Jefferson is pictured above about to cross the line to win gold in the 20km Walk at the 2005
World Championships in Helsinki. His time of 1: 18.35 was a seasons best and comfortably
won him the gold ahead of Spain's Francisco Fernandez. Indeed, the difference of 1min 1sec
was the biggest winning margin since the 20km Walk was introduced to the
World Championships in 1987.
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20km. Marcha {Hombres}
2005 Atletismo Campeonato del Mundo.
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1. Jefferson PEREZ |
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ECU |
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1: 18: 35 |
2. Francisco J FERNANDEZ |
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ESP |
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1: 19: 36 |
3. Juan MOLINA |
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ESP |
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1: 19: 00 |
4. Andre HOEHNE |
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GER |
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1: 20: 14 |
5. Hatem GHOULA |
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TUN |
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1: 20: 19 |
6. Vladimir STANKIN |
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RUS |
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1: 20: 25 |
7. Benjamin KUCINSKI |
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POL |
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1: 20: 34 |
8. Eder SANCHEZ |
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MEX |
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1: 20: 45 |
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Jefferson Perez salutes his victory at the 2003 World Championship where he won the 20km Walk Gold
medal for Ecuador. Photo George Herringshaw. ©
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20km. Marcha {Hombres}
2003 Atletismo Campeonato del Mundo.
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1. Jefferson PEREZ |
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ECU |
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1: 17: 21 |
2. Francisco J FERNANDEZ |
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ESP |
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1: 18: 00 |
3. Roman RASSKAZOV |
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RUS |
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1: 18: 07 |
4. Noe HERNANDEZ |
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MEX |
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1: 18: 14 |
5. Luke ADAMS |
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AUS |
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1: 19: 35 |
6. Ivan TROTSKIY |
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BLR |
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1: 19: 40 |
7. David MARQUEZ |
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ESP |
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1: 19: 46 |
8. Ilya MARKOV |
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RUS |
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1: 20: 14 |

Jefferson Perez takes the Gold Medal for Ecuador at the 1996 Olympic Games in Barcelona
in the 20km Race Walk- twelve years later in 2008 he won the silver medal at the Beijing Games.
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Men's 20km. Walk Final
Olympic Games 1996
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1. Jefferson PEREZ |
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ECU |
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1: 20: 07 |
2. Ilya Markov |
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RUS |
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1: 20: 16 |
3. Bernardo Segura |
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MEX |
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1: 20: 23 |
4. Nick A'Hern |
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AUS |
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1: 20: 31 |
5. Rishat Shafikov |
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RUS |
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1: 20: 41 |
6. Aigars Fadejevs |
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LAT |
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1: 20: 47 |
7. Mikhail Shchennikov |
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RUS |
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1: 21: 09 |
8. Robert Korzeniowski |
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POL |
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1: 21: 13 |
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Men's 20km. Road Walk
World Athletics Championships 1999
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1. Ilya MARKOV |
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RUS |
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1: 23: 34 |
2. Jefferson PEREZ |
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ECU |
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1: 24: 19 |
3. Daniel GARCIA |
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MEX |
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1: 24: 31 |
4. Zewen LI |
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CHN |
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1: 24: 43 |
5. Alessandro GANDELLINI |
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ITA |
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1: 24: 51 |
6. Igor KOLLAR |
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SVK |
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1: 25: 15 |
7. Nathan DEAKES |
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AUS |
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1: 25: 26 |
8. Giovanni DE BENEDICTIS |
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ITA |
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1: 25: 33 |
ANNUAL PROGRESS.
2008 1:19:15 Beijing 16 AUG
2007 1:21:14 Shenzhen 24 MAR
2006 1:19:08 La Coruña 13 MAY
2005 1:18:35 Helsinki 06 AUG
2004 1:18:42 Naumburg 02 MAY
2003 1:17:21 Paris Saint-Denis 23 AUG (personal best)
2002 1:19:08 Eisenhüttenstadt 02 JUN
2001 1:22:20 Edmonton 04 AUG
2000 1:20:18 Sydney 22 SEP
1999 1:20:46 Winnipeg 26 JUL
1998 1:19:19 Naumburg 23 MAY
1997 1:18:24 Podébrady 19 APR
1996 1:20:07 Atlanta 26 JUL
1995 1:22:53 Mar del Plata 18 MAR
1994 1:23:27 Puebla 17 APR