20 kilometres race walk

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Athletics
20 kilometre race walk
2005 World Championships in Athletics2.jpg
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)
WomenRussia Elena Lashmanova 1:25:02 (2012)

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.

World records[]

See also: Men's 20 kilometres walk world record progression and Women's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

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 1:24:38 was set by Liu Hong of China. 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[]

Men[]

  • Correct as of March 2021.[1]
  •   Not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics
Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki  Japan 15 March 2015 Nomi
2 1:16:43 1 Sergey Morozov  Russia 8 June 2008 Saransk
3 1:16:54 Wang Kaihua  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [2]
4 1:17:02 Yohann Diniz  France 8 March 2015 Arles
5 1:17:15 Toshikazu Yamanishi  Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [3]
6 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin  Russia 28 September 2007 Saransk
7 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador 23 August 2003 Paris
8 1:17:22 Paquillo Fernández  Spain 28 April 2002 Turku
9 1:17:23 Vladimir Stankin  Russia 8 February 2004 Adler
10 1:17:24 Masatora Kawano  Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [4]
11 1:17:25 Bernardo Segura  Mexico 7 May 1994 Bergen (track performance)
Sergey Shirobokov  Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary [5]
Koki Ikeda  Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [6]
14 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer  Italy 18 March 2012 Lugano
15 1:17:33 Nathan Deakes  Australia 23 April 2005 Cixi City
16 1:17:36 Wang Zhen  China 30 March 2012 Taicang
17 1:17:38 Valeriy Borchin  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
18 1:17:39 Cai Zelin  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [7]
Zhang Jun  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [8]
20 1:17:40 Chen Ding  China 30 March 2012 Taicang
21 1:17:41 Zhu Hongjun  China 23 April 2005 Cixi
22 1:17:45 Massimo Stano  Italy 8 June 2019 A Coruña [9]
23 1:17:46 Julio Martínez  Guatemala 18 May 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt
Roman Rasskazov  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
25 1:17:52 Isamu Fujisawa  Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [10]
 China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [11]

Notes[]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:17:52:

  • Toshikazu Yamanishi also walked 1:17:20 (2021), 1:17:36 (2020), 1:17:41 (2018, 2019).
  • Yohann Diniz also walked 1:17:24 (2015), 1:17:43 (2012).
  • Vladimir Kanaykin also walked 1:17:36 (2007).
  • Yusuke Suzuki also walked 1:17:47 (2019).
  • Paquillo Fernández also walked 1:17:52 (2005).

Women[]

  • Correct as of March 2021.[12]
Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 1:23:39 Elena Lashmanova  Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary [13]
2 1:23:49 Yang Jiayu  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [14]
3 1:24:27 Liu Hong  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [15]
4 1:24:45 Qieyang Shenjie  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [16]
5 1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [17]
6 1:24:501 Olimpiada Ivanova  Russia 4 March 2001 Adler
7 1:24:56 Olga Kaniskina  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
8 1:25:03  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [18]
9 1:25:04 Svetlana Vasilyeva  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [19]
10 1:25:08 Vera Sokolova  Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
11 1:25:09 Anisya Kirdyapkina  Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
12 1:25:12 Lü Xiuzhi  China 20 March 2015 Beijing
13 1:25:181 Tatyana Gudkova  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
14 1:25:201 Olga Polyakova  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
15 1:25:22  Russia 18 February 2017 Sochi
16 1:25:291 Irina Stankina  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
1:25:29 Glenda Morejón  Ecuador 8 June 2019 A Coruña [20]
18 1:25:32 Olena Shumkina  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
19 1:25:46 Tatyana Shemyakina  Russia 23 February 2008 Adler
20 1:25:52  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
Tatiana Sibileva  Russia 20 February 2010 Sochi
22 1:25:59  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
Yang Liujing  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [21]
24 1:26:11 Ryta Turava  Belarus 15 April 2006 Nesvizh
25 1:26:14 Irina Petrova  Russia 19 February 2006 Adler
  • 1 : These times were achieved without the presence of international judges to officiate the competition and/or post-race doping tests, thus making them invalid for world record status. However, they are accepted as personal best marks for those athletes.

