20 kilometres race walk

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The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it.

Athletics
20 kilometre race walk
The men's 20 km race walk at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
World records
MenJapan Yusuke Suzuki 1:16:36 (2015)
WomenChina Yang Jiayu 1:23:49 (2021)
Olympic records
MenChina Chen Ding 1:18.46 (2012)
WomenChina Qieyang Shenjie 1:25:16 (2012)

World records edit

The men's world record for the 20 km race walk is held by Yusuke Suzuki, who walked 1:16:36 at the Asian Race Walking Championships in his home town of Nomi, Japan. Suzuki's new World Record came exactly one week after Yohann Diniz's mark who walked a then record time of 1:17:02 in Arles at the 2015 French championships. The women's world record of 1:23:49 was set by Yang Jiayu of China in 2021. Russian Elena Lashmanova, has served a previous ban for doping, currently holds a quicker time of 1:23:39 which is also the European record, but it has never been ratified as a world record.

All-time top 25 edit

Men edit

  • Correct as of March 2024.[1][2]
Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki   Japan 15 March 2015 Nomi
2 2 1:16:43 Sergey Morozov   Russia 8 June 2008 Saransk
3 3 1:16:51 Koki Ikeda   Japan 18 February 2024 Kobe [3]
4 4 1:16:54 Kaihua Wang   China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [4]
5 5 1:17:02 Yohann Diniz   France 8 March 2015 Arles
6 6 1:17:15 Toshikazu Yamanishi   Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [5]
7 7 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin   Russia 29 September 2007 Saransk
8 1:17:20 Yamanishi #2 21 February 2021 Kobe
8 9 1:17:21 Jefferson Perez   Ecuador 22 August 2003 Stade de France, Paris-St-Denis
9 10 1:17:22 Francisco Javier Fernandez   Spain 28 April 2002 Turku
10 11 1:17:23 Vladimir Stankin   Russia 28 February 2004 Adler, Sochi
12 1:17:24 Diniz #2 15 March 2015 Lugano
11 13 1:17:24 Masatora Kawano   Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [6]
12 14 1:17:25 Sergey Shirobokov   Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary [7]
15 1:17:25 Ikeda#2   Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [8]
13 16 1:17:26 Eiki Takahashi   Japan 18 February 2018 Kobe
14 17 1:17:32 Álvaro Martín   Spain 19 August 2023 Budapest [9]
15 18 1:17:33 Nathan Deakes   Australia 23 April 2005 Cixi City
19 1:17:36 Kanaykin #2 17 June 2007 Cheboksary
16 19 1:17:36 Zhen Wang   China 30 March 2012 Taicang
19 1:17:36 Yamanishi #3 18 February 2018 Kobe
17 22 1:17:38 Valeriy Borchin   Russia 28 February 2009 Adler, Sochi
Jun Zhang   China 8 April 2023 Taicang
19 24 1:17:39 Zelin Cai   China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [10]
24 1:17:39 Zhang #2 20 March 2021 Huangshan [11]
20 24 1:17:39 Perseus Karlström   Sweden 19 August 2023 Budapest [12]
21 1:17:40 Ding Chen   China 30 March 2012 Taicang
22 1:17:41 Hongjun Zhu   China 23 April 2005 Cixi City
23 1:17:42 Ryo Hamanishi   Japan 18 February 2024 Kobe [13]
24 1:17:45 Massimo Stano   Italy 8 June 2019 La Coruna [14]
25 1:17:46 Julio Martinez   Guatemala 8 May 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt
Roman Rasskazov   Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
Daisuke Matsunaga   Japan 18 February 2018 Kobe

Notes edit

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:17:46:

