Men's 50 kilometres walk world record progression
The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men's 50 km Walk, as recognised by the IAAF.[1]
World Record Progression[]
Time | Athlete | Date | Place |
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4:40:15 | ![]() |
1921-09-07 | Munich, Germany |
4:36:22 | ![]() |
1924-09-24 | Berlin, Germany |
4:34:03 | ![]() |
1924-10-05 | Munich, Germany |
4:30:22 | ![]() |
1928-09-16 | Rome, Italy |
4:26:41 | ![]() |
1936-06-28 | Oslo, Norway |
4:24:47 | ![]() |
1941-08-17 | Odense, Denmark |
4:23:40 | ![]() |
1946-08-04 | Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia |
4:23:14 | ![]() |
1952-08-24 | Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia |
4:20:30 | ![]() |
1952-08-29 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
4:16:06 | ![]() |
1954-09-12 | Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia |
4:07:29 | ![]() |
1955-11-17 | Tbilisi, Soviet Union |
4:05:13 | ![]() |
1956-08-10 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
4:03:53 | ![]() |
1959-08-13 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
4:03:02 | ![]() |
1960-10-16 | Ponte San Pietro, Italy |
4:01:39 | ![]() |
1961-08-17 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
4:00:50 | ![]() |
1961-09-05 | Kazan, Soviet Union |
3:55:36 | ![]() |
1965-10-17 | Alma Ata, Soviet Union |
3:52:45 | ![]() |
1972-05-27 | Bremen, West Germany |
3:45:52 | ![]() |
1978-04-23 | Mixhuca, Mexico |
3:41:20 | ![]() |
1978-06-11 | Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia |
3:40:46 | ![]() |
1983-03-13 | Valencia, Spain |
3:38:31 | ![]() |
1984-07-20 | Berlin, East Germany |
3:38:17 | ![]() |
1986-05-25 | Potsdam, East Germany |
3:37:41 | ![]() |
1989-08-05 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
3:37:26 | ![]() |
2000-05-21 | Moscow, Russia |
3:36:39 | ![]() |
2002-08-08 | Munich, Germany |
3:36:03 | ![]() |
2003-08-27 | Paris, France |
3:35:47 | ![]() |
2006-12-02 | Geelong, Australia |
3:34:14 | ![]() |
2008-05-11 | Cheboksary, Russia |
3:32:33 | ![]() |
2014-08-15 | Zürich, Switzerland |
Note[]
The 3:35:29 by Russia's Denis Nizhegorodov set in Cheboksary on June 13, 2004 was not ratified by the IAAF as a World Record because no EPO test was carried out afterwards.
References[]
- ^ Butler, Mark, ed. (2011). 13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011 (PDF). Monako: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. pp. 615, 616. Archived from the original (pdf) on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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- Men's world athletics record progressions
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