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

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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 edit

Gold Jefferson Pérez
  Ecuador (ECU)
Silver Paquillo Fernández
  Spain (ESP)
Bronze Hatem Ghoula
  Tunisia (TUN)

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 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17.21 August 23, 2003   Paris, France
Event Record

Final ranking edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Note
  Jefferson Pérez   Ecuador (ECU) 1:22:20
  Paquillo Fernández   Spain (ESP) 1:22:40
  Hatem Ghoula   Tunisia (TUN) 1:22:40
4 Eder Sánchez   Mexico (MEX) 1:23:36
5 Giorgio Rubino   Italy (ITA) 1:23:39  
6 Robert Heffernan   Ireland (IRL) 1:23:42  
7 Luke Adams   Australia (AUS) 1:23:52
8 Erik Tysse   Norway (NOR) 1:24:10
9 Ilya Markov   Russia (RUS) 1:24:35
10 Alex Schwazer   Italy (ITA) 1:24:39 SB
11 Koichiro Morioka   Japan (JPN) 1:24:46
12 Rolando Saquipay   Ecuador (ECU) 1:25:03
13 Li Gaobo   China (CHN) 1:25:30
14 Matej Tóth   Slovakia (SVK) 1:25:57
15 Park Chil-Sung   South Korea (KOR) 1:26:08
16 Juan Manuel Molina   Spain (ESP) 1:26:26
17 Benjamin Kuciński   Poland (POL) 1:26:43
18 Andriy Kovenko   Ukraine (UKR) 1:26:44
19 Akihiro Sugimoto   Japan (JPN) 1:26:45
20 Kim Hyun-sup   South Korea (KOR) 1:26:51
21 Takayuki Tanii   Japan (JPN) 1:26:53
22 Luis Fernando López   Colombia (COL) 1:27:22
23 Benjamin Sánchez   Mexico (MEX) 1:27:29
24 Hassanine Sebei   Tunisia (TUN) 1:27:35
25 João Vieira   Portugal (POR) 1:27:44
26 Rafał Augustyn   Poland (POL) 1:27:54
27 Ivan Trotski   Belarus (BLR) 1:27:56
28 Kevin Eastler   United States (USA) 1:28:29
29 Han Yucheng   China (CHN) 1:31:58
30 Dong Jimin   China (CHN) 1:32:03
31 Timothy Seaman   United States (USA) 1:33:58
32 Predrag Filipović   Serbia (SRB) 1:35:51
— Jared Tallent   Australia (AUS) DQ
— Gabriel Ortiz   Mexico (MEX) DQ
— Andrés Chocho   Ecuador (ECU) DQ
— Ivano Brugnetti   Italy (ITA) DQ
— Daniel García   Mexico (MEX) DQ
— Igor Erokhin   Russia (RUS) DQ
— Gustavo Restrepo   Colombia (COL) DQ
— Valeriy Borchin   Russia (RUS) DNF
— Sérgio Vieira   Portugal (POR) DNF
— André Höhne   Germany (GER) DNF

See also edit

References edit

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