Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2023 World Championships
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates19 August
Competitors50 from 28 nations
Winning time1:17:32
Medalists
gold medal Álvaro Martín   Spain
silver medal Perseus Karlström   Sweden
bronze medal Caio Bonfim   Brazil

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 August 2023.[1]

Summary

The skies over Budapest unloaded on the first event at these Championships drenching the 1 kilometer course just before race time. With tight turns, several athletes slipped and fell trying to compete at high speed.

From the gun, returning silver medalist Koki Ikeda went to the front, creating a gap over a pack led by Salih Korkmaz and two time defending champion Toshikazu Yamanishi. On the fifth lap, Ikeda dropped a 3:49 to open up an 8 second lead. By the half way point he had expanded that gap to 15 seconds. From that commanding lead, Ikeda began to show signs of weakness. Lap times in the low 3:50's became high 3:50's while the chase group was picking up speed. On the 15th lap, Álvaro Martín put the hammer down, dropping a 3:43 lap and pulling next to Ikeda. Martín followed that with a 3:48 crushing Ikeda's enthusiasm. Caio Bonfim, Perseus Karlström and Evan Dunfee were the next to pass Ikeda and set off in chase of Martín. Over the next three laps, Martín opened up 13 seconds over his chasers. He was able to celebrate on the final lap while Karlström was doing a 3:48 behind him to separate from Bonfim and capture silver.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
Championship record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France 23 August 2003
World Leading  Zhang Jun (CHN) 1:17:47 Taicang, China 8 April 2023
African Record  Samuel Gathimba (KEN) 1:18:23 Nairobi, Kenya 18 June 2021
Asian Record  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Julio Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 8 May 1999
South American Record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Saint-Denis, France 23 August 2003
European Record  Yohann Diniz (FRA) 1:17:02 Arles, France 8 March 2015
Oceanian record  Nathan Deakes (AUS) 1:17:33 Cixi, China 23 April 2005

The following records were set at the competition:

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
World Leading 1:17:32 Álvaro Martín  Spain (ESP) 19 Aug 2023

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:20:100.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (CEST), was as follows:[4]

Date Time Round
19 August8:50Final

Results

The race was started on 19 August at 10:50.[5]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Álvaro Martín Spain (ESP)1:17:32WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Perseus Karlström Sweden (SWE)1:17:39NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Caio Bonfim Brazil (BRA)1:17:47NR
4Evan Dunfee Canada (CAN)1:18:03NR
5Christopher Linke Germany (GER)1:18:12NR
6Veli-Matti Partanen Finland (FIN)1:18:22NR
7Brian Pintado Ecuador (ECU)1:18:26PB
8Declan Tingay Australia (AUS)1:18:30PB
9Samuel Gathimba Kenya (KEN)1:18:34SB
10Gabriel Bordier France (FRA)1:18:59PB
11Francesco Fortunato Italy (ITA)1:19:01
12Yuta Koga Japan (JPN)1:19:02SB
13Alberto Amezcua Spain (ESP)1:19:28PB
14Rhydian Cowley Australia (AUS)1:19:31
15Koki Ikeda Japan (JPN)1:19:44
16Salih Korkmaz Turkey (TUR)1:19:49SB
17César Augusto Rodríguez Peru (PER)1:19:52NR
18 Andrés Olivas Mexico (MEX)1:19:55SB
19David Hurtado Ecuador (ECU)1:20:07
20Jordy Jiménez Ecuador (ECU)1:20:08PB
21Eiki Takahashi Japan (JPN)1:20:25
22Luis Henry Campos Peru (PER)1:20:56PB
23Máté Helebrandt Hungary (HUN)1:21:16PB
24Toshikazu Yamanishi Japan (JPN)1:21:39
25Noel Chama Mexico (MEX)1:21:51
26Éider Arévalo Colombia (COL)1:21:55
27Vikash Singh India (IND)1:21:58
28Serhii Svitlychnyi Ukraine (UKR)1:22:28SB
29Zhang Jun China (CHN)1:23:13
30Andrea Cosi Italy (ITA)1:23:28
31José Alejandro Barrondo Guatemala (GUA)1:23:33
32José Luis Doctor Mexico (MEX)1:23:35
33João Vieira Portugal (POR)1:23:37
34Dominik Černý Slovakia (SVK)1:23:42PB
35Paramjeet Singh Bisht India (IND)1:24:02
36Max Batista Gonçalves dos Santos Brazil (BRA)1:24:10PB
37Wang Zhaozhao China (CHN)1:24:23
38Alexandros Papamichail Greece (GRE)1:24:26SB
39Diego García Spain (ESP)1:25:12
40Kyle Swan Australia (AUS)1:26:02
41Nick Christie United States (USA)1:26:21SB
42José Eduardo Ortiz Guatemala (GUA)1:26:29
43Jerry Jokinen Finland (FIN)1:26:54
44Niu Wenchao China (CHN)1:27:26
45Juan Manuel Cano Argentina (ARG)1:27:29
46César Herrera Colombia (COL)1:27:47
47Akashdeep Singh India (IND)1:31:12
David Kenny Ireland (IRL)DNF
Massimo Stano Italy (ITA)
Marius Žiūkas Lithuania (LTU)DQ

References

  1. ↑ "WCH Budapest 23 preview: race walks". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "20 Kilometres Walk Men − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Qualifying systems approved for World Athletics Championships Budapest23" (PDF). World Athletics. August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Men 20 Kilometres Race Walk -TIMETABLE". Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Final results
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