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

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
		1:17.22	April 28, 2002	Turku, Finland
		1:19.37	August 24, 1991	Tokyo, Japan
Broken records during the 2003 World Athletics Championships
		1:17.21	August 23, 2003	Paris, France
Event Record

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	385		19:29
2	366		19:35
3	1159		19:35
4	1164		19:36
5	935		19:36
10 KILOMETRES
1	385		38:38
2	366		39:10
3	1159		39:11
4	1181		39:11
5	935		39:11
15 KILOMETRES
1	385		58:03
2	366		58:19
3	1181		58:34
4	935		58:38
5	1159		58:39

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		1:17:21
		1:18:00
		1:18:07
4		1:18:14
5		1:19:35
6		1:19:40
7		1:19:46
8		1:20:14
9		1:20:15
10		1:20:24
11		1:20:34
12		1:20:38
13		1:20:44
14		1:21:12
15		1:21:18
16		1:21:23
17		1:22:07
18		1:22:25
19		1:22:43
20		1:24:22
21		1:24:45
22		1:25:15
23		1:25:41
24		1:26:48
25		1:27:27
26		1:27:41
27		1:30:17
28		1:30:53	NR
29		1:31:15
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See also

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Men's 20 kilometres walk
• 2003 Race Walking Year Ranking

References

• Results
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite