Men's 20 km
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field | ||||
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| World record |  Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) |
1:18:54 | February 19, 1989 | Sochi, Soviet Union
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| Broken records during the 1990 season in track and field | ||||
| World record | Andrey Perlov (URS) |
1:18:20 | May 26, 1990 | Moscow, Soviet Union
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| World record |  Pavol Blažek (TCH) |
1:18:13 | September 16, 1990 |  Hildesheim, West Germany
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1990 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 1:18:13 | Pavol Blažek (TCH) |
Hildesheim, West Germany | 16 September 1990 | WR |
| 2 | 1:18:20 | Andrey Perlov (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 16 September 1990 | NR |
| 3 | 1:18:37 | Aleksandr Pershin (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 26 May 1990 | |
| 4 | 1:18:51 | Frants Kostyukevich (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 26 May 1990 | |
| 5 | 1:18:56 | Grigoriy Kornev (URS) |
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| 6 | 1:19:07 | Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) |
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| 7 | 1:19:21 | Vladimir Andreyev (URS) |
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| 8 | 1:19:32 |  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) |
NR | ||
| 9 | 1:19:33 |  Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) |
Melbourne, Australia | 15 December 1990 | |
| 10 | 1:19:39 | Aleksey Pershin (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 26 May 1990 | |
| 11 | 1:19:50 |  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) |
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| 12 | 1:19:58 | Oleg Troshin (URS) |
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| 13 | 1:20:07 | Michail Orlov (URS) |
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| 14 | 1:20:15 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) |
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| 15 | 1:20:21 | Roman Mrázek (TCH) |
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| 16 | 1:20:28 | Robert Ihly (FRG) |
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| 17 | 1:20:37 | Igor Kollár (TCH) |
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| 18 | 1:20:43 | Andrew Jachno (AUS) |
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| 19 | 1:20:45 | Igor Plotnikov (URS) |
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| 20 | 1:20:50 | Anatoliy Grigoryev (URS) |