Notes[]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:26:14:

  • Liu Hong also walked 1:24:38 (2015), 1:25:56 (2016, 2019), 1:25:46 (2012), 1:26:00 (2012).
  • Elena Lashmanova also walked 1:24:58 (2016), 1:25:02 (2012), 1:25:18 (2017), 1:25:41 (2021), 1:25:49 (2013).
  • Olga Kaniskina also walked 1:25:11 (2008), 1:25:42 (2008), 1:25:54 (2016), 1:26:02 (2006).
  • Vera Sokolova also walked 1:25:26 (2009), 1:25:35 (2010), 1:25:38 (2015), 1:26:00 (2013).
  • Anisya Kirdyapkina also walked 1:25:26 (2009), 1:25:30 (2008), 1:25:59 (2013).
  • Elmira Alembekova also walked 1:25:27 (2012).
  • Yang Jiayu also walked 1:25:34 (2019).
  • Shenjie Qieyang also walked 1:25:16 (2012), 1:25:37 (2019).
  • Olimpiada Ivanova also walked 1:25:41 (2005), 1:26:08 (2000).
  • Lü Xiuzhi also walked 1:22:51 (2021).

The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:14) annulled due to doping offense:

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 [22]

Olympic medalists[]

Men[]

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

Women[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
details 		Wang Liping
 China 		Kjersti Plätzer
 Norway 		María Vasco
 Spain
2004 Athens
details 		Athanasia Tsoumeleka
 Greece 		Olimpiada Ivanova
 Russia 		Jane Saville
 Australia
2008 Beijing
details 		Olga Kaniskina
 Russia 		Kjersti Plätzer
 Norway 		Elisa Rigaudo
 Italy
2012 London
details 		Elena Lashmanova
 Russia 		Qieyang Shenjie
 China[23] 		Liu Hong
 China
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Liu Hong
 China 		María Guadalupe González
 Mexico 		Lü Xiuzhi
 China
2020 Tokyo
details 		Antonella Palmisano
 Italy 		Sandra Arenas
 Colombia 		Liu Hong
 China

World Championships medalists[]

Men[]

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

Women[]

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1999 Seville
details 		 Liu Hongyu (CHN)  Wang Yan (CHN)  Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)
2001 Edmonton
details 		 Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)  Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)  Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)
2003 Saint-Denis
details 		 Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)  Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL)  Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)
2005 Helsinki
details 		 Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)  Ryta Turava (BLR)  Susana Feitor (POR)
2007 Osaka
details 		 Olga Kaniskina (RUS)  Tatyana Shemyakina (RUS)  María Vasco (ESP)
2009 Berlin
details 		 Olga Kaniskina (RUS)  Olive Loughnane (IRL)  Liu Hong (CHN)
2011 Daegu
details 		 Olga Kaniskina (RUS)  Liu Hong (CHN)  Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)
2013 Moscow
details 		 Elena Lashmanova (RUS)  Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)  Liu Hong (CHN)
2015 Beijing
details 		 Liu Hong (CHN)  Lü Xiuzhi (CHN)  Lyudmyla Olyanovska (UKR)
2017 London
details 		 Yang Jiayu (CHN)  Lupita González (MEX)  Antonella Palmisano (ITA)
2019 Doha
details 		 Liu Hong (CHN)  Qieyang Shenjie (CHN)  Yang Liujing (CHN)

Season's bests[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "All-time men's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ^ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2018 Complete Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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  11. ^ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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  22. ^ "20 Kilometers Race Walking Team Championships Results" (PDF). IAAF. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  23. ^ Original silver medalist Olga Kaniskina of Russia was disqualified for doping. Other runners were elevated to silver and bronze as a result.[1][2]
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