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20,000 metres race walk

Athletics 20,000 metres walk
World records
Men	Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1:17:25.6 (1994)
Women	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:26.53.2 (2001)

The 20,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 20,000 metres is 12.4274 miles.^[1]

History[edit]

This distance is not commonly raced at high level international competitions but part of South American Championships in Athletics and individual national championships (f.e. Russia, India, Colombia, Venezuela). Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 20 km road distance.

World records[edit]

On May 7, 1994, Bernardo Segura of Mexico set a new 20,000 m race walk world record in Fana in a time of 1:17:25.6. The all-time women's 20,000 m race-walk record is held by Olimpiada Ivanova of Russia, at 1:26:53.2.

All-time top 25 (outdoor)[edit]

Men[edit]

• Correct as of July 2024.^[2]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	1:17:25.6 [3]	Bernardo Segura	Mexico	7 May 1994	Fana
2	1:18:35.2	Stefan Johansson	Sweden	15 May 1992	Fana
3	1:18.40.0	Ernesto Canto	Mexico	5 May 1994	Fana
4	1:19:18.3	Ronald Weigel	Germany	26 May 1990	Fana
5	1:19:22.5	Aleksey Pershin	Russia	7 May 1988	Fana
6	1:19:24.1	Walter Arena	Italy	26 May 1990	Fana
7	1:19:42.0	Yohann Diniz	France	25 May 2014	Bogny-sur-Meuse
8	1:19:48.1	Nathan Deakes	Australia	4 September 2001	Brisbane
9	1:19:52.0	Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	4 September 2001	Brisbane
10	1:19:52.1 h	Caio Bonfim	Brazil	27 June 2024	Bragança Paulista	[4]
11	1:19:54.0	Pavol Blazek	Slovakia	26 May 1990	Fana
12	1:20:06.8	Daniel Bautista	Mexico	17 October 1979	Montréal
13	1:20:11.72	Li Gaobo	China	2 November 2007	Wuhan
14	1:20:12.3	Nick A'Hern	Australia	8 May 1993	Fana
15	1:20:22.52	Gurmeet Singh	India	3 February 2012	Bhubaneswar
16	1:20:23.8	Andrés Chocho	Ecuador	5 June 2011	Buenos Aires
17	1:20:24.0 h	Max Goncalves dos Santos	Brazil	27 June 2024	Bragança Paulista	[5]
18	1:20:24.4	Li Mingcai	China	15 March 1992	Jinan
19	1:20:24.6	Li Zewen	China	24 October 1995	Nanjing
20	1:20:31.5	Chen Shaoguo	China	15 March 1992	Jinan
21	1:20:35.4	Mao Xinyuan	China	15 March 1992	Jinan
22	1:20:36.6	Gustavo Restrepo	Colombia	5 June 2011	Buenos Aires
23	1:20:36.7	Erling Andersen	Norway	5 May 1984	Fana
		Ernesto Canto	Mexico	26 May 1990	Fana
25	1:20:37.8	Valdas Kazlauskas	Lithuania	16 September 1983	Moskva

Notes[edit]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:20:37.8:

• Caio Bonfim also walked 1:20:13.68 (2021).
• Nick A'Hern also walked 1:20:18.5 (1990).

Women[edit]

• Correct as of June 2021.^[6]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	1:26:53.2	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	6 September 2001	Brisbane
2	1:27:49.3	Yelena Nikolayeva	Russia	6 September 2001	Brisbane
3	1:29:24.61	Glenda Morejón	Ecuador	29 May 2021	Guayaquil	[7]
4	1:29:32.4	Song Hongjuan	China	24 October 2003	Changsha
5	1:29:36.4	Susana Feitor	Portugal	21 July 2001	Lisboa
6	1:30:48.3	Rossella Giordano	Italy	4 August 2000	Almada
7	1:30:51.97	Erica de Sena	Brazil	29 May 2021	Guayaquil	[8]
8	1:30:52.0	Karla Jaramillo	Ecuador	25 May 2019	Lima	[9]
9	1:31:02.25	Sandra Arenas	Colombia	13 June 2015	Lima	[10]
10	1:31:06.6	Jiang Jing	China	24 October 2003	Changsha
11	1:31:16.18	Liu Hong	China	1 November 2007	Wuhan
12	1:31:18.79	Song Xiaoling	China	1 November 2007	Wuhan
13	1:31:19.2	Maribel Goncalves	Portugal	31 July 2004	Lisboa
14	1:31:23.7	Inês Henriques	Portugal	31 July 2004	Lisboa
15	1:31:43.5	Marina Smyslova	Russia	25 September 2004	Izhevsk
16	1:31:47.95	Bo Yanmin	China	1 November 2007	Wuhan
17	1:31:49.5	Alena Zenkova	Russia	25 September 2004	Izhevsk
18	1:31:52.30	Wang Shanshan	China	1 November 2007	Wuhan
19	1:31:53.8	Mirna Ortíz	Guatemala	8 August 2014	Ciudad de Guatemala
20	1:31:58.9	Lyudmila Arkhipova	Russia	25 September 2004	Izhevsk
21	1:32:09.4	Ingrid Hernández	Colombia	5 June 2011	Buenos Aires
22	1:32:15.1	Tatyana Sibileva	Russia	25 September 2004	Izhevsk
23	1:32:17.6	Milángela Rosales	Venezuela	5 June 2011	Buenos Aires
24	1:32:19.71	Hie Jingjing	China	1 November 2007	Wuhan
25	1:32:21.59	Maria Michta-Coffey	United States	22 June 2018	Des Moines

Notes[edit]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:32:21.59:

• Sandra Arenas also walked 1:31:46.9 (2014).
• Marina Smyslova also walked 1:32:16.5 (2003).

All-time top performance (indoor)[edit]

Men[edit]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	1:20:40.0 OT	Ronald Weigel	East Germany	27 January 1980	Senftenberg

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