50 kilometres race walk
| Athletics 50 kilometre race 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 |
 Yohann Diniz 3:32:33 (2014) |
Yohann Diniz, world record holder
The 50 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event. The racewalking 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. Fifty kilometres is approximately 31 miles.
World records
The men's world record for the 50 km race walk was held by Denis Nizhegorodov, through his race of 3:34:14 in Cheboksary in 2008, until it was beaten by Yohann Diniz at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, in a time of 3:32:33.
All-time top 25 fastest
Men
- Correct as of December 2016.[2]
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:32:33 | Yohann Diniz | France |
15 August 2014 | Zürich | [3] |
| 2 | 3:34:14 | Denis Nizhegorodov |  Russia |
11 May 2008 | Cheboksary | |
| 3 | 3:34:38 | Matej Tóth |  Slovakia |
21 March 2015 | Dudince | [4] |
| 4 | 3:35:47 | Nathan Deakes | ||||
| 5 | 3:36:03 | Robert Korzeniowski | ||||
| 6 | 3:36:04 | Alex Schwazer | ||||
| 7 | 3:36:06 | Yu Chaohong | ||||
| 8 | 3:36:13 | Zhao Chengliang | ||||
| 9 | 3:36:20 | Han Yucheng | ||||
| 10 | 3:36:42 | German Skurygin | ||||
| 11 | 3:36:53 | Jared Tallent | ||||
| 12 | 3:37:16 | Si Tianfeng | ||||
| 13 | 3:37:26 | Valeriy Spitsyn | ||||
| 14 | 3:37:41 | Andrey Perlov | ||||
| Ivan Noskov | ||||||
| 16 | 3:37:46 | Andreas Erm | ||||
| 17 | 3:37:54 | Robert Heffernan |  Ireland |
11 August 2012 | London | [5] |
| 18 | 3:37:58 | Xing Shucai | ||||
| 19 | 3:38:01 | Aleksey Voyevodin | ||||
| 20 | 3:38:08 | Sergey Kirdyapkin | ||||
| Igor Yerokhin | ||||||
| 22 | 3:38:17 | Ronald Weigel | ||||
| 23 | 3:38:29 | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | ||||
| 24 | 3:38:43 | Valentí Massana | ||||
| 25 | 3:38:58 | Mikhail Ryzhov |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 3:36:39:
- Denis Nizhegorodov also walked 3:35:29 (2004).
- Matej Tóth also walked 3:36:21 (2014).
- Robert Korzeniowski also walked 3:36:39 (2002).
Women
- Correct as of May 2017.[6]
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4:08:26 | Inês Henriques |  Portugal |
15 January 2017 | Porto de Mós | [7] |
| 2 | 4:10:59 | Monica Svensson |  Sweden |
21 October 2007 | Scanzorosciate | |
| 3 | 4:12:16 | Yelena Ginko |  Belarus |
17 October 2004 | Scanzorosciate | |
| 4 | 4:16:27 | Jolanta Dukure | ||||
| 5 | 4:22:22 | Yin Hang |  China |
5 March 2017 | Huangshan | [8] |
| 6 | 4:25:22 | Brigita Virbalité-Dimsiené | ||||
| 7 | 4:26:37 | Katie Burnett |  United States |
28 January 2017 | Santee | |
| 8 | 4:27:24 | Yang Shuqing | China |
5 March 2017 | Huangshan | [9] |
| 9 | 4:28:13 | Evaggelía Xinoú | ||||
| 10 | 4:28:53 | Neringa Aidietyté | ||||
| 11 | 4:29:33 | Erin Taylor-Talcott | United States |
28 January 2017 | Santee | |
| 12 | 4:29:56 | Natalia Bruniko | ||||
| 13 | 4:32:14 | Jiang Shanshan | ||||
| 14 | 4:32:35 | Lyudmila Shelest | ||||
| 15 | 4:34:01 | Zhou Kang | ||||
| 16 | 4:35:51 | Annalisa Potenza | ||||
| 17 | 4:36:40 | Wang Lixue | ||||
| 18 | 4:36:45 | Tetyena Kryvokhyzha | ||||
| 19 | 4:37:40 | Martina Gabrielli | ||||
| 20 | 4:38:48 | Wang Dan | ||||
| 21 | 4:39:09 | Kseniya Radko | ||||
| 22 | 4:39:28 | Nair de Rosa |  Brazil |
14 May 2017 | Lima | [10] |
| 23 | 4:39:45 | Susan Armenta | ||||
| 24 | 4:41:32 | Agnese Pastare | ||||
| 25 | 4:41:57 | Kora Boufflert |
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 4:30:59:
- Monica Svensson also walked 4:14:38 (2009), 4:17:29 (2006), 4:22:20 (2008).
- Yelena Ginko also walked 4:18:53 (2008), 4:19:13 (2002), 4:22:00 (2003).
- Jolanta Dukure also walked 4:30:59 (2009).
Olympic medalists
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World Championships medalists
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References
- ↑ Belson, Ken. "One Step at a Time? It’s More Complicated Than That" New York Times (August 10, 2012)
- ↑ "All-time men's best 50 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships – Men's 50km Race Walk Results". European Athletics. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ↑ Zuzana Trojakova (21 March 2015). "Toth records third-fastest 50km race walk in history in Dudince". IAAF. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ↑ "50km Race Walk Results". london2012.com. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ↑ "All-time women's best 50 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ↑ António Manuel Fernandes (4 March 2012). "Henriques sets inaugural women’s 50km race walk world record". IAAF. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ↑ "05/03/2017 Huangshan (CHN): Niu Wenbin and Yin Hang win 50km". marciadalmondo.com. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ↑ "05/03/2017 Huangshan (CHN): Niu Wenbin and Yin Hang win 50km". marciadalmondo.com. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ↑ Javier Clavelo Robinson (14 May 2017). "Arevalo and Gonzalez shine as records fall at Pan American Race Walking Cup in Lima". IAAF. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
External links
- 50 kilometres race walk all time – men from IAAF
- IAAF list of 50-kilometres-race-walk records in XML
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