20 kilometres race walk

Athletics
20 kilometre race walk

The men's 20 km race walk at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
Men's records
World Japan Yusuke Suzuki 1:16:36 (2015)
Women's records
World China Liu Hong 1:24:38 (2015)

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)

World records

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 1:25:02 was set by Elena Lashmanova, who is currently serving a ban for doping, at the 2012 London Olympics. There are several performances superior to Lashmanova's official record that have never been ratified. On February 27, 2015, Elmira Alembekova bettered the time to 1:24:47 at the Russian Race Walking Championships in Sochi, Russia. That mark is currently pending.

All-time top fastest

Men

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 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin  Russia 28 September 2007 Saransk
5 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador 23 August 2003 Paris
6 1:17:22 Paquillo Fernández  Spain 28 April 2002 Turku
7 1:17:23 Vladimir Stankin  Russia 8 February 2004 Adler
8 1:17:25 Bernardo Segura  Mexico 7 May 1994 Bergen
9 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer  Italy 18 March 2012 Lugano
10 1:17:33 Nathan Deakes  Australia 23 April 2005 Cixi City
11 1:17:36 Zhen Wang  China 30 March 2012 Taicang
12 1:17:38 Valeriy Borchin  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler

Women

Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 1:24:38 Liu Hong  China 6 June 2015 A Coruña [4]
2 1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [5]
3 1:24:501 Olimpiada Ivanova  Russia 4 March 2001 Adler
4 1:24:56 Olga Kaniskina  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
5 1:24:58 Elena Lashmanova  Russia 25 June 2016 Cheboksary [6]
6 1:25:03 Marina Pandakova  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [7]
7 1:25:04 Svetlana Vasilyeva  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [8]
8 1:25:08 Vera Sokolova  Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
9 1:25:09 Anisya Kirdyapkina  Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
10 1:25:12 Lü Xiuzhi  China 20 March 2015 Beijing
11 1:25:16 Shenjie Qieyang  China 11 August 2012 London
12 1:25:181 Tatyana Gudkova  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
13 1:25:201 Olga Polyakova  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
14 1:25:291 Irina Stankina  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
15 1:25:32 Olena Shumkina  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
16 1:25:46 Tatyana Shemyakina  Russia 23 February 2008 Adler
17 1:25:52 Larisa Emelyanova  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
Tatiana Sibileva  Russia 20 February 2010 Sochi
19 1:25:59 Tamara Kovalenko  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
20 1:26:11 Ryta Turava  Belarus 15 April 2006 Nesvizh
21 1:26:14 Irina Petrova  Russia 19 February 2006 Adler
22 1:26:16 Lyudmila Arkhipova  Russia 23 February 2008 Adler
23 1:26:17 Eleonora Giorgi  Italy 17 May 2015 Murcia [9]
Maria Guadalupe González  Mexico 7 May 2016 Rome [10]
25 1:26:22 Wang Yan  China 19 November 2001 Guangzhou

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:26:22:

The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:22) 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 [11]

Olympic medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1956 Melbourne
 Leonid Spirin (URS)  Antanas Mikėnas (URS)  Bruno Junk (URS)
1960 Rome
 Volodymyr Holubnychy (URS)  Noel Freeman (AUS)  Stan Vickers (GBR)
1964 Tokyo
 Ken Matthews (GBR)  Dieter Lindner (EUA)  Volodymyr Holubnychy (URS)
1968 Mexico City
 Volodymyr Holubnychy (URS)  José Pedraza (MEX)  Nikolay Smaga (URS)
1972 Munich
 Peter Frenkel (GDR)  Volodymyr Holubnychy (URS)  Hans-Georg Reimann (GDR)
1976 Montreal
 Daniel Bautista (MEX)  Hans-Georg Reimann (GDR)  Peter Frenkel (GDR)
1980 Moscow
 Maurizio Damilano (ITA)  Pyotr Pochenchuk (URS)  Roland Wieser (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles
 Ernesto Canto (MEX)  Raúl González (MEX)  Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1988 Seoul
 Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)  Ronald Weigel (GDR)  Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1992 Barcelona
 Daniel Plaza (ESP)  Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN)  Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)
1996 Atlanta
 Jefferson Pérez (ECU)  Ilya Markov (RUS)  Bernardo Segura (MEX)
2000 Sydney
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  Noé Hernández (MEX)  Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
2004 Athens
 Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)  Paquillo Fernández (ESP)  Nathan Deakes (AUS)
2008 Beijing
 Valeriy Borchin (RUS)  Jefferson Pérez (ECU)  Jared Tallent (AUS)
2012 London
 Chen Ding (CHN)  Erick Barrondo (GUA)  Wang Zhen (CHN)
2016 Rio de Janeiro
 Wang Zhen (CHN)  Cai Zelin (CHN)  Dane Bird-Smith (AUS)

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
 Wang Liping (CHN)  Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)  María Vasco (ESP)
2004 Athens
 Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)  Jane Saville (AUS)
2008 Beijing
 Olga Kaniskina (RUS)  Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)  Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)
2012 London
 Elena Lashmanova (RUS)  Olga Kaniskina (RUS)  Qieyang Shenjie (CHN)
2016 Rio de Janeiro
 Liu Hong (CHN)  María Guadalupe González (MEX)  Lü Xiuzhi (CHN)

World Championships medalists

Men

Games 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
 Valeriy Borchin (RUS)  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS)  Luis Fernando López (COL)
2013 Moscow
 Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)  Chen Ding (CHN)  Miguel Ángel López (ESP)
2015 Beijing
 Miguel Ángel López (ESP)  Wang Zhen (CHN)  Benjamin Thorne (CAN)

Women

Games 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
 Yelena Lashmanova (RUS)  Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)  Liu Hong (CHN)
2015 Beijing
 Liu Hong (CHN)  Lü Xiuzhi (CHN)  Lyudmyla Olyanovska (UKR)

External links

References

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