2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

None The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held throughout the city of Berlin on August 15, beginning and ending at the Brandenburg Gate. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeWang HaoChina 2009 WorldEder SánchezMexico 2009 WorldGiorgio RubinoItaly 2009 World Records World recordVladimir Kanaykin RUS1:17:16Saransk, Russia29 September 2007Championship recordJefferson Pérez ECU1:17:21Paris, France23 August 2003World LeadingValeriy Borchin RUS1:17:38Adler, Russia28 February 2009African recordHatem Ghoula TUN1:19:02Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany10 May 1997Asian recordZhu Hongjun CHN1:17:41Cixi, China23 April 2005North American recordJulio René Martínez GUA1:17:46Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany8 May 1999South American recordJefferson Pérez ECU1:17:21Paris, France23 August 2003European recordVladimir Kanaykin RUS1:17:16Saransk, Russia29 September 2007Oceanian recordNathan Deakes AUS1:17:33Cixi, China23 April 2005 Qualification standards A TimeB Time 1:22:30 1:24:20 Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 15, 2009 13:00 Final Competition notes With the 2007 champion and 2008 Olympic silver medallist Jefferson Pérez having retired, the reigning Olympic champion Valeriy Borchin was regarded as strong favourite. He had recorded the world-leading time prior to the tournament and had been undefeated that season. The Olympic third and fourth-place finishers, Jared Tallent and Wang Hao, were regarded as the strongest challengers to Borchin. Italians Giorgio Rubino and Ivano Brugnetti were singled out as medal contenders, while former world record holder and three-time World silver medallist Paquillo Fernández was seen as being past his peak.Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-09). Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08. Borchin prevailed and was first to cross the line at the Brandenburg gate, with a winning time of 1:18:41. Chinese athlete Hao improved upon his previous best to take the silver medal while Mexican Eder Sánchez produced a season's best performance for the bronze medal. The veteran competitor Paquillo Fernández withdrew from the race before the halfway mark.Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-15). Event Report - Men's 20Km Race Walk - Final https://web.archive.org/web/20090818034305/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=108/newsid=52752.html 2009-08-18 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Despite becoming the reigning World and Olympic champion, Borchin stated that he needed to achieve much more to match the achievements of his sporting heroes Jefferson Pérez and Robert Korzeniowski.Butcher, Michael (2009-08-15). After Beijing and Berlin gold, no more anonymity for Race Walk champion Borchin https://web.archive.org/web/20090818023134/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=114/newsid=52843.html 2009-08-18 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Results The medals of some of the athletics world championship events in 2009 were re-awarded 24 March 2016 as a result of doping disqualifications. Among these reallocations were the medals of the 20 km walk, which saw the Italian Giorgio Rubino, who originally finished fourth, awarded the bronze medal. This allowed Italy to enter the medal table, with another bronze medal awarded to Antonietta Di Martino in 2019.https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=02827798-ffd3-40bf-b9a7-33b106fb71a5.pdf&urlslug=Amended%20championship%20results GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AFFECTED BY THE 24 MARCH 2016 CAS DECISION iaaf.org Now disqualified by doping violation: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) originally 1st, 1:18:41 15 August 2017 thumb|right|Valeriy Borchin won the competition but was later disqualified for doping thumb|Wang Hao set a new personal best to take the silver (later upgraded to gold) thumb|Eder Sánchez took the bronze (later upgraded to silver), his first World Championships medal thumb|2008 Olympic medallist Jared Tallent only managed fifth place Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes 01 1 Valeriy Borchin Russia 2009 World 1:18:41 DQ (doping) Wang Hao China 2009 World 1:19:06 PB Eder Sánchez Mexico 2009 World 1:19:22 SB Giorgio Rubino Italy 2009 World 1:19:50 04 4 Luis Fernando López Colombia 2009 World 1:20:03 NR Colombian 05 5 Jared Tallent Australia 2009 World 1:20:27 06 6 Erik Tysse Norway 2009 World 1:20:38 07 7 Jesús Sánchez Mexico 2009 World 1:20:52 PB 08 8 Matej Tóth Slovakia 2009 World 1:21:13 09 9 João Vieira Portugal 2009 World 1:21:43 SB 10 Koichiro Morioka Japan 2009 World 1:21:48 11 Li Jianbo China 2009 World 1:21:54 12 Zhu Yafei China 2009 World 1:21:56 13 André Höhne Germany 2009 World 1:21:59 14 Robert Heffernan Ireland 2009 World 1:22:09 SB 15 José Ignacio Díaz Spain 2009 World 1:22:12 SB 16 Andrey Krivov Russia 2009 World 1:22:19 17 Luke Adams Australia 2009 World 1:22:37 18 Hassanine Sebei Tunisia 2009 World 1:22:52 19 Babubhai Panucha India 2009 World 1:23:06 NR 20 Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi Italy 2009 World 1:23:07 SB 21 Dzianis Simanovich Belarus 2009 World 1:23:36 22 Rolando Saquipay Ecuador 2009 World 1:23:51 SB 23 Juan Manuel Molina Spain 2009 World 1:24:00 24 Park Chil-Sung South Korea 2009 World 1:24:01 25 Artur Brzozowski Poland 2009 World 1:24:17 26 Sérgio Vieira Portugal 2009 World 1:24:32 27 Pedro Daniel Gómez Mexico 2009 World 1:24:39 28 Yerko Araya Chile 2009 World 1:24:49 29 Isamu Fujisawa Japan 2009 World 1:25:12 30 Petr Trofimov Russia 2009 World 1:26:02 31 David Kimutai Kenya 2009 World 1:26:35 32 Ruslan Dmytrenko Ukraine 2009 World 1:27:01 33 Kim Hyun-Sub South Korea 2009 World 1:27:08 34 Predrag Filipović Serbia 2009 World 1:27:44 35 Pavel Chihuan Peru 2009 World 1:27:54 36 Rustam Kuvatov Kazakhstan 2009 World 1:28:47 SB 37 Jakub Jelonek Poland 2009 World 1:28:59 38 Andrés Chocho Ecuador 2009 World 1:29:14 39 Juan Manuel Cano Argentina 2009 World 1:29:20 SB 40 Allan Segura Costa Rica 2009 World 1:29:52 41 Yusuke Suzuki Japan 2009 World 1:30:21 42 Byun Youngjun South Korea 2009 World 1:30:35 43 Mauricio Arteaga Ecuador 2009 World 1:32:25 44 Vilius Mikelionis Lithuania 2009 World 1:32:53 99 Adam Rutter Australia 2009 World 1:40:00 DQ 99 Moacir Zimmermann Brazil 2009 World 1:40:00 DQ 99 José Alessandro Bagio Brazil 2009 World 1:40:00 DNF 99 Paquillo Fernández Spain 2009 World 1:40:00 DNF 99 Ivano Brugnetti Italy 2009 World 1:40:00 DNF Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified, NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best References General 20 kilometres race walk results IAAF. Specific Walk 20 kilometres Category:Race walking at the World Athletics Championships