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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 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 following table shows the world record progression in the women's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF. World record progression. Time Athlete
African Record Samuel Gathimba (KEN) 1:18:23: Nairobi, Kenya: 18 June 2021 Asian Record Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16:36: Nomi, Japan: 15 March 2015 North, Central American and Caribbean record Julio Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46: Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany: 8 May 1999 South American Record Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1:17:21: Saint-Denis, France: 23 August 2003
Race walking first appeared in the modern Olympics in 1904 in the form of a half-mile (804.672m) walk in the all-round competition, the precursor to the 10-event decathlon. In 1908, stand-alone 1,500m and 3,000m race walks were added, and, excluding 1924, there has been at least one race walk (for men) in every Olympics since.
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: ...
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]
The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 4 October 2019. [ 1 ] Records