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The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 20 kilometres walk , as recognised by the IAAF .[ 1]
World Record Progression
Time
Athlete
Date
Place
1:38:43
Hermann Müller (GER )
1911-10-04
Berlin , Germany
1:37:57
Emile Anthoine (FRA )
1913-07-13
Paris , France
1:34:15
Václav Balšán (TCH )
1933-08-13
Český Brod , Czechoslovakia
1:33:25
Fritz Bleiweiss (GER )
1936-06-07
Fürstenwalde , Germany
1:32:12
John Mikaelsson (SWE )
1937-05-30
Malmö , Sweden
1:31:44
John Mikaelsson (SWE )
1946-06-10
Stockholm , Sweden
1:31:21
Josef Doležal (TCH )
1955-06-05
Prague , Czechoslovakia
1:30:36
Vladimir Golubnichy (URS )
1955-09-23
Kiev , Soviet Union
1:30:00
Josef Doležal (TCH )
1956-07-25
Prague , Czechoslovakia
1:28:39
Vladimir Guk (URS )
1957-04-13
Kiev , Soviet Union
1:27:29
Leonid Spirin (URS )
1959-07-07
Moscow , Soviet Union
1:27:04
Vladimir Golubnichy (URS )
1959-07-15
Moscow , Soviet Union
1:25:58
Anatoliy Vedyakov (URS )
1959-09-06
Moscow , Soviet Union
1:25:22
Gennadiy Agapov (URS )
1968-07-21
Leningrad , Soviet Union
1:25:19
Gennadiy Agapov (URS )
1972-05-07
Berlin , Germany
1:24:50
Paul Nihill (GBR )
1972-07-30
Munich , Germany
1:23:40
Daniel Bautista (MEX )
1976-05-30
Bydgoszcz , Poland
1:23:30
Anatoliy Solomin (URS )
1978-07-19
Vilnius , Soviet Union
1:23:12
Roland Wieser (GDR )
1978-08-30
Prague , Czechoslovakia
1:22:19
Vadim Tsvetkov (URS )
1979-05-13
Klaipėda , Soviet Union
1:22:16
Daniel Bautista (MEX )
1979-05-19
Valencia, Spain
1:21:04
Daniel Bautista (MEX )
1979-06-09
Vretstorp , Sweden
1:21:01
Reima Salonen (FIN )
1979-06-09
Raisio , Finland
1:21:00
Daniel Bautista (MEX )
1980-03-30
Xalapa , Mexico
1:19:35
Domingo Colin (MEX )
1980-04-27
Cherkasy , Soviet Union
1:19:30
Jozef Pribilinec (TCH )
1983-09-24
Bergen , Norway
1:19:24
Carlos Mercenario (MEX )
1987-05-03
New York City , USA
1:19:12
Axel Noack (GDR )
1987-06-21
Karl-Marx-Stadt , GDR
1:19:08
Mikhail Shchennikov (URS )
1988-07-30
Kiev , Soviet Union
1:18:20
Andrey Perlov (URS )
1990-05-26
Moscow , Soviet Union
1:18:13
Pavol Blažek (TCH )
1990-09-16
Hildesheim , Germany
1:18:04
Bu Lingtang (CHN )
1994-04-07
Beijing , PR China
1:17:25
Bernardo Segura (MEX )
1994-05-07
Bergen , Norway
1:17:22
Paquillo Fernández (ESP )
2002-04-28
Turku , Finland
1:17:21
Jefferson Pérez (ECU )
2003-08-23
Paris , France
1:17:16
Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS )
2007-09-29
Saransk , Russia
1:17:02
Yohann Diniz (FRA )
2015-03-08
Arles , France
1:16:36
Yusuke Suzuki (JPN )
2015-03-15
Nomi , Japan
See also
References
World
Sprinting
50 metres
60 metres
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
Middle distance Long distance Hurdles Relay
4 × 100 metres
4 × 200 metres
4 × 400 metres
4 × 800 metres
4 × 1500 metres
Distance medley relay
Walking
10 km
20,000 metres (track)
20 km (road)
35 km
50 km
Jumping Throwing
Shot put
Discus
Hammer
Javelin
Combined events
European
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres