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	Yang Jiayu 1:23:49 (2021)
Olympic records
Men	Chen Ding 1:18.46 (2012)
Women	Qieyang Shenjie 1:25:16 (2012)

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.

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 1:23:49 was set by Yang Jiayu of China in 2021. 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

Men

Correct as of August 2023.^[1]
Not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	1:16:36	Yusuke Suzuki	Japan	15 March 2015	Nomi
2	1:16:43 ¹	Sergey Morozov	Russia	8 June 2008	Saransk
3	1:16:54	Wang Kaihua	China	20 March 2021	Huangshan	^[2]
4	1:17:02	Yohann Diniz	France	8 March 2015	Arles
5	1:17:15	Toshikazu Yamanishi	Japan	17 March 2019	Nomi	^[3]
6	1:17:16	Vladimir Kanaykin	Russia	28 September 2007	Saransk
7	1:17:21	Jefferson Pérez	Ecuador	23 August 2003	Paris
8	1:17:22	Paquillo Fernández	Spain	28 April 2002	Turku
9	1:17:23	Vladimir Stankin	Russia	8 February 2004	Adler
10	1:17:24	Masatora Kawano	Japan	17 March 2019	Nomi	^[4]
11	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]
14	1:17:30	Alex Schwazer	Italy	18 March 2012	Lugano
15	1:17:32	Álvaro Martín	Spain	19 August 2023	Budapest	^[7]
16	1:17:33	Nathan Deakes	Australia	23 April 2005	Cixi City
17	1:17:36	Wang Zhen	China	30 March 2012	Taicang
18	1:17:38	Valeriy Borchin	Russia	28 February 2009	Adler
19	1:17:39	Cai Zelin	China	20 March 2021	Huangshan	^[8]
		Zhang Jun	China	20 March 2021	Huangshan	^[9]
		Perseus Karlström	Sweden	19 August 2023	Budapest	^[10]
22	1:17:40	Chen Ding	China	30 March 2012	Taicang
23	1:17:41	Zhu Hongjun	China	23 April 2005	Cixi
24	1:17:45	Massimo Stano	Italy	8 June 2019	A Coruña	^[11]
25	1:17:46	Julio Martínez	Guatemala	18 May 1999	Eisenhüttenstadt
25	1:17:46	Roman Rasskazov	Russia	19 May 2000	Moscow

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:17:46:

Toshikazu Yamanishi also walked 1:17:20 (2021), 1:17:36 (2020), 1:17:41 (2018, 2019).
Yohann Diniz also walked 1:17:24 (2015), 1:17:43 (2012).
Vladimir Kanaykin also walked 1:17:36 (2007).

Women

Correct as of March 2021.^[12]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	1:23:39	Elena Lashmanova	Russia	9 June 2018	Cheboksary	^[13]
2	1:23:49	Yang Jiayu	China	20 March 2021	Huangshan	^[14]
3	1:24:27	Liu Hong	China	20 March 2021	Huangshan	^[15]
4	1:24:45	Qieyang Shenjie	China	20 March 2021	Huangshan	^[16]
5	1:24:47	Elmira Alembekova	Russia	27 February 2015	Sochi	^[17]
6	1:24:50¹	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	4 March 2001	Adler
7	1:24:56	Olga Kaniskina	Russia	28 February 2009	Adler
8	1:25:03	Marina Pandakova	Russia	27 February 2015	Sochi	^[18]
9	1:25:04	Svetlana Vasilyeva	Russia	27 February 2015	Sochi	^[19]
10	1:25:08	Vera Sokolova	Russia	26 February 2011	Sochi
11	1:25:09	Anisya Kirdyapkina	Russia	26 February 2011	Sochi
12	1:25:12	Lü Xiuzhi	China	20 March 2015	Beijing
13	1:25:18¹	Tatyana Gudkova	Russia	19 May 2000	Moscow
14	1:25:20¹	Olga Polyakova	Russia	19 May 2000	Moscow
15	1:25:22	Yekaterina Medvedyeva	Russia	18 February 2017	Sochi
16	1:25:29¹	Irina Stankina	Russia	19 May 2000	Moscow
16	1:25:29	Glenda Morejón	Ecuador	8 June 2019	A Coruña	^[20]
18	1:25:32	Olena Shumkina	Russia	28 February 2009	Adler
19	1:25:46	Tatyana Shemyakina	Russia	23 February 2008	Adler
20	1:25:52	Larisa Emelyanova	Russia	28 February 2009	Adler
20	1:25:52	Tatiana Sibileva	Russia	20 February 2010	Sochi
22	1:25:59	Tamara Kovalenko	Russia	19 May 2000	Moscow
22	1:25:59	Yang Liujing	China	20 March 2021	Huangshan	^[21]
24	1:26:11	Ryta Turava	Belarus	15 April 2006	Nesvizh
25	1:26:14	Irina Petrova	Russia	19 February 2006	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 1:26:14:

