The Men's 20 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 18:40h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
Medalists edit
| Gold |  Jefferson PérezEcuador (ECU) |
| Silver |  Paquillo FernándezSpain (ESP) |
| Bronze | Juan Manuel Molina Spain (ESP) |
Abbreviations edit
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) |
1:17.21 | August 23, 2003 |  Paris, France
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| Event Record | ||||
Startlist edit
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Intermediates edit
| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 227 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) |
19:47 |
| 2 | 156 |  Yu Chaohong (CHN) |
19:47 |
| 3 | 158 | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) |
19:47 |
| 4 | 832 |  Vladimir Stankin (RUS) |
19:47 |
| 5 | 459 |  Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) |
19:47 |
| 10 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 227 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) |
39:31 |
| 2 | 459 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) |
39:32 |
| 3 | 158 | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) |
39:32 |
| 4 | 818 | Ilya Markov (RUS) |
39:32 |
| 5 | 210 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) |
39:32 |
| 15 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 227 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) |
59:10 |
| 2 | 210 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) |
59:10 |
| 3 | 212 | Rolando Saquipay (ECU) |
59:22 |
| 4 | 240 | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) |
59:23 |
| 5 | 158 | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) |
59:29 |
Final ranking edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Jefferson Pérez (ECU) |
1:18:35 | SB |
 |
Paquillo Fernández (ESP) |
1:19:36 | |
 |
Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) |
1:19:44 | PB |
| 4 |  André Höhne (GER) |
1:20:00 | PB |
| 5 |  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) |
1:20:19 | SB |
| 6 | Vladimir Stankin (RUS) |
1:20:25 | |
| 7 |  Benjamin Kuciński (POL) |
1:20:34 | |
| 8 |  Eder Sánchez (MEX) |
1:20:45 | |
| 9 | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) |
1:21:01 | |
| 10 |  Luke Adams (AUS) |
1:21:43 | |
| 11 |  Andriy Yurin (UKR) |
1:22:15 | |
| 12 |  Luis Fernando López (COL) |
1:22:28 | |
| 13 |  Erik Tysse (NOR) |
1:22:45 | |
| 14 | Lorenzo Civallero (ITA) |
1:22:52 | SB |
| 15 |  Sérgio Galdino (BRA) |
1:23:03 | |
| 16 |  Shin Il-Yong (KOR) |
1:23:10 | |
| 17 |  Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) |
1:23:12 | |
| 18 | Jared Tallent (AUS) |
1:23:42 | |
| 19 |  Silviu Casandra (ROM) |
1:23:46 | |
| 20 |  Andrei Talashko (BLR) |
1:23:52 | |
| 21 |  Matej Tóth (SVK) |
1:23:55 | |
| 22 | José Ignacio Díaz (ESP) |
1:24:00 | |
| 23 |  Takayuki Tanii (JPN) |
1:24:17 | |
| 24 | Kamil Kalka (POL) |
1:25:02 | |
| 25 | Akihiro Sugimoto (JPN) |
1:25:28 | |
| 26 | Rafał Dyś (POL) |
1:26:35 | |
| 27 |  Edwin Centeno (PER) |
1:26:45 | |
| 28 | Liu Yunfeng (CHN) |
1:26:54 | |
| 29 | Koichiro Morioka (JPN) |
1:27:08 | |
| 30 |  John Nunn (USA) |
1:27:10 | SB |
| 31 | Timothy Seaman (USA) |
1:29:58 | |
| 32 |  Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) |
1:30:10 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) |
DNF | |
| — | Viktor Burayev (RUS) |
DNF | |
| — |  João Vieira (POR) |
DNF | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — | Ilya Markov (RUS) |
DSQ | |
| — | Bernardo Segura (MEX) |
DSQ | |
| — | Ivan Trotski (BLR) |
DSQ | |
| — | Yu Chaohong (CHN) |
DSQ | |
| — | Cristian Berdeja (MEX) |
DSQ | |
| — |  Robert Heffernan (IRL) |
DSQ | |
| — |  Walter Sandoval (ESA) |
DSQ | |
| — | Rolando Saquipay (ECU) |
DSQ | |