2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometre walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 21, 2009, on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The event started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate.
Prior to the competition, previous winners did not appear to be medal prospects: the defending world champion Nathan Deakes missed the competition due to injury, and the reigning Olympic champion Alex Schwazer had failed to finish his sole 50 km race of the season. Frenchman Yohann Diniz, as the European Champion, was expected to perform well. The Russian team of world record holder Denis Nizhegorodov, Yuriy Andronov and former world champion Sergey Kirdyapkin appeared to be the strongest. Norwegians Erik Tysse and Trond Nymark were possible medallists as were Jesús Ángel García and Jared Tallent. Zhao Chengliang, Li Lei, and Xu Faguang were suggested as candidates to win the Chinese team's first medal of the championships.[1]
The final began in wet conditions, but
The
On January 15, 2015, Kirdyapkin's results were disqualified for
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Trond Nymark Norway (NOR) |
(ESP) | Grzegorz Sudoł Poland (POL) |
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS | did not start |
NM | no mark |
WR | world record |
WL | world leading |
AR | area record |
NR | national record |
PB | personal best |
SB | season best |
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World record | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | 3:34:14 | Cheboksary, Russia | 11 May 2008 |
Championship record
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Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 3:36:03 | Paris, France | 27 August 2003 |
World leading | Yohann Diniz (FRA) | 3:38:45 | Dudince, Slovakia | 28 March 2009 |
African record | Hatem Ghoula (TUN) | 3:58:44 | Santa Eulària des Riu, Spain | 4 March 2007 |
Asian record | Yu Chaohong (CHN) | 3:36:06 | Nanjing, China | 22 October 2005 |
North American record | Raúl González (MEX) | 3:41:20 | Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia | 11 June 1978 |
South American record | Xavier Moreno (ECU) | 3:52:07 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 28 July 2007 |
European record | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | 3:34:14 | Cheboksary, Russia | 11 May 2008 |
Oceanian record | Nathan Deakes (AUS) | 3:35:47 | Geelong , Australia
|
2 December 2006 |
No new records was set during this competition.
Qualification standards
Standard A | Standard B |
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3:58:00 | 4:09:00 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
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August 21, 2009 | 09:10 | Final |
Results
Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified, NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)
References
- General
- 50 km race walk results. IAAF
- Specific
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.
- ^ "Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика" (in Russian). Russian Anti-Doping Agency. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ Coldwell, Ben (8 June 2016). "Cheated athletes to receive world gold medal ceremony at European Championships". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 March 2020.