10 kilometres race walk

Athletics 10-kilometer walk
Men's racewalk. Walker at right appears to be illegal in that both feet are off the ground, but an infraction is only committed when loss of contact is visible to the human eye.[1]
Men's records
World	Roman Rasskazov 37:11 (2000)

The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10 kilometers is 6.21 miles.^[2]

History

Timothy Seaman, U.S. record holder

It was introduced at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm for men, and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for women.^[3] It is no longer an Olympic event for women, having been changed to 20 km in 1999, though it is run in some international competitions.^[3][4]

World records

On May 28, 2000, Roman Rasskazov of Russia set a new 10-km race walk world record in Saransk in a time of 37:11.^[5] The all-time women's 10-km race-walk record is held by Yelena Nikolayeva of Russia, at 41:04.^[6]

All-time top 25 fastest

Men

• Correct as of October 2016.^[7]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	37:11	Roman Rasskazov	Russia	28 May 2000	Saransk	[5]
2	37:33	Erik Tysse	Norway	27 August 2006	Hildesheim
3	37:44	Wang Zhen	China	18 September 2010	Beijing	[8]
4	37:50
5	37:52
6	37:57
8	38:00
10	38:01
11	38:03	Eiki Takahashi	Japan	16 April 2016	Wajima	[9]
12	38:04.7	Artur Meleshkevich
13	38:09.7	Nathan Deakes
14	38:10
15	38:11
16	38:13
17	38:17
18	38:19
19	38:21
20	38:23
21	38:24
22	38:26.4	Daniel García
23	38:28
24	38:29
25	38:31

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:30:

• Francisco Javier Fernández also walked 38:01.4 (2001), 38:12 (2006), 38:25 (2007), 38:28 (2008).
• Robert Korzeniowski also walked 38:03.2 (2001).
• Ilya Markov also walked 38:25 (2007), 38:30 (2006).

Women

• Correct as of October 2016.^[7]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	41:04	Yelena Nikolayeva	Russia	20 April 1996	Sochi	[6]
2	41:16	Wang Yan	China	8 May 1999	Eisenhüttenstadt
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24	41:59	Marina Pandakova	Russia	9 May 2016	Podolsk	[10]
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U.S. records

On April 20, 2004, Timothy Seaman set the new U.S. 10-km walk record of 39:22.7 in Storetveitmarsje, Norway.^[11] On August 7, 1995, Michelle Rohl set the U.S. 10-km walk record of 44:17 in Göteborg, Sweden.^[11]

Medalists

Men's Olympic medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1912 Stockholm	George Goulding (CAN)	Ernest Webb (GBR)	Fernando Altimani (ITA)
1920 Antwerp	Ugo Frigerio (ITA)	Joseph Pearman (USA)	Charles Gunn (GBR)
1924 Paris	Ugo Frigerio (ITA)	Gordon Goodwin (GBR)	Cecil McMaster (RSA)
1928–1936	not included in the Olympic program
1948 London	John Mikaelsson (SWE)	Ingemar Johansson (SWE)	Fritz Schwab (SUI)
1952 Helsinki	John Mikaelsson (SWE)	Fritz Schwab (SUI)	Bruno Junk (URS)

Women's Olympic medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	Chen Yueling (CHN)	Yelena Nikolayeva (EUN)	Li Chunxiu (CHN)
1996 Atlanta	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	Wang Yan (CHN)

Women's World Championships medalists

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1987 Rome	Irina Strakhova (URS)	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	Yan Hong (CHN)
1991 Tokyo	Alina Ivanova (URS)	Madelein Svensson (SWE)	Sari Essayah (FIN)
1993 Stuttgart	Sari Essayah (FIN)	Ileana Salvador (ITA)	Encarna Granados (ESP)
1995 Gothenburg	Irina Stankina (RUS)	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
1997 Athens	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR)	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)

Season's bests

Men Rank Mark Athlete Place 2016 38:03  Eiki Takahashi (JPN) Wajima

Women Rank Mark Athlete Place 2016 41:59  Marina Pandakova (RUS) Podolsk

External links

• IAAF list of 10-kilometres-race-walk records in XML

References