1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The Men's 50 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain was held on Wednesday August 25, 1999, with the start at 07:45h local time The first person to cross the finish line was Russian German Skurygin. Unlike the other DQ's listed for form violations (loss of contact or bent knee), his was announced two years later. He was disqualified for a doping violation, one of the first for a string of doping violations by athletes in the charge of his coach Viktor Chegin. Skurygin was removed from
2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk instead was invited to leave the course with a red paddle. Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: The race was started at 08:30. 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 August. From the gun, the three Chinese athletes made it clear they were going to make an effort to take this home race. The effort almost worked, as the group ultimately led by Olympic bronze medalist Wang Zhen held the lead until the