5000 metres race walk
The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athletics Championships, and is a World record event.
Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 5000 meters is 3.11 miles.[1]
World records
IAAF just ratified world records for men's indoor marks. On February 14, 1995, Mikhail Shchennikov of Russia set the 5,000 m race walk world indoor record in Moscow in a time of 18:07.08. The faster all-time men's best outdoor mark is held by Hatem Ghoula of Tunisia, at 18:05.79. The all-time women's best 5,000 m race-walk mark was set outdoor and is held by Eleonora Giorgi of Italy, at 20:01.80.
All-time top 25 fastest
- + = en route to 10,000m performance
- i = indoor performance
- ht = hand timing
Men
- Correct as of February 2018.[2]
Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 18:05.79 | Hatem Ghoula | 1 May 1997 | Tunis | ||
2 | 18:07.08 i | Mikhail Shchennikov | 14 February 1995 | Moscow | ||
3 | 18:08.86 i | Ivano Brugnetti | ||||
4 | 18:11.41 i | Ronald Weigel | ||||
5 | 18:15.25 i | Grigoriy Kornev | ||||
6 | 18:15.54 i | Andrey Ruzavin | ||||
7 | 18:16.54 | Frants Kostyukevich | ||||
8 | 18:16.76 i | Yohann Diniz | ||||
9 | 18:19.97 i | Giovanni De Benedictis | ||||
10 | 18:21.76 i | Ruslan Dmytrenko | ||||
11 | 18:22.25 i | Andreas Erm | ||||
12 | 18:23.18 i | Rishat Shafikov | 1 March 1997 | Samara | ||
13 | 18:24.13 | Francisco Javier Fernández | ||||
14 | 18:27.15 | Alessandro Gandellini | ||||
15 | 18:27.80 | Jozef Pribilinec | ||||
16 | 18:27.95 | Stefan Johansson | 18 February 1992 | Geneve | ||
17 | 18:28.70 i | Tom Bosworth | 18 February 2018 | Birmingham | [3] | |
18 | 18:28.90 | |||||
19 | 18:30.91 | |||||
20 | 18:32.09 | |||||
21 | 18:33.95 | |||||
22 | 18:34.77 | |||||
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25 | 18:36.71 | Vladimir Andreyev | 1 March 1997 | Samara | ||
Ilya Markov | 22 February 1999 | Spała |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 18:23.60:
- Mikhail Shchennikov also walked 18:15.91 (1989), 18:23.55 (1991).
- Grigoriy Kornev also walked 18:23.10 (1992).
- Ivano Brugnetti also walked 18:23.47 (2009).
- Giovanni De Benedictis also walked 18:23.60 (1991).
Women
- Correct as of February 2017.[4]
Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 20:01.80 | Eleonora Giorgi | 18 May 2014 | Misterbianco | [5] | |
2 | 20:02.60 | Gillian O'Sullivan | 14 July 2002 | Dublin | ||
3 | 20:03.04 | Kerry Saxby-Junna | 11 February 1996 | Sydney | ||
4 | 20:07.52 | Beate Gummelt | 26 June 1990 | Rostock | ||
5 | 20:10.3 (ht) i | Vera Sokolova | 30 December 2010 | Saransk | ||
6 | 20:11.45 | Sabine Krantz | 2 July 2005 | Wattenscheid | ||
7 | 20:12.41 | Elisabetta Perrone | 2 August 2003 | Rieti | ||
8 | 20:15.6 (ht) i | Yelena Lashmanova | 30 December 2016 | Saransk | ||
9 | 20:15.71 | Lyudmyla Olyanovska | 4 June 2014 | Kyiv | ||
10 | 20:18.87 | Melanie Seeger | 10 July 2004 | Braunschweig | ||
11 | 20:21.69 | Annarita Sidoti | 1 July 1995 | Cesenatico | ||
12 | 20:27.59 | |||||
13 | 20:28.05 | |||||
14 | 20:28.62 | |||||
15 | 20:29.63 | |||||
16 | 20:31.4 | |||||
17 | 20:34.76 | |||||
18 | 20:36.2 | |||||
19 | 20:37.7 | |||||
20 | 20:37.83 | |||||
21 | 20:38.0 | |||||
22 | 20:38.2 | |||||
23 | 20:40.24 | |||||
24 | 20:40.3 | |||||
25 | 20:42.9 |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 20:22.75:
- Gillian O'Sullivan also walked 20:13.13 (2003).
- Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked 20:13.29 (1996), 20:17.19 (1990), 20:22.75 (1996).
- Sabine Krantz also walked 20:27.47 (2004).
International medallists
African Championships
Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1988 Annaba |
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1989 Lagos |
Only two finishers | ||
1990 Cairo |
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1992 Belle-Vue |
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1993 Durban |
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1996 Yaoundé |
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1998 Dakar |
References
- ↑ "Kilometers to Miles Conversion Calculator and Table – Convert Kilometers (km) to Miles". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ↑ "All-time men's best 5000m track race-walk (indoor)". tilastopaja.eu. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ↑ Jon Mulkeen (18 February 2018). "Philip, Muir and Pozzi among the winners at British Indoor Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ↑ "All-time women's best 5000m track race-walk". alltime-athletics.com. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ↑ Alfons Juck; Keven Mangan (18 May 2014). "EME News May 18th". www.american-trackandfield.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.