The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 September 2025.
Summary
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World Record1:16:10 Kobe, Japan 16 February 2025 Championship Record1:17:21Saint-Denis, France23 August 2003 World Leading1:16:10 Kobe, Japan 16 February 2025 African Record1:18:23Nairobi, Kenya18 June 2021 Asian Record1:16:10 Kobe, Japan 16 February 2025 European Record1:17:02Arles, France8 March 2015 North, Central American and Caribbean Record 1:17:39 Adelaide, Australia 16 February 2025 Oceanian Record1:17:33Cixi, China23 April 2005 South American Record1:17:21Saint-Denis, France23 August 2003
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:19:20.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:
Date Time Round 20 September 09:55 Final
Results The race was started on 20 September at 9:55. Place Athlete Nation Time Warnings Notes Caio Bonfim 1:18:35 ~ ~ Wang Zhaozhao 1:18:43 ~ ~ Paul McGrath 1:18:45 ~ ~ 4 Aurélien Quinion 1:18:49 ~ 5 Gabriel Bordier 1:19:23 ~ ~ 6 Qian Haifeng 1:19:38 7 Kento Yoshikawa 1:19:46 8 Diego García 1:20:05 9 Satoshi Maruo 1:20:09 10 Christopher Linke 1:20:11 11 Leo Köpp 1:20:35 12 Ricardo Ortiz 1:20:36 ~ ~ 13 Perseus Karlström 1:20:37 14 Maher Ben Hlima 1:20:39 ~ 15 Jordy Jiménez 1:20:43 16 Francesco Fortunato 1:21:00 17 Matheus Corrêa 1:21:04 ~ 18 Misgana Wakuma 1:21:17 > 19 David Hurtado 1:21:18 ~ ~ ~ 20 Rhydian Cowley 1:21:18 ~ 21 Álvaro López 1:21:28 22 Dominik Černý 1:21:29 23 Declan Tingay 1:21:30 ~ > 24 Li Chenjie 1:21:39 25 Veli-Matti Partanen 1:21:41 ~ 26 Mukola Rushchak 1:21:57 27 Serhii Svitlychnyi 1:22:24 ~ 28 Toshikazu Yamanishi 1:22:39 ~ ~ ~ 29 Mateo Romero 1:22:44 30 Choe Byeong-kwang 1:22:52 31 Servin Sebastian 1:23:03 ~ 32 Bence Venyercsán 1:23:06 ~ 33 Noel Chama 1:23:41 > > 34 Gianluca Picchiottino 1:23:50 35 Mazlum Demir 1:24:11 36 Andrea Cosi 1:24:18 ~ ~ ~ 37 Jerry Jokinen 1:24:37 ~ 38 Érick Barrondo 1:24:42 39 Tim Fraser 1:24:55 > 40 César Herrera 1:25:01 ~ 41 Raivo Saulgriezis 1:27:25 > > > 42 Max Batista Gonçalves dos Santos 1:27:34 ~ 43 Wayne Snyman 1:30:12 ~ Luis Henry Campos ~ > > ~ José Luis Doctor ~ ~ > ~ Ihor Hlavan ~ > ~ ~ Hayrettin Yıldız > > > > Alexandros Papamichail Key:~ Red card for loss of contact> Red card for bent kneePZ 3.5 min. Penalty ZoneTR54.7.5: Disqualified by Rule TR54.7.5 (4 red cards)
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