The 50 kilometre race walk[2] 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.
| Athletics 50 kilometre race walk | |
|---|---|
 Men'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.[1] | |
| World records | |
| Men |  Yohann Diniz 3:32:33 (2014) |
| Women |  Liu Hong 3:59:15 (2019) |
| Olympic records | |
| Men |  Jared Tallent 3:36:53 (2012) |
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 will be replaced by a mixed team race in order to achieve gender equality.
World records edit
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 edit
Men edit
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:32:33 | Yohann Diniz | France
|
15 August 2014 | Zürich | [5] |
| 2 | 3:34:14 | Denis Nizhegorodov |  Russia
|
11 May 2008 | Cheboksary | |
| 3 | 3:34:38 | Matej Tóth |  Slovakia
|
21 March 2015 | Dudince | [6] |
| 4 | 3:35:47 | Nathan Deakes | Australia
|
2 December 2006 | Geelong | |
| 5 | 3:36:03 | Robert Korzeniowski |  Poland
|
27 August 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 6 | 3:36:04 | Alex Schwazer |  Italy
|
11 February 2007 | Rosignano Solvay | |
| 7 | 3:36:06 | Yu Chaohong | China
|
22 October 2005 | Nanjing | |
| 8 | 3:36:13 | Zhao Chengliang | China
|
22 October 2005 | Nanjing | |
| 9 | 3:36:20 | Han Yucheng | China
|
27 February 2005 | Nanning | |
| 10 | 3:36:42 | German Skurygin | Russia
|
27 August 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 11 | 3:36:45 | Masatora Kawano |  Japan
|
27 October 2019 | Takahata | [7] |
| 12 | 3:36:53 | Jared Tallent | Australia
|
11 August 2012 | London | |
| 13 | 3:37:16 | Si Tianfeng | China
|
11 August 2012 | London | |
| 14 | 3:37:26 | Valeriy Spitsyn | Russia
|
21 May 2000 | Moskva | |
| 15 | 3:37:39 | Satoshi Maruo | Japan
|
27 October 2019 | Takahata | [8] |
| 16 | 3:37:41 | Andrey Perlov |  Soviet Union
|
5 August 1989 | Leningrad | |
| Ivan Noskov | Russia
|
15 August 2014 | Zürich | |||
| 18 | 3:37:46 | Andreas Erm |  Germany
|
27 August 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 19 | 3:37:54 | Robert Heffernan |  Ireland
|
11 August 2012 | London | [9] |
| 20 | 3:37:58 | Xing Shucai | China
|
27 February 2005 | Nanning | |
| 21 | 3:38:01 | Aleksey Voyevodin | Russia
|
27 August 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 22 | 3:38:02 | Wang Qin | China
|
9 March 2019 | Huangshan | [10] |
| 23 | 3:38:08 | Sergey Kirdyapkin | Russia
|
12 August 2005 | Helsinki | |
| Igor Yerokhin | Russia
|
8 June 2008 | Saransk | |||
| 25 | 3:38:17 | Ronald Weigel |  East Germany
|
25 May 1986 | Potsdam |
Notes edit
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 edit
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:50:42 [a] | Yelena Lashmanova | Russia
|
5 September 2020 | Voronovo | |
| 2 | 3:57:08 [b] | Klavdiya Afanasyeva | Russia
|
15 June 2019 | Cheboksary | [13] |
| 3 | 3:59:15 | Liu Hong | China
|
9 March 2019 | Huangshan | [14] |
| 4 | 3:59:56 | Margarita Nikiforova | Russia
|
5 September 2020 | Voronovo | |
| 5 | 4:03:51 [c] | Li Maocuo | China
|
9 March 2019 | Huangshan | [15] |
| 6 | 4:04:36 | Liang Rui | China
|
5 May 2018 | Taicang | [16] |
| 7 | 4:04:50 | Eleonora Giorgi | Italy
|
19 May 2019 | Alytus | [17] |
| 8 | 4:05:46 | Júlia Takács |  Spain
|
19 May 2019 | Alytus | [18] |
| 9 | 4:05:56 | Inês Henriques |  Portugal
|
13 August 2017 | London | [19] |
| 10 | 4:07:30 | Ma Faying | China
|
9 March 2019 | Huangshan | [20] |
| 11 | 4:08:58 | Yin Hang | China
|
13 August 2017 | London | [21] |
| 12 | 4:09:33 | Claire Tallent | Australia
|
5 May 2018 | Taicang | [22] |
| 13 | 4:10:59 | Monica Svensson |  Sweden
|
21 October 2007 | Scanzorosciate | |
| 14 | 4:11:01 | Raquel González | Spain
|
10 February 2019 | El Vendrell | [23] |
| 15 | 4:11:12 | Johana Ordóñez |  Ecuador
|
11 August 2019 | Lima | [24] |
| 16 | 4:12:16 | Yelena Ginko |  Belarus
|
17 October 2004 | Scanzorosciate | |
| 17 | 4:12:44 | Alina Tsviliy |  Ukraine
|
7 August 2018 | Berlin | [25] |
| 18 | 4:12:56 | Paola Pérez | Ecuador
|
5 May 2018 | Taicang | [26] |
| 19 | 4:13:56 | Mirna Ortíz |  Guatemala
|
24 February 2019 | Guatemala City | [27] |
| 20 | 4:14:25 | Mária Czaková | Slovakia
|
24 March 2018 | Dudince | [28] |
| 21 | 4:14:31 | Jiang Pengqin | China
|
9 March 2019 | Huangshan | |
| 22 | 4:14:49 | Bai Tiantian | China
|
9 March 2019 | Huangshan | |
| 23 | 4:15:33 | Wang Yingliu | China
|
9 March 2019 | Huangshan | |
| 24 | 4:15:42 | Mayra Herrera | Guatemala
|
9 September 2017 | Owego | |
| 25 | 4:15:46 | Mar Juárez | Spain
|
16 February 2020 | Torrevieja | [29] |
Notes edit
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 edit
Men’s edit
World Championships medalists edit
Men’s edit
Women’s edit
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 London |
Inês Henriques (POR)
|
Yin Hang (CHN)
|
Yang Shuqing (CHN)
|
| 2019 Doha |
Liang Rui (CHN)
|
Li Maocuo (CHN)
|
Eleonora Giorgi (ITA)
|
Notes edit
References edit
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