Athletics 20 kilometre race walk | |
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![]() The men's 20 km race walk at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics | |
World records | |
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Olympic records | |
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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.
See also: Men's 20 kilometres walk world record progression and Women's 20 kilometres walk world record progression |
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.
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 1:16:36 | Yusuke Suzuki | ![]() |
15 March 2015 | Nomi | |
2 | 1:16:43 1 | Sergey Morozov | ![]() |
8 June 2008 | Saransk | |
3 | 1:16:54 | Wang Kaihua | ![]() |
20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [2] |
4 | 1:17:02 | Yohann Diniz | ![]() |
8 March 2015 | Arles | |
5 | 1:17:15 | Toshikazu Yamanishi | ![]() |
17 March 2019 | Nomi | [3] |
6 | 1:17:16 | Vladimir Kanaykin | ![]() |
28 September 2007 | Saransk | |
7 | 1:17:21 | Jefferson Pérez | ![]() |
23 August 2003 | Paris | |
8 | 1:17:22 | Paquillo Fernández | ![]() |
28 April 2002 | Turku | |
9 | 1:17:23 | Vladimir Stankin | ![]() |
8 February 2004 | Adler | |
10 | 1:17:24 | Masatora Kawano | ![]() |
17 March 2019 | Nomi | [4] |
11 | 1:17:25 | Bernardo Segura | ![]() |
7 May 1994 | Bergen (track performance) | |
Sergey Shirobokov | ![]() |
9 June 2018 | Cheboksary | [5] | ||
Koki Ikeda | ![]() |
17 March 2019 | Nomi | [6] | ||
14 | 1:17:30 | Alex Schwazer | ![]() |
18 March 2012 | Lugano | |
15 | 1:17:32 | Álvaro Martín | ![]() |
19 August 2023 | Budapest | [7] |
16 | 1:17:33 | Nathan Deakes | ![]() |
23 April 2005 | Cixi City | |
17 | 1:17:36 | Wang Zhen | ![]() |
30 March 2012 | Taicang | |
18 | 1:17:38 | Valeriy Borchin | ![]() |
28 February 2009 | Adler | |
19 | 1:17:39 | Cai Zelin | ![]() |
20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [8] |
Zhang Jun | ![]() |
20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [9] | ||
Perseus Karlström | ![]() |
19 August 2023 | Budapest | [10] | ||
22 | 1:17:40 | Chen Ding | ![]() |
30 March 2012 | Taicang | |
23 | 1:17:41 | Zhu Hongjun | ![]() |
23 April 2005 | Cixi | |
24 | 1:17:45 | Massimo Stano | ![]() |
8 June 2019 | A Coruña | [11] |
25 | 1:17:46 | Julio Martínez | ![]() |
18 May 1999 | Eisenhüttenstadt | |
Roman Rasskazov | ![]() |
19 May 2000 | Moscow |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:17:46:
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 1:23:39 | Elena Lashmanova | ![]() |
9 June 2018 | Cheboksary | [13] |
2 | 1:23:49 | Yang Jiayu | ![]() |
20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [14] |
3 | 1:24:27 | Liu Hong | ![]() |
20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [15] |
4 | 1:24:45 | Qieyang Shenjie | ![]() |
20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [16] |
5 | 1:24:47 | Elmira Alembekova | ![]() |
27 February 2015 | Sochi | [17] |
6 | 1:24:501 | Olimpiada Ivanova | ![]() |
4 March 2001 | Adler | |
7 | 1:24:56 | Olga Kaniskina | ![]() |
28 February 2009 | Adler | |
8 | 1:25:03 | Marina Pandakova | ![]() |
27 February 2015 | Sochi | [18] |
9 | 1:25:04 | Svetlana Vasilyeva | ![]() |
27 February 2015 | Sochi | [19] |
10 | 1:25:08 | Vera Sokolova | ![]() |
26 February 2011 | Sochi | |
11 | 1:25:09 | Anisya Kirdyapkina | ![]() |
26 February 2011 | Sochi | |
12 | 1:25:12 | Lü Xiuzhi | ![]() |
20 March 2015 | Beijing | |
13 | 1:25:181 | Tatyana Gudkova | ![]() |
19 May 2000 | Moscow | |
14 | 1:25:201 | Olga Polyakova | ![]() |
19 May 2000 | Moscow | |
15 | 1:25:22 | Yekaterina Medvedyeva | ![]() |
18 February 2017 | Sochi | |
16 | 1:25:291 | Irina Stankina | ![]() |
19 May 2000 | Moscow | |
1:25:29 | Glenda Morejón | ![]() |
8 June 2019 | A Coruña | [20] | |
18 | 1:25:32 | Olena Shumkina | ![]() |
28 February 2009 | Adler | |
19 | 1:25:46 | Tatyana Shemyakina | ![]() |
23 February 2008 | Adler | |
20 | 1:25:52 | Larisa Emelyanova | ![]() |
28 February 2009 | Adler | |
Tatiana Sibileva | ![]() |
20 February 2010 | Sochi | |||
22 | 1:25:59 | Tamara Kovalenko | ![]() |
19 May 2000 | Moscow | |
Yang Liujing | ![]() |
20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [21] | ||
24 | 1:26:11 | Ryta Turava | ![]() |
15 April 2006 | Nesvizh | |
25 | 1:26:14 | Irina Petrova | ![]() |
19 February 2006 | Adler |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:26:14:
The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:14) annulled due to doping offence:
Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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1:25:09 | Olga Kaniskina | ![]() |
11 August 2012 | London | |
1:25:59 | Liu Hong | ![]() |
7 May 2016 | Rome | [22] |
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1999 Seville |
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2001 Edmonton |
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2003 Saint-Denis |
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2005 Helsinki |
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2007 Osaka |
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2009 Berlin |
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2011 Daegu |
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2013 Moscow |
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2015 Beijing |
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2017 London |
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2019 Doha |
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2022 Eugene |
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