2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.

The event saw some controversy as Paquillo Fernández, who finished second after overtaking Hatem Ghoula in the final straight, was disqualified after the race for lifting. However, following an appeal by the Spanish team the same day, video evidence was examined and Fernández was found to have walked in compliance with the rules. He was thus re-awarded the silver medal.

Jefferson Pérez became the first race walker to win three World Championship gold medals. Also, Fernández won his third consecutive silver medal. Hatem Ghoula became the first African race walker to win a World Championship medal.

## Medallists

| Gold | Jefferson Pérez Ecuador (ECU) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Paquillo Fernández Spain (ESP) |
| Bronze | Hatem Ghoula Tunisia (TUN) |

## 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 2007 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 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:22:20 | |
| | Paquillo Fernández | Spain (ESP) | 1:22:40 | |
| | Hatem Ghoula | Tunisia (TUN) | 1:22:40 | |
| 4 | Eder Sánchez | Mexico (MEX) | 1:23:36 | |
| 5 | Giorgio Rubino | Italy (ITA) | 1:23:39 | |
| 6 | Robert Heffernan | Ireland (IRL) | 1:23:42 | |
| 7 | Luke Adams | Australia (AUS) | 1:23:52 | |
| 8 | Erik Tysse | Norway (NOR) | 1:24:10 | |
| 9 | Ilya Markov | Russia (RUS) | 1:24:35 | |
| 10 | Alex Schwazer | Italy (ITA) | 1:24:39 | SB |
| 11 | Koichiro Morioka | Japan (JPN) | 1:24:46 | |
| 12 | Rolando Saquipay | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:25:03 | |
| 13 | Li Gaobo | China (CHN) | 1:25:30 | |
| 14 | Matej Tóth | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:25:57 | |
| 15 | Park Chil-Sung | South Korea (KOR) | 1:26:08 | |
| 16 | Juan Manuel Molina | Spain (ESP) | 1:26:26 | |
| 17 | Benjamin Kuciński | Poland (POL) | 1:26:43 | |
| 18 | Andriy Kovenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:26:44 | |
| 19 | Akihiro Sugimoto | Japan (JPN) | 1:26:45 | |
| 20 | Kim Hyun-sup | South Korea (KOR) | 1:26:51 | |
| 21 | Takayuki Tanii | Japan (JPN) | 1:26:53 | |
| 22 | Luis Fernando López | Colombia (COL) | 1:27:22 | |
| 23 | Benjamin Sánchez | Mexico (MEX) | 1:27:29 | |
| 24 | Hassanine Sebei | Tunisia (TUN) | 1:27:35 | |
| 25 | João Vieira | Portugal (POR) | 1:27:44 | |
| 26 | Rafał Augustyn | Poland (POL) | 1:27:54 | |
| 27 | Ivan Trotski | Belarus (BLR) | 1:27:56 | |
| 28 | Kevin Eastler | United States (USA) | 1:28:29 | |
| 29 | Han Yucheng | China (CHN) | 1:31:58 | |
| 30 | Dong Jimin | China (CHN) | 1:32:03 | |
| 31 | Timothy Seaman | United States (USA) | 1:33:58 | |
| 32 | Predrag Filipović | Serbia (SRB) | 1:35:51 | |
| — | Jared Tallent | Australia (AUS) | DQ | |
| — | Gabriel Ortiz | Mexico (MEX) | DQ | |
| — | Andrés Chocho | Ecuador (ECU) | DQ | |
| — | Ivano Brugnetti | Italy (ITA) | DQ | |
| — | Daniel García | Mexico (MEX) | DQ | |
| — | Igor Erokhin | Russia (RUS) | DQ | |
| — | Gustavo Restrepo | Colombia (COL) | DQ | |
| — | Valeriy Borchin | Russia (RUS) | DNF | |
| — | Sérgio Vieira | Portugal (POR) | DNF | |
| — | André Höhne | Germany (GER) | DNF | |