Women edit

Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 1:23:39 Yelena Lashmanova   Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary
2 2 1:23:49 Jiayu Yang   China 20 March 2021 Huangshan
3 3 1:24:27 Hong Liu   China 20 March 2021 Huangshan
4 1:24:31 Lashmanova #2 18 February 2019 Sochi
5 1:24:38 Liu #2 6 June 2015 La Coruna
4 6 1:24:45 Shijie Qieyang   China 20 March 2021 Huangshan
5 7 1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova   Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi
6 8 1:24:50 Olimpiada Ivanova   Russia 4 March 2001 Adler, Sochi
7 9 1:24:56 Olga Kaniskina   Russia 28 February 2009 Adler, Sochi
10 1:24:58 Lashmanova #3 25 June 2016 Cheboksary
8 11 1:25:03 Marina Novikova   Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi
9 12 1:25:04 Svetlana Vasilyeva   Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi
10 13 1:25:08 Vera Sokolova   Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
14 1:25:11 Kaniskina #2 23 February 2008 Adler, Sochi
11 14 1:25:11 Anisiya Kornikova-Kirdyapkina   Russia 20 February 2010 Sochi
12 16 1:25:12 Xiuzhi Lyu   China 20 March 2015 Beijing
17 1:25:16 Qieyang #2 11 August 2012 Olympic Stadium, London
13 18 1:25:18 Tatyana Gudkova   Russia 19 May 2000 Moskva
18 1:25:18 Lashmanova #4 18 February 2017 Sochi
14 20 1:25:20 Olga Polyakova   Russia 19 May 2000 Moskva
15 21 1:25:22 Yekaterina Medvedeva   Russia 18 February 2017 Sochi
22 1:25:26 Sokolova #2 28 February 2009 Adler, Sochi
Kornikova-Kirdyapkina #2 28 February 2009 Adler, Sochi
24 1:25:27 Alembekova #2 18 February 2012 Sochi
16 25 1:25:29 Irina Stankina   Russia 19 May 2000 Moskva
Glenda Morejon   Ecuador 8 June 2019 La Coruna
18 1:25:30 Maria Perez   Spain 26 March 2023 Córdoba
19 1:25:32 Yelena Shumkina   Russia 28 February 2009 Adler, Sochi
20 1:25:46 Tatyana Shemyakina   Russia 23 February 2008 Adler, Sochi
21 1:25:52 Larisa Yemelyanova   Russia 28 February 2009 Adler, Sochi
Tatyana Sibileva   Russia 20 February 2010 Sochi
23 1:25:59 Tamara Kovalenko   Russia 19 May 2000 Moskva
Liujing Yang   China 20 March 2021 Huangshan
25 1:26:11 Margarita Turava   Belarus 15 April 2006 Nesvizh

Notes edit

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:26:11:

The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:11) annulled due to doping offence:

Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1:25:09 Olga Kaniskina   Russia 11 August 2012 London
1:25:59 Liu Hong   China 7 May 2016 Rome [17]

Olympic medalists edit

Men edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1956 Melbourne
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Leonid Spirin
  Soviet Union
Antanas Mikėnas
  Soviet Union
Bruno Junk
  Soviet Union
1960 Rome
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Volodymyr Holubnychy
  Soviet Union
Noel Freeman
  Australia
Stan Vickers
  Great Britain
1964 Tokyo
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Ken Matthews
  Great Britain
Dieter Lindner
  United Team of Germany
Volodymyr Holubnychy
  Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
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Volodymyr Holubnychy
  Soviet Union
José Pedraza
  Mexico
Nikolay Smaga
  Soviet Union
1972 Munich
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Peter Frenkel
  East Germany
Volodymyr Holubnychy
  Soviet Union
Hans-Georg Reimann
  East Germany
1976 Montreal
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Daniel Bautista
  Mexico
Hans-Georg Reimann
  East Germany
Peter Frenkel
  East Germany
1980 Moscow
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Maurizio Damilano
  Italy
Pyotr Pochenchuk
  Soviet Union
Roland Wieser
  East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
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Ernesto Canto
  Mexico
Raúl González
  Mexico
Maurizio Damilano
  Italy
1988 Seoul
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Jozef Pribilinec
  Czechoslovakia
Ronald Weigel
  East Germany
Maurizio Damilano
  Italy
1992 Barcelona
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Daniel Plaza
  Spain
Guillaume LeBlanc
  Canada
Giovanni De Benedictis
  Italy
1996 Atlanta
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Jefferson Pérez
  Ecuador
Ilya Markov
  Russia
Bernardo Segura
  Mexico
2000 Sydney
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Robert Korzeniowski
  Poland
Noé Hernández
  Mexico
Vladimir Andreyev
  Russia
2004 Athens
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Ivano Brugnetti
  Italy
Paquillo Fernández
  Spain
Nathan Deakes
  Australia
2008 Beijing
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Valeriy Borchin
  Russia
Jefferson Pérez
  Ecuador
Jared Tallent
  Australia
2012 London
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Chen Ding
  China
Érick Barrondo
  Guatemala
Wang Zhen
  China
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Wang Zhen
  China
Cai Zelin
  China
Dane Bird-Smith
  Australia
2020 Tokyo
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Massimo Stano
  Italy
Koki Ikeda
  Japan
Toshikazu Yamanishi
  Japan
2024 Paris
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Women edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
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Wang Liping
  China
Kjersti Plätzer
  Norway
María Vasco
  Spain
2004 Athens
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Athanasia Tsoumeleka
  Greece
Olimpiada Ivanova
  Russia
Jane Saville
  Australia
2008 Beijing
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Olga Kaniskina
  Russia
Kjersti Plätzer
  Norway
Elisa Rigaudo
  Italy
2012 London
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Qieyang Shenjie
  China[18]
Liu Hong
  China
Lü Xiuzhi
  China
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Liu Hong
  China
María Guadalupe González
  Mexico
Lü Xiuzhi
  China
2020 Tokyo
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Antonella Palmisano
  Italy
Sandra Arenas
  Colombia
Liu Hong
  China
2024 Paris
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World Championships medalists edit

