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
2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk event. 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk The Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 17 July. 17 July 2011 / 8:00 Intermediate times:<br> 2km: 8:53 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 4km: 17:25 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 6km: 26:02 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 8km: 34:25 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 10km: 42:54 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 12km: 51:27 Máté Helebrandt <br> 14km: 59:57 Máté Helebrandt <br> 16km: 1:08:15 Petr Bogatyrev <br> 18km: 1:16:18 Petr Bogatyrev <br> According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in