20 kilometres race walk 20 kilometre race walkOlympic 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. 20 kilometres is 12.4274 miles.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 1:24:38 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 racewalkers Men Correct as of March 2019. Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref 1 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki 15 March 2015Nomi 2 1:16:43 # Sergey Morozov 8 June 2008 Saransk 3 1:17:02 Yohann Diniz 8 March 2015 Arles 4 1:17:15 Toshikazu Yamanishi Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi 5 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin 28 September 2007 Saransk 6 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez 23 August 2003 Paris 7 1:17:22 Paquillo Fernández 28 April 2002Turku 8 1:17:23 Vladimir Stankin 8 February 2004Adler 9 1:17:24 Masatora Kawano Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi 10 1:17:25 Bernardo Segura Mexico 7 May 1994 Bergen 10 1:17:25 Sergey Shirobokov Russia 9 June 2018Cheboksary 10 1:17:25 Koki Ikeda Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi 13 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer 18 March 2012Lugano 14 1:17:33 Nathan Deakes 23 April 2005 Cixi City15 1:17:36 Zhen Wang 30 March 2012 Taicang 16 1:17:38 Valeriy Borchin 28 February 2009 Adler 17 1:17:40 Chen Ding China 30 March 2012 Taicang 18 1:17:41 Zhu Hongjun China 23 April 2005 Cixi 19 1:17:45 Massimo Stano Italy 8 June 2019 A Coruña 20 1:17:46 Julio Martínez Guatemala 18 May 1999Eisenhüttenstadt 20 1:17:46 Roman Rasskazov Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow 22 1:17:52 Isamu Fujisawa Japan 17 March 2019 Nomi 23 1:17:53 Cui Zhide China 23 April 2005 Cixi 24 1:17:54 Wang Kaihua China 4 March 2017 Huangshan 25 1:17:56 Alejandro López Mexico 18 May 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt
Women Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref 1 1:23:39 Elena Lashmanova Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary 2 1:24:38 Liu Hong China 6 June 2015 A Coruña 3 1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi 4 1:24:501 Olimpiada Ivanova 4 March 2001 Adler 5 1:24:56 Olga Kaniskina 28 February 2009 Adler 6 1:25:03 Marina Pandakova Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi 7 1:25:04 Svetlana Vasilyeva Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi 8 1:25:08 Vera Sokolova 26 February 2011 Sochi 9 1:25:09 Anisya Kirdyapkina 26 February 2011 Sochi 10 1:25:12 Lü Xiuzhi 20 March 2015 Beijing 11 1:25:16 Shenjie Qieyang 11 August 2012 London 12 1:25:181 Tatyana Gudkova 19 May 2000 Moscow 13 1:25:201 Olga Polyakova 19 May 2000 Moscow 14 1:25:22 Yekaterina Medvedyeva Russia 18 February 2017Sochi 15 1:25:291 Irina Stankina 19 May 2000 Moscow 15 1:25:29 Glenda Morejón Ecuador 8 June 2019 A Coruña 17 1:25:32 Olena Shumkina 28 February 2009 Adler 18 1:25:34 Yang Jiayu China 8 June 2019 A Coruña 19 1:25:46 Tatyana Shemyakina Russia 23 February 2008 Adler 20 1:25:52 Larisa Emelyanova 28 February 2009 Adler 20 1:25:52 Tatiana Sibileva 20 February 2010 Sochi 22 1:25:59 Tamara Kovalenko Russia 19 May 2000 Moscow 23 1:26:11 Ryta Turava Belarus 15 April 2006 Nesvizh 24 1:26:14 Irina Petrova Russia 19 February 2006 Adler 25 1:26:16 Lyudmila Arkhipova Russia 23 February 2008Adler
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.Olympic medalists Men Women Men Women Season's bests Men Women
Popular articles Javier Milei - Argentine libertarian economist, author, radio conductor and public speaker sympathetic to the Austrian School of economic thought. He became widely known for his regular ...Jimmy Carter - American politician, philanthropist, and former farmer who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previ...UEFA Euro 2024 - The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship , commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 or simply Euro 2024 , will be the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial internationa...Argentina - country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also b...Sam Altman - American entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He is the former president of Y Combinator and now the CEO of OpenAI. Early life and education. ...Rosalynn Carter - American who served as First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as the wife of President Jimmy Carter. For decades, she has been a leading advocate for numerou...Next Argentine presidential election - Next Argentine presidential election - presidential election in Argentina....Popular movies The Hunger Games (film) - 2012 American dystopian action thriller science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’s 2008 novel of the same name. It is the first insta...untitled Captain Marvel sequel - part of Marvel Cinematic Universe....Killers of the Flower Moon (film project) - Killers of the Flower Moon - film project in United States of America. It was presented as drama, detective fiction, thriller. The film project starred Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert De Niro. Director of...Five Nights at Freddy's (film) - Five Nights at Freddy's - film published in 2017 in United States of America. Scenarist of the film - Scott Cawthon....Popular video games Minecraft - sandbox video game developed by Mojang Studios. Created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language and released as a public alpha for personal computers in 2...Grand Theft Auto V - 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the first main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series since 2008's Grand Theft ...Roblox - online game platform and game creation system that allows users to program games and play games created by other users. Founded by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in...Baldur's Gate III - upcoming role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios for Microsoft Windows and the Stadia streaming service. It is the third main game in the Baldur's ...Alan Wake - action-adventure video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios, released for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The story follows best-selling thri...Fortnite - online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: ...Super Mario RPG - is a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. It was directed by Yoshihiko Maekawa and Chihiro Fujioka and produced by...Popular books Book of Revelation - The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, and consequently is also the final book of the Christian Bible. Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: apok...Book of Genesis - account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, Israel's ancestors and the origins...Gospel of Matthew - The Gospel According to Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and one of the three synoptic gospels. It tells how Israel's Messiah, rejected and executed in Israel, pronounces judgement on ...Michelin Guide - Michelin Guides are a series of guide books published by the French tyre company Michelin for more than a century. The term normally refers to the annually published Michelin Red Guide , the oldest...Psalms - The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms , the Psalter or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim , the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and thus a book of th...Ecclesiastes - Ecclesiastes is one of 24 books of the Tanakh , where it is classified as one of the Ketuvim . Originally written c. 450–200 BCE, it is also among the canonical Wisdom literature of the Old Tes...The 48 Laws of Power - non-fiction book by American author Robert Greene. The book...Popular television series The Crown (TV series) - historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Tel...Friends - American sitcom television series, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast sta...Young Sheldon - spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and begins with the character Sheldon...Modern Family - American television mockumentary family sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for eleven seasons, from September 23...Loki (TV series) - upcoming American web television miniseries created for Disney+ by Michael Waldron, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shar...Game of Thrones - American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It...Shameless (American TV series) - American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells which debuted on Showtime on January 9, 2011. It...
OWIKI.org . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
