20 kilometres race walk
| Athletics 20 kilometre race walk | |
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| File:2005 World Championships in Athletics2.jpg The men's 20 km race walk at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics | |
| World records | |
| Men | Japan Yusuke Suzuki 1:16:36 (2015) |
| Women | China Yang Jiayu 1:23:49 (2021) |
| Olympic records | |
| Men | China Chen Ding 1:18.46 (2012) |
| Women | China 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
| Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 20km walk times and the top 25 athletes: |
| - denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 20km walk times |
| - denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 20km walk times, by repeat athletes |
| - denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 20km walk times |
Men
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Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:17:44:
- Toshikazu Yamanishi also walked 1:17:41 (2018, 2019).
- Yohann Diniz also walked 1:17:43 (2012).
Women
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:26:11:
- Liu Hong also walked 1:25:46 (2012), 1:25:56 (2016, 2019), 1:26:00 (2012).
- Yelena Lashmanova also walked 1:25:41 (2021), 1:25:49 (2013).
- Olga Kaniskina also walked 1:25:42 (2008), 1:25:54 (2016), 1:26:02 (2006).
- Vera Sokolova also walked 1:25:35 (2010), 1:25:38 (2015), 1:26:00 (2013).
- Anisiya Kornikova-Kirdyapkina also walked 1:25:30 (2008), 1:25:59 (2013).
- Yang Jiayu also walked 1:25:34 (2019), 1:25:54 (2024).
- Shenjie Qieyang also walked 1:25:37 (2019).
- Olimpiada Ivanova also walked 1:25:41 (2005), 1:26:08 (2000).
- Lü Xiuzhi also walked 1:25:51 (2021).
The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:11) annulled due to doping offence:
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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| 1:25:09 | Olga Kaniskina | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 11 August 2012 | London | |
| 1:25:59 | Liu Hong | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 7 May 2016 | Rome | [18] |
Olympic medalists
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Women
World Championships medalists
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Season's bests
External links
References
- ↑ "20 Kilometres Race Walk Men". World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 Aug 2023.
- ↑ "All-time men's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (18 February 2024). "Ikeda threatens world 20km race walk record in Kobe". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ↑ "20km Race Walk Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ↑ "20km Race Walk Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ↑ "20 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ↑ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ↑ "20 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (18 February 2024). "Ikeda threatens world 20km race walk record in Kobe". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ↑ "20km Race Walk Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ↑ "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women". World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 Aug 2023.
- ↑ "All-time women's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ↑ "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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