2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The Men's 20 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 18:40h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jefferson Pérez Ecuador (ECU) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Paquillo Fernández Spain (ESP) |
| Bronze | Juan Manuel Molina Spain (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 2005 World Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:17.21 | August 23, 2003 | Paris, France |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:17.21 | August 23, 2003 | Paris, France |

## Intermediates

| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 227 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 19:47 |
| 2 | 156 | Yu Chaohong (CHN) | 19:47 |
| 3 | 158 | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) | 19:47 |
| 4 | 832 | Vladimir Stankin (RUS) | 19:47 |
| 5 | 459 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 19:47 |
| 10 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 227 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 39:31 |
| 2 | 459 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 39:32 |
| 3 | 158 | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) | 39:32 |
| 4 | 818 | Ilya Markov (RUS) | 39:32 |
| 5 | 210 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 39:32 |
| 15 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 227 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 59:10 |
| 2 | 210 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 59:10 |
| 3 | 212 | Rolando Saquipay (ECU) | 59:22 |
| 4 | 240 | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) | 59:23 |
| 5 | 158 | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) | 59:29 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:18:35 | SB |
| | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 1:19:36 | |
| | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) | 1:19:44 | PB |
| 4 | André Höhne (GER) | 1:20:00 | PB |
| 5 | Hatem Ghoula (TUN) | 1:20:19 | SB |
| 6 | Vladimir Stankin (RUS) | 1:20:25 | |
| 7 | Benjamin Kuciński (POL) | 1:20:34 | |
| 8 | Eder Sánchez (MEX) | 1:20:45 | |
| 9 | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) | 1:21:01 | |
| 10 | Luke Adams (AUS) | 1:21:43 | |
| 11 | Andriy Yurin (UKR) | 1:22:15 | |
| 12 | Luis Fernando López (COL) | 1:22:28 | |
| 13 | Erik Tysse (NOR) | 1:22:45 | |
| 14 | Lorenzo Civallero (ITA) | 1:22:52 | SB |
| 15 | Sérgio Galdino (BRA) | 1:23:03 | |
| 16 | Shin Il-Yong (KOR) | 1:23:10 | |
| 17 | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | 1:23:12 | |
| 18 | Jared Tallent (AUS) | 1:23:42 | |
| 19 | Silviu Casandra (ROM) | 1:23:46 | |
| 20 | Andrei Talashko (BLR) | 1:23:52 | |
| 21 | Matej Tóth (SVK) | 1:23:55 | |
| 22 | José Ignacio Díaz (ESP) | 1:24:00 | |
| 23 | Takayuki Tanii (JPN) | 1:24:17 | |
| 24 | Kamil Kalka (POL) | 1:25:02 | |
| 25 | Akihiro Sugimoto (JPN) | 1:25:28 | |
| 26 | Rafał Dyś (POL) | 1:26:35 | |
| 27 | Edwin Centeno (PER) | 1:26:45 | |
| 28 | Liu Yunfeng (CHN) | 1:26:54 | |
| 29 | Koichiro Morioka (JPN) | 1:27:08 | |
| 30 | John Nunn (USA) | 1:27:10 | SB |
| 31 | Timothy Seaman (USA) | 1:29:58 | |
| 32 | Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) | 1:30:10 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | DNF | |
| — | Viktor Burayev (RUS) | DNF | |
| — | João Vieira (POR) | DNF | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Ilya Markov (RUS) | DSQ | |
| — | Bernardo Segura (MEX) | DSQ | |
| — | Ivan Trotski (BLR) | DSQ | |
| — | Yu Chaohong (CHN) | DSQ | |
| — | Cristian Berdeja (MEX) | DSQ | |
| — | Robert Heffernan (IRL) | DSQ | |
| — | Walter Sandoval (ESA) | DSQ | |
| — | Rolando Saquipay (ECU) | DSQ | |
