20 kilometres race walk
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| Athletics 20 kilometre race walk | |
|---|---|
 The men's 20 km race walk at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics | |
| World records | |
| Men |  Toshikazu Yamanishi 1:16:10 (2025) |
| Women |  Yang Jiayu 1:23:49 (2021) |
| Olympic records | |
| Men | Chen Ding 1:18:46 (2012) |
| Women | Qieyang Shenjie 1:25:16 (2012) |
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
[edit source]The men's world record for the 20 km race walk is held by Toshikazu Yamanishi, who walked 1:16:10 at the 2025 Japanese Race Walking Championships in Kobe, Japan. 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.
Area records
[edit source]| Area | Men | Women | ||||
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| Time | Season | Athlete | Time | Season | Athlete | |
| World | 1:16:10 | 2025 | Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) |
1:23:49 | 2021 | Yang Jiayu (CHN) |
| Area records | ||||||
| Africa (records) | 1:18:23 | 2021 |  Samuel Gathimba (KEN) |
1:30:40 | 2018 | Grace Wanjiru (KEN) |
| Asia (records) | 1:16:10 | 2025 | Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) |
1:23:49 | 2021 | Yang Jiayu (CHN) |
| Europe (records) | 1:17:02 | 2015 |  Yohann Diniz (FRA) |
1:25:08 | 2011 |  Vera Sokolova (RUS) |
| North, Central America and Caribbean (records) |
1:17:39 | 2025 |  Evan Dunfee (CAN) |
1:26:06 | 2025 |  Alegna González (MEX) |
| Oceania (records) | 1:17:33 | 2005 |  Nathan Deakes (AUS) |
1:26:25 | 2024 | Jemima Montag (AUS) |
| South America (records) | 1:17:21 | 2003 |  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) |
1:25:29 | 2019 | Glenda Morejón (ECU) |
All-time top 25
[edit source]| Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 20 km walk times and the top 25 athletes: |
| - denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 20 km walk times |
| - denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 20 km walk times, by repeat athletes |
| - denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 20 km walk times |
Men
[edit source]| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1:16:10 | Toshikazu Yamanishi | Japan | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | [5] |
| 2 | 2 | 1:16:36 | Yusuke Suzuki | Japan | 15 March 2015 | Nomi | |
| 3 | 3 | 1:16:43 | Sergey Morozov | Russia | 8 June 2008 | Saransk | |
| 4 | 4 | 1:16:51 | Koki Ikeda | Japan | 18 February 2024 | Kobe | [6] |
| 5 | 5 | 1:16:54 | Kaihua Wang | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [7] |
| 6 | 6 | 1:17:02 | Yohann Diniz | France | 8 March 2015 | Arles | |
| 7 | 1:17:15 | Yamanishi #2 | 17 March 2019 | Nomi | [8] | ||
| 7 | 8 | 1:17:16 | Vladimir Kanaykin | Russia | 29 September 2007 | Saransk | |
| 9 | 1:17:20 | Yamanishi #3 | 21 February 2021 | Kobe | |||
| 8 | 10 | 1:17:21 | Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador | 22 August 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 9 | 11 | 1:17:22 | Francisco Javier Fernandez |  Spain | 28 April 2002 | Turku | |
| 10 | 12 | 1:17:23 | Vladimir Stankin | Russia | 28 February 2004 | Adler, Sochi | |
| 13 | 1:17:24 | Diniz #2 | 15 March 2015 | Lugano | |||
| 11 | 13 | 1:17:24 | Masatora Kawano | Japan | 17 March 2019 | Nomi | [9] |
| 12 | 13 | 1:17:24 | Satoshi Maruo | Japan | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | [10] |
| 13 | 16 | 1:17:25 | Sergey Shirobokov | Russia | 9 June 2018 | Cheboksary | [11] |
| 15 | 1:17:25 | Ikeda #2 | 17 March 2019 | Nomi | [12] | ||
| 14 | 18 | 1:17:26 | Eiki Takahashi | Japan | 18 February 2018 | Kobe | |
| Massimo Stano |  Italy | 3 March 2024 | Taicang | [13] | |||
| Jun Zhang | China | 3 March 2024 | Taicang | [14] | |||
| 17 | 21 | 1:17:32 | Álvaro Martín | Spain | 19 August 2023 | Budapest | [15] |
| 18 | 22 | 1:17:33 | Nathan Deakes | Australia | 23 April 2005 | Cixi City | |
| 23 | 1:17:36 | Kanaykin #2 | 17 June 2007 | Cheboksary | |||
| 19 | 24 | 1:17:36 | Zhen Wang | China | 30 March 2012 | Taicang | |
| 24 | 1:17:36 | Yamanishi #4 | 18 February 2018 | Kobe | |||
| 20 | 1:17:37 | Caio Bonfim |  Brazil | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | [16] | |
| 21 | 1:17:38 | Valeriy Borchin | Russia | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| 22 | 1:17:38 | Kento Yoshikawa | Japan | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | [17] | |
| 23 | 1:17:39 | Zelin Cai | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [18] | |
| 24 | 1:17:39 | Perseus Karlström |  Sweden | 19 August 2023 | Budapest | [19] | |
| 25 | 1:17:40 | Ding Chen | China | 30 March 2012 | Taicang |
Women
[edit source]| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1:23:39 | Yelena Lashmanova | Russia | 9 June 2018 | Cheboksary | |
| 2 | 2 | 1:23:49 | Yang Jiayu | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | |
| 3 | 3 | 1:24:27 | Hong Liu | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | |
| 4 | 1:24:31 | Lashmanova #2 | 18 February 2019 | Sochi | |||
| 5 | 1:24:38 | Liu #2 | 6 June 2015 | La Coruna | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1:24:45 | Shijie Qieyang | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | |
| 5 | 7 | 1:24:47 | Elmira Alembekova | Russia | 27 February 2015 | Sochi | |
