The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held in Beijing, China on 29 August.[1]
Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lorenzo Civallero |  Italy | 1:24:42 | |
 | Juan Manuel Molina |  Spain | 1:25:07 | |
 | He Xiaodong |  China | 1:25:17 | |
| 4 | Denis Nizhegorodov |  Russia | 1:25:31 | |
| 5 | Jefferson Pérez |  Ecuador | 1:26:11 | |
| 6 | José David Domínguez | Spain | 1:26:18 | |
| 7 | Li Zewen | China | 1:26:34 | |
| 8 | Alejandro López |  Mexico | 1:26:47 | |
| 9 | Cristian Berdeja | Mexico | 1:26:59 | |
| 10 | Luke Adams |  Australia | 1:28:02 | |
| 11 | Miloš Bátovský |  Slovakia | 1:29:43 | |
| 12 | Kim Dong-Young |  South Korea | 1:30:03 | |
| 13 | Semen Lovkin | Russia | 1:30:47 | |
| 14 | Silviu Casandra |  Romania | 1:30:50 | |
| 15 | Mário dos Santos |  Brazil | 1:31:43 | |
| 16 | Sean Albert |  United States | 1:32:11 | |
| 17 | Luis Fernando García |  Guatemala | 1:33:43 | |
| 18 | Martin Pupiš | Slovakia | 1:35:16 | |
| 19 | Colin Griffin |  Ireland | 1:37:47 | |
| Artur Meleshkevich |  Belarus | DNF | ||
| Fedosei Ciumacenco |  Moldova | DNF | ||
| Albert Heppner | United States | DQ | ||
| Oscar Ramírez | Mexico | DQ |