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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.
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics Record Athlete (Nation) Time Location Date World record Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16.36 [5] Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015 Olympic record Chen Ding (CHN) 1:18.46: London, Great Britain 4 August 2012 World leading Koki Ikeda (JPN) 1:16.51 [6] Kobe, Japan 18 February 2024
The Olympic records in racewalking were all broken at the 2012 London Olympics. In the 20 km walk Chen Ding holds the men's record of 1:18:46 hours, while Elena Lashmanova held the women's mark of 1:25:02 hours until she was disqualified for doping in 2021. The men's 50 km record is 3:36:53 hours, set by Jared Tallent.
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics Record Athlete (Nation) Time Location Date World record Yang Jiayu (CHN) 1:23.49 [2] Huangshan, China 20 March 2021 Olympic record Qieyang Shijie (CHN) 1:25.16: London, Great Britain 11 August 2012 World leading Elvira Chepareva (RUS) 1:24.31 [3] Sochi, Russia 27 February 2024
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
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 ...
The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 August 2021 in Sapporo. [1] Approximately 60 athletes competed; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the number qualifying through time (no universality places were used in 2016). [2]