2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

None The men's 50 kilometre walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 21, 2009, on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The event started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate. Prior to the competition, previous winners did not appear to be medal prospects: the defending world champion Nathan Deakes missed the competition due to injury, and the reigning Olympic champion Alex Schwazer had failed to finish his sole 50 km race of the season. Frenchman Yohann Diniz, as the European Champion, was expected to perform well. The Russian team of world record holder Denis Nizhegorodov, Yuriy Andronov and former world champion Sergey Kirdyapkin appeared to be the strongest. Norwegians Erik Tysse and Trond Nymark were possible medallists as were Jesús Ángel García and Jared Tallent. Zhao Chengliang, Li Lei, and Xu Faguang were suggested as candidates to win the Chinese team's first medal of the championships.Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-09). Men's 50 Kilometres Race Walk - PREVIEW https://web.archive.org/web/20090814150029/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=109/newsid=52503.html 2009-08-14 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25. The final began in wet conditions, but Yuki Yamazaki and Luke Adams built up a considerable early lead. Tallent and Diniz caught up with them around the 5 km mark, but a large pack of walkers containing a number of contenders remained not far off the leaders. After the first hour, a six-strong pack of Nizhegorodov and Kirdyapkin, Tallent and Adams, and Yamazaki and Diniz had broken away from the rest. At the halfway point Yamazaki, after receiving a number of warnings, was disqualified and Schwazer decided to prematurely stop his own race. The remaining five stayed in contention until the 40 km mark, where Nizhegorodov pulled out, and Diniz and Adams began to drift away from the leaders. Kirdyapkin sped ahead of Tallent and Trond Nymark had a late burst and caught up with the leaders. Kirdyapkin won, almost three minutes ahead of the rest of the competition, and Nymark took second. García, with a late charge, was not far behind and won the bronze medal.Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-21). Event Report - Men's 50km Race Walk - Final https://web.archive.org/web/20090826115306/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D108/newsid%3D53738.html August 26, 2009 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25. The 2005 World Champion Kirdyapkin won his second title with a world-leading 3:38:35, the second fastest time of his career after his 2005 winning walk. It marked a racewalk Championship sweep for the Russians, with all three winners being coached by Viktor Chegin.Powell, David (2009-08-21). Kirdyapkin clinches three-for-three for coach Chegin https://web.archive.org/web/20090826115344/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D114/newsid%3D53786.html 2009-08-26 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25. Nymark won the first World Championship medal of career with a new Norwegian record, and veteran García won the fourth medal of his career, although his last came in 2001. A number of athletes set personal bests, including fourth placed Grzegorz Sudoł, but the season's fastest walkers had not performed well with Matej Tóth and Diniz finishing in tenth and twelfth, respectively. On January 15, 2015, Kirdyapkin's results were disqualified for doping violations.http://www.rusada.ru/press/news/informatsiya-o-diskvalifikatsii-legkaya-atletika-39 Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика 20 January 2015 Russian Anti-Doping Agency ru 20 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150120155510/http://www.rusada.ru/press/news/informatsiya-o-diskvalifikatsii-legkaya-atletika-39 2015-01-20 dead Most of Chegin's athletes have received similar bans. Nymark received the gold medal in a ceremony during the 2016 European Athletics Championships.Coldwell Ben Cheated athletes to receive world gold medal ceremony at European Championships https://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/cheated-athletes-to-receive-world-gold-medal-ceremony-at-european-championships-44496/ 