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

Events at the 2007 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

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

Abbreviations

• 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

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

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	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	SB
11	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
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
	Jared Tallent (AUS)	DSQ
	Gabriel Ortiz (MEX)	DSQ
	Andrés Chocho (ECU)	DSQ
	Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)	DSQ
	Daniel García (MEX)	DSQ
	Igor Erokhin (RUS)	DSQ
	Gustavo Restrepo (COL)	DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
	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
• 2007 Race Walking Year Ranking

References

• Full results - IAAF.org
• Event report - IAAF.org
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite