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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 men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place on 4 August on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill in central London. [1] [2] Robert Heffernan and Grzegorz Sudol took the early lead, soon joined by Yusuke Suzuki. Like a bicycle race, the unheralded Suzuki steadily broke away from the peloton.
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]
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 ...
The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held on a 1 kilometer loop course on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. adjacent to Autzen Stadium in Eugene on 15 July 2022. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Wang Zhen (Chinese: 王镇; born 24 August 1991) [1] is a Chinese race walker who specialises in the 10 kilometres and 20 kilometres race walk.He holds the senior Asian record for the 20 km with his time of 1:17:36 hours and is also the Asian, Chinese and junior world record holder over 10 km.
Time Athlete Date Place Ref 2:24:00 Antonie Briksová (TCH) 1931-09-06: Prague, Czechoslovakia: 2:14:07 Antonie Odvárková (TCH) 1931-09-14: Prague, Czechoslovakia: 1:59:02 Lina Aebersold (SUI)