50 kilometres race walk

Athletics
50 kilometre race walk
Men's racewalk. Walker at right appears to be illegal in that both feet are off the ground, but an infraction is only committed when loss of contact is visible to the human eye.[1]
Men's records
World France Yohann Diniz 3:32:33 (2014)
Women's records
World China Liang Rui 4:04:36 (2018)
Yohann Diniz, world record holder

The 50 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event. 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. Fifty kilometres is approximately 31 miles.

World records

The men's world record for the 50 km race walk was held by Denis Nizhegorodov, through his race of 3:34:14 in Cheboksary in 2008, until it was beaten by Yohann Diniz at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, in a time of 3:32:33.

All-time top 25 fastest

Men

  • Correct as of August 2017.[2]
Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 3:32:33 Yohann Diniz  France 15 August 2014 Zürich [3]
2 3:34:14 Denis Nizhegorodov  Russia 11 May 2008 Cheboksary
3 3:34:38 Matej Tóth  Slovakia 21 March 2015 Dudince [4]
4 3:35:47 Nathan Deakes  Australia 2 December 2006 Geelong
5 3:36:03 Robert Korzeniowski  Poland 27 August 2003 Paris
6 3:36:04 Alex Schwazer  Italy
7 3:36:06 Yu Chaohong  China
8 3:36:13 Zhao Chengliang  China
9 3:36:20 Han Yucheng  China
10 3:36:42 German Skurygin  Russia
11 3:36:53 Jared Tallent  Australia 11 August 2012 London
12 3:37:16 Si Tianfeng  China 11 August 2012 London
13 3:37:26 Valeriy Spitsyn  Russia
14 3:37:41 Andrey Perlov  Soviet Union
Ivan Noskov  Russia
16 3:37:46 Andreas Erm  Germany
17 3:37:54 Robert Heffernan  Ireland 11 August 2012 London [5]
18 3:37:58 Xing Shucai  China
19 3:38:01 Aleksey Voyevodin  Russia
20 3:38:08 Sergey Kirdyapkin  Russia
Igor Yerokhin  Russia
22 3:38:17 Ronald Weigel  East Germany
23 3:38:29 Vyacheslav Ivanenko  Soviet Union 30 September 1988 Seoul
24 3:38:43 Valentí Massana  Spain
25 3:38:58 Mikhail Ryzhov  Russia

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:36:39:

Women

  • Correct as of August 2018.[6]
Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 4:04:36 Liang Rui  China 5 May 2018 Taicang [7]
2 4:05:56 Inês Henriques  Portugal 13 August 2017 London [8]
3 4:08:58 Yin Hang  China 13 August 2017 London [9]
4 4:09:33 Claire Tallent  Australia 5 May 2018 Taicang [10]
5 4:10:59 Monica Svensson  Sweden 21 October 2007 Scanzorosciate
6 4:12:16 Yelena Ginko  Belarus 17 October 2004 Scanzorosciate
7 4:12:44 Alina Tsviliy  Ukraine 7 August 2018 Berlin [11]
8 4:12:56 Paola Pérez  Ecuador 5 May 2018 Taicang [12]
9 4:13:04 Júlia Takács  Spain 25 February 2018 Burjassot [13]
10 4:13:28 Ma Faying  China 5 May 2018 Taicang [14]
11 4:14:25 Mária Czaková  Slovakia 25 March 2018 Dudince [15]
12 4:14:28 Johana Ordóñez  Ecuador 5 May 2018 Taicang [16]
13 4:14:46 Klavdiya Afanasyeva  Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary [17]
14 4:14:47 Li Maocuo  China 5 May 2018 Taicang [18]
15 4:15:42 Mayra Pérez  Guatemala 9 September 2017 Owego
16 4:16:27 Jolanta Dukure  Latvia 9 September 2006 Paralepa
17 4:18:00 Nastassia Yatsevich  Belarus 5 May 2018 Taicang [19]
18 4:18:31 Nadzeya Darazhuk  Belarus 5 May 2018 Taicang [20]
19 4:18:56 Ainhoa Pinedo  Spain 25 February 2018 Burjassot [21]
20 4:19:04 Magaly Bonilla  Ecuador 5 May 2018 Taicang [22]
21 4:20:46 Khrystyna Yudkina  Ukraine 7 August 2018 Berlin [23]
22 4:20:49 Yang Shuqing  China 13 August 2017 London [24]
23 4:21:51 Katie Burnett  United States 13 August 2017 London [25]
24 4:22:15 Khrystina Yudkina  Ukraine 5 May 2018 Taicang [26]
25 4:22:36 Aleksandra Bushkova  Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary [27]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:22:36:

Olympic medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1932 Los Angeles
 Tommy Green
 Great Britain		 Jānis Daliņš
 Latvia		 Ugo Frigerio
 Italy
1936 Berlin
 Harold Whitlock
 Great Britain		 Arthur Tell Schwab
 Switzerland		 Adalberts Bubenko
 Latvia
1948 London
 John Ljunggren
 Sweden		 Gaston Godel
 Switzerland		 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
 Great Britain
1952 Helsinki
 Giuseppe Dordoni
 Italy		 Josef Doležal
 Czechoslovakia		 Antal Róka
 Hungary
1956 Melbourne
 Norman Read
 New Zealand		 Yevgeniy Maskinskov
 Soviet Union		 John Ljunggren
 Sweden
1960 Rome
 Don Thompson
 Great Britain		 John Ljunggren
 Sweden		 Abdon Pamich
 Italy
1964 Tokyo
 Abdon Pamich
 Italy		 Paul Nihill
 Great Britain		 Ingvar Pettersson
 Sweden
1968 Mexico City
 Christoph Höhne
 East Germany		 Antal Kiss
 Hungary		 Larry Young
 United States
1972 Munich
 Bernd Kannenberg
 West Germany		 Veniamin Soldatenko
 Soviet Union		 Larry Young
 United States
1976 Montrealnot included in the Olympic program
1980 Moscow
 Hartwig Gauder
 East Germany		 Jordi Llopart
 Spain		 Yevgeniy Ivchenko
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
 Raúl González
 Mexico		 Bo Gustafsson
 Sweden		 Sandro Bellucci
 Italy
1988 Seoul
 Vyacheslav Ivanenko
 Soviet Union		 Ronald Weigel
 East Germany		 Hartwig Gauder
 East Germany
1992 Barcelona
 Andrey Perlov
 Unified Team		 Carlos Mercenario
 Mexico		 Ronald Weigel
 Germany
1996 Atlanta
 Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland		 Mikhail Shchennikov
 Russia		 Valentí Massana
 Spain
2000 Sydney
 Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland		 Aigars Fadejevs
 Latvia		 Joel Sánchez
 Mexico
2004 Athens
 Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland		 Denis Nizhegorodov
 Russia		 Aleksey Voyevodin
 Russia
2008 Beijing
 Alex Schwazer
 Italy		 Jared Tallent
 Australia		 Denis Nizhegorodov
 Russia
2012 London
 Jared Tallent
 Australia		 Si Tianfeng
 China		 Robert Heffernan
 Ireland
2016 Rio de Janeiro
 Matej Tóth
 Slovakia		 Jared Tallent
 Australia		 Hirooki Arai
 Japan

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1976 Malmö  Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)  Enrique Vera (MEX)  Reima Salonen (FIN)
1983 Helsinki
  Ronald Weigel (GDR)  José Marín (ESP)  Sergey Yung (URS)
1987 Rome
  Hartwig Gauder (GDR)  Ronald Weigel (GDR)  Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
1991 Tokyo
  Aleksandr Potashov (URS)  Andrey Perlov (URS)  Hartwig Gauder (GER)
1993 Stuttgart
  Jesús Ángel García (ESP)  Valentin Kononen (FIN)  Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
1995 Gothenburg
  Valentin Kononen (FIN)  Giovanni Perricelli (ITA)  Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
1997 Athens
  Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  Jesús Ángel García (ESP)  Miguel Rodríguez (MEX)
1999 Seville
  Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)  Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)  Curt Clausen (USA)
2001 Edmonton
  Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  Jesús Ángel García (ESP)  Edgar Hernández (MEX)
2003 Saint-Denis
  Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  German Skurygin (RUS)  Andreas Erm (GER)
2005 Helsinki
  Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)  Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)  Alex Schwazer (ITA)
2007 Osaka
  Nathan Deakes (AUS)  Yohann Diniz (FRA)  Alex Schwazer (ITA)
2009 Berlin
  Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)  Trond Nymark (NOR)  Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
2011 Daegu
  Sergey Bakulin (RUS)  Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)  Jared Tallent (AUS)
2013 Moscow
  Robert Heffernan (IRL)  Mikhail Ryzhov (RUS)  Jared Tallent (AUS)
2015 Beijing
  Matej Tóth (SVK)  Jared Tallent (AUS)  Takayuki Tanii (JPN)
2017 London
  Yohann Diniz (FRA)  Hirooki Arai (JPN)  Kai Kobayashi (JPN)

Women

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
2017 London
  Inês Henriques (POR)  Yin Hang (CHN)  Yang Shuqing (CHN)

References

  1. ↑ Belson, Ken. "One Step at a Time? It’s More Complicated Than That" New York Times (August 10, 2012)
  2. ↑ "All-time men's best 50 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "European Athletics Championships – Men's 50km Race Walk Results". European Athletics. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Zuzana Trojakova (21 March 2015). "Toth records third-fastest 50km race walk in history in Dudince". IAAF. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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  15. ↑ "Dudinská Päťdesiatka 2018 Results" (PDF) (in Croatian). HAS. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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