The Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

was held on August 28 on a loop course starting and finishing at

Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park National Debt Redemption Movement Memorial Park (), alternatively National Debt or Gukchae Park, is a park that is located in Jung District, Daegu, South Korea. Construction of the park began in March 1998 and was completed in December 1999. It ...

in the center of

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

. Forty-six men started the competition and 27 countries were represented.

Valeriy Borchin Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin (russian: Вале́рий Ви́кторович Бо́рчин; born 11 September 1986) is a race walker from Russia who won the 2008 Olympic gold medal and was World champion over the 20 km distance. His Worl ...

entered as the reigning world and 2008 Olympic champion. The athletes on the Chinese and Russian teams led the rankings that year: Wang Zhen and

Chu Yafei Chu Yafei, also known as Zhu Yafei, (born September 5, 1988 in Inner Mongolia) is a Chinese race walker. He has represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Career While undergoing his ...

were the top two, while Borchin, world record holder

Vladimir Kanaykin Vladimir Alekseevich Kanaykin (russian: Владимир Алексеевич Канайкин; born 21 March 1985) is a Russian race walker. Career He won the 2002 World Junior Championships in the 10 km race, took the silver medal at the ...

, and Sergey Morozov were in the top six. Wang Hao,

Eder Sánchez Heraclio Eder Sánchez Terán (born 21 May 1986 in Tlalnepantla de Baz, Estado de México) is a Mexican race walker. He has competed at the World Championships in Athletics five times (2005 to 2011) and represented his country at the 2008 Beij ...

and

Jared Tallent Jared Tallent OAM (born 17 October 1984) is an Australian race walker and Olympic gold medallist in the 50 km walk from London in 2012. He is a four-time Olympic medallist, three-time World Championship medallist and holds the current Ol ...

had also performed well that year, as had

Kim Hyun-sub Kim Hyun-sub (, or ; born May 31, 1985) is a male race walker from South Korea. He is the first South Korean person who obtained a medal at IAAF World Athletics Championships The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World ...

, who represented the host nation. Italian Giorgio Rubino and Japan's Yusuke Suzuki were the early leaders after 5 km. The two remained half a minute ahead at 10 km, but Rubino fell off the pace and was later disqualified for lifting both feet off the ground. Borchin and Wang Zhen made up ground on Suzuki and after 15 km Borchin progressively pulled away to win the race and defend his title. In the last 5 km Vladimir Kanaykin and

Luis Fernando López Luis Fernando López Julio (born 15 October 1964) is a Bolivian businessman, retired military officer, and politician who served as minister of defense from 2019 to 2020. Appointed in the tail end of the 2019 political crisis, López, along wi ...

finished quickly to came away with the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Wang Zhen held on for fourth, with

Stanislav Emelyanov Stanislav Valeryevich Emelyanov (russian: Станислав Валерьевич Емельянов; born 23 October 1990) is a former Russian race walker. Doping Bio passport ban IAAF announced 28 July 2014 that Emelyanov was sanctioned fo ...

fifth kKim Hyun-sub sixth.Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-28)
Men's 20Km Race Walk - Final - Borchin retains World title
. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-29. At the time, Borchin became only the third walker to win consecutive 20 km world titles, joining

Maurizio Damilano Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957 in Scarnafigi, Italy) is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 individual medals (22 also with team events), at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. Biography He was the 1980 Olympic ...

and

Jefferson Pérez Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired race walker. He specialized in the 20 km event, in which he won the first two medals his country achieved in the Olympic Games. He won the gold medal at the 199 ...

. Although his winning time was not especially quick, the race was undertaken in hot and humid conditions. On 20 January 2015, Borchin was suspended for eight years from 15 October 2012, with his results between 14 July 2009 and 15 October 2012 (including his 2009 and 2011 World Championship gold medals) being deleted from the records. On the same day, Kanaykin was suspended for life starting from 17 December 2012, with all of his results between 11 February 2011 to 17 December 2012 (including his 2011 world Championship silver medal) being deleted from the records. López was therefore declared the 2011 World Champion, with his gold medal being

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

's first ever medal in the history of the Championships, while Wang Zhen was promoted to silver. Stanislav Yemelyanov of Russia was originally promoted to the bronze medal, but he was suspended for eight years for a second doping offence from 7 April 2017, with all of his results from 2 June 2009 being deleted from the records (including these championships); this suspension was made indefinite on 2 June 2018. Accordingly, the

IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

informed the Korea Association of Athletics Federations (KAAF) that

Kim Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese f ...

would be awarded the bronze medal, South Korea's first ever at these Championships.

Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Final

References

External links

20 kilometres walk results
at IAAF website
20 kilometres race walk men result
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 kilometres walk Walk 20 Racewalking at the World Athletics Championships