1988 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1988 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Abbreviations[]

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Men's 20 km[]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Axel Noack (GDR)	1:19:12	June 21, 1987	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Broken records during the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)	1:19:08	July 30, 1988	Kiev, Soviet Union

1988 World Year Ranking[]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	1:19:08	Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)	Kiev, Soviet Union	30 July 1988	WR
2	1:19:16	Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
3	1:19:39	Frants Kostyukevich (URS)
4	1:19:47	Viktor Mostovik (URS)
5	1:19:57	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988
6	1:20:00	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988
7	1:20:06	(URS)
8	1:20:08	Valdas Kazlauskas (URS)
9	1:20:10	(URS)
10	1:20:14	(URS)
		Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988
12	1:20:17	Pavol Blažek (TCH)
13	1:20:19	(URS)
14	1:20:34	José Marín (ESP)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988
15	1:20:39	Axel Noack (GDR)
16	1:20:40	(URS)
		(GDR)
18	1:20:43	Anatoliy Solomin (URS)
		Lyubomir Ivanov (BUL)	Sofia, Bulgaria	26 June 1988	NR
		Roman Mrázek (TCH)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988

Men's 50 km[]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	3:38:17	May 25, 1986	Potsdam, East Germany

1988 World Year Ranking[]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	3:38:29	Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
2	3:38:56	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
3	3:39:45	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
4	3:41:00	Aleksandr Potashov (URS)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
5	3:43:03	José Marín (ESP)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
6	3:44:07	Simon Baker (AUS)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988	AR
7	3:44:27	Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA)			NR
8	3:44:49	Bo Gustafsson (SWE)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988	NR
9	3:44:57	Reima Salonen (FIN)
10	3:46:30	Vitaliy Popovich (URS)
11	3:46:31	Dietmar Meisch (GDR)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
12	3:46:52	Pavol Szikora (TCH)
13	3:47:14	Giovanni Perricelli (ITA)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
14	3:47:30	Bernd Gummelt (GDR)
15	3:47:31	Pavol Blažek (TCH)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
16	3:48:08	Sandro Bellucci (ITA)
17	3:48:09	Jorge Llopart (ESP)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
18	3:48:15	François Lapointe (CAN)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
19	3:48:39	(URS)
20	3:48:53	Valeriy Suntsov (URS)

Women's 5 km[]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	20:34	September 24, 1987	Hildesheim, West Germany

1988 World Year Ranking[]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	20:52	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	Adelaide, Australia	16 October 1988
2	21:10	(URS)			AR
3	21:21	Natalya Spiridonova (URS)
4	21:53	Sada Eidikyte (URS)
5	21:54	(URS)
6	21:56	Alina Ivanova (URS)
7	22:02	Sari Essayah (FIN)
8	22:03	(FIN)
9	22:05	(URS)
		(URS)
11	22:11	Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP)
12	22:13	Olga Kardopolzeva (URS)
13	22:14	(URS)
14	22:15	Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP)
15	22:18	(URS)
16	22:20	(URS)
17	22:21	(URS)
18	22:24	(URS)
19	22:30	(URS)
20	22:32	Teresa Vaill (USA)
		(USA)

Women's 10 km[]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	42:52	May 4, 1987	Melbourne, Australia
Broken records during the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	41:30	August 27, 1988	Canberra, Australia

1988 World Year Ranking[]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	41:30	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	Canberra, Australia	27 August 1988	WR
2	43:26	(URS)
3	43:29	(URS)
4	43:37	Yelena Nikolayeva (URS)
5	43:43	(URS)
6	43:53	Natalya Spiridonova (URS)
7	44:13	(URS)
8	44:16	Natalya Serbinenko (URS)
9	44:20	Sada Eidikyte (URS)
10	44:21	(URS)
11	44:26	Sari Essayah (FIN)			NR
12	44:33	Beate Anders (GDR)			NR
13	44:54	(FIN)
14	44:57	(URS)
15	44:58	(URS)
16	44:59	(ROM)			NR
17	45:00	(URS)
18	45:01	(URS)
19	45:12	(URS)
20	45:17	(URS)

References[]

• maik-richter
• alltime-athletics