| 6 | 8 | 1:24:50 | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | 4 March 2001 | Adler, Sochi | |
| 7 | 9 | 1:24:56 | Olga Kaniskina | Russia | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | |
| 10 | 1:24:58 | Lashmanova #3 | 25 June 2016 | Cheboksary | |||
| 8 | 11 | 1:25:03 | Marina Novikova | Russia | 27 February 2015 | Sochi | |
| 9 | 12 | 1:25:04 | Svetlana Vasilyeva | Russia | 27 February 2015 | Sochi | |
| 10 | 13 | 1:25:08 | Vera Sokolova | Russia | 26 February 2011 | Sochi | |
| 14 | 1:25:11 | Kaniskina #2 | 23 February 2008 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| 11 | 14 | 1:25:11 | Anisiya Kornikova-Kirdyapkina | Russia | 20 February 2010 | Sochi | |
| 12 | 16 | 1:25:12 | Xiuzhi Lyu | China | 20 March 2015 | Beijing | |
| 17 | 1:25:16 | Qieyang #2 | 11 August 2012 | London | |||
| 13 | 18 | 1:25:18 | Tatyana Gudkova | Russia | 19 May 2000 | Moscow | |
| 18 | 1:25:18 | Lashmanova #4 | 18 February 2017 | Sochi | |||
| 14 | 20 | 1:25:20 | Olga Polyakova | Russia | 19 May 2000 | Moscow | |
| 15 | 21 | 1:25:22 | Yekaterina Medvedeva | Russia | 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 | Russia | 19 May 2000 | Moscow | |
| Glenda Morejón | Ecuador | 8 June 2019 | La Coruna | ||||
| 18 | 1:25:30 | María Pérez | Spain | 26 March 2023 | Córdoba | ||
| 19 | 1:25:32 | Yelena Shumkina | Russia | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| 20 | 1:25:46 | Tatyana Shemyakina | Russia | 23 February 2008 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| 21 | 1:25:52 | Larisa Yemelyanova | Russia | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| Tatyana Sibileva | Russia | 20 February 2010 | Sochi | ||||
| 23 | 1:25:59 | Tamara Kovalenko | Russia | 19 May 2000 | Moscow | ||
| Liujing Yang | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | ||||
| 25 | 1:26:06 | Alegna González | Mexico | 20 September 2025 | Tokyo | [22] |
Notes
[edit source]Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:26:06:
- Anisiya Kornikova-Kirdyapkina also walked 1:25:30 (2008) and 1:25:59 (2013).
- Yang Jiayu also walked 1:25:34 (2019) and 1:25:54 (2024).
- Vera Sokolova also walked 1:25:35 (2010), 1:25:38 (2015) and 1:26:00 (2013).
- Shenjie Qieyang also walked 1:25:37 (2019).
- Olimpiada Ivanova also walked 1:25:41 (2005).
- Yelena Lashmanova also walked 1:25:41 (2021) and 1:25:49 (2013).
- Olga Kaniskina also walked 1:25:42 (2008), 1:25:54 (2016) and 1:26:02 (2006).
- Liu Hong also walked 1:25:46 (2012), 1:25:56 (2016, 2019) and 1:26:00 (2012).
- Lü Xiuzhi also walked 1:25:51 (2021).
The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:06) annulled due to doping offence:
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:25:09 | Olga Kaniskina | Russia |
11 August 2012 | London | |
| 1:25:59 | Liu Hong | China |
7 May 2016 | Rome | [23] |
Olympic medalists
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World Championships medalists
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World leading times
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References
[edit source]- ↑ "Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk | Records". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ "Women's 20 Kilometres Race Walk | Records". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ "20 Kilometres Race Walk Men". World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 Aug 2023.
- ↑ "All-time men's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (16 February 2025). "Yamanishi breaks world 20km race walk record in Kobe". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (18 February 2024). "Ikeda threatens world 20km race walk record in Kobe". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ↑ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (16 February 2025). "Yamanishi breaks world 20km race walk record in Kobe". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2018 Complete Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (17 March 2019). "Yamanishi and Ma prevail at Asian 20km Race Walking Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ↑ "20km Race Walk Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ↑ "20km Race Walk Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ↑ "20 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (16 February 2025). "Yamanishi breaks world 20km race walk record in Kobe". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ Paul Warburton (16 February 2025). "Yamanishi breaks world 20km race walk record in Kobe". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Yang smashes world 20km race walk record with 1:23:49". World Athletics. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ↑ "20 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ↑ "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women". World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 Aug 2023.
- ↑ "All-time women's best 20 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ↑ "Women's 20km Race Walk Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "20 Kilometers Race Walking Team Championships Results" (PDF). IAAF. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ Original silver medalist Olga Kaniskina of Russia was disqualified for doping. Other runners were elevated to silver and bronze as a result.
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