# 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.
The winning margin was 61 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 20 km walk was won by more than 45 seconds at these championships.

## 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 | |