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2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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The Men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 28 on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park in the center of Daegu. Forty-six men started the competition and 27 countries were represented.

Valeriy Borchin entered as the reigning world and 2008 Olympic champion. The athletes on the Chinese and Russian teams led the rankings that year: Wang Zhen and Chu Yafei were the top two, while Borchin, world record holder Vladimir Kanaykin, and Sergey Morozov were in the top six. Wang Hao, Eder Sánchez and Jared Tallent had also performed well that year, as had Kim Hyun-sub, who represented the host nation.[1]

Italian Giorgio Rubino and Japan's Yusuke Suzuki were the early leaders after 5 km. The two remained half a minute ahead at 10 km, but Rubino fell off the pace and was later disqualified for lifting both feet off the ground. Borchin and Wang Zhen made up ground on Suzuki and after 15 km Borchin progressively pulled away to win the race and defend his title.

In the last 5 km Vladimir Kanaykin and Luis Fernando López finished quickly to came away with the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Wang Zhen held on for fourth, with Stanislav Emelyanov fifth kKim Hyun-sub sixth.[2]

At the time, Borchin became only the third walker to win consecutive 20 km world titles, joining Maurizio Damilano and Jefferson Pérez. Although his winning time was not especially quick, the race was undertaken in hot and humid conditions.[3]

On 20 January 2015, Borchin was suspended for eight years from 15 October 2012, with his results between 14 July 2009 and 15 October 2012 (including his 2009 and 2011 World Championship gold medals) being deleted from the records. On the same day, Kanaykin was suspended for life starting from 17 December 2012, with all of his results between 11 February 2011 to 17 December 2012 (including his 2011 world Championship silver medal) being deleted from the records.

López was therefore declared the 2011 World Champion, with his gold medal being Colombia's first ever medal in the history of the Championships,[2] while Wang Zhen was promoted to silver.

Stanislav Yemelyanov of Russia was originally promoted to the bronze medal, but he was suspended for eight years for a second doping offence from 7 April 2017, with all of his results from 2 June 2009 being deleted from the records (including these championships); this suspension was made indefinite on 2 June 2018.

Accordingly, the IAAF informed the Korea Association of Athletics Federations (KAAF) that Kim would be awarded the bronze medal, South Korea's first ever at these Championships.[4]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Luis Fernando López
 Colombia (COL)
Wang Zhen
 China (CHN)
Kim Hyun-sub
 South Korea (KOR)

Records

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World Record  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Championship Record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Paris, France 23 August 2003
World Leading  Wang Zhen (CHN) 1:18:30 Taicang, China 22 April 2011
African Record  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:19:02 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 10 May 1997
Asian Record  Zhu Hongjun (CHN) 1:17:41 Cixi, China 23 April 2005
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 8 May 1999
South American record  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21 Paris, France 23 August 2003
European Record  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
Oceanian record  Nathan Deakes (AUS) 1:17:33 Cixi, China 23 April 2005

Qualification standards

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A time B time
1:22:30 1:24:00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 28, 2011 09:00 Final

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luis Fernando López  Colombia (COL) 1:20:38 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Zhen  China (CHN) 1:20:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Hyun-sub  South Korea (KOR) 1:21:17
4 Yūsuke Suzuki  Japan (JPN) 1:21:39
5 Alex Schwazer  Italy (ITA) 1:21:50 SB
6 Erick Barrondo  Guatemala (GUA) 1:22:08
7 Chu Yafei  China (CHN) 1:22:10
8 Wang Hao  China (CHN) 1:22:49
9 Matej Tóth  Slovakia (SVK) 1:22:55
10 Eder Sánchez  Mexico (MEX) 1:23:05
11 João Vieira  Portugal (POR) 1:23:26
12 Miguel Ángel López  Spain (ESP) 1:23:41
13 Anton Kucmin  Slovakia (SVK) 1:23:57
14 James Rendón  Colombia (COL) 1:24:08 SB
15 Horacio Nava  Mexico (MEX) 1:24:15
16 Christopher Linke  Germany (GER) 1:24:17
17 Caio Bonfim  Brazil (BRA) 1:24:29
18 Trevor Barron  United States (USA) 1:24:33
19 Rafał Augustyn  Poland (POL) 1:24:47
20 Byun Young-joon  South Korea (KOR) 1:24:48
21 Hassanine Sebei  Tunisia (TUN) 1:25:17
22 Jared Tallent  Australia (AUS) 1:25:25
23 Nazar Kovalenko  Ukraine (UKR) 1:25:50
24 Gurmeet Singh  India (IND) 1:26:34
25 Babubhai Panucha  India (IND) 1:26:53
26 David Kimutai  Kenya (KEN) 1:27:20 SB
27 Yerko Araya  Chile (CHI) 1:27:47
28 Hédi Teraoui  Tunisia (TUN) 1:29:48
29 Diego Flores  Mexico (MEX) 1:30:00
30 Juan Manuel Cano  Argentina (ARG) 1:30:00
31 Emerson Hernandez  El Salvador (ESA) 1:30:48 SB
32 Ronald Quispe  Bolivia (BOL) 1:32:09 PB
Moacir Zimmermann  Brazil (BRA) DSQ
Gustavo Restrepo  Colombia (COL) DSQ
Giorgio Rubino  Italy (ITA) DSQ
Anatole Ibáñez  Sweden (SWE) DSQ
Paquillo Fernández  Spain (ESP) DSQ
Adam Rutter  Australia (AUS) DNF
Mauricio Arteaga  Ecuador (ECU) DNF
Park Chil-sung  South Korea (KOR) DNF
Valeriy Borchin  Russia (RUS) DSQ doping (1:19:56)
Vladimir Kanaykin  Russia (RUS) DSQ doping (1:20:27)
Stanislav Emelyanov  Russia (RUS) DSQ doping (1:21:11)
Ruslan Dmytrenko  Ukraine (UKR) DSQ doping (1:21:31)
Sergey Morozov  Russia (RUS) DSQ doping (1:22:37)
Recep Çelik  Turkey (TUR) DSQ doping (1:25:39)

References

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  1. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-21). Men's 20Km Race Walk - PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-29.
  2. ^ a b Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-28). Men's 20Km Race Walk - Final - Borchin retains World title Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-29.
  3. ^ Russia’s Borchin wins 20km walk. Korea Herald (2011-08-28). Retrieved on 2011-08-29.
  4. ^ "8 years, 3 doping cases later, race walker becomes 1st S. Korean with world championships medal". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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