# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The Men's 20 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain was held on Saturday 21 August 1999, with the start at 18:45h local time.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ilya Markov Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Jefferson Pérez Ecuador (ECU) |
| Bronze | Daniel García Mexico (MEX) |

## 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 1999 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Julio René Martínez (GUA) | 1:17.46 | May 8, 1999 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany |
| Event Record | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 1:19.37 | August 24, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan |

## Intermediates

| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
| 5 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1244 | Ilya Markov (RUS) | 21:10 |
| 2 | 1246 | Roman Rasskazov (RUS) | 21:10 |
| 3 | 674 | Julio René Martínez (GUA) | 21:10 |
| 4 | 996 | Daniel García (MEX) | 21:11 |
| 5 | 482 | Denis Langlois (FRA) | 21:11 |
| 10 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1244 | Ilya Markov (RUS) | 42:51 |
| 2 | 674 | Julio René Martínez (GUA) | 42:51 |
| 3 | 130 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | 42:51 |
| 4 | 780 | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) | 42:52 |
| 5 | 367 b | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 42:52 |
| 15 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 780 | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) | 1:03:44 |
| 2 | 1244 | Ilya Markov (RUS) | 1:03:44 |
| 3 | 996 | Daniel García (MEX) | 1:03:44 |
| 4 | 1348 | Igor Kollár (SVK) | 1:03:45 |
| 5 | 239 | Li Zewen (CHN) | 1:03:45 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Ilya Markov (RUS) | 1:23:34 | |
| | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:24:19 | |
| | Daniel García (MEX) | 1:24:31 | |
| 4 | Li Zewen (CHN) | 1:24:43 | |
| 5 | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) | 1:24:51 | |
| 6 | Igor Kollár (SVK) | 1:25:15 | |
| 7 | Nathan Deakes (AUS) | 1:25:26 | |
| 8 | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) | 1:25:33 | |
| 9 | Ivan Trotski (BLR) | 1:25:54 | |
| 10 | Michele Didoni (ITA) | 1:26:00 | SB |
| 11 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | 1:26:08 | |
| 12 | Alejandro López (ESP) | 1:26:17 | |
| 13 | Denis Langlois (FRA) | 1:26:25 | |
| 14 | Yu Guohui (CHN) | 1:26:51 | |
| 15 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 1:27:23 | |
| 16 | Hatem Ghoula (TUN) | 1:28:36 | |
| 17 | Daisuke Ikeshima (JPN) | 1:29:03 | |
| 18 | Mikel Odriozola (ESP) | 1:29:03 | |
| 19 | Augusto Cardoso (POR) | 1:29:33 | |
| 20 | Liu Yunfeng (CHN) | 1:31:26 | |
| 21 | Valeriy Borisov (KAZ) | 1:31:38 | |
| 22 | Fedosei Ciumacenco (MDA) | 1:32:08 | |
| 23 | Claus Jørgensen (DEN) | 1:34:47 | |
| 24 | Timothy Seaman (USA) | 1:35:58 | |
| 25 | José Urbano (POR) | 1:37:50 | |
| 26 | Nick A'Hern (AUS) | 1:38:08 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR) | DNF | |
| — | Bernardo Segura (MEX) | DNF | |
| — | Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | DNF | |
| — | Luis Fernando García (GUA) | DNF | |
| — | Andreas Erm (GER) | DNF | |
| — | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | DNF | |
| — | Roman Rasskazov (RUS) | DNF | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | João Vieira (POR) | DSQ | |
| — | Arturo Huerta (CAN) | DSQ | |
| — | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | DSQ | |
| — | Róbert Valíček (SVK) | DSQ | |
| — | Birger Fält (SWE) | DSQ | |
| — | Julio René Martínez (GUA) | DSQ | |