This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1989 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor).

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  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
WR world record
AR area record
CR event record
NR national record
PB personal best

Men's 20 km edit

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1989 season in track and field
World Record   Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1:19:08 July 30, 1988   Kiev, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1989 season in track and field
World Record   Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1:18:54 February 19, 1989   Sochi, Soviet Union

1989 World Year Ranking edit

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 1:18:54   Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) Sochi, Soviet Union 19/02/1989 WR
2 1:19:29   Valdas Kazlauskas (URS)
3 1:20:08   Vladimir Andreyev (URS)
4 1:20:11   Grigoriy Kornev (URS)
5 1:20:16   Ernesto Canto (MEX)
6 1:20:21   Frants Kostyukevich (URS)
7 1:20:22   Yevgeniy Zaykin (URS)
8 1:20:28   Vyacheslav Cherepanov (URS)
9 1:20:34   Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
10 1:20:56   Roman Mrázek (TCH)
11 1:21:02   Viktor Mostovik (URS)
12 1:21:20   Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
13 1:21:27   Vladimir Druchik (URS)
14 1:21:29   Andrey Perlov (URS)
15 1:21:34   Oleg Troshin (URS)
16 1:21:36   Ronald Weigel (GDR)
17 1:21:37   Igor Plotnikov (URS)
18 1:21:42   Oleg Plastun (URS)
19 1:21:45   Walter Arena (ITA)
20 1:21:49   Sergey Prochishin (URS)

Men's 50 km edit

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1989 season in track and field
World Record   Ronald Weigel (GDR) 3:38:17 May 25, 1986   Potsdam, East Germany
Broken records during the 1989 season in track and field
World Record   Andrey Perlov (URS) 3:37:41 August 5, 1989   Leningrad, Soviet Union

1989 World Year Ranking edit

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 3:37:41   Andrey Perlov (URS) Leningrad, Soviet Union 05/08/1989 WR
2 3:43:13   Simon Baker (AUS) L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain 28/05/1989 AR
3 3:43:57   Vitaliy Matsko (URS)
4 3:43:57   Vitaliy Popovich (URS) NR
5 3:44:12   Anatoliy Grigoryev (URS)
6 3:44:50   Stanislav Vechel (URS)
7 3:46:08   Vyacheslav Smirnov (URS)
8 3:46:14   Andrey Plotnikov (URS)
9 3:46:37   Martín Bermúdez (MEX)
10 3:47:34   Godfried De Jonckheere (BEL) Arras, France 10/09/1989 NR
11 3:48:02   Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
12 3:48:38   Valeriy Spitsyn (URS)
13 3:49:33   Valeriy Suntsov (URS)
14 3:50:25   German Skurygin (URS)
15 3:50:28   René Piller (FRA)
16 3:50:30   Sergey Titov (URS)
17 3:51:17   Bo Gustafsson (SWE)
18 3:51:46   Artur Shumak (URS)
19 3:52:06   Alain Lemercier (FRA)
20 3:52:14   Aleksey Volgin (URS)

Women's 10 km edit

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1989 season in track and field
World Record   Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) 41:30 August 27, 1988   Canberra, Australia

1989 World Year Ranking edit

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 42:16   Alina Ivanova (URS) AR
2 42:47   Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)
3 43:04   Vera Makolova (URS)
4 43:08   Beate Anders (GDR) NR
5 43:14   Tamara Kovalenko (URS)
6 43:24   Ileana Salvador (ITA) NR
7 43:27   Graciela Mendoza (MEX) AR
8 43:38   Nadashda Ryashkina (URS)
9 43:43   Irina Strachova (URS)
10 43:45   Olga Kardopoltseva (URS)
11 43:46   Natalya Serbinenko (URS)
12 44:06   Olga Krishtop (URS)
13 44:12   Natalya Spiridonova (URS)
14 44:23   Valentina Shmer (URS)
15 44:24   Chen Yueling (CHN)
16 44:26   Tamara Torshina (URS)
17 44:29   Yan Xiong (CHN)
18 44:34   Erica Alfridi (ITA)
19 44:36   Leonarda Yuchnevich (URS)
19 44:39   Tamara Sirovzeva (URS)
21 44:39   Yelena Panfilova (URS)


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