Liu Hong also walked 1:24:38 (2015), 1:25:56 (2016, 2019), 1:25:46 (2012), 1:26:00 (2012).
Elena Lashmanova also walked 1:24:58 (2016), 1:25:02 (2012), 1:25:18 (2017), 1:25:41 (2021), 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).
Yang Jiayu also walked 1:25:34 (2019).
Shenjie Qieyang also walked 1:25:16 (2012), 1:25:37 (2019).
Olimpiada Ivanova also walked 1:25:41 (2005), 1:26:08 (2000).
Lü Xiuzhi also walked 1:22:51 (2021).

The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:14) annulled due to doping offence:

Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1:25:09	Olga Kaniskina	Russia	11 August 2012	London
1:25:59	Liu Hong	China	7 May 2016	Rome	^[22]

Olympic medalists

Men

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956 Melbourne details	Leonid Spirin Soviet Union	Antanas Mikėnas Soviet Union	Bruno Junk Soviet Union
1960 Rome details	Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union	Noel Freeman Australia	Stan Vickers Great Britain
1964 Tokyo details	Ken Matthews Great Britain	Dieter Lindner United Team of Germany	Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City details	Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union	José Pedraza Mexico	Nikolay Smaga Soviet Union
1972 Munich details	Peter Frenkel East Germany	Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union	Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany
1976 Montreal details	Daniel Bautista Mexico	Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany	Peter Frenkel East Germany
1980 Moscow details	Maurizio Damilano Italy	Pyotr Pochenchuk Soviet Union	Roland Wieser East Germany
1984 Los Angeles details	Ernesto Canto Mexico	Raúl González Mexico	Maurizio Damilano Italy
1988 Seoul details	Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia	Ronald Weigel East Germany	Maurizio Damilano Italy
1992 Barcelona details	Daniel Plaza Spain	Guillaume LeBlanc Canada	Giovanni De Benedictis Italy
1996 Atlanta details	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	Ilya Markov Russia	Bernardo Segura Mexico
2000 Sydney details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	Noé Hernández Mexico	Vladimir Andreyev Russia
2004 Athens details	Ivano Brugnetti Italy	Paquillo Fernández Spain	Nathan Deakes Australia
2008 Beijing details	Valeriy Borchin Russia	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	Jared Tallent Australia
2012 London details	Chen Ding China	Érick Barrondo Guatemala	Wang Zhen China
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Wang Zhen China	Cai Zelin China	Dane Bird-Smith Australia
2020 Tokyo details	Massimo Stano Italy	Koki Ikeda Japan	Toshikazu Yamanishi Japan
2024 Paris details

Women

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney details	Wang Liping China	Kjersti Plätzer Norway	María Vasco Spain
2004 Athens details	Athanasia Tsoumeleka Greece	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia	Jane Saville Australia
2008 Beijing details	Olga Kaniskina Russia	Kjersti Plätzer Norway	Elisa Rigaudo Italy
2012 London details	Qieyang Shenjie China^[23]	Liu Hong China	Lü Xiuzhi China
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Liu Hong China	María Guadalupe González Mexico	Lü Xiuzhi China
2020 Tokyo details	Antonella Palmisano Italy	Sandra Arenas Colombia	Liu Hong China
2024 Paris details

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Ernesto Canto (MEX)	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (URS)
1987 Rome details	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	Josep Marín (ESP)
1991 Tokyo details	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)	Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
1993 Stuttgart details	Valentí Massana (ESP)	Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)	Daniel Plaza (ESP)
1995 Gothenburg details	Michele Didoni (ITA)	Valentí Massana (ESP)	Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)
1997 Athens details	Daniel García (MEX)	Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS)	Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR)
1999 Seville details	Ilya Markov (RUS)	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	Daniel García (MEX)
2001 Edmonton details	Roman Rasskazov (RUS)	Ilya Markov (RUS)	Viktor Burayev (RUS)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	Paquillo Fernández (ESP)	Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
2005 Helsinki details	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	Paquillo Fernández (ESP)	Juan Manuel Molina (ESP)
2007 Osaka details	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	Paquillo Fernández (ESP)	Hatem Ghoula (TUN)
2009 Berlin details	Valeriy Borchin (RUS)	Wang Hao (CHN)	Eder Sánchez (MEX)
2011 Daegu details	Luis Fernando López (COL)	Wang Zhen (CHN)	Kim Hyun-sub (KOR)
2013 Moscow details	Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)	Chen Ding (CHN)	Miguel Ángel López (ESP)
2015 Beijing details	Miguel Ángel López (ESP)	Wang Zhen (CHN)	Benjamin Thorne (CAN)
2017 London details	Éider Arévalo (COL)	Sergey Shirobokov (ANA)	Caio Bonfim (BRA)
2019 Doha details	Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)	Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA)	Perseus Karlström (SWE)
2022 Eugene details	Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)	Koki Ikeda (JPN)	Perseus Karlström (SWE)