10 March 2020 Athletics Weekly 8 June 2016 Medalists GoldSilverBronzeTrond NymarkNorway 2009 WorldJesús Angel GarcíaSpain 2009 WorldGrzegorz SudołPoland 2009 World Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordWL world leadingAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World recordDenis Nizhegorodov RUS3:34:14Cheboksary, Russia11 May 2008Championship recordRobert Korzeniowski POL3:36:03Paris, France27 August 2003World leadingYohann Diniz FRA3:38:45Dudince, Slovakia28 March 2009African recordHatem Ghoula TUN3:58:44Santa Eulària des Riu, Spain4 March 2007Asian recordYu Chaohong CHN3:36:06Nanjing, China22 October 2005North American recordRaúl González MEX3:41:20Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia11 June 1978South American recordXavier Moreno ECU3:52:07Rio de Janeiro, Brazil28 July 2007European recordDenis Nizhegorodov RUS3:34:14Cheboksary, Russia11 May 2008Oceanian recordNathan Deakes AUS3:35:47Geelong, Australia2 December 2006 No new records was set during this competition. Qualification standards Standard A Standard B 3:58:004:09:00 Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 21, 2009 09:10 Final Results thumb|Olympic medallist Jared Tallent fell away from the top three in the final stages. Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes 01 1 Sergey Kirdyapkin Russia 2009 World 3:38:35 DQ (Doping) Trond Nymark Norway 2009 World 3:41:16 NR Jesús Ángel García Spain 2009 World 3:41:37 SB Grzegorz Sudoł Poland 2009 World 3:42:34 PB 04 4 André Höhne Germany 2009 World 3:43:19 PB 05 5 Luke Adams Australia 2009 World 3:43:39 PB 06 6 Jared Tallent Australia 2009 World 3:44:50 SB 07 7 Marco De Luca Italy 2009 World 3:46:31 PB 08 8 Jarkko Kinnunen Finland 2009 World 3:47:36 PB 09 9 Matej Tóth Slovakia 2009 World 3:48:35 10 Xu Faguang China 2009 World 3:48:52 PB 11 Yohann Diniz France 2009 World 3:49:03 12 Jesús Sánchez Mexico 2009 World 3:50:55 PB 13 Donatas Škarnulis Lithuania 2009 World 3:50:56 SB 14 Zhao Chengliang China 2009 World 3:53:06 15 Oleksiy Shelest Ukraine 2009 World 3:54:03 PB 16 Tadas Šuškevicius Lithuania 2009 World 3:54:29 PB 17 Koichiro Morioka Japan 2009 World 3:56:21 18 Horacio Nava Mexico 2009 World 3:56:26 SB 19 Herve Davaux France 2009 World 3:57:10 PB 20 Andreas Gustafsson Sweden 2009 World 3:57:53 PB 21 Rafał Augustyn Poland 2009 World 3:58:30 22 Augusto Cardoso Portugal 2009 World 3:59:10 SB 23 Miloš Bátovský Slovakia 2009 World 3:59:39 24 Li Lei China 2009 World 4:00:13 25 Mikel Odriozola Spain 2009 World 4:00:54 26 Cédric Houssaye France 2009 World 4:02:44 SB 27 Diego Cafagna Italy 2009 World 4:08:04 28 José Alejandro Cambil Spain 2009 World 4:13:14 29 Mesías Zapata Ecuador 2009 World 4:15:28 30 Luis Fernando García Guatemala 2009 World 4:18:13 SB 99 Takayuki Tanii Japan 2009 World 9:99:99 DQ 99 Yuki Yamazaki Japan 2009 World 9:99:99 DQ 99 Omar Zepeda Mexico 2009 World 9:99:99 DQ 99 Mário dos Santos Brazil 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Marco Benavides El Salvador 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Konstadínos Stefanópoulos Greece 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Jamie Costin Ireland 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Colin Griffin Ireland 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Alex Schwazer Italy 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Ingus Janevics Latvia 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Konstadínos Stefanópoulos Greece 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Erik Tysse Norway 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Rafał Fedaczyński Poland 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 António Pereira Portugal 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Yuriy Andronov Russia 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Denis Nizhegorodov Russia 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF 99 Nenad Filipović Serbia 2009 World 9:99:99 DNF Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified, NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season) References General 50 km race walk results. IAAF Specific Walk 50 kilometres Category:Race walking at the World Athletics Championships