World Athletics Championships 2015/20 km men's walking
| World Athletics Championships 2015 | |
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| discipline | 20 km walking of the men |
| city |
 Beijing
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| place | Circuit through Beijing Start and finish: National Stadium |
| Attendees | 61 athletes from 33 countries |
| Competition phase | 23rd August 2015 |
| Medalist | |
|---|---|
 gold |
Miguel Ángel López ( ESP )
 |
 silver |
Wang Zhen ( CHN )
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 bronze |
Benjamin Thorne ( CAN )
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The men's 20 km walk at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place in Beijing , People's Republic of China , on August 23, 2015 .
The Spaniard Miguel Ángel López won this competition ahead of the Chinese Wang Zhen . The Canadian Benjamin Thorne won the bronze medal.
Records
| World record |
 Yusuke Suzuki
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1:16:36 h | Nomi , Japan | March 15, 2015 |
| Championship record |
 Jefferson Perez
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1:17:21 h | World Cup in Paris / Saint-Denis , France | August 23, 2003 |
initial situation
The Chinese walkers had done particularly well at the major championships of the recent past. Chen Ding as Olympic champion in 2012 and vice world champion in 2013 , Wang Zhen as Olympic knight and Cai Zelin as Olympic medalist were again among the favorites. In addition, the Spanish European champion , third in the World Cup and fifth in the Olympics, Miguel López, was to be expected.
Course of competition
August 23, 2015, 8:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. CEST )
The high humidity and pollution conditions in Beijing were difficult for the walkers. Nevertheless, especially given these circumstances, the pace was not slow from the start. After five kilometers, the German Hagen Pohle led with a minimal lead of three seconds over a large group, which soon caught up with him again. In addition, many walkers at the front formed a large leading group, in which the three Chinese tried again and again to keep pace. Halfway through the course, Cai Celin led an eighteen-man top group with a run time of 40:20 minutes. Then Wang dared an advance and worked up to fifteen kilometers a lead of eleven seconds over the closest pursuers López and Andrés Chocho from Ecuador. The leading group had now completely fallen apart. Canadian Benjamin Thorne was fourth, seventeen seconds behind Wang, ahead of Chen - five more seconds behind - and Cai - three more seconds behind. Ukrainian Ihor Hlawan followed in fifth place, 31 seconds behind leader Wang.
But the competition was not yet over. Shortly after kilometer eighteen López caught up with the leading Chinese and then passed him right away. Chocho was no longer in the competition after his third warning. López was now increasing the gap to Wang, the pace on the second half of the route was again significantly higher than on the first ten kilometers. Miguel López couldn't take the victory away, in the end he became world champion with a fifteen second lead on second Wang Zhen. Bronze was won by Benjamin Thorne, who crossed the finish line 28 seconds after Wang. A little more than half a minute behind, Ihor Hlawan was fourth, ahead of Cai Zelin, who had recovered after a period of weakness. The Brazilian Caio Bonfim came in sixth ahead of Eider Arévalo from Colombia. Australian Dane Bird-Smith finished eighth.
| Split times | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| brand | Meanwhile | Leading | 5 km time |
| 5 km | 20:10 min | Hagen Pohle - 3 seconds in front of a large group | 20:10 min |
| 10 km | 40:20 min | Cai Zelin with a group of 18 - 3 seconds ahead of pursuers | 20:10 min |
| 15 km | 59:53 min | Wang - López and Chocho 11 s back - Thorne 17 s back - Chen 22 s back - Cai 25 s back - Hlawan 31 s back | 19:33 min |
| 20 km | 1:19:29 h | Miguel Lopez | 19:36 min |
Result
The Mexican Eder Sánchez was fifteenth
The Spaniard Alvaro Martin finished sixteen
The Italian Giorgio Rubino came in twenty
Rusla Dmytrenko from Ukraine crossed the finish line in 21st place
The Greek Alexandros Papamichail was 25.
The Australian Jared Tallent had to settle for 26th place here, but six days later he became vice world champion over the 50 km distance
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The Mexican Horacio Nava came in 28th place
32nd place for the Australian Chris Erickson
The Frenchman Kévin Campion reached 33rd place
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The Portuguese João Vieira, fourth in the last World Championships, finished 36th this time
The German Christopher Linke took 38th place
The Norwegian Erik Tysse gave up the competition
Andrés Chocho from Ecuador was disqualified after three warnings
Web links and sources
- Homepage for the 2015 World Championships, 20 km Walk Men on the IAAF website , accessed on October 29, 2018
- Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 29, 2018
- Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 29, 2018
Video
- IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 - Day 2 Highlights , range 0:00 min to 10:31 min on youtube.com, live broadcast from August 23, 2015, accessed on October 29, 2018