# Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 1:23:00 (A standard) and 1:24:30 (B standard).

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Sergey Morozov (RUS) | 1:16:43 | Saransk, Russia | 8 June 2008 |
| Olympic record | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 1:18:59 | Sydney, Australia | 22 September 2000 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Valeriy Borchin | Russia | 1:19:01 | |
| | Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador | 1:19:15 | SB |
| | Jared Tallent | Australia | 1:19:42 | |
| 4 | Wang Hao | China | 1:19:47 | PB |
| 5 | Ivano Brugnetti | Italy | 1:19:51 | SB |
| 6 | Luke Adams | Australia | 1:19:57 | |
| 7 | Paquillo Fernández | Spain | 1:20:32 | |
| 8 | Robert Heffernan | Ireland | 1:20:36 | |
| 9 | Luis Fernando López | Colombia | 1:20:59 | SB |
| 10 | Chu Yafei | China | 1:21:17 | |
| 11 | Yuki Yamazaki | Japan | 1:21:18 | SB |
| 12 | Juan Manuel Molina | Spain | 1:21:25 | |
| 13 | Benjamin Sánchez | Spain | 1:21:38 | |
| 14 | José Alessandro Bagio | Brazil | 1:21:43 | SB |
| 15 | Eder Sánchez | Mexico | 1:21:53 | |
| 16 | Koichiro Morioka | Japan | 1:21:57 | |
| 17 | Ilya Markov | Russia | 1:22:02 | |
| 18 | Giorgio Rubino | Italy | 1:22:11 | |
| 19 | David Kimutai | Kenya | 1:22:21 | SB |
| 20 | Rolando Saquipay | Ecuador | 1:22:32 | |
| 21 | Erik Tysse | Norway | 1:22:43 | |
| 22 | Ivan Trotski | Belarus | 1:22:55 | |
| 23 | Kim Hyun-Sub | South Korea | 1:22:57 | |
| 24 | Andriy Kovenko | Ukraine | 1:22:59 | |
| 25 | André Höhne | Germany | 1:23:13 | |
| 26 | Matej Tóth | Slovakia | 1:23:17 | |
| 27 | Hatem Ghoula | Tunisia | 1:23:44 | |
| 28 | Dzianis Simanovich | Belarus | 1:23:53 | |
| 29 | Rafał Augustyn | Poland | 1:24:25 | |
| 30 | Dong Jimin | China | 1:24:34 | |
| 31 | James Rendón | Colombia | 1:24:41 | |
| 32 | João Vieira | Portugal | 1:25:05 | |
| 33 | Park Chil-Sung | South Korea | 1:25:07 | |
| 34 | Hassanine Sebei | Tunisia | 1:25:23 | |
| 35 | Marius Žiukas | Lithuania | 1:25:36 | |
| 36 | David Mejia | Mexico | 1:26:45 | |
| 37 | Jean-Jacques Nkouloukidi | Italy | 1:26:53 | |
| 38 | Andrés Chocho | Ecuador | 1:27:09 | |
| 39 | Allan Segura | Costa Rica | 1:27:10 | |
| 40 | Juan Manuel Cano | Argentina | 1:27:17 | |
| 41 | Predrag Filipovic | Serbia | 1:28:15 | |
| 42 | Rustam Kuvatov | Kazakhstan | 1:28:25 | |
| 43 | Kevin Eastler | United States | 1:28:44 | |
| 44 | Siarhei Charnou | Belarus | 1:29:38 | |
| 45 | Sérgio Vieira | Portugal | 1:29:51 | |
| 46 | Jakub Jelonek | Poland | 1:30:37 | |
| 47 | Fedosei Ciumacenco | Moldova | 1:31:37 | |
| 48 | Mohamed Ameur | Algeria | 1:32:21 | |
| 49 | Recep Çelik | Turkey | 1:32:54 | |
| | Chris Erickson | Australia | DQ | |
| | Takayuki Tanii | Japan | DQ | |
PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best

### Intermediates

| Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
| 4 km | 1. Rustam Kuvatov | Kazakhstan | 16:20 |
| 4 km | 2. Paquillo Fernández | Spain | +0:03 |
| 4 km | 3. Ivano Brugnetti | Italy | s.t. |
| 4 km | 4. Luke Adams | Australia | s.t. |
| 4 km | 5. Luis Fernando López | Colombia | s.t. |
| 8 km | 1. Ivano Brugnetti | Italy | 32:38 |
| 8 km | 2. Paquillo Fernández | Spain | +0:01 |
| 8 km | 3. Luke Adams | Australia | s.t. |
| 8 km | 4. Yafei Chu | China | s.t. |
| 8 km | 5. Eder Sánchez | Mexico | s.t. |
| 12 km | 1. Ivano Brugnetti | Italy | 48:36 |
| 12 km | 2. Paquillo Fernández | Spain | s.t. |
| 12 km | 3. Luis Fernando López | Colombia | +0:01 |
| 12 km | 4. Robert Heffernan | Ireland | s.t. |
| 12 km | 5. Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador | s.t. |
| 16 km | 1. Valeriy Borchin | Russia | 1:04:05 |
| 16 km | 2. Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador | s.t. |
| 16 km | 3. Jared Tallent | Australia | +0:02 |
| 16 km | 4. Ivano Brugnetti | Italy | +0:03 |
| 16 km | 5. Paquillo Fernández | Spain | +0:07 |
s.t. - same time.