2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 4 October 2019.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World | 1:16:36 | Yusuke Suzuki | JPN | 15 Mar 2015 | Nomi, Japan |
| Championship | 1:17:21 | Jefferson Pérez | ECU | 23 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis, France |
| World leading | 1:17:15 | Toshikazu Yamanishi | JPN | 17 Mar 2019 | Nomi, Japan |
| African | 1:19:02 | Hatem Ghoula | TUN | 10 May 1997 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany |
| Asian | 1:16:36 | Yusuke Suzuki | JPN | 15 Mar 2015 | Nomi, Japan |
| NACAC | 1:17:46 | Julio René Martínez | GUA | 8 May 1999 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany |
| South American | 1:17:21 | Jefferson Pérez | ECU | 23 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis, France |
| European | 1:17:02 | Yohann Diniz | FRA | 8 Mar 2015 | Arles, France |
| Oceanian | 1:17:33 | Nathan Deakes | AUS | 23 Apr 2015 | Cixi, China |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 4 October | 23:30 | Final |

## Results

The race was started on 4 October at 23:29.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Toshikazu Yamanishi | Japan (JPN) | 1:26:34 | |
| | Vasiliy Mizinov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 1:26:49 | |
| | Perseus Karlström | Sweden (SWE) | 1:27:00 | |
| 4 | Christopher Linke | Germany (GER) | 1:27:19 | |
| 5 | Salih Korkmaz | Turkey (TUR) | 1:27:35 | |
| 6 | Koki Ikeda | Japan (JPN) | 1:29:02 | |
| 7 | Tom Bosworth | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:29:34 | |
| 8 | Wang Kaihua | China (CHN) | 1:29:52 | |
| 9 | Yin Jiaxing | China (CHN) | 1:29:53 | |
| 10 | Eiki Takahashi | Japan (JPN) | 1:30:04 | |
| 11 | Marius Žiūkas | Lithuania (LTU) | 1:30:22 | |
| 12 | Erick Barrondo | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:30:40 | |
| 13 | Caio Bonfim | Brazil (BRA) | 1:31:32 | |
| 14 | Massimo Stano | Italy (ITA) | 1:31:36 | |
| 15 | Dane Bird-Smith | Australia (AUS) | 1:32:11 | |
| 16 | Kévin Campion | France (FRA) | 1:32:16 | |
| 17 | Hagen Pohle | Germany (GER) | 1:32:20 | |
| 18 | Andrés Chocho | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:32:49 | |
| 19 | Georgiy Sheiko | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1:32:53 | |
| 20 | Julio César Salazar | Mexico (MEX) | 1:33:02 | |
| 21 | Choe Byeong-kwang | South Korea (KOR) | 1:33:10 | |
| 22 | Álvaro Martín | Spain (ESP) | 1:33:20 | |
| 23 | Brian Pintado | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:33:48 | |
| 24 | Gabriel Bordier | France (FRA) | 1:34:06 | |
| 25 | Matteo Giupponi | Italy (ITA) | 1:34:29 | |
| 26 | Miguel Ángel López | Spain (ESP) | 1:35:00 | |
| 27 | Irfan Kolothum Thodi | India (IND) | 1:35:21 | |
| 28 | Ivan Losev | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:35:42 | |
| 29 | Luis Henry Campos | Peru (PER) | 1:37:20 | |
| 30 | Viktor Shumik | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:37:23 | |
| 31 | Alex Wright | Ireland (IRL) | 1:37:33 | |
| 32 | Dawid Tomala | Poland (POL) | 1:38:15 | |
| 33 | Samuel Gathimba | Kenya (KEN) | 1:40:45 | |
| 34 | Eduard Zabuzhenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:41:04 | |
| 35 | Diego García | Spain (ESP) | 1:41:14 | |
| 36 | Devender Singh | India (IND) | 1:41:48 | |
| 37 | Kim Hyun-sub | South Korea (KOR) | 1:42:13 | |
| 38 | Wayne Snyman | South Africa (RSA) | 1:43:57 | |
| 39 | Moacir Zimmermann | Brazil (BRA) | 1:44:16 | |
| 40 | Aliaksandr Liakhovich | Belarus (BLR) | 1:44:25 | |
| | Rhydian Cowley | Australia (AUS) | DNF | DNF |
| | Cai Zelin | China (CHN) | DNF | DNF |
| | Mauricio Arteaga | Ecuador (ECU) | DNF | DNF |
| | Nils Brembach | Germany (GER) | DNF | DNF |
| | José María Raymundo | Guatemala (GUA) | DNF | DNF |
| | Carlos Sánchez Cantera | Mexico (MEX) | DNF | DNF |
| | Richard Vargas | Venezuela (VEN) | DNF | DNF |
| | Jhon Alexander Castañeda | Colombia (COL) | DSQ | DSQ |
| | Callum Wilkinson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | DSQ | DSQ |
| | José Barrondo | Guatemala (GUA) | DSQ | DSQ |
| | José Leyver Ojeda | Mexico (MEX) | DSQ | DSQ |
| | José Mamani | Peru (PER) | DSQ | DSQ |
| | Evan Dunfee | Canada (CAN) | DNS | DNS |
| | Giorgio Rubino | Italy (ITA) | DNS | DNS |
