10,000 metres race walk

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Athletics
10,000 metres walk
World records
MenFlag of Japan.svg  Eiki Takahashi  (JPN) 37:25.21 (2020)
WomenFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nadezhda Ryashkina  (URS) 41:56.23 (1990)

The 10,000 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. 10,000 meters is 6.21 miles. [1]

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History

This distance is not commonly raced at senior competitions but part of junior and youth championships. Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 10 km road distance.

World best

On November 14, 2020, Eiki Takahashi of Japan set a new 10,000 m race walk world best in Inzai in a time of 37:25.21. The all-time women's 10,000 m race-walk record is held by Nadezhda Ryashkina of Soviet Union, at 41:56.23.

All-time top 25 (outdoor)

Men

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
137:25.21 Eiki Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg Japan14 November 2020Inzai [3]
237:25.90 Koki Ikeda Flag of Japan.svg Japan14 November 2020Inzai [3]
337:35.00 Yuta Koga Flag of Japan.svg Japan14 November 2020Inzai [3]
437:53.09 Paquillo Fernández Flag of Spain.svg Spain27 July 2008 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
537:57.02 Perseus Karlström Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden26 June 2022Dublin
637:58.08 Daisuke Matsunaga Flag of Japan.svg Japan7 July 2018 Kitami [4]
737:58.6 h Ivano Brugnetti Flag of Italy.svg Italy23 July 2005 Sesto San Giovanni
838:02.60 Jozef Pribilinec Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia30 August 1985 Banská Bystrica
938:03.78 Declan Tingay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia2 February 2023 Canberra [5] [6]
1038:06.28 Miguel Ángel López Flag of Spain.svg Spain24 July 2016 Gijón [7]
1138:06.6 h David Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia25 September 1986 Sydney
1238:08.13 Yohann Diniz Flag of France.svg France12 July 2014 Reims
1338:10.23 Yusuke Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg Japan16 July 2015 Abashiri
1438:12.13 Ronald Weigel Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany11 May 1986 Potsdam
1538:14.24 Vasiliy Mizinov Flag of Russia.svg Russia2 August 2022Chelyabinsk [8]
1638:16.08 Sergey Kozhevnikov Flag of Russia.svg Russia16 June 2024Kazan [9]
1738:18.0 h Valdas Kazlauskas Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet UnionFlag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania18 September 1983 Moscow
1838:20.0 h Moacir Zimmermann Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil7 June 2008 Blumenau
1938:23.73 [lower-alpha 1] Wang Zhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China8 February 2015 Genova [10]
2038:23.95 Ryo Hamanishi Flag of Japan.svg Japan14 November 2020Inzai [3]
2138:24.0 h Bernardo Segura Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico7 May 1994Bergen
2238:24.31 Hatem Ghoula Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia30 May 1998 Tunis
2338:25.42 Evan Dunfee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada28 January 2024 Canberra [11]
2438:26.4 h Daniel García Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico17 May 1997Sdr Omme
2538:26.53 Robert Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg Poland31 May 2002 Riga

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:23.50:

Women

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
141:37.9 h [lower-alpha 2] Gao Hongmiao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China7 April 1994 Beijing
241:42.5 h [lower-alpha 2] Lyudmyla Olyanovska Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine1 November 2014 Mukachevo
341:45:84 [lower-alpha 2] Elvira Khasanova Flag of Russia.svg Russia3 August 2019Cheboksary
441:56.23 Nadezhda Ryashkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union24 July 1990Seattle
541:57.22 Kerry Saxby-Junna Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia24 July 1990Seattle
641:57.29 Antonella Palmisano Flag of Italy.svg Italy23 April 2017Orvieto [13]
742:02.99 Sandra Arenas Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia25 August 2018Trujillo [14]
842:11.5 h Beate Gummelt Flag of Germany.svg Germany5 May 1992 Fana
942:13.7 h Madelein Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden5 May 1992 Fana
1042:14.12 Raquel González Flag of Spain.svg Spain23 July 2016 Gijón [15]
1142:19.2 h Gu Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China7 April 1994 Beijing
1242:23.37 Julia Takács Flag of Spain.svg Spain27 July 2014 Alcobendas
1342:23.7 h Ileana Salvador Flag of Italy.svg Italy8 May 1993 Fana
1442:30.31 Olimpiada Ivanova Flag of Russia.svg Russia26 July 1994 Sankt Petersburg
1542:34.30 Jemima Montag Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia6 August 2022Birmingham [16]
1642:35.69 Beatriz Pascual Flag of Spain.svg Spain23 July 2016 Gijón [15]
1742:37.0 h Sari Essayah Flag of Finland.svg Finland8 May 1993 Fana
1842:38.24 Liu Hongyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China24 October 1995 Nanjing
1942:40.37 Feng Haixia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China24 October 1995 Nanjing
2042:43.23 Yelena Sayko Flag of Russia.svg Russia26 July 1994 Sankt Peterburg
2142:45.0 h Elisabetta Perrone Flag of Italy.svg Italy30 May 1999 Catania
2242:46.7 h Cui Yingzi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China15 March 1992 Jinan
Chen Yueling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China15 March 1992 Jinan
2442:47.25 Anezka Drahotová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic23 July 2014 Eugene
2542:47.4 h Katarzyna Radtke Flag of Poland.svg Poland8 May 1993 Fana

