20 kilometres race walk
Introduction 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 ===Men===*Correct as of August 2023.Time (s)  Athlete  Nation  Date  Place  1 1 1:16:36  Yusuke Suzuki    15 March 2015  Nomi            2 2 1:16:43   Sergey Morozov    08 June 2008  Saransk 3 3 1:16:54  Kaihua Wang    20 March 2021  Huangshan  44 1:17:02  Yohann Diniz 08 March 2015  Arles5 5 1:17:15  Toshikazu Yamanishi   17 March 2019  Nomi  6  6 1:17:16  Vladimir Kanaykin    29 September 2007  Saransk   7 1:17:20  ''Yamanishi #2''  21 February 2021  Kobe  7 8 1:17:21  Jefferson Perez    22 August 2003  Stade de France, Paris-St-Denis  8 9 1:17:22  Francisco Javier Fernandez    28 April 2002  Turku 9 10 1:17:23  Vladimir Stankin    28 February 2004  Adler, Sochi  11 1:17:24  ''Diniz #2''   15 March 2015  Lugano 10 11 1:17:24  Masatora Kawano    17 March 2019  Nomi  11 13 1:17:25  Sergey Shirobokov    09 June 2018  Cheboksary   Koki Ikeda    17 March 2019  Nomi  13 15 1:17:26  Eiki Takahashi    18 February 2018  Kobe 14 16 1:17:32  Álvaro Martín    19 August 2023  Budapest  15 17 1:17:33  Nathan Deakes    23 April 2005  Cixi City  18 1:17:36  ''Kanaykin #2''   17 June 2007  Cheboksary  16 18 1:17:36  Zhen Wang    30 March 2012  Taicang  18 1:17:36  ''Yamanishi #3''   18 February 2018  Kobe 17 21 1:17:38  Valeriy Borchin    28 February 2009  Adler, Sochi  Jun Zhang    08 April 2023  Taicang 19 23 1:17:39  Zelin Cai    20 March 2021  Huangshan   23 1:17:39  ''Zhang #2''   20 March 2021  Huangshan  19 23 1:17:39 Perseus Karlström    19 August 2023  Budapest  21  1:17:40  Ding Chen    30 March 2012  Taicang 22  1:17:41  Hongjun Zhu    23 April 2005  Cixi City 23  1:17:45  Massimo Stano    08 June 2019  La Coruna  24  1:17:46  Julio Martinez    08 May 1999  Eisenhüttenstadt   Roman Rasskazov    19 May 2000  Moscow   Daisuke Matsunaga    18 February 2018  Kobe ====Notes====Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:17:46:*Toshikazu Yamanishi also walked 1:17:41 (2018, 2019). *Yohann Diniz also walked 1:17:43 (2012).===Women===*Correct as of August 2023.Time (s)  Athlete  Nation  Date  Place  1 1 1:23:39  Yelena Lashmanova    09 June 2018  Cheboksary            2 2 1:23:49   Jiayu Yang    20 March 2021  Huangshan 3 3 1:24:27  Hong Liu    20 March 2021  Huangshan   4 1:24:31  ''Lashmanova #2''   18 February 2019  Sochi 5 1:24:38  ''Liu #2''   06 June 2015  La Coruna 4  6 1:24:45  Shijie Qieyang    20 March 2021  Huangshan  5 7 1:24:47  Elmira Alembekova    27 February 2015  Sochi  6 8 1:24:50  Olimpiada Ivanova    04 March 2001  Adler, Sochi  7 9 1:24:56  Olga Kaniskina    28 February 2009  Adler, Sochi  10 1:24:58  ''Lashmanova #3''   25 June 2016  Cheboksary 8 11 1:25:03  Marina Novikova    27 February 2015  Sochi 9 12 1:25:04  Svetlana Vasilyeva    27 February 2015  Sochi  10 13 1:25:08  Vera Sokolova    26 February 2011  Sochi   14  1:25:11  ''Kaniskina #2''   23 February 2008  Adler, Sochi  11 14 1:25:11  Anisiya Kornikova-Kirdyapkina    20 February 2010  Sochi 12 16 1:25:12  Xiuzhi Lyu    20 March 2015  Beijing   17 1:25:16  ''Qieyang #2''   11 August 2012  Olympic Stadium, London 13 18 1:25:18  Tatyana Gudkova    19 May 2000  Moskva   18 1:25:18  ''Lashmanova #4''   18 February 2017  Sochi 14 20 1:25:20  Olga Polyakova    19 May 2000  Moskva 15 21 1:25:22  Yekaterina Medvedeva    18 February 2017  Sochi  22 1:25:26  ''Sokolova #2''   28 February 2009  Adler, Sochi   ''Kornikova-Kirdyapkina #2''   28 February 2009  Adler, Sochi  24 1:25:27  ''Alembekova #2''   18 February 2012  Sochi  16 25 1:25:29 Irina Stankina    19 May 2000  Moskva   Glenda Morejon    08 June 2019  La Coruna  18  1:25:30  Maria Perez    26 March 2023  Córdoba 19  1:25:32  Yelena Shumkina    28 February 2009  Adler, Sochi 20  1:25:46  Tatyana Shemyakina    23 February 2008  Adler, Sochi  21  1:25:52  Larisa Yemelyanova    28 February 2009  Adler, Sochi   Tatyana Sibileva    20 February 2010  Sochi 23  1:25:59  Tamara Kovalenko    19 May 2000  Moskva   Liujing Yang    20 March 2021  Huangshan 25  1:26:11  Margarita Turava    15 April 2006  Nesvizh ====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). *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:TimeAthleteNationDatePlaceRef1:25:09Olga Kaniskina11 August 2012London1:25:59Liu Hong7 May 2016Rome
Olympic medalists ===Men======Women===
World Championships medalists ===Men======Women===
Season's bests ===Men===RankMarkAthletePlace20001:17:46Moscow20011:18:06Adler20021:17:22Turku20031:17:21Paris20041:17:23Adler20051:17:33Cixi City20061:18:17Yangzhou20071:17:16Saransk20081:16:43Saransk20091:17:38Adler20101:18:24Lugano20111:18:30Taicang20121:17:30Lugano20131:18:34Nomi20141:18:37Kobe20151:16:36Nomi20161:18:26Kobe20171:17:54Huangshan20181:17:25Cheboksary20191:17:15Nomi20201:17:36Kobe===Women===RankMarkAthletePlace20001:25:18Moscow20011:24:50Adler20021:26:42Munich20031:26:22Cheboksary20041:26:46Guangzhou20051:25:41Helsinki20061:26:02Adler20071:26:47Saransk20081:25:11Adler20091:24:56Adler20101:25:35Sochi20111:25:08Sochi20121:25:02London20131:25:49Sochi20141:26:31Taicang20151:24:38A Coruña20161:24:58Cheboksary20171:25:22Sochi20181:23:39Cheboksary20191:25:29A Coruña20201:26:43Sochi
External links * IAAF list of 20-kilometres-race-walk records in XML
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