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