50 kilometres race walk

Athletics
50 kilometre race walk
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.
World records
Men	Yohann Diniz 3:32:33 (2014)
Women	Liang Rui 4:04:36 (2018)

The 50 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event. 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. Fifty kilometres is approximately 31 miles.

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 fastest

Men

Correct as of August 2017.^[2]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	3:32:33	Yohann Diniz	France	15 August 2014	Zürich	^[3]
2	3:34:14	Denis Nizhegorodov	Russia	11 May 2008	Cheboksary
3	3:34:38	Matej Tóth	Slovakia	21 March 2015	Dudince	^[4]
4	3:35:47	Nathan Deakes	Australia	2 December 2006	Geelong
5	3:36:03	Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	27 August 2003	Paris
6	3:36:04	Alex Schwazer	Italy
7	3:36:06	Yu Chaohong	China
8	3:36:13	Zhao Chengliang	China
9	3:36:20	Han Yucheng	China
10	3:36:42	German Skurygin	Russia
11	3:36:53	Jared Tallent	Australia	11 August 2012	London
12	3:37:16	Si Tianfeng	China	11 August 2012	London
13	3:37:26	Valeriy Spitsyn	Russia
14	3:37:41	Andrey Perlov	Soviet Union
14	3:37:41	Ivan Noskov	Russia
16	3:37:46	Andreas Erm	Germany
17	3:37:54	Robert Heffernan	Ireland	11 August 2012	London	^[5]
18	3:37:58	Xing Shucai	China
19	3:38:01	Aleksey Voyevodin	Russia
20	3:38:08	Sergey Kirdyapkin	Russia
20	3:38:08	Igor Yerokhin	Russia
22	3:38:17	Ronald Weigel	East Germany
23	3:38:29	Vyacheslav Ivanenko	Soviet Union	30 September 1988	Seoul
24	3:38:43	Valentí Massana	Spain
25	3:38:58	Mikhail Ryzhov	Russia

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:36:39:

Yohann Diniz also walked 3:33:12 (2017).
Denis Nizhegorodov also walked 3:35:29 (2004).
Matej Tóth also walked 3:36:21 (2014).
Robert Korzeniowski also walked 3:36:39 (2002).

Women

Correct as of August 2018.^[6]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	4:04:36	Liang Rui	China	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[7]
2	4:05:56	Inês Henriques	Portugal	13 August 2017	London	^[8]
3	4:08:58	Yin Hang	China	13 August 2017	London	^[9]
4	4:09:33	Claire Tallent	Australia	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[10]
5	4:10:59	Monica Svensson	Sweden	21 October 2007	Scanzorosciate
6	4:12:16	Yelena Ginko	Belarus	17 October 2004	Scanzorosciate
7	4:12:44	Alina Tsviliy	Ukraine	7 August 2018	Berlin	^[11]
8	4:12:56	Paola Pérez	Ecuador	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[12]
9	4:13:04	Júlia Takács	Spain	25 February 2018	Burjassot	^[13]
10	4:13:28	Ma Faying	China	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[14]
11	4:14:25	Mária Czaková	Slovakia	25 March 2018	Dudince	^[15]
12	4:14:28	Johana Ordóñez	Ecuador	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[16]
13	4:14:46	Klavdiya Afanasyeva	Russia	9 June 2018	Cheboksary	^[17]
14	4:14:47	Li Maocuo	China	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[18]
15	4:15:42	Mayra Pérez	Guatemala	9 September 2017	Owego
16	4:16:27	Jolanta Dukure	Latvia	9 September 2006	Paralepa
17	4:18:00	Nastassia Yatsevich	Belarus	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[19]
18	4:18:31	Nadzeya Darazhuk	Belarus	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[20]
19	4:18:56	Ainhoa Pinedo	Spain	25 February 2018	Burjassot	^[21]
20	4:19:04	Magaly Bonilla	Ecuador	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[22]
21	4:20:46	Khrystyna Yudkina	Ukraine	7 August 2018	Berlin	^[23]
22	4:20:49	Yang Shuqing	China	13 August 2017	London	^[24]
23	4:21:51	Katie Burnett	United States	13 August 2017	London	^[25]
24	4:22:15	Khrystina Yudkina	Ukraine	5 May 2018	Taicang	^[26]
25	4:22:36	Aleksandra Bushkova	Russia	9 June 2018	Cheboksary	^[27]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:22:36:

Inês Henriques also walked 4:08:26 (2017), 4:09:21 (2018).
Yin Hang also walked 4:09:09 (2018), 4:22:22 (2017).
Monica Svensson also walked 4:14:38 (2009), 4:17:29 (2006), 4:22:20 (2008).
Júlia Takács also walked 4:15:22 (2018), 4:16:37 (2018).
Yelena Ginko also walked 4:18:53 (2008), 4:19:13 (2002), 4:22:00 (2003).
Magaly Bonilla also walked 4:19:43 (2018).

