IAAF World Championships
Olympic Stadium, Athina (GRE)
02–10 AUG 1997
OW
Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk
Final
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Daniel GARCÍA CORDOVA | 28 OCT 1971 | MEX | 1:21:43 |
| 2. | Mikhail SHCHENNIKOV | 24 DEC 1967 | RUS | 1:21:53 |
| 3. | Mikhayil KHMELNITSKIY | 24 JUL 1969 | BLR | 1:22:01 |
| 4. | Guohui YU | 30 APR 1977 | CHN | 1:22:57 |
| 5. | Zewen LI | 05 DEC 1973 | CHN | 1:23:03 |
| 6. | Yevgeniy MISYULYA | 13 MAR 1964 | BLR | 1:23:10 |
| 7. | Michele DIDONI | 07 MAR 1974 | ITA | 1:23:14 |
| 8. | Giovanni DE BENEDICTIS | 08 JAN 1968 | ITA | 1:23:33 |
| 9. | Hatem GHOULA | 07 JUN 1973 | TUN | 1:23:49 |
| 10. | Robert IHLY | 05 MAY 1963 | GER | 1:24:12 |
| 11. | Alessandro GANDELLINI | 30 APR 1973 | ITA | 1:24:24 |
| 12. | Igor KOLLÁR | 26 JUN 1965 | SVK | 1:24:37 |
| 13. | Jefferson PÉREZ | 01 JUL 1974 | ECU | 1:24:46 |
| 14. | Jacek MÜLLER | 03 NOV 1973 | POL | 1:24:47 |
| 15. | Joel SÁNCHEZ | 15 SEP 1966 | MEX | 1:24:48 |
| 16. | Denis LANGLOIS | 10 OCT 1968 | FRA | 1:25:27 |
| 17. | Omar ZEPEDA | 08 JUN 1977 | MEX | 1:25:38 |
| 18. | Nick A'HERN | 06 JAN 1969 | AUS | 1:25:46 |
| 19. | Artur MELESHKEVICH | 11 APR 1975 | BLR | 1:25:47 |
| 20. | Sérgio VIEIRA GALDINO | 07 MAY 1969 | BRA | 1:25:50 |
| 21. | Roberto OSCAL | 03 JUL 1974 | GUA | 1:26:20 |
| 22. | Marco GIUNGI | 30 OCT 1974 | ITA | 1:26:23 |
| 23. | Modris LIEPIŅŠ | 03 AUG 1966 | LAT | 1:26:24 |
| 24. | Jean-Olivier BROSSEAU | 23 JUN 1967 | FRA | 1:26:39 |
| 25. | Sándor URBANIK | 15 DEC 1964 | HUN | 1:26:50 |
| 26. | Gyula DUDÁS | 20 AUG 1966 | HUN | 1:27:17 |
| 27. | José URBANO | 01 MAR 1966 | POR | 1:27:25 |
| 28. | Miloš HOLUŠA | 02 MAY 1965 | CZE | 1:27:27 |
| 29. | Fedosei CIUMACENCO | 27 JAN 1973 | MDA | 1:28:51 |
| 30. | Luis GARCÍA | 13 SEP 1974 | GUA | 1:28:51 |
| 31. | Dion RUSSELL | 08 MAY 1975 | AUS | 1:30:49 |
| 32. | Róbert VALÍČEK | 10 MAR 1969 | SVK | 1:31:28 |
| 33. | Curt CLAUSEN | 09 OCT 1967 | USA | 1:32:05 |
| 34. | Valeriy BORISOV | 18 SEP 1966 | KAZ | 1:32:32 |
| 35. | Dimitrios ORFANOPOULOS | 09 MAY 1964 | GRE | 1:32:37 |
| 36. | Fernando VÁZQUEZ | 04 MAY 1971 | ESP | 1:32:44 |
| 37. | Chris BRITZ | 13 JAN 1963 | RSA | 1:34:02 |
| Thierry TOUTAIN | 14 FEB 1962 | FRA | DNF | |
| Scott NELSON | 10 OCT 1969 | NZL | DNF | |
| Claus JØRGENSEN | 15 MAR 1974 | DEN | DNF | |
| Aigars FADEJEVS | 27 DEC 1975 | LAT | DNF | |
| Vladimir ANDREYEV | 07 SEP 1966 | RUS | DNF | |
| - | Daniel PLAZA | 03 JUL 1966 | ESP | DQ |
| Jan STAAF | 11 FEB 1962 | SWE | DQ | |
| Andreas ERM | 12 MAR 1976 | GER | DQ | |
| Narinder Singh HARBANS | 03 MAY 1975 | MAS | DQ | |
| Julio MARTÍNEZ | 27 SEP 1973 | GUA | DQ | |
| Ilya MARKOV | 19 JUN 1972 | RUS | DQ | |
| Ramy AL DIEB | 14 JUN 1977 | PLE | DQ |