Men's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

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The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 20 kilometres race walk , as recognised by the IAAF. Notice that the records for road walk and track walk are considered separately. [1]

World record progression

Ratified
Not ratified
Ratified but later rescinded
Pending ratification
TimeAthleteDatePlace
1:38:43Flag of the German Empire.svg  Hermann Müller  (GER)1911-10-04 Berlin, Germany
1:37:57Flag of France.svg  Emile Anthoine  (FRA)1913-07-13 Paris, France
1:34:15Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Václav Balšán  (TCH)1933-08-13 Český Brod, Czechoslovakia
1:33:25Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Fritz Bleiweiss  (GER)1936-06-07 Fürstenwalde, Germany
1:32:12Flag of Sweden.svg  John Mikaelsson  (SWE)1937-05-30 Malmö, Sweden
1:31:44Flag of Sweden.svg  John Mikaelsson  (SWE)1946-06-10 Stockholm, Sweden
1:31:21Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Doležal  (TCH)1955-06-05 Prague, Czechoslovakia
1:30:36Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Volodymyr Holubnychy  (URS)1955-09-23 Kiev, Soviet Union
1:30:00Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Doležal  (TCH)1956-07-25 Prague, Czechoslovakia
1:28:39Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valentin Guk  (URS)1957-04-13 Kiev, Soviet Union
1:27:29Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Leonid Spirin  (URS)1959-07-07 Moscow, Soviet Union
1:27:04Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Volodymyr Holubnychy  (URS)1959-07-15 Moscow, Soviet Union
1:25:58Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoly Vedyakov  (URS)1959-09-06 Moscow, Soviet Union
1:25:22Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Gennadiy Agapov  (URS)1968-07-21 Leningrad, Soviet Union
1:25:19Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Gennadiy Agapov  (URS)1972-05-07 Berlin, Germany
1:24:50Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paul Nihill  (GBR)1972-07-30 Munich, Germany
1:23:40Flag of Mexico.svg  Daniel Bautista  (MEX)1976-05-30 Bydgoszcz, Poland
1:23:30Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoliy Solomin  (URS)1978-07-19 Vilnius, Soviet Union
1:23:12Flag of East Germany.svg  Roland Wieser  (GDR)1978-08-30 Prague, Czechoslovakia
1:22:19Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vadim Tsvetkov  (URS)1979-05-13 Klaipėda, Soviet Union
1:22:16Flag of Mexico.svg  Daniel Bautista  (MEX)1979-05-19 Valencia, Spain
1:21:04Flag of Mexico.svg  Daniel Bautista  (MEX)1979-06-09 Vretstorp, Sweden
1:21:01Flag of Finland.svg  Reima Salonen  (FIN)1979-06-09 Raisio, Finland
1:21:00Flag of Mexico.svg  Daniel Bautista  (MEX)1980-03-30 Xalapa, Mexico
1:19:35Flag of Mexico.svg  Domingo Colin  (MEX)1980-04-27 Cherkasy, Soviet Union
1:19:30Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jozef Pribilinec  (TCH)1983-09-24 Bergen, Norway
1:19:24Flag of Mexico.svg  Carlos Mercenario  (MEX)1987-05-03 New York City, United States
1:19:12Flag of East Germany.svg  Axel Noack  (GDR)1987-06-21 Karl-Marx-Stadt, GDR
1:19:08Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mikhail Shchennikov  (URS)1988-07-30 Kiev, Soviet Union
1:18:20Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Andrey Perlov  (URS)1990-05-26 Moscow, Soviet Union
1:18:13Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavol Blažek  (TCH)1990-09-16 Hildesheim, West Germany
1:18:04Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bu Lingtang  (CHN)1994-04-07 Beijing, PR China
1:17:46 Flag of Guatemala.svg  Julio Martinez  (GUA)1999-05-08 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
1:17:22Flag of Spain.svg  Paquillo Fernández  (ESP)2002-04-28 Turku, Finland
1:17:21Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jefferson Pérez  (ECU)2003-08-23 Paris, France
1:17:16Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Kanaykin  (RUS)2007-09-29 Saransk, Russia
1:17:02Flag of France.svg  Yohann Diniz  (FRA)2015-03-08 Arles, France
1:16:36Flag of Japan.svg  Yusuke Suzuki  (JPN)2015-03-15 Nomi, Japan
1:16:10Flag of Japan.svg  Toshikazu Yamanishi  (JPN)2025-02-16 Kobe, Japan

References

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