This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2000 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). The main events during this season took place at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

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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 2000 season in track and field
World Record   Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 May 8, 1999   Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Equalled records during the 2000 season in track and field
World Record   Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 1:17:46 May 19, 2000   Moscow, Russia

2000 World Year Ranking edit

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 1:17:46   Roman Rasskazov (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 WR
2 1:18:14   Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000
3 1:18:16   Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000
4 1:18:22   Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000
5 1:18:23   Andrey Makarov (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000
6 1:18:42   Andreas Erm (GER) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000
7 1:18:56   Paquillo Fernández (ESP) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000
8 1:19:03   Noé Hernández (MEX) Sydney, Australia 22 09 2000
9 1:19:15   Artur Meleshkevich (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000
10 1:19:18   Jiří Malysa (CZE) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000

Men's 50 km edit

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field
World Record   Andrey Perlov (URS) 3:37:41 August 5, 1989   Leningrad, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 2000 season in track and field
World Record   Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 3:37:26 May 21, 2000   Moscow, Russia

2000 World Year Ranking edit

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 3:36:39   Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000 WR
2 3:39:21   Vladimir Potemin (RUS) Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000
3 3:39:34   Valentin Kononen (FIN) Dudince, Slovakia 25 03 2000
4 3:41:50   Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Ponte de Sôr, Portugal 05 03 2000
5 3:42:02   Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000
6 3:42:51   Jesús Ángel García (ESP) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 18 06 2000
7 3:43:40   Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) Sydney, Australia 29 09 2000
8 3:43:52   Miguel Rodríguez (MEX) Poza Rica, Mexico 09 04 2000
9 3:44:30   Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000
10 3:44:33   Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 18 06 2000

Women's 20 km edit

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field
World Record   Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1:27:30 May 1, 1995   Beijing, PR China
  Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) 1:27:30 February 2, 1999   Adler, Russia
Broken records during the 2000 season in track and field
World Record   Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 1:25:18 May 19, 2000   Moscow, Russia

2000 World Year Ranking edit

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 1:25:18   Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 WR
2 1:25:20   Olga Polyakova (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000
3 1:25:29   Irina Stankina (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000
4 1:25:59   Tamara Kovalenko (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000
5 1:26:08   Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000
6 1:27:42   Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000
7 1:27:53   Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000
8 1:27:55   Liu Hongyu (CHN) Rio Maior, Portugal 15 04 2000
9 1:28:06   Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000
10 1:28:06   Erica Alfridi (ITA) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000
11 1:28:19   Susana Feitor (POR) Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000
12 1:28:24   Natalya Misyulya (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000
13 1:28:27   Wang Yan (CHN) Rio Maior, Portugal 15 04 2000
14 1:28:33   Wang Liping (CHN) Dalian, PR China 03 06 2000
15 1:28:38   Annarita Sidoti (ITA) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000
16 1:28:52   Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000
17 1:28:56   Jane Saville (AUS) Vallensbæk, Denmark 06 05 2000
18 1:28:56   Larisa Ramazanova (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000
19 1:28:59   Norica Câmpean (ROM) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000
20 1:29:06   Valentina Savchuk (UKR) Adler, Russia 20 02 2000
21 1:29:23   Lyudmila Dolgopolova (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000
22 1:29:36   Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) Naumburg, Germany 30 04 2000
23 1:29:39   Claudia Stef (ROM) Békéscsaba, Hungary 09 04 2000
24 1:29:39   Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000
25 1:29:47   Rossella Giordano (ITA) Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000

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