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999 Seville details	Liu Hongyu (CHN)	Wang Yan (CHN)	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)
2001 Edmonton details	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL)	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)
2005 Helsinki details	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	Ryta Turava (BLR)	Susana Feitor (POR)
2007 Osaka details	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	Tatyana Shemyakina (RUS)	María Vasco (ESP)
2009 Berlin details	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	Olive Loughnane (IRL)	Liu Hong (CHN)
2011 Daegu details	Liu Hong (CHN)	Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)	Qieyang Shenjie (CHN)
2013 Moscow details	Liu Hong (CHN)	Sun Huanhuan (CHN)	Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)
2015 Beijing details	Liu Hong (CHN)	Lü Xiuzhi (CHN)	Lyudmyla Olyanovska (UKR)
2017 London details	Yang Jiayu (CHN)	Lupita González (MEX)	Antonella Palmisano (ITA)
2019 Doha details	Liu Hong (CHN)	Qieyang Shenjie (CHN)	Yang Liujing (CHN)
2022 Eugene details	Kimberly García (PER)	Katarzyna Zdziebło (POL)	Qieyang Shijie (CHN)

Season's bests

Men[edit]

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Place
2000	1:17:46	Roman Rasskazov (RUS)	Moscow
2001	1:18:06	Viktor Burayev (RUS)	Adler
2002	1:17:22	Paquillo Fernández (ESP)	Turku
2003	1:17:21	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	Paris
2004	1:17:23	Vladimir Stankin (RUS)	Adler
2005	1:17:33	Nathan Deakes (AUS)	Cixi City
2006	1:18:17	Li Gaobo (CHN)	Yangzhou
2007	1:17:16	Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS)	Saransk
2008	1:16:43	Sergey Morozov (RUS)	Saransk
2009	1:17:38	Valeriy Borchin (RUS)	Adler
2010	1:18:24	Alex Schwazer (ITA)	Lugano
2011	1:18:30	Wang Zhen (CHN)	Taicang
2012	1:17:30	Alex Schwazer (ITA)	Lugano
2013	1:18:34	Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)	Nomi
2014	1:18:37	Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)	Kobe
2015	1:16:36	Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)	Nomi
2016	1:18:26	Eiki Takahashi (JPN)	Kobe
2017	1:17:54	Wang Kaihua (CHN)	Huangshan
2018	1:17:25	Sergey Shirobokov (RUS)	Cheboksary
2019	1:17:15	Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)	Nomi
2020	1:17:36	Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)	Kobe

Women[edit]

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Place
2000	1:25:18	Tatyana Gudkova (RUS)	Moscow
2001	1:24:50	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	Adler
2002	1:26:42	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	Munich
2003	1:26:22	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	Cheboksary
2004	1:26:46	Song Hongjuan (CHN)	Guangzhou
2005	1:25:41	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	Helsinki
2006	1:26:02	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	Adler
2007	1:26:47	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	Saransk
2008	1:25:11	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	Adler
2009	1:24:56	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	Adler
2010	1:25:35	Vera Sokolova (RUS)	Sochi
2011	1:25:08	Vera Sokolova (RUS)	Sochi
2012	1:25:02	Yelena Lashmanova (RUS)	London
2013	1:25:49	Yelena Lashmanova (RUS)	Sochi
2014	1:26:31	Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)	Taicang
2015	1:24:38	Liu Hong (CHN)	A Coruña
2016	1:24:58	Yelena Lashmanova (RUS)	Cheboksary
2017	1:25:22	Yekaterina Medvedeva (RUS)	Sochi
2018	1:23:39	Yelena Lashmanova (RUS)	Cheboksary
2019	1:25:29	Glenda Morejón (ECU)	A Coruña
2020	1:26:43	Elvira Khasanova (RUS)	Sochi

External links

References

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^ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
^ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
^ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2018 Complete Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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^ "20 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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^ "All-time women's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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^ "20 Kilometers Race Walking Team Championships Results" (PDF). IAAF. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ Original silver medalist Olga Kaniskina of Russia was disqualified for doping. Other runners were elevated to silver and bronze as a result.[1][2]

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