10,000 metres race walk

The 10,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10,000 meters is 6.21 miles.[1]

Athletics
10,000 metres walk
World records
Men Eiki Takahashi (JPN) 37:25.21 (2020)
Women Nadezhda Ryashkina (URS) 41:56.23 (1990)

History

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This distance is not commonly raced at senior competitions but part of junior and youth championships. Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 10 km road distance.

World best

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On November 14, 2020, Eiki Takahashi of Japan set a new 10,000 m race walk world best in Inzai in a time of 37:25.21. The all-time women's 10,000 m race-walk record is held by Nadezhda Ryashkina of Soviet Union, at 41:56.23.

All-time top 25 (outdoor)

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  • h = hand timing
  • Correct as of June 2024.[2]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 37:25.21 Eiki Takahashi   Japan 14 November 2020 Inzai [3]
2 37:25.90 Koki Ikeda   Japan 14 November 2020 Inzai [3]
3 37:35.00 Yuta Koga   Japan 14 November 2020 Inzai [3]
4 37:53.09 Paquillo Fernández   Spain 27 July 2008 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
5 37:57.02 Perseus Karlström   Sweden 26 June 2022 Dublin
6 37:58.08 Daisuke Matsunaga   Japan 7 July 2018 Kitami [4]
7 37:58.6 h Ivano Brugnetti   Italy 23 July 2005 Sesto San Giovanni
8 38:02.60 Jozef Pribilinec   Slovakia 30 August 1985 Banská Bystrica
9 38:03.78 Declan Tingay   Australia 2 February 2023 Canberra [5][6]
10 38:06.28 Miguel Ángel López   Spain 24 July 2016 Gijón [7]
11 38:06.6 h David Smith   Australia 25 September 1986 Sydney
12 38:08.13 Yohann Diniz   France 12 July 2014 Reims
13 38:10.23 Yusuke Suzuki   Japan 16 July 2015 Abashiri
14 38:12.13 Ronald Weigel   East Germany 11 May 1986 Potsdam
15 38:14.24 Vasiliy Mizinov   Russia 2 August 2022 Chelyabinsk [8]
16 38:16.08 Sergey Kozhevnikov   Russia 16 June 2024 Kazan [9]
17 38:18.0 h Valdas Kazlauskas   Soviet Union   Lithuania 18 September 1983 Moscow
18 38:20.0 h Moacir Zimmermann   Brazil 7 June 2008 Blumenau
19 38:23.73[a] Wang Zhen   China 8 February 2015 Genova [10]
20 38:23.95 Ryo Hamanishi   Japan 14 November 2020 Inzai [3]
21 38:24.0 h Bernardo Segura   Mexico 7 May 1994 Bergen
22 38:24.31 Hatem Ghoula   Tunisia 30 May 1998 Tunis
23 38:25.42 Evan Dunfee   Canada 28 January 2024 Canberra [11]
24 38:26.4 h Daniel García   Mexico 17 May 1997