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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.
He is the pending world record holder for the 20 km walk with a time of 1:16:36 hours at an event in his home town of Nomi in 2015. [3] Suzuki competed in race walking from a young age and his international debut came at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF. Notice that the records for road walk and track walk are considered separately. Notice that the records for road walk and track walk are considered separately.
Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date World record Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36: Nomi, Japan: 15 March 2015 Championship record Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21: Saint-Denis, France: 23 August 2003 World Leading Zhang Jun (CHN) 1:17:47: Taicang, China: 8 April 2023 African Record Samuel Gathimba (KEN) 1:18:23: Nairobi, Kenya: 18 June 2021 ...
10 km walk (road) 37:44 Wang Zhen China 18 September 2010 World Race Walking Challenge: Beijing, China [25] 15 km walk (road) 57:15+ Yusuke Suzuki Japan 15 March 2015 Asian Race Walking Championships: Nomi, Japan [23] 20,000 m walk (track) 1:18:03.3 Bo Lingtang China 7 April 1994 Beijing, China 20 km walk (road) 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki Japan 15 ...
Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships Venue Beijing National Stadium Dates 23 August Competitors 61 from 33 nations Winning time 1:19:14 Medalists Miguel Ángel López Spain Wang Zhen China Benjamin Thorne Canada ← 2013 2017 → Events at the 2015 World Championships Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m men women 1500 m men women 5000 m men ...
20 km walk (road) 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki: 15 March 2015 Asian Race Walking Championships: Nomi, Japan [33] Two hours walk (track) 25739 m Takehiro Sonohara: 22 February 1987 Tokyo, Japan 30,000 m walk (track) 2:19:49.2 Takehiro Sonohara: 22 February 1987 Tokyo, Japan 30 km walk (road) 2:03:24+ Masatora Kawano: 24 July 2022 World Championships ...
The Men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 28 on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park in the center of Daegu. Forty-six men started the competition and 27 countries were represented.