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 France 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

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:

Women

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:

Olympic medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1932 Los Angeles
 Tommy Green (GBR)  Jānis Daliņš (LAT)  Ugo Frigerio (ITA)
1936 Berlin
 Harold Whitlock (GBR)  Arthur Tell Schwab (SUI)  Adalberts Bubenko (LAT)
1948 London
 John Ljunggren (SWE)  Gaston Godel (SUI)  Tebbs Lloyd Johnson (GBR)
1952 Helsinki
 Giuseppe Dordoni (ITA)  Josef Doležal (TCH)  Antal Róka (HUN)
1956 Melbourne
 Norman Read (NZL)  Yevgeniy Maskinskov (URS)  John Ljunggren (SWE)
1960 Rome
 Don Thompson (GBR)  John Ljunggren (SWE)  Abdon Pamich (ITA)
1964 Tokyo
 Abdon Pamich (ITA)  Paul Nihill (GBR)  Ingvar Pettersson (SWE)
1968 Mexico City
 Christoph Höhne (GDR)  Antal Kiss (HUN)  Larry Young (USA)
1972 Munich
 Bernd Kannenberg (FRG)  Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)  Larry Young (USA)
1976 Montrealnot included in the Olympic program
1980 Moscow
 Hartwig Gauder (GDR)  Jordi Llopart (ESP)  Yevgeniy Ivchenko (URS)
1984 Los Angeles
 Raúl González (MEX)  Bo Gustafsson (SWE)  Sandro Bellucci (ITA)
1988 Seoul
 Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)  Ronald Weigel (GDR)  Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
1992 Barcelona
 Andrey Perlov (EUN)  Carlos Mercenario (MEX)  Ronald Weigel (GER)
1996 Atlanta
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS)  Valentí Massana (ESP)
2000 Sydney
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)  Joel Sánchez (MEX)
2004 Athens
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)  Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)
2008 Beijing
 Alex Schwazer (ITA)  Jared Tallent (AUS)  Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
2012 London
 Jared Tallent (AUS)  Si Tianfeng (CHN)  Robert Heffernan (IRL)
2016 Rio de Janeiro
 Matej Tóth (SVK)  Jared Tallent (AUS)  Hirooki Arai (JPN)

World Championships medalists

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1976 Malmö  Veniamin Soldatenko (URS)  Enrique Vera (MEX)  Reima Salonen (FIN)
1983 Helsinki
 Ronald Weigel (GDR)  José Marín (ESP)  Sergey Yung (URS)
1987 Rome
 Hartwig Gauder (GDR)  Ronald Weigel (GDR)  Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
1991 Tokyo
 Aleksandr Potashov (URS)  Andrey Perlov (URS)  Hartwig Gauder (GER)
1993 Stuttgart
 Jesús Ángel García (ESP)  Valentin Kononen (FIN)  Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
1995 Gothenburg
 Valentin Kononen (FIN)  Giovanni Perricelli (ITA)  Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
1997 Athens
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  Jesús Ángel García (ESP)  Miguel Rodríguez (MEX)
1999 Seville
 Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)  Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)  Curt Clausen (USA)
2001 Edmonton
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  Jesús Ángel García (ESP)  Edgar Hernández (MEX)
2003 Saint-Denis
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)  German Skurygin (RUS)  Andreas Erm (GER)
2005 Helsinki
 Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)  Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)  Alex Schwazer (ITA)
2007 Osaka
 Nathan Deakes (AUS)  Yohann Diniz (FRA)  Alex Schwazer (ITA)
2009 Berlin
 Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)  Trond Nymark (NOR)  Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
2011 Daegu
 Sergey Bakulin (RUS)  Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)  Jared Tallent (AUS)
2013 Moscow
 Robert Heffernan (IRL)  Mikhail Ryzhov (RUS)  Jared Tallent (AUS)
2015 Beijing
 Matej Tóth (SVK)  Jared Tallent (AUS)  Takayuki Tanii (JPN)

References

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  2. "All-time men's best 50 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. "European Athletics Championships – Men's 50km Race Walk Results". European Athletics. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. Zuzana Trojakova (21 March 2015). "Toth records third-fastest 50km race walk in history in Dudince". IAAF. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  5. "50km Race Walk Results". london2012.com. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  6. "All-time women's best 50 km road walk". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  7. António Manuel Fernandes (4 March 2012). "Henriques sets inaugural women’s 50km race walk world record". IAAF. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  8. "05/03/2017 Huangshan (CHN): Niu Wenbin and Yin Hang win 50km". marciadalmondo.com. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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  10. 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.
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