Men edit

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
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  Ernesto Canto (MEX)   Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)   Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (URS)
1987 Rome
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  Maurizio Damilano (ITA)   Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)   Josep Marín (ESP)
1991 Tokyo
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  Maurizio Damilano (ITA)   Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)   Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
1993 Stuttgart
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  Valentí Massana (ESP)   Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)   Daniel Plaza (ESP)
1995 Gothenburg
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  Michele Didoni (ITA)   Valentí Massana (ESP)   Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)
1997 Athens
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  Daniel García (MEX)   Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS)   Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR)
1999 Seville
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  Ilya Markov (RUS)   Jefferson Pérez (ECU)   Daniel García (MEX)
2001 Edmonton
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  Roman Rasskazov (RUS)   Ilya Markov (RUS)   Viktor Burayev (RUS)
2003 Saint-Denis
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  Jefferson Pérez (ECU)   Paquillo Fernández (ESP)   Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
2005 Helsinki
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  Jefferson Pérez (ECU)   Paquillo Fernández (ESP)   Juan Manuel Molina (ESP)
2007 Osaka
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  Jefferson Pérez (ECU)   Paquillo Fernández (ESP)   Hatem Ghoula (TUN)
2009 Berlin
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  Valeriy Borchin (RUS)   Wang Hao (CHN)   Eder Sánchez (MEX)
2011 Daegu
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  Luis Fernando López (COL)   Wang Zhen (CHN)   Kim Hyun-sub (KOR)
2013 Moscow
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  Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)   Chen Ding (CHN)   Miguel Ángel López (ESP)
2015 Beijing
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  Miguel Ángel López (ESP)   Wang Zhen (CHN)   Benjamin Thorne (CAN)
2017 London
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  Éider Arévalo (COL)   Sergey Shirobokov (ANA)   Caio Bonfim (BRA)
2019 Doha
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  Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)   Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA)   Perseus Karlström (SWE)
2022 Eugene
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  Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)   Koki Ikeda (JPN)   Perseus Karlström (SWE)
2023 Budapest
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  Álvaro Martín (ESP)   Perseus Karlström (SWE)   Caio Bonfim (BRA)

Women edit

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1999 Seville
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  Liu Hongyu (CHN)   Wang Yan (CHN)   Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)
2001 Edmonton
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  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)   Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)   Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)
2003 Saint-Denis
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  Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)   Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL)   Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)
2005 Helsinki
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  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)   Ryta Turava (BLR)   Susana Feitor (POR)
2007 Osaka
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  Olga Kaniskina (RUS)   Tatyana Shemyakina (RUS)   María Vasco (ESP)
2009 Berlin
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  Olga Kaniskina (RUS)   Olive Loughnane (IRL)   Liu Hong (CHN)
2011 Daegu
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  Liu Hong (CHN)   Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)   Qieyang Shenjie (CHN)
2013 Moscow
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  Liu Hong (CHN)   Sun Huanhuan (CHN)   Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)
2015 Beijing
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  Liu Hong (CHN)   Lü Xiuzhi (CHN)   Lyudmyla Olyanovska (UKR)
2017 London
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  Yang Jiayu (CHN)   Lupita González (MEX)   Antonella Palmisano (ITA)
2019 Doha
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  Liu Hong (CHN)   Qieyang Shenjie (CHN)   Yang Liujing (CHN)
2022 Eugene
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  Kimberly García (PER)   Katarzyna Zdziebło (POL)   Qieyang Shijie (CHN)
2023 Budapest
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  María Pérez (ESP)   Jemima Montag (AUS)   Antonella Palmisano (ITA)

Season's bests edit

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "20 Kilometres Race Walk Men". World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 Aug 2023.
  2. ^ "All-time men's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ Paul Warburton (18 February 2024). "Ikeda threatens world 20km race walk record in Kobe". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ^ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  6. ^ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2018 Complete Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  8. ^ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  9. ^ "20 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  12. ^ "20 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  13. ^ Paul Warburton (18 February 2024). "Ikeda threatens world 20km race walk record in Kobe". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  14. ^ Emeterio Valiente (8 June 2019). "Debutante Morejon sets World U20 Best in La Coruña". IAAF. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  15. ^ "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women". World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 Aug 2023.
  16. ^ "All-time women's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  17. ^ "20 Kilometers Race Walking Team Championships Results" (PDF). IAAF. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  18. ^ Original silver medalist Olga Kaniskina of Russia was disqualified for doping. Other runners were elevated to silver and bronze as a result.[1][2]