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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
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 European Record Yohann Diniz (FRA) 1:17:02: Arles, France: 8 March 2015 ...
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)
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]
Liu won at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge Final, however, and defeated Qieyang en route to breaking Jin Bingjie's 22-year-old Asian record for the 5000 m walk at the Chinese University Games. [6] She set an event record in her first race of 2013, winning the Memorial Albisetti in a time of 1:27:06 hours. [7]
The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 26, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan. The event saw some controversy as Paquillo Fernández, who finished second after overtaking Hatem Ghoula in the final straight, was disqualified after the race for lifting.