Olympic medalists

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1932 Los Angeles details	Tommy Green Great Britain	Jānis Daliņš Latvia	Ugo Frigerio Italy
1936 Berlin details	Harold Whitlock Great Britain	Arthur Tell Schwab Switzerland	Adalberts Bubenko Latvia
1948 London details	John Ljunggren Sweden	Gaston Godel Switzerland	Tebbs Lloyd Johnson Great Britain
1952 Helsinki details	Pino Dordoni Italy	Josef Doležal Czechoslovakia	Antal Róka Hungary
1956 Melbourne details	Norman Read New Zealand	Yevgeny Maskinskov Soviet Union	John Ljunggren Sweden
1960 Rome details	Don Thompson Great Britain	John Ljunggren Sweden	Abdon Pamich Italy
1964 Tokyo details	Abdon Pamich Italy	Paul Nihill Great Britain	Ingvar Pettersson Sweden
1968 Mexico City details	Christoph Höhne East Germany	Antal Kiss Hungary	Larry Young United States
1972 Munich details	Bernd Kannenberg West Germany	Veniamin Soldatenko Soviet Union	Larry Young United States
1976 Montreal	not included in the Olympic program
1980 Moscow details	Hartwig Gauder East Germany	Jordi Llopart Spain	Yevgeniy Ivchenko Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles details	Raúl González Mexico	Bo Gustafsson Sweden	Sandro Bellucci Italy
1988 Seoul details	Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union	Ronald Weigel East Germany	Hartwig Gauder East Germany
1992 Barcelona details	Andrey Perlov Unified Team	Carlos Mercenario Mexico	Ronald Weigel Germany
1996 Atlanta details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	Mikhail Shchennikov Russia	Valentí Massana Spain
2000 Sydney details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	Aigars Fadejevs Latvia	Joel Sánchez Mexico
2004 Athens details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland	Denis Nizhegorodov Russia	Aleksey Voyevodin Russia
2008 Beijing details	Alex Schwazer Italy	Jared Tallent Australia	Denis Nizhegorodov Russia
2012 London details	Jared Tallent Australia	Si Tianfeng China	Robert Heffernan Ireland
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Matej Tóth Slovakia	Jared Tallent Australia	Hirooki Arai Japan
2020 Tokyo details	Dawid Tomala Poland	Jonathan Hilbert Germany	Evan Dunfee Canada

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Malmö	Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)	Enrique Vera (MEX)	Reima Salonen (FIN)
1983 Helsinki details	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	José Marín (ESP)	Sergey Yung (URS)
1987 Rome details	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
1991 Tokyo details	Aleksandr Potashov (URS)	Andrey Perlov (URS)	Hartwig Gauder (GER)
1993 Stuttgart details	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	Valentin Kononen (FIN)	Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
1995 Gothenburg details	Valentin Kononen (FIN)	Giovanni Perricelli (ITA)	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
1997 Athens details	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	Miguel Rodríguez (MEX)
1999 Seville details	Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)	Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)	Curt Clausen (USA)
2001 Edmonton details	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	Edgar Hernández (MEX)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	German Skurygin (RUS)	Andreas Erm (GER)
2005 Helsinki details	Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)	Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)	Alex Schwazer (ITA)
2007 Osaka details	Nathan Deakes (AUS)	Yohann Diniz (FRA)	Alex Schwazer (ITA)
2009 Berlin details	Trond Nymark (NOR)	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	Grzegorz Sudoł (POL)
2011 Daegu details	Sergey Bakulin (RUS)	Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)	Jared Tallent (AUS)
2013 Moscow details	Robert Heffernan (IRL)	Mikhail Ryzhov (RUS)	Jared Tallent (AUS)
2015 Beijing details	Matej Tóth (SVK)	Jared Tallent (AUS)	Takayuki Tanii (JPN)
2017 London details	Yohann Diniz (FRA)	Hirooki Arai (JPN)	Kai Kobayashi (JPN)
2019 Doha details	Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)	João Vieira (POR)	Evan Dunfee (CAN)

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2017 London details	Inês Henriques (POR)	Yin Hang (CHN)	Yang Shuqing (CHN)
2019 Doha details	Liang Rui (CHN)	Li Maocuo (CHN)	Eleonora Giorgi (ITA)

References

^ Belson, Ken. "One Step at a Time? It’s More Complicated Than That" New York Times (August 10, 2012)
^ "All-time men's best 50 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
^ "European Athletics Championships – Men's 50km Race Walk Results". European Athletics. August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Zuzana Trojakova (March 21, 2015). "Toth records third-fastest 50km race walk in history in Dudince". IAAF. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
^ "50km Race Walk Results". london2012.com. August 11, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
^ "All-time women's best 50 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). European Athletics. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). RFEA. February 25, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "Dudinská Päťdesiatka 2018 Results" (PDF) (in Croatian). HAS. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2018 Complete Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). RFEA. February 25, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). European Athletics. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
^ "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2018 Complete Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

External links

[1] Belson, Ken. "One Step at a Time? It’s More Complicated Than That" New York Times (August 10, 2012)

[2] "All-time men's best 50 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017.

[3] "European Athletics Championships – Men's 50km Race Walk Results". European Athletics. August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] Zuzana Trojakova (March 21, 2015). "Toth records third-fastest 50km race walk in history in Dudince". IAAF. Retrieved January 16, 2017.

[5] "50km Race Walk Results". london2012.com. August 11, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2017.

[6] "All-time women's best 50 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017.

[7] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[8] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.

[9] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.

[10] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[11] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). European Athletics. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.

[12] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[13] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). RFEA. February 25, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

[14] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[15] "Dudinská Päťdesiatka 2018 Results" (PDF) (in Croatian). HAS. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

[16] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[17] "Russian Race Walking Championships 2018 Complete Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

[18] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[19] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[20] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[21] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). RFEA. February 25, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

[22] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[23] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). European Athletics. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.

[24] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.

[25] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.

[26] "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

[27] "Russian Race Walking Championships 2018 Complete Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

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