# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held on a 1 kilometer loop course on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. adjacent to Autzen Stadium in Eugene on 15 July 2022.

## Summary

David Kenny broke from the start to take the early lead. After a couple hundred metres in the spotlight, Toshikazu Yamanishi went by en route to a 3:55 first kilometer. With a 4 second lead, Yamanishi saw nobody was willing to go with him. He remained in the lead for three laps before easing off the accelerator. Perseus Karlström was next to take the point with a pack of 22 staying close together. On the eighth lap, César Rodríguez asserted himself into the lead, then Yamanishi took over. Just after the halfway mark, Yamanishi dropped a 3:51 lap and continued the pressure, the pack dwindled to 9, then 7 as the third 5K was covered in 19:24. Karlström again pushed to the front but couldn't hold the lead, falling off the pace. With four laps to go, it was down to three leaders, Yamanishi, his encouraging teammate Koki Ikeda and Kenyan Samuel Gathimba. With two to go, Ikeda edged ahead but that was temporary. Yamanishi edged back ahead, the on his final lap dropped a 3:41 to separate from his teammate Ikeda. With his final lap, Karlström matched the 3:41 to come back and pass Gathimba for the bronze.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) | 1:16:36 | Nomi, Japan | 15 March 2015 |
| Championship record | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:17:21 | Saint-Denis, France | 23 August 2003 |
| World Leading | Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) | 1:17:47 | Sochi, Russia | 31 January 2022 |
| African Record | Samuel Gathimba (KEN) | 1:18:23 | Nairobi, Kenya | 18 June 2021 |
| Asian Record | Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) | 1:16:36 | Nomi, Japan | 15 March 2015 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Julio Martínez (GUA) | 1:17:46 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 8 May 1999 |
| South American Record | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:17:21 | Saint-Denis, France | 23 August 2003 |
| European Record | Yohann Diniz (FRA) | 1:17:02 | Arles, France | 8 March 2015 |
| Oceanian record | Nathan Deakes (AUS) | 1:17:33 | Cixi, China | 23 April 2005 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:21:00.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 15 July | 15:10 | Final |

## Results

The race was started on 15 July at 15:09.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Toshikazu Yamanishi | Japan (JPN) | 1:19:07 | SB |
| | Koki Ikeda | Japan (JPN) | 1:19:14 | |
| | Perseus Karlström | Sweden (SWE) | 1:19:18 | SB |
| 4 | Samuel Gathimba | Kenya (KEN) | 1:19:25 | SB |
| 5 | Brian Pintado | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:19:34 | PB |
| 6 | Caio Bonfim | Brazil (BRA) | 1:19.51 | |
| 7 | Álvaro Martín | Spain (ESP) | 1:20:19 | |
| 8 | Hiroto Jusho | Japan (JPN) | 1:20:39 | |
| 9 | Alberto Amezcua | Spain (ESP) | 1:20:44 | |
| 10 | César Rodríguez | Peru (PER) | 1:20:59 | |
| 11 | David Hurtado | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:21:11 | |
| 12 | Wayne Snyman | South Africa (RSA) | 1:21:23 | |
| 13 | Wang Kaihua | China (CHN) | 1:21:41 | SB |
| 14 | Cui Lihong | China (CHN) | 1:22:17 | |
| 15 | Francesco Fortunato | Italy (ITA) | 1:22:50 | |
| 16 | Diego García | Spain (ESP) | 1:23:21 | |
| 17 | Declan Tingay | Australia (AUS) | 1:23:28 | |
| 18 | Andrés Olivas | Mexico (MEX) | 1:23:26 | |
| 19 | Rhydian Cowley | Australia (AUS) | 1:23:37 | |
| 20 | Aleksi Ojala | Finland (FIN) | 1:23:40 | |
| 21 | José Ortiz | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:23:48 | |
| 22 | Éider Arévalo | Colombia (COL) | 1:24:32 | |
| 23 | Jordy Jiménez | Ecuador (ECU) | 1:24:35 | |
| 24 | Zhang Jun | China (CHN) | 1:24:35 | |
| 25 | Julio César Salazar | Mexico (MEX) | 1:25:16 | |
| 26 | Miroslav Úradník | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:25:40 | |
| 27 | José Oswaldo Calel | Guatemala (GUA) | 1:26:24 | |
| 28 | Georgiy Sheiko | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1:26:40 | |
| 29 | Eiki Takahashi | Japan (JPN) | 1:26:46 | |
| 30 | Matheus Corrêa | Brazil (BRA) | 1:27:31 | |
| 31 | Nick Christie | United States (USA) | 1:28:28 | |
| 32 | Gianluca Picchiottino | Italy (ITA) | 1:28:33 | |
| 33 | Kyle Swan | Australia (AUS) | 1:28:43 | |
| 34 | Choe Byeong-kwang | South Korea (KOR) | 1:28:56 | |
| 35 | Quentin Rew | New Zealand (NZL) | 1:29:19 | |
| 36 | Lucas Mazzo | Brazil (BRA) | 1:29:32 | |
| 37 | Dominik Černý | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:29:41 | |
| 38 | Juan Manuel Cano | Argentina (ARG) | 1:29:47 | |
| 39 | David Kenny | Ireland (IRL) | 1:31:23 | |
| 40 | Sandeep Kumar | India (IND) | 1:31:58 | |
| 41 | Luis Henry Campos | Peru (PER) | 1:34:02 | |
| 42 | Jesús Calderón | Mexico (MEX) | 1:35:43 | |
| 43 | Dan Nehnevaj | United States (USA) | 1:43:07 | |
| | Christopher Linke | Germany (GER) | DNF | DNF |
| | José Alejandro Barrondo | Guatemala (GUA) | DQ | DQ |