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50 kilometres race walk

Olympic athletics event

Olympic athletics event

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event50 kilometre race walk
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captionMen's racewalk. Walker at right appears to be illegal in that both feet are off the ground, but an infraction is only committed when loss of contact is visible to the *human* eye.
WRmenFRA Yohann Diniz 3:32:33 (2014)
ORmenAUS Jared Tallent 3:36:53 (2012)
WRwomenCHN Liu Hong 3:59:15 (2019)

The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. 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.

50 kilometres is approximately 31 miles.

The 50 kilometres race walk was dropped from the Olympic program after the 2020 Tokyo Games in 2021 and was replaced by a mixed team race, the marathon race walk mixed relay in order to achieve gender equality.

World records

The men's world record for the 50 km race walk was held by Denis Nizhegorodov, through his race of 3:34:14 in Cheboksary in 2008, until it was beaten by Yohann Diniz at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, in a time of 3:32:33.

All-time top 25

Men

  • Correct as of December 2021.
RankTimeAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef1234567891011121314151618192021222325
3:32:33Yohann DinizFrance15 August 2014[Zürich](2014-european-athletics-championships-men-s-50-kilometres-walk)
3:34:14Denis NizhegorodovRussia11 May 2008Cheboksary
3:34:38Matej TóthSlovakia21 March 2015Dudince
3:35:47Nathan DeakesAustralia2 December 2006Geelong
3:36:03Robert KorzeniowskiPoland27 August 2003Saint-Denis
3:36:04Alex SchwazerItaly11 February 2007Rosignano Solvay
3:36:06Yu ChaohongChina22 October 2005Nanjing
3:36:13Zhao ChengliangChina22 October 2005Nanjing
3:36:20Han YuchengChina27 February 2005Nanning
3:36:42German SkuryginRussia27 August 2003Saint-Denis
3:36:45Masatora KawanoJapan27 October 2019Takahata
3:36:53Jared TallentAustralia11 August 2012London
3:37:16Si TianfengChina11 August 2012London
3:37:26Valeriy SpitsynRussia21 May 2000Moskva
3:37:39Satoshi MaruoJapan27 October 2019Takahata
3:37:41Andrey PerlovSoviet Union5 August 1989Leningrad
Ivan NoskovRussia15 August 2014Zürich
3:37:46Andreas ErmGermany27 August 2003Saint-Denis
3:37:54Robert HeffernanIreland11 August 2012London
3:37:58Xing ShucaiChina27 February 2005Nanning
3:38:01Aleksey VoyevodinRussia27 August 2003Saint-Denis
3:38:02Wang QinChina9 March 2019Huangshan
3:38:08Sergey KirdyapkinRussia12 August 2005Helsinki
Igor YerokhinRussia8 June 2008Saransk
3:38:17Ronald WeigelEast Germany25 May 1986Potsdam

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:38:17:

  • Yohann Diniz also walked 3:33:12 (2017), 3:37:43 (2019), 3:37:48 (2016).
  • Denis Nizhegorodov also walked 3:35:29 (2004), 3:38:02 (2006).
  • Matej Tóth also walked 3:36:21 (2014).
  • Robert Korzeniowski also walked 3:36:39 (2002).
  • Alex Schwazer also walked 3:37:04 (2008), 3:37:09 (2008).
  • Robert Heffernan also walked 3:37:56 (2013).

Women

  • Correct as of June 2021.
RankTimeAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
3:50:42Yelena LashmanovaRussia5 September 2020Voronovo
3:57:08Klavdiya AfanasyevaRussia15 June 2019Cheboksary
3:59:15Liu HongChina9 March 2019Huangshan
3:59:56Margarita NikiforovaRussia5 September 2020Voronovo
4:03:51Li MaocuoChina9 March 2019Huangshan
4:04:36Liang RuiChina5 May 2018Taicang
4:04:50Eleonora GiorgiItaly19 May 2019Alytus
4:05:46Júlia TakácsSpain19 May 2019Alytus
4:05:56Inês Henriques13 August 2017London
4:07:30Ma FayingChina9 March 2019Huangshan
4:08:58Yin HangChina13 August 2017London
4:09:33Claire TallentAustralia5 May 2018Taicang
4:10:59Monica SvenssonSweden21 October 2007Scanzorosciate
4:11:01Raquel GonzálezSpain10 February 2019El Vendrell
4:11:12Johana OrdóñezEcuador11 August 2019Lima
4:12:16Yelena GinkoBelarus17 October 2004Scanzorosciate
4:12:44Alina TsviliyUkraine7 August 2018Berlin
4:12:56Paola PérezEcuador5 May 2018Taicang
4:13:56Mirna OrtízGuatemala24 February 2019Guatemala City
4:14:25Mária CzakováSlovakia24 March 2018Dudince
4:14:31Jiang PengqinChina9 March 2019Huangshan
4:14:49Bai TiantianChina9 March 2019Huangshan
4:15:33Wang YingliuChina9 March 2019Huangshan
4:15:42Mayra HerreraGuatemala9 September 2017Owego
4:15:46Mar JuárezSpain16 February 2020Torrevieja

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:15:46:

  • Margarita Nikiforova also walked 4:03:07 (2021).
  • Inês Henriques also walked 4:08:26 (2017), 4:09:21 (2018), 4:13:57 (2019).
  • Yin Hang also walked 4:09:09 (2018).
  • Claire Tallent also walked 4:12:44 (2019).
  • Júlia Takács also walked 4:13:04 (2018), 4:15:22 (2018).
  • Ma Faying also walked 4:13:28 (2018).
  • Johana Ordóñez also walked 4:14:28 (2018).
  • Monica Svensson also walked 4:14:38 (2009).
  • Klavdiya Afanasyeva also walked 4:14:46 (2018).
  • Li Maocuo also walked 4:14:47 (2018).
  • Mirna Ortíz also walked 4:15:21 (2019).

Olympic medalists

Men’s

World Championships medalists

Men’s

Women’s

Notes

References

References

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