World Athletics Championships 2001/20 km walking men
| 8th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 20 km walk | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 37 walkers from 24 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Edmonton
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| Competition location | Edmonton circuit | ||||||||
| Competition phase | 4th of August | ||||||||
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The men's 20 km at the 2001 World Athletics Championships was held on August 4, 2001 in the streets of the Canadian city of Edmonton .
The Russian walkers won all three medals in this competition . World champion became the owner of the world record Roman Rasskasow . Silver went to the defending champion, Olympic champion in 1996 and reigning European champion Ilya Markov . Viktor Burayev won the bronze medal.
Existing records
| World record | 1:17:46 h |
 Julio René Martínez
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Eisenhuettenstadt , Germany | May 8, 1999 |
 Roman Rasskasow
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Moscow , Russia | May 19, 2000 | ||
| World Cup record | 1:19:37 h |
 Maurizio Damilano
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1991 World Cup in Tokyo , Japan | August 24, 1991 |
Note:
Records have still not been set in marathon running and street walking due to the different track conditions with the exception of championship records.
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
execution
There was no preliminary round, all 37 walkers competed together for the final.
Result
Defending champion Ilya Markow, second Olympic champion in 1996 and reigning European champion , became vice world champion
August 4, 2001, 2:30 p.m.
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The tenth place Hatem Ghoula
Robert Heffernan, here in fourteenth place, was at the start of a successful career
Francisco Javier Fernández did not achieve the goal here - he still had his successes ahead of him
André Höhne gave up the competition early
João Vieira was disqualified
Timothy Seaman - Disqualified
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Web links
- 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 27, 2020
- Men 20km Walk Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) at todor66.com, accessed August 12, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 20km Walk, Edmonton 2001, p. 216f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 12, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 20 km go men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 12, 2020