20 kilometres race walk
Athletics 20 kilometre race walk | |
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The men's 20 km race walk at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics | |
Men's records | |
World | Yusuke Suzuki 1:16:36 (2015) |
Women's records | |
World | 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
- Correct as of October 2016.[1]
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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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
- Correct as of October 2016.[3]
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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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 |
- 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 1:26:22:
- Elena Lashmanova also walked 1:25:02 (2012), 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), 1:26:17 (2015)
- 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)
- Olimpiada Ivanova also walked 1:25:41 (2005), 1:26:08 (2000)
- Liu Hong also walked 1:25:56 (2016), 1:25:46 (2012), 1:26:00 (2012)
- Tatyana Sibileva also walked 1:26:16 (2008)
The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:22) annulled due to doping offense:
Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Location | Ref |
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1:25:09 | Olga Kaniskina | Russia | 11 August 2012 | London | |
1:25:59 | Liu Hong | China | 7 May 2016 | Rome | [11] |
Olympic medalists
Men
Women
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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
Women
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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
- ↑ "All-time men's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ not ratified by IAAF because it didn’t fulfil the criteria of having the required three international judges present
- ↑ "All-time women's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ "Liu breaks 20km race walk world record in La Coruna". IAAF. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2015 Results". ARAF. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2016 Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2015 Results". ARAF. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2015 Results". ARAF. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (17 May 2015). "Lopez prevents Russian sweep of titles at European Cup Race Walking in Murcia". IAAF. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ "20 Kilometers Race Walking Team Championships Results" (PDF). IAAF. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ "20 Kilometers Race Walking Team Championships Results" (PDF). IAAF. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.