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 42:30.13:

  • Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked hand-timed 42:22.6 (1993), 42:23.9 (1992), 42:25.2 (1990), automatic-timed 42:26.29 (1993), and hand-timed 42:27.5 (1995).
  • Beate Gummelt also walked hand-timed 42:29.4 (1990), 38:21.88 (2016).
  • Gao Hongmiao also walked 42:30.13 (1995).

All-time top 25 (indoor)

Men

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
138:23.73 [18] Wang Zhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China8 February 2015 Genoa
238:31.4 (ht) Werner Heyer Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany12 January 1980Berlin
338:35.5 (ht) Ronald Weigel Flag of Germany.svg Germany12 January 1980Berlin
438:46.0 (ht) Reima Salonen Flag of Finland.svg Finland9 March 1988Turku
538:54.4 (ht) Frants Kostyukevich Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus3 February 1996Minsk
639:06.06 Igor Glavan Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine24 December 2014Sumy
739:10.6 (ht) Mikhail Khmelnitskiy Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus4 February 1995Minsk
839:13.15 Hartwig Gauder Flag of Germany.svg Germany26 February 1988Senftenberg
939:14.0 (ht) Pyotr Pochenchuk Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus6 February 1983Moskva
1039:15.91 Cai Zelin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China8 February 2015Genova
1139:20.52 Nazar Kovalenko Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine20 February 2010Sumy
1239:20.8 Viktor Semyonov Flag of Russia.svg Russia17 February 1980Moskva
1339:21.0 (ht) Vladimir Andreyev Flag of Russia.svg Russia21 January 1997Moskva
1439:21.6 (ht) Nikolay Matveyev Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus2 March 1981Minsk
1539:22.0 (ht) Aleksey Voyevodin Flag of Russia.svg Russia28 December 2001Penza
1639:26.79 Ivan Trotskiy Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus22 February 2008Mogilyov
1739:26.90 Ruslan Dmytrenko Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine16 February 2012Sumy
1839:27.5 (ht) Artur Meleshkevich Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus3 February 1996Minsk
1939:30.5 (ht) Mikhail Orlov Flag of Russia.svg Russia24 January 1995Moskva
2039:32.0 (ht) Igor Plotnikov Flag of Russia.svg Russia4 March 1988Minsk
Aleksey Kronin Flag of Russia.svg Russia21 January 1997Moskva
2239:34.0 (ht) Roland Wieser Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany11 January 1984Potsdam
2339:34.6 (ht) Aivars Rumbenieks Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania17 February 1980Moskva
2439:38.6 (ht) Valdas Kazlauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania17 February 1980Moskva
2539:39.0 (ht) Ralf Kowalsky Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany11 January 1984Potsdam

Women

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
143:54.63 Yelena Ginko Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus22 February 2008 Mogilev
2
3
4
5
6
744:38.8 (ht) Olimpiada Ivanova Flag of Russia.svg Russia21 January 2001Moscow
844:39.55 Viktoriya Rashchupkina Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus16 February 2018Mogilev [19]
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
2549:36.3 Ivana Renić Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia18 April 2021Zagreb [20]

Medalists

European Athletics Championships

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1946 Oslo
details 		Flag of Sweden.svg  John Mikaelsson  (SWE)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fritz Schwab  (SUI)Flag of France.svg  Émile Maggi  (FRA)
1950 Brussels
details 		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fritz Schwab  (SUI)Flag of France.svg  Émile Maggi  (FRA)Flag of Sweden.svg  John Mikaelsson  (SWE)
1954 Berne
details 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Doležal  (TCH)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Yegorov  (URS)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Lobastov  (URS)

Notes

  1. ↑ different sources listed time both as indoor and outdoor mark, probably outdoor
  2. 1 2 3 not ratified by IAAF

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References

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  18. ↑ probably outdoor performance
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