20 kilometres race walk

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.

Athletics
20 kilometre race walk
The men's 20 km race walk at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
World records
MenJapan Yusuke Suzuki 1:16:36 (2015)
WomenChina Yang Jiayu 1:23:49 (2021)
Olympic records
MenChina Chen Ding 1:18.46 (2012)
WomenChina Qieyang Shenjie 1:25:16 (2012)

World records
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 1:24:38 was set by Liu Hong of China. 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 February 2022.[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  •   Not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics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 1:17:30Alex Schwazer  Italy 18 March 2012 Lugano
15 1:17:33Nathan Deakes  Australia 23 April 2005 Cixi City
16 1:17:36Wang Zhen  China 30 March 2012 Taicang
17 1:17:38Valeriy Borchin  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
18 1:17:39 Cai Zelin  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [7]
Zhang Jun  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [8]
20 1:17:40 Chen Ding  China 30 March 2012 Taicang
21 1:17:41 Zhu Hongjun  China 23 April 2005 Cixi
22 1:17:45 Massimo Stano  Italy 8 June 2019 A Coruña [9]
23 1:17:46 Julio Martínez  Guatemala 18 May 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt
Roman Rasskazov  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
25 1:17:47 Vasiliy Mizinov  Russia 31 January 2022 Sochi [10]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:17:47:

Women
  • Correct as of March 2021.[11]
Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 1:23:39 Elena Lashmanova  Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary [12]
2 1:23:49 Yang Jiayu  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [13]
3 1:24:27 Liu Hong  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [14]
4 1:24:45 Qieyang Shenjie  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [15]
5 1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [16]
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 [17]
9 1:25:04 Svetlana Vasilyeva  Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [18]
10 1:25:08 Vera Sokolova  Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
11 1:25:09Anisya Kirdyapkina  Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
12 1:25:12Lü Xiuzhi  China 20 March 2015 Beijing
13 1:25:181Tatyana Gudkova  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
14 1:25:201Olga 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
1:25:29 Glenda Morejón  Ecuador 8 June 2019 A Coruña [19]
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
Tatiana Sibileva  Russia 20 February 2010 Sochi
22 1:25:59 Tamara Kovalenko  Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow
Yang Liujing  China 20 March 2021 Huangshan [20]
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 [21]

Olympic medalists

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

Women
Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
 Wang Liping
 China		 Kjersti Plätzer
 Norway		 María Vasco
 Spain
2004 Athens
 Athanasia Tsoumeleka
 Greece		 Olimpiada Ivanova
 Russia		 Jane Saville
 Australia
2008 Beijing
 Olga Kaniskina
 Russia		 Kjersti Plätzer
 Norway		 Elisa Rigaudo
 Italy
2012 London
 Qieyang Shenjie
 China[22]		 Liu Hong
 China		 Lü Xiuzhi
 China
2016 Rio de Janeiro
 Liu Hong
 China		 María Guadalupe González
 Mexico		 Lü Xiuzhi
 China
2020 Tokyo
 Antonella Palmisano
 Italy		 Sandra Arenas
 Colombia		 Liu Hong
 China
2024 Paris

World Championships medalists

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

Women
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
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
  Liu Hong (CHN)  Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)  Qieyang Shenjie (CHN)
2013 Moscow
  Liu Hong (CHN)  Sun Huanhuan (CHN)  Elisa Rigaudo (ITA)
2015 Beijing
  Liu Hong (CHN)  Lü Xiuzhi (CHN)  Lyudmyla Olyanovska (UKR)
2017 London
  Yang Jiayu (CHN)  Lupita González (MEX)  Antonella Palmisano (ITA)
2019 Doha
  Liu Hong (CHN)  Qieyang Shenjie (CHN)  Yang Liujing (CHN)
2022 Eugene
  Kimberly García (PER)  Katarzyna Zdziebło (POL)  Qieyang Shijie (CHN)

Season's bests

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