2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

None The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan. The event saw some controversy as Paquillo Fernández, who finished second after overtaking Hatem Ghoula in the final straight, was disqualified after the race for lifting. However, following an appeal by the Spanish team the same day, video evidence was examined and Fernández was found to have walked in compliance with the rules. He was thus re-awarded the silver medal. Jefferson Pérez became the first race walker to win three World Championship gold medals. Also, Fernández won his third consecutive silver medal. Hatem Ghoula became the first African race walker to win a World Championship medal. Medallists GoldJefferson Pérez ECUSilverPaquillo Fernández ESPBronzeHatem Ghoula TUN Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics ChampionshipsWorld Record Jefferson Pérez ECU 1:17.21 August 23, 2003FRA Paris, France Event Record Final ranking RankAthleteNationTimeNote Jefferson Pérez ECU 1:22:20 Paquillo Fernández ESP 1:22:40 Hatem Ghoula TUN 1:22:40 4 Eder Sánchez MEX 1:23:36 5 Giorgio Rubino ITA 1:23:39  6 Robert Heffernan IRL 1:23:42  7 Luke Adams AUS 1:23:52 8 Erik Tysse NOR 1:24:10 9 Ilya Markov RUS 1:24:35 10 Alex Schwazer ITA 1:24:39 SB11 Koichiro Morioka JPN 1:24:46 12 Rolando Saquipay ECU 1:25:03 13 Li Gaobo CHN 1:25:30 14 Matej Tóth SVK 1:25:57 15 Park Chil-Sung KOR 1:26:08 16 Juan Manuel Molina ESP 1:26:26 17 Benjamin Kuciński POL 1:26:43 18 Andriy Kovenko UKR 1:26:44 19 Akihiro Sugimoto JPN 1:26:45 20 Kim Hyun-sup KOR 1:26:51 21 Takayuki Tanii JPN 1:26:53 22 Luis Fernando López COL 1:27:22 23 Benjamin Sánchez MEX 1:27:29 24 Hassanine Sebei TUN 1:27:35 25 João Vieira POR 1:27:44 26 Rafał Augustyn POL 1:27:54 27 Ivan Trotski BLR 1:27:56 28 Kevin Eastler USA 1:28:29 29 Han Yucheng CHN 1:31:58 30 Dong Jimin CHN 1:32:03 31 Timothy Seaman USA 1:33:58 32 Predrag Filipović SRB 1:35:51 — Jared Tallent AUS DQ — Gabriel Ortiz MEX DQ — Andrés Chocho ECU DQ — Ivano Brugnetti ITA DQ — Daniel García MEX DQ — Igor Erokhin RUS DQ — Gustavo Restrepo COL DQ — Valeriy Borchin RUS DNF — Sérgio Vieira POR DNF — André Höhne GER DNF See also Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk References Full results - IAAF.org Event report - IAAF.org Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite 20 kilometres walk Category:Race walking at the World Athletics Championships