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The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF. Notice that the records for road walk and track walk are considered separately. Notice that the records for road walk and track walk are considered separately.
The men's world record for the 20 km race walk is held by Yusuke Suzuki, who walked 1:16:36 at the Asian Race Walking Championships in his home town of Nomi, Japan.Suzuki's new World Record came exactly one week after Yohann Diniz's mark who walked a then record time of 1:17:02 in Arles at the 2015 French championships.
The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF. World record progression. Time Athlete
Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date World record Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36: Nomi, Japan: 15 March 2015 Championship record Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21: Saint-Denis, France: 23 August 2003 World Leading Zhang Jun (CHN) 1:17:47: Taicang, China: 8 April 2023 African Record Samuel Gathimba (KEN) 1:18:23: Nairobi, Kenya: 18 June 2021 ...
Standing records prior to the 2024 European Athletics Championships World record Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:38 [2] Nomi, Japan: 15 March 2015 European record Yohann Diniz (FRA) 1:17:02 [3] Arles, France: 8 March 2015 Championship record Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) 1:18:37: Munich, Germany: 6 August 2002 World Leading Koki Ikeda (JPN) 1:16: ...
The men's world record for the 50-mile race walk is held by Israeli Shaul Ladany, whose time of 7:23:50 in 1972 beat the world record that had stood since 1935. [9] The modern Olympic events are the 20 km (12.4 mi) race walk (men and women) and 50 km (31 mi) race walk (men only).
For the men's 20 kilometres race walk event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by walking the entry standard of 1:20.10 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [8]
Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location World: 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki JPN: 15 Mar 2015 Nomi, Japan Championship: 1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez ECU: 23 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis, France: World leading 1:17:15 Toshikazu Yamanishi JPN: 17 Mar 2019 Nomi, Japan African: 1:19:02 Hatem Ghoula TUN: 10 May 1997: Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany: Asian: 1:16:36 Yusuke ...