Men's 50 kilometres walk world record progression

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The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men's 50 km Walk , as recognised by the IAAF. [1]

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World record progression

TimeAthleteDatePlace
4:40:15Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hermann Müller  (GER)1921-09-07 Munich, Germany
4:36:22Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Karl Hähnel  (GER)1924-09-24 Berlin, Germany
4:34:03Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Paul Sievert  (GER)1924-10-05 Munich, Germany
4:30:22Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Romano Vecchietti  (ITA)1928-09-16 Rome, Italy
4:26:41Flag of Norway.svg  Edgar Bruun  (NOR)1936-06-28 Oslo, Norway
4:24:47Flag of Denmark.svg  Viggo Ingvorsen  (DEN)1941-08-17 Odense, Denmark
4:23:40Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Doležal  (TCH)1946-08-04 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia
4:23:14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Doležal  (TCH)1952-08-24 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia
4:20:30Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Vladimir Ukhov  (URS)1952-08-29 Leningrad, Soviet Union
4:16:06Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Doležal  (TCH)1954-09-12 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia
4:07:29Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Yegorov  (URS)1955-11-17 Tbilisi, Soviet Union
4:05:13Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Grigory Klimov  (URS)1956-08-10 Moscow, Soviet Union
4:03:53Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoly Vedyakov  (URS)1959-08-13 Moscow, Soviet Union
4:03:02Flag of Italy.svg  Abdon Pamich  (ITA)1960-10-16 Ponte San Pietro, Italy
4:01:39Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Grigory Klimov  (URS)1961-08-17 Leningrad, Soviet Union
4:00:50Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mikhail Lavrov  (URS)1961-09-05 Kazan, Soviet Union
3:55:36Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Gennadiy Agapov  (URS)1965-10-17 Alma Ata, Soviet Union
3:52:45Flag of Germany.svg  Bernd Kannenberg  (FRG)1972-05-27 Bremen, West Germany
3:45:52Flag of Mexico.svg  Raúl González  (MEX)1978-04-23 Mixhuca, Mexico
3:41:20Flag of Mexico.svg  Raúl González  (MEX)1978-06-11 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia
3:40:46Flag of Spain.svg  Josep Marín  (ESP)1983-03-13 Valencia, Spain
3:38:31Flag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)1984-07-20 Berlin, East Germany
3:38:17Flag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)1986-05-25 Potsdam, East Germany
3:37:41Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Andrey Perlov  (URS)1989-08-05 Leningrad, Soviet Union
3:37:26Flag of Russia.svg  Valeriy Spitsyn  (RUS)2000-05-21 Moscow, Russia
3:36:39Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Korzeniowski  (POL)2002-08-08 Munich, Germany
3:36:03Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Korzeniowski  (POL)2003-08-27 Paris, France
3:35:47Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Deakes  (AUS)2006-12-02 Geelong, Australia
3:34:14Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Nizhegorodov  (RUS)2008-05-11 Cheboksary, Russia
3:32:33Flag of France.svg  Yohann Diniz  (FRA)2014-08-15 Zürich, Switzerland

Note

The 3:35:29 by Russia's Denis Nizhegorodov set in Cheboksary on June 13, 2004 was not ratified by the IAAF as a World Record because no EPO test was carried out afterwards.

References

  1. ↑ Butler, Mark, ed. (2011). 13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011 (PDF). Monako: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. pp. 615, 616. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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