2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The Men's 20 km Walk at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Saturday August 4, 2001, with the start at 15:50h.

Medalists

Gold	Roman Rasskazov Russia (RUS)
Silver	Ilya Markov Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Viktor Burayev Russia (RUS)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
WL	world leading
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Julio René Martínez (GUA)	1:17.46	May 8, 1999	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
	Roman Rasskazov (RUS)	1:17.46	May 19, 2000	Moscow, Russia
Event Record	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	1:19.37	August 24, 1991	Tokyo, Japan
Season Best	Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS)	1:18:05	March 4, 2001	Adler, Russia

Startlist

№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
668	Sabir Sharuyayev (KAZ)	1:24:33	1:24:33
788	Alejandro López (MEX)	1:20:49	1:17:56
964	Viktor Burayev (RUS)	1:18:06	1:18:06
256	Miloš Holuša (CZE)	1:22:27	1:21:58
979	Ilya Markov (RUS)	1:19:36	1:18:30
661	Satoshi Yanagisawa (JPN)	1:21:20	1:19:29
463	Andreas Erm (GER)	1:19:32	1:18:42
931	Silviu Casandra (ROM)	1:22:34	1:21:35
39	Nathan Deakes (AUS)	1:18:14	1:18:14
153	Tim Berrett (CAN)	1:23:46	1:21:46
797	Joel Sánchez (MEX)		1:19:00
304	David Márquez (ESP)	1:21:09	1:21:09
200	Li Zewen (CHN)	1:21:10	1:18:32
114	Ivan Trotskiy (BLR)	1:21:43	1:19:48
744	Gintaras Andriuškevicius (LTU)	1:22:09	1:22:09
963	Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)	1:20:14	1:18:16
878	Rami Abdelhabi Al-Deeb (PLE)		1:31:22
389	Anthony Gillet (FRA)	1:22:16	1:21:26
110	Artur Meleshkevich (BLR)		1:19:15
559	Robert Heffernan (IRL)	1:21:11	1:21:11
584	Lorenzo Civallero (ITA)	1:22:10	1:22:10
261	Jiří Malysa (CZE)	1:20:21	1:19:18
172	Arturo Huerta (CAN)	1:29:09	1:21:03
514	Luis Fernando García (GUA)	1:23:04	1:21:52
921	João Vieira (POR)	1:22:52	1:20:59
1108	Hatem Ghoula (TUN)	1:21:41	1:19:02
477	André Höhne (GER)	1:22:49	1:22:05
1199	Timothy Seaman (USA)	1:26:15	1:23:42
719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	1:19:53	1:19:36
112	Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)	1:19:45	1:18:18
281	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)		1:18:24
590	Alessandro Gandellini (ITA)	1:21:42	1:20:28
787	Noe Hernández (MEX)		1:19:03
746	Daugvinas Zujus (LTU)	1:22:35	1:22:35
297	Paquillo Fernández (ESP)	1:19:47	1:18:56
698	Shin Il-Yong (KOR)	1:22:35	1:22:35
984	Roman Rasskazov (RUS)	1:20:30	1:17:46

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	979	Ilya Markov (RUS)	20:40
2	963	Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)	20:41
3	261	Jiří Malysa (CZE)	20:41
4	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	20:41
5	787	Noé Hernández (MEX)	20:42
10 KILOMETRES
1	963	Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)	41:05
2	979	Ilya Markov (RUS)	41:05
3	297	Paquillo Fernández (ESP)	41:05
4	787	Noé Hernández (MEX)	41:05
5	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	41:05
15 KILOMETRES
1	979	Ilya Markov (RUS)	1:01:17
2	39	Nathan Deakes (AUS)	1:01:17
3	297	Paquillo Fernández (ESP)	1:01:18
4	112	Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)	1:01:18
5	964	Viktor Burayev (RUS)	1:01:18

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Roman Rasskazov (RUS)	1:20:31	SB
	Ilya Markov (RUS)	1:20:33
	Viktor Burayev (RUS)	1:20:36
4	Nathan Deakes (AUS)	1:20:55
5	David Márquez (ESP)	1:21:09	PB
6	Joel Sánchez (MEX)	1:22:05
7	Satoshi Yanagisawa (JPN)	1:22:11
8	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	1:22:20
9	Jiří Malysa (CZE)	1:22:42
10	Hatem Ghoula (TUN)	1:23:14
11	Alejandro López (MEX)	1:23:20
12	Alessandro Gandellini (ITA)	1:24:05
13	Li Zewen (CHN)	1:24:29
14	Robert Heffernan (IRL)	1:25:02
15	Ivan Trotski (BLR)	1:25:02
16	Lorenzo Civallero (ITA)	1:25:28
17	Miloš Holuša (CZE)	1:25:37
18	Luis Fernando García (GUA)	1:26:47
19	Shin Il-Yong (KOR)	1:27:47
20	Gintaras Andriuškevicius (LTU)	1:27:53
21	Arturo Huerta (CAN)	1:29:27
22	Silviu Casandra (ROM)	1:29:49
23	Anthony Gillet (FRA)	1:31:24
24	Sabir Sharuyayev (KAZ)	1:32:03
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Tim Berrett (CAN)	DSQ
—	Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)	DSQ
—	Rami Abdelhabi Al-Deeb (PLE)	DSQ
—	Artur Meleshkevich (BLR)	DSQ
—	João Vieira (POR)	DSQ
—	Timothy Seaman (USA)	DSQ
—	Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)	DSQ
—	Noé Hernández (MEX)	DSQ
—	Daugvinas Zujus (LTU)	DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Andreas Erm (GER)	DNF
—	André Höhne (GER)	DNF
—	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	DNF
—	Paquillo Fernández (ESP)	DNF

See also

• 2001 Race Walking Year Ranking

References

• IAAF
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite