IAAF World Championships
Olympiastadion, Helsinki (FIN)
07–14 AUG 1983
OW
Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk
Final
| Place | Name | Birth Date | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ernesto CANTO | 18 OCT 1959 | MEX | 1:20:49 |
| 2. | Jozef PRIBILINEC | 06 JUL 1960 | TCH | 1:20:59 |
| 3. | Yevgeniy YEVSYUKOV | 02 JAN 1950 | URS | 1:21:08 |
| 4. | José MARÍN | 25 JAN 1950 | ESP | 1:21:21 |
| 5. | Gérard LELIÈVRE | 13 NOV 1949 | FRA | 1:21:37 |
| 6. | Pavol BLAŽEK | 09 JUL 1958 | TCH | 1:21:54 |
| 7. | Maurizio DAMILANO | 06 APR 1957 | ITA | 1:21:57 |
| 8. | Guillaume LEBLANC | 14 APR 1962 | CAN | 1:22:04 |
| 9. | Raúl GONZÁLEZ | 29 NOV 1952 | MEX | 1:22:06 |
| 10. | Roland WIESER | 06 MAY 1956 | GDR | 1:22:14 |
| 11. | Anatoliy GORSHKOV | 04 AUG 1958 | URS | 1:22:34 |
| 12. | Reima SALONEN | 19 OCT 1955 | FIN | 1:22:51 |
| 13. | Pyotr POCHENCHUK | 26 JUL 1954 | URS | 1:24:55 |
| 14. | Ralf KOWALSKY | 22 MAR 1962 | GDR | 1:25:13 |
| 15. | David SMITH | 24 JUL 1955 | AUS | 1:25:23 |
| 16. | Enrique VERA-IBÁÑEZ | 31 MAY 1954 | MEX | 1:25:27 |
| 17. | Alik BASRIEV | 23 DEC 1959 | BUL | 1:25:49 |
| 18. | Carlo MATTIOLI | 23 OCT 1954 | ITA | 1:25:53 |
| 19. | Jim HEIRING | 04 NOV 1955 | USA | 1:25:55 |
| 20. | Marcel JOBIN | 03 JAN 1942 | CAN | 1:26:13 |
| 21. | Erling ANDERSEN | 22 SEP 1960 | NOR | 1:26:39 |
| 22. | Michael BONKE | 14 JUL 1957 | GDR | 1:26:57 |
| 23. | José PINTO | 19 JUN 1956 | POR | 1:27:10 |
| 24. | Alessandro PEZZATINI | 25 AUG 1957 | ITA | 1:27:15 |
| 25. | Philip VESTY | 05 JAN 1963 | GBR | 1:27:20 |
| 26. | Martial FESSELIER | 09 OCT 1961 | FRA | 1:27:39 |
| 27. | Roman MRÁZEK | 21 JAN 1962 | TCH | 1:27:46 |
| 28. | Jorge LLOPART | 05 MAY 1952 | ESP | 1:27:49 |
| 29. | Simon BAKER | 06 FEB 1958 | AUS | 1:28:09 |
| 30. | Willi SAWALL | 07 NOV 1941 | AUS | 1:28:16 |
| 31. | Per RASMUSSEN | 1958 | SWE | 1:28:51 |
| 32. | Matti KATILA | 1945 | FIN | 1:29:14 |
| 33. | Lars-Ove MOEN | 15 NOV 1959 | NOR | 1:29:16 |
| 34. | Francisco BOTONERO | 08 NOV 1963 | ESP | 1:29:42 |
| 35. | Abdelwahib FERGUENE | 18 NOV 1958 | ALG | 1:29:53 |
| 36. | Tim LEWIS | 10 NOV 1962 | USA | 1:30:10 |
| 37. | Roger MILLS | 11 FEB 1948 | GBR | 1:30:25 |
| 38. | Shemisu HASSAN | 1968 | ETH | 1:30:36 |
| 39. | Kevin TAYLOR | 1950 | NZL | 1:30:38 |
| 40. | Guangxing LI | 1957 | CHN | 1:31:02 |
| 41. | Ian MCCOMBIE | 11 JAN 1961 | GBR | 1:31:14 |
| 42. | Siri Chand RAM | 26 JAN 1958 | IND | 1:31:32 |
| 43. | Shaohong JIANG | 1960 | CHN | 1:31:43 |
| 44. | Petri MÄKELÄ | 09 NOV 1961 | FIN | 1:32:21 |
| 45. | Benamar KECHKOUCHE | 18 APR 1951 | ALG | 1:32:33 |
| 46. | Takehiro SONOHARA | 09 NOV 1962 | JPN | 1:33:45 |
| 47. | Sergio GUTIERREZ | 07 JUL 1961 | CRC | 1:33:59 |
| 48. | Jos MARTENS | 14 JUN 1964 | BEL | 1:34:39 |
| 49. | Santiago FONSECA | 30 DEC 1953 | HON | 1:35:07 |
| 50. | Shane DONELLY | 1956 | NZL | 1:35:21 |
| 51. | Osvaldo MOREJÓN | 11 DEC 1959 | BOL | 1:36:37 |
| 52. | Per NIELSEN | 1959 | DEN | 1:38:52 |
| 53. | Stefano CASALI | 15 OCT 1962 | SMR | 1:39:41 |
| 54. | Nadarajan RENGASAMY | 1950 | SGP | 1:51:35 |
| 55. | Uaongo AREAI | 1962 | COK | 2:05:13 |
| Fuxin ZHANG | 01 SEP 1961 | CHN | DNS | |
| Francois LAPOINTE | 23 AUG 1961 | CAN | DNF | |
| Keith OLSTHOOM | 1960 | NZL | DNF | |
| Jan STAAF | 11 FEB 1962 | SWE | DNS | |
| Marco EVONIUK | 30 SEP 1957 | USA | DNF | |
| Burhan VURGUN | 1954 | TUR | DQ | |
| Bo GUSTAFSSON | 29 SEP 1954 | SWE | DQ |