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.Timetable
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:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record1:16:36Nomi, Japan15 March 2015Championship record1:17:21Saint-Denis, France23 August 2003 World Leading1:17:47Sochi, Russia31 January 2022African Record1:18:23Nairobi, Kenya18 June 2021Asian Record1:16:36Nomi, Japan15 March 2015North, Central American and Caribbean record1:17:46Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany8 May 1999South American Record1:17:21Saint-Denis, France23 August 2003 European Record1:17:02Arles, France8 March 2015 Oceanian record1:17:33Cixi, China23 April 2005
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:21:00.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date Time Round15 July 15:10 Final
Results The race was started on 15 July at 15:09.Final results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Toshikazu Yamanishi 1:19:07 Koki Ikeda 1:19:14 Perseus Karlström 1:19:18 4 Samuel Gathimba 1:19:25 5 Brian Pintado 1:19:34 6 Caio Bonfim 1:19.51 7 Álvaro Martín 1:20:19 8 Hiroto Jusho 1:20:39 9 Alberto Amezcua 1:20:44 10 César Rodríguez 1:20:59 11 David Hurtado 1:21:11 12 Wayne Snyman 1:21:23 13 Wang Kaihua 1:21:41 14 Cui Lihong 1:22:17 15 Francesco Fortunato 1:22:50 16 Diego García 1:23:21 17 Declan Tingay 1:23:28 18 Andrés Olivas 1:23:26 19 Rhydian Cowley 1:23:37 20 Aleksi Ojala 1:23:40 21 José Ortiz 1:23:48 22 Éider Arévalo 1:24:32 23 Jordy Jiménez 1:24:35 24 Zhang Jun 1:24:35 25 Julio César Salazar 1:25:16 26 Miroslav Úradník 1:25:40 27 José Oswaldo Calel 1:26:24 28 Georgiy Sheiko 1:26:40 29 Eiki Takahashi 1:26:46 30 Matheus Corrêa 1:27:31 31 Nick Christie 1:28:28 32 Gianluca Picchiottino 1:28:33 33 Kyle Swan 1:28:43 34 Choe Byeong-kwang 1:28:56 35 Quentin Rew 1:29:19 36 Lucas Mazzo 1:29:32 37 Dominik Černý 1:29:41 38 Juan Manuel Cano 1:29:47 39 David Kenny 1:31:23 40 Sandeep Kumar 1:31:58 41 Luis Henry Campos 1:34:02 42 Jesús Calderón 1:35:43 43 Dan Nehnevaj 1:43:07 Christopher Linke José Alejandro Barrondo
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