Racewalking distance event
The 10,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10,000 meters is 6.21 miles.[ 1]
This distance is not commonly raced at senior competitions but part of junior and youth championships. Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 10 km road distance.
On November 14, 2020, Eiki Takahashi of Japan set a new 10,000 m race walk world best in Inzai in a time of 37:25.21. The all-time women's 10,000 m race-walk record is held by Nadezhda Ryashkina of Soviet Union, at 41:56.23.
All-time top 25 (outdoor)[ edit ] Correct as of June 2024.[ 2] Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:23.50:
Correct as of August 2022.[ 12] Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 42:30.13:
Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked hand-timed 42:22.6 (1993), 42:23.9 (1992), 42:25.2 (1990), automatic-timed 42:26.29 (1993), and hand-timed 42:27.5 (1995).
Beate Gummelt also walked hand-timed 42:29.4 (1990), 38:21.88 (2016).
Gao Hongmiao also walked 42:30.13 (1995). All-time top 25 (indoor)[ edit ] Correct as of 2 September 2018.[ 17]
Rank
Result
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Place
Ref
1
38:23.73 [ 18]
Wang Zhen
China
8 February 2015
Genoa
2
38:31.4 (ht)
Werner Heyer
East Germany
12 January 1980
Berlin
3
38:35.5 (ht)
Ronald Weigel
Germany
12 January 1980
Berlin
4
38:46.0 (ht)
Reima Salonen
Finland
9 March 1988
Turku
5
38:54.4 (ht)
Frants Kostyukevich
Belarus
3 February 1996
Minsk
6
39:06.06
Igor Glavan
Ukraine
24 December 2014
Sumy
7
39:10.6 (ht)
Mikhail Khmelnitskiy
Belarus
4 February 1995
Minsk
8
39:13.15
Hartwig Gauder
Germany
26 February 1988
Senftenberg
9
39:14.0 (ht)
Pyotr Pochenchuk
Belarus
6 February 1983
Moskva
10
39:15.91
Cai Zelin
China
8 February 2015
Genova
11
39:20.52
Nazar Kovalenko
Ukraine
20 February 2010
Sumy
12
39:20.8
Viktor Semyonov
Russia
17 February 1980
Moskva
13
39:21.0 (ht)
Vladimir Andreyev
Russia
21 January 1997
Moskva
14
39:21.6 (ht)
Nikolay Matveyev
Belarus
2 March 1981
Minsk
15
39:22.0 (ht)
Aleksey Voyevodin
Russia
28 December 2001
Penza
16
39:26.79
Ivan Trotskiy
Belarus
22 February 2008
Mogilyov
17
39:26.90
Ruslan Dmytrenko
Ukraine
16 February 2012
Sumy
18
39:27.5 (ht)
Artur Meleshkevich
Belarus
3 February 1996
Minsk
19
39:30.5 (ht)
Mikhail Orlov
Russia
24 January 1995
Moskva
20
39:32.0 (ht)
Igor Plotnikov
Russia
4 March 1988
Minsk
Aleksey Kronin
Russia
21 January 1997
Moskva
22
39:34.0 (ht)
Roland Wieser
East Germany
11 January 1984
Potsdam
23
39:34.6 (ht)
Aivars Rumbenieks
Lithuania
17 February 1980
Moskva
24
39:38.6 (ht)
Valdas Kazlauskas
Lithuania
17 February 1980
Moskva
25
39:39.0 (ht)
Ralf Kowalsky
East Germany
11 January 1984
Potsdam
Rank
Result
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Place
Ref
1
43:54.63
Yelena Ginko
Belarus
22 February 2008
Mogilev
2
3
4
5
6
7
44:38.8 (ht)
Olimpiada Ivanova
Russia
21 January 2001
Moscow
8
44:39.55
Viktoriya Rashchupkina
Belarus
16 February 2018
Mogilev
[ 19]
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
49:36.3
Ivana Renić
Croatia
18 April 2021
Zagreb
[ 20]
European Athletics Championships [ edit ]
^ different sources listed time both as indoor and outdoor mark, probably outdoor
^ a b c not ratified by IAAF
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^ "Marcia, Wang 38:23.73 al Frigerio" (in Italian). FIDAL . February 9, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2017 .
^ "Dunfee shatters Canadian record, Montag opens her Olympic campaign in style at Supernova" . Athletics Australia . January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
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^ Filippo Francesco Idone (April 23, 2017). "Atletica, 10.000 metri su pista: Antonella Palmisano realizza il record italiano" . sportfair.it (in Italian). Retrieved April 30, 2017 .
^ Eduardo Biscayart (August 27, 2018). "Arenas threatens world record at Ibero-American Championships" . IAAF. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .
^ a b "Raquel González, campeona de 10.000 marcha con nuevo récord de España" (in Spanish). efe.com. July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016 .
^ "10000m Race Walk Results" (PDF) . Microplus Informatica . August 6, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022 .
^ "All-time men's best 10000m track walk" . alltime-athletics.com. September 2, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
^ probably outdoor performance
^ "Mogilev (Belarus), 16-18.2.2018 -National Championships-" . trackinsun.blogspot.de . February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
^ "Zagreb (CRO): Bruno Erent and Ivana Renic win the Croatian Track Championships" . marciadalmondo.com . April 19, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021 .