1999 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk
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The Men's 20 km Walk
at the 1999 World Championships
in Sevilla, Spain was held on Saturday 21 August 1999, with the start at 18:45h local time.
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...
at the 1999 World Championships
1999 World Championships in Athletics
The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....
in Sevilla, Spain was held on Saturday 21 August 1999, with the start at 18:45h local time.
Medalists
| Gold |  Ilya MarkovIlya Markov Ilya Vladislavovich Markov is a Russian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS) |
| Silver |  Jefferson PérezJefferson Pérez Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada is a retired Ecuadorian race walker. He specializes in the 20 km event, in which he has won the only two medals his country has ever achieved in the Olympic Games.... Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border... (ECU) |
| Bronze |  Daniel GarcíaSpain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... (ESP) |
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 1999 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
1:17.46 | May 8, 1999 |  EisenhüttenstadtEisenhüttenstadt Eisenhüttenstadt is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland. The town was founded in 1950 alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city and has a population of 32,214... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| Event Record | 1:19.37 | August 24, 1991 |  Tokyo, Japan |
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Intermediates
| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 1244 | 21:10 | |
| 2 | 1246 | 21:10 | |
| 3 | 674 | 21:10 | |
| 4 | 996 | 21:11 | |
| 5 | 482 | 21:11 | |
| 10 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 1244 | 42:51 | |
| 2 | 674 | 42:51 | |
| 3 | 130 | 42:51 | |
| 4 | 780 | 42:52 | |
| 5 | 367 b | 42:52 | |
| 15 KILOMETRES | |||
| 1 | 780 | 1:03:44 | |
| 2 | 1244 | 1:03:44 | |
| 3 | 996 | 1:03:44 | |
| 4 | 1348 | 1:03:45 | |
| 5 | 239 | 1:03:45 | |
Final ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:23:34 | |||
| 1:24:19 | |||
| 1:24:31 | |||
| 4 | 1:24:43 | ||
| 5 | 1:24:51 | ||
| 6 | 1:25:15 | ||
| 7 | 1:25:26 | ||
| 8 | 1:25:33 | ||
| 9 | 1:25:54 | ||
| 10 | 1:26:00 | SB 1999 Race Walking Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in 1999 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km . One of the main events during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain... |
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| 11 | 1:26:08 | ||
| 12 | 1:26:17 | ||
| 13 | 1:26:25 | ||
| 14 | 1:26:51 | ||
| 15 | 1:27:23 | ||
| 16 | 1:28:36 | ||
| 17 | 1:29:03 | ||
| 18 | 1:29:03 | ||
| 19 | 1:29:33 | ||
| 20 | 1:31:26 | ||
| 21 | 1:31:38 | ||
| 22 | 1:32:08 | ||
| 23 | 1:34:47 | ||
| 24 | 1:35:58 | ||
| 25 | 1:37:50 | ||
| 26 | 1:38:08 | ||
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
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| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
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