# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The Men's 20 km Walk at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France was held on 23 August 2003, with the start at 08.30h local time.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jefferson Pérez Ecuador (ECU) |
| Silver | Paquillo Fernández Spain (ESP) |
| Bronze | Roman Rasskazov Russia (RUS) |

## 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 |
| | personal best |
| | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 1:17.22 | April 28, 2002 | Turku, Finland |
| Event Record | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:19.37 | August 24, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Broken records during the 2003 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 | 385 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 19:29 |
| 2 | 366 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 19:35 |
| 3 | 1159 | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | 19:35 |
| 4 | 1164 | Viktor Burayev (RUS) | 19:36 |
| 5 | 935 | Noé Hernández (MEX) | 19:36 |
| 10 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 385 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 38:38 |
| 2 | 366 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 39:10 |
| 3 | 1159 | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | 39:11 |
| 4 | 1181 | Roman Rasskazov (RUS) | 39:11 |
| 5 | 935 | Noé Hernández (MEX) | 39:11 |
| 15 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 385 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 58:03 |
| 2 | 366 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 58:19 |
| 3 | 1181 | Roman Rasskazov (RUS) | 58:34 |
| 4 | 935 | Noé Hernández (MEX) | 58:38 |
| 5 | 1159 | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | 58:39 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:17:21 | |
| | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 1:18:00 | |
| | Roman Rasskazov (RUS) | 1:18:07 | |
| 4 | Noé Hernández (MEX) | 1:18:14 | |
| 5 | Luke Adams (AUS) | 1:19:35 | |
| 6 | Ivan Trotski (BLR) | 1:19:40 | |
| 7 | David Márquez (ESP) | 1:19:46 | |
| 8 | Ilya Markov (RUS) | 1:20:14 | |
| 9 | José David Dominguez (ESP) | 1:20:15 | |
| 10 | Alejandro López (MEX) | 1:20:24 | |
| 11 | Lorenzo Civallero (ITA) | 1:20:34 | |
| 12 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | 1:20:38 | |
| 13 | André Höhne (GER) | 1:20:44 | |
| 14 | Hatem Ghoula (TUN) | 1:21:12 | |
| 15 | Yu Chaohong (CHN) | 1:21:18 | |
| 16 | Michele Didoni (ITA) | 1:21:23 | |
| 17 | João Vieira (POR) | 1:22:07 | |
| 18 | Kevin Eastler (USA) | 1:22:25 | |
| 19 | Erik Tysse (NOR) | 1:22:43 | |
| 20 | Akinori Matsuzaki (JPN) | 1:24:22 | |
| 21 | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) | 1:24:45 | |
| 22 | Predrag Filipović (SCG) | 1:25:15 | |
| 23 | Xu Xingde (CHN) | 1:25:41 | |
| 24 | Sérgio Galdino (BRA) | 1:26:48 | |
| 25 | Feodosiy Chumachenko (MDA) | 1:27:27 | |
| 26 | Benjamin Kuciński (POL) | 1:27:41 | |
| 27 | Jiří Malysa (CZE) | 1:30:17 | |
| 28 | Allan Segura (CRC) | 1:30:53 | NR |
| 29 | Ronald Huayta (BOL) | 1:31:15 | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Toshihito Fujinohara (JPN) | DSQ | |
| — | Eiichi Yoshizawa (JPN) | DSQ | |
| — | Julius Sawe (KEN) | DSQ | |
| — | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | DSQ | |
| — | Valeriy Borisov (KAZ) | DSQ | |
| — | Bernardo Segura (MEX) | DSQ | |
| — | Julio René Martínez (GUA) | DSQ |
| — | Lee Dae-Ro (KOR) | DSQ | |
| — | Viktor Burayev (RUS) | DSQ | |