World record progression 50km walk men

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The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men's 50 km Walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

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[edit] World Record Progression

TIME NAME ATHLETE DATE PLACE
4:40:15 Flag of Germany Hermann Müller (GER) 1921-09-07 Munich, Germany
4:36:22 Flag of Germany Karl Hähnel (GER) 1924-09-24 Berlin, Germany
4:34:03 Flag of Germany Paul Sievert (GER) 1924-10-05 Munich, Germany
4:30:22 Flag of Italy Romano Vecchietti (ITA) 1928-09-16 Rome, Italy
4:26:41 Flag of Norway Edgar Bruun (NOR) 1936-06-28 Oslo, Norway
4:24:47 Flag of Denmark Viggo Invorsen (DEN) 1941-08-17 Odense, Denmark
4:23:40 Flag of Czechoslovakia Josef Doležal (TCH) 1946-08-04 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia
4:23:14 Flag of Czechoslovakia Josef Doležal (TCH) 1952-08-24 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia
4:20:30 Flag of the Soviet Union Vladimir Ukhov (URS) 1952-08-29 Leningrad, Soviet Union
4:16:06 Flag of Czechoslovakia Josef Doležal (TCH) 1954-09-12 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia
4:07:29 Flag of the Soviet Union Anatoliy Yegorov (URS) 1955-11-17 Tbilisi, Soviet Union
4:05:13 Flag of the Soviet Union Grigoriy Klimov (URS) 1956-08-10 Moscow, Soviet Union
4:03:53 Flag of the Soviet Union Anatoliy Vedyakov (URS) 1959-08-13 Moscow, Soviet Union
4:03:02 Flag of Italy Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1960-10-16 Ponte San Pietro, Italy
4:01:39 Flag of the Soviet Union Grigoriy Klimov (URS) 1961-08-17 Leningrad, Soviet Union
4:00:50 Flag of the Soviet Union Mikhail Lavrov (URS) 1961-09-05 Kazan, Soviet Union
3:55:36 Flag of the Soviet Union Gennadiy Agapov (URS) 1965-10-17 Alma Ata, Soviet Union
3:52:45 Flag of the German Democratic Republic Bernd Kannenberg (GDR) 1972-05-27 Bremen, West Germany
3:45:52 Flag of Mexico Raúl González (MEX) 1978-04-23 Mixhuca, Mexico
3:41:20 Flag of Mexico Raúl González (MEX) 1978-06-11 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia
3:40:46 Flag of Spain Josep Marín (ESP) 1983-03-13 Valencia, Spain
3:38:31 Flag of the German Democratic Republic Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1984-07-20 Berlin, Germany
3:38:17 Flag of the German Democratic Republic Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1986-05-25 Potsdam, Germany
3:37:41 Flag of the Soviet Union Andrey Perlov (URS) 1989-08-05 Leningrad, Soviet Union
3:37:26 Flag of Russia Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2000-05-21 Moscow, Russia
3:36:39 Flag of Poland Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002-08-08 Munich, Germany
3:36:03 Flag of Poland Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003-08-27 Paris, France
3:35:47 Flag of Australia Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006-12-02 Geelong, Australia
3:34:13 Flag of Russia Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2008-05-11 Cheboksary, Russia


[edit] Note

The 3:35:29 by Russia's Denis Nizhegorodov set in Cheboksary on June 13, 2004 was not ratified by the IAAF as a World Record because no EPO test was being carried out afterwards.

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