2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk 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
2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk his arm to wave good bye. But Chen couldn't catch Ivanov, who took a ten-second victory in front of cheering Russian fans. One walker gave a positive test at the competition: second last finisher Ebrahim Rahimian of Iran had used erythropoietin. Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: The race was started at 17:00. 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 11 August. The first leader was Takumi Saito who set the pace