:30 1:24:20
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 15, 2009 13:00 Final
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.Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-09). Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.
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.Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-15). Event Report - Men's 20Km Race Walk - Final . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
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.Butcher, Michael (2009-08-15). After Beijing and Berlin gold, no more anonymity for Race Walk champion Borchin . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
Results The medals of some of the athletics world championship events in 2009 were re-awarded 24 March 2016 as a result of doping disqualifications. Among these reallocations were the medals of the 20 km walk, which saw the Italian Giorgio Rubino, who originally finished fourth, awarded the bronze medal.
This allowed Italy to enter the medal table, with another bronze medal awarded to Antonietta Di Martino in 2019.
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Valeriy Borchin 1:18:41 DQ (doping) Wang Hao 1:19:06 PB Eder Sánchez 1:19:22 SB Giorgio Rubino 1:19:50 Luis Fernando López 1:20:03 Jared Tallent 1:20:27 Erik Tysse 1:20:38 Jesús Sánchez 1:20:52 PB Matej Tóth 1:21:13 João Vieira 1:21:43 SB 10 Koichiro Morioka 1:21:48 11 Li Jianbo 1:21:54 12 Zhu Yafei 1:21:56 13 André Höhne 1:21:59 14 Robert Heffernan 1:22:09 SB 15 José Ignacio Díaz 1:22:12 SB 16 Andrey Krivov 1:22:19 17 Luke Adams 1:22:37 18 Hassanine Sebei 1:22:52 19 Babubhai Panucha 1:23:06 NR 20 Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi 1:23:07 SB 21 Dzianis Simanovich 1:23:36 22 Rolando Saquipay 1:23:51 SB 23 Juan Manuel Molina 1:24:00 24 Park Chil-Sung 1:24:01 25 Artur Brzozowski 1:24:17 26 Sérgio Vieira 1:24:32 27 Pedro Daniel Gómez 1:24:39 28 Yerko Araya 1:24:49 29 Isamu Fujisawa 1:25:12 30 Petr Trofimov 1:26:02 31 David Kimutai 1:26:35 32 Ruslan Dmytrenko 1:27:01 33 Kim Hyun-Sub 1:27:08 34 Predrag Filipović 1:27:44 35 Pavel Chihuan 1:27:54 36 Rustam Kuvatov 1:28:47 SB 37 Jakub Jelonek 1:28:59 38 Andrés Chocho 1:29:14 39 Juan Manuel Cano 1:29:20 SB 40 Allan Segura 1:29:52 41 Yusuke Suzuki 1:30:21 42 Byun Youngjun 1:30:35 43 Mauricio Arteaga 1:32:25 44 Vilius Mikelionis 1:32:53 Adam Rutter Moacir Zimmermann José Alessandro Bagio Paquillo Fernández Ivano Brugnetti
Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified, NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
References General 20 kilometres race walk results IAAF. Specific