It was published in the start list of the 20 km road walk men of the World Championships in Beijing 2015.
It was finally put the word "end" to the presence or absence of Russian athletes: in this race they will not be at the start.
Another notable absence is that of Erick Barrondo; we imagine he will opt for the 50 km.
Sixtyone will be contending for the title in the course of a kilometer under the weeping willows of Hujing East Road near the Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing.
Here is the list
| ORDER | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | SB 2015 | PB |
| | | | | | |
| 1 | 10 | Juan Manuel CANO | ARG | 1:23:30 | 1:22:10 |
| 2 | 11 | Dane BIRD-SMITH | AUS | 1:20:05 | 1:20:05 |
| 3 | 12 | Chris ERICKSON | AUS | 1:22:08 | 1:22:08 |
| 4 | 13 | Jared TALLENT | AUS | 1:24:05 | 1:19:15 |
| 5 | 14 | Aliaksandr LIAKHOVICH | BLR | 1:21:49 | 1:21:49 |
| 6 | 15 | Dzianis SIMANOVICH | BLR | 1:21:11 | 1:20:42 |
| 7 | 16 | Marco Antonio RODRÍGUEZ | BOL | 1:23:35 | 1:23:35 |
| 8 | 17 | Caio BONFIM | BRA | 1:21:04 | 1:20:28 |
| 9 | 20 | Evan DUNFEE | CAN | 1:21:54 | 1:20:13 |
| 10 | 21 | Iñaki GÓMEZ | CAN | 1:23:08 | 1:20:18 |
| 11 | 22 | Benjamin THORNE | CAN | 1:21:33 | 1:20:19 |
| 12 | 23 | Yerko ARAYA | CHI | 1:24:24 | 1:23:10 |
| 13 | 24 | Zelin CAI | CHN | 1:19:45 | 1:18:47 |
| 14 | 25 | Ding CHEN | CHN | 1:18:44 | 1:17:40 |
| 15 | 28 | Zhen WANG | CHN | 1:18:00 | 1:17:36 |
| 16 | 32 | Eider ARÉVALO | COL | 1:20:41 | 1:19:45 |
| 17 | 34 | José Leonardo MONTAÑA | COL | 1:22:45 | 1:22:03 |
| 18 | 35 | Kenny Martín PÉREZ | COL | 1:22:21 | 1:22:21 |
| 19 | 37 | Mauricio ARTEAGA | ECU | 1:24:05 | 1:21:46 |
| 20 | 38 | Andrés CHOCHO | ECU | 1:20:40 | 1:20:40 |
| 21 | 41 | Diego GARCÍA | ESP | 1:21:45 | 1:21:45 |
| 22 | 43 | Miguel Ángel LÓPEZ | ESP | 1:19:52 | 1:19:21 |
| 23 | 44 | Álvaro MARTÍN | ESP | 1:20:19 | 1:20:19 |
| 24 | 49 | Kevin CAMPION | FRA | 1:21:34 | 1:20:39 |
| 25 | 50 | Tom BOSWORTH | GBR | 1:22:33 | 1:22:20 |
| 26 | 51 | Nils BREMBACH | GER | 1:21:21 | 1:21:21 |
| 27 | 53 | Christopher LINKE | GER | 1:20:37 | 1:20:37 |
| 28 | 54 | Hagen POHLE | GER | 1:21:34 | 1:21:29 |
| 29 | 55 | Aléxandros PAPAMICHAÍL | GRE | 1:22:43 | 1:21:12 |
| 30 | 58 | José María RAYMUNDO | GUA | 1:22:49 | 1:22:49 |
| 31 | 61 | Baljinder SINGH | IND | 1:22:58 | 1:22:12 |
| 32 | 62 | Chandan SINGH | IND | 1:23:12 | 1:23:12 |
| 33 | 63 | Gurmeet SINGH | IND | 1:21:36 | 1:20:35 |
| 34 | 67 | Alex WRIGHT | IRL | 1:22:09 | 1:22:09 |
| 35 | 71 | Giorgio RUBINO | ITA | 1:21:38 | 1:19:37 |
| 36 | 72 | Massimo STANO | ITA | 1:22:16 | 1:22:16 |
| 37 | 73 | Federico TONTODONATI | ITA | 1:22:23 | 1:22:00 |
| 38 | 75 | Isamu FUJISAWA | JPN | 1:19:08 | 1:19:08 |
| 39 | 76 | Yusuke SUZUKI | JPN | 1:16:36 | 1:16:36 |
| 40 | 77 | Eiki TAKAHASHI | JPN | 1:18:03 | 1:18:03 |
| 41 | 80 | Georgiy SHEIKO | KAZ | 1:23:53 | 1:21:44 |
| 42 | 81 | Youngjun BYUN | KOR | 1:23:31 | 1:21:42 |
| 43 | 82 | Byeong Kwang CHOE | KOR | 1:23:45 | 1:21:20 |
| 44 | 83 | Hyunsub KIM | KOR | 1:19:13 | 1:19:13 |
| 45 | 86 | Marius ŠAVELSKIS | LTU | 1:23:52 | 1:23:52 |
| 46 | 88 | Horacio NAVA | MEX | | 1:22:04 |
| 47 | 89 | Julio César SALAZAR | MEX | 1:21:43 | 1:21:43 |
| 48 | 90 | Eder SÁNCHEZ | MEX | 1:21:58 | 1:18:34 |
| 49 | 92 | Erik TYSSE | NOR | 1:21:24 | 1:19:11 |
| 50 | 93 | Quentin REW | NZL | 1:24:09 | 1:22:11 |
| 51 | 94 | Pavel CHIHUAN | PER | 1:26:29 | 1:24:22 |
| 52 | 100 | Sérgio VIEIRA | POR | 1:21:51 | 1:20:58 |
| 53 | 99 | João VIEIRA | POR | 1:21:51 | 1:20:09 |
| 54 | 103 | Lebogang SHANGE | RSA | 1:21:50 | 1:21:50 |
| 55 | 107 | Anton KUCMIN | SVK | 1:26:53 | 1:21:59 |
| 56 | 112 | Anatole IBAÑEZ | SWE | 1:22:48 | 1:22:36 |
| 57 | 113 | Perseus KARLSTRÖM | SWE | 1:22:44 | 1:21:54 |
| 58 | 116 | Ruslan DMYTRENKO | UKR | 1:21:25 | 1:18:37 |
| 59 | 117 | Igor GLAVAN | UKR | 1:21:24 | 1:19:59 |
| 60 | 118 | Ivan LOSEV | UKR | 1:22:37 | 1:19:33 |
| 61 | 120 | Richard VARGAS | VEN | 1:22:24 | 1:22:24 |