20 kilometres race walk

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. 20 kilometres is 12.4274 miles.

Athletics
20 kilometre race walk
The men's 20 km race walk at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
World records
Men Yusuke Suzuki 1:16:36 (2015)
Women Liu Hong 1:24:38 (2015)
Olympic records
Men Chen Ding 1:18.46 (2012)
Women Elena Lashmanova 1:25:02 (2012)

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 racewalkers

Men
  • Correct as of March 2019.[1]
Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki  Japan 15 March 2015 Nomi
2 1:16:43 # [2] Sergey Morozov  Russia 8 June 2008 Saransk
3 1:17:02 Yohann Diniz  France 8 March 2015 Arles
4 1:17:15 Toshikazu Yamanishi  Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [3]
5 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin  Russia 28 September 2007 Saransk
6 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador 23 August 2003 Paris
7 1:17:22 Paquillo Fernández  Spain 28 April 2002 Turku
8 1:17:23 Vladimir Stankin  Russia 8 February 2004 Adler
9 1:17:24 Masatora Kawano  Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [4]
10 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]
13 1:17:30Alex Schwazer Italy 18 March 2012 Lugano
14 1:17:33Nathan Deakes Australia 23 April 2005 Cixi City
15 1:17:36Zhen Wang China 30 March 2012 Taicang
16 1:17:38Valeriy Borchin Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
17 1:17:40 Chen Ding  China 30 March 2012 Taicang
18 1:17:41 Zhu Hongjun  China 23 April 2005 Cixi
19 1:17:45 Massimo Stano  Italy 8 June 2019 A Coruña [7]
20 1:17:46 Julio Martínez  Guatemala 18 May 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt
Roman Rasskazov  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
22 1:17:52 Isamu Fujisawa  Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi [8]
23 1:17:53 Cui Zhide  China 23 April 2005 Cixi
24 1:17:54 Wang Kaihua  China 4 March 2017 Huangshan
25 1:17:56 Alejandro López  Mexico 18 May 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:17:56:

Women
  • Correct as of June 2019.[9]
Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 1:23:39 Elena Lashmanova  Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary [10]
2 1:24:38 Liu Hong  China 6 June 2015 A Coruña [11]
3 1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [12]
4 1:24:501Olimpiada Ivanova Russia 4 March 2001 Adler
5 1:24:56Olga Kaniskina Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
6 1:25:03 Marina Pandakova  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [13]
7 1:25:04 Svetlana Vasilyeva  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [14]
8 1:25:08Vera Sokolova Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
9 1:25:09Anisya Kirdyapkina Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
10 1:25:12Lü Xiuzhi China 20 March 2015 Beijing
11 1:25:16Shenjie Qieyang China 11 August 2012 London
12 1:25:181Tatyana Gudkova Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
13 1:25:201Olga Polyakova Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
14 1:25:22 Yekaterina Medvedyeva  Russia 18 February 2017 Sochi
15 1:25:291 Irina Stankina  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
1:25:29 Glenda Morejón  Ecuador 8 June 2019 A Coruña [15]
17 1:25:32 Olena Shumkina  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
18 1:25:34 Yang Jiayu  China 8 June 2019 A Coruña [16]
19 1:25:46 Tatyana Shemyakina  Russia 23 February 2008 Adler
20 1:25:52 Larisa Emelyanova  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
Tatiana Sibileva  Russia 20 February 2010 Sochi
22 1:25:59 Tamara Kovalenko  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
23 1:26:11 Ryta Turava  Belarus 15 April 2006 Nesvizh
24 1:26:14 Irina Petrova  Russia 19 February 2006 Adler
25 1:26:16 Lyudmila Arkhipova  Russia 23 February 2008 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 1:26:16:

  • Elena Lashmanova also walked 1:24:58 (2016), 1:25:02 (2012), 1:25:18 (2017), 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), 1:26:15 (2015).
  • Shenjie Qieyang also walked 1:25:37 (2019).
  • Olimpiada Ivanova also walked 1:25:41 (2005), 1:26:08 (2000).
  • Liu Hong also walked 1:25:56 (2016, 2019), 1:25:46 (2012), 1:26:00 (2012).
  • Tatyana Sibileva also walked 1:26:16 (2008).

The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:17) annulled due to doping offense:

Time Athlete Nation Date Location Ref
1:25:09 Olga Kaniskina  Russia 11 August 2012 London
1:25:59 Liu Hong  China 7 May 2016 Rome [17]

Olympic medalists

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

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

World Championships medalists

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

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

Season's bests

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