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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.
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.
1 World record progression. 2 ... The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF. World record ...
Standing records prior to the 2024 European Athletics Championships World record Yang Jiayu (CHN) 1:23:49 [2] Huangshan, China: 20 March 2021 European record Vera Sokolova (RUS) 1:25:08 [3] Sochi, Russia: 26 February 2011 Championship record María Pérez (ESP) 1:26:36: Berlin, Germany: 11 August 2018 World Leading Elvira Chepareva (RUS) 1:24: ...
The men's world record for the 50-mile race walk is held by Israeli Shaul Ladany, whose time of 7:23:50 in 1972 beat the world record that had stood since 1935. [9] The modern Olympic events are the 20 km (12.4 mi) race walk (men and women) and 50 km (31 mi) race walk (men only).
She won the gold medal with 1:28:35 in women's 20 km walk at Rio Olympic Games on 19 August 2016. After a year off competition to have a baby, in 2019 she became the first woman ever to finish the 50 kilometer walk in less than four hours, finishing in 3 hours, 59 minutes and 15 seconds at the Chinese Race Walk Grand Prix.
The Men's 20 km race walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6 in the streets of Helsinki with the start at 18:40h local time, and the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 11 August. [ 1 ] The first leader was Takumi Saito who set the pace for the first 5K, opening up a gap on the pack, with his Japanese teammate Yusuke Suzuki the first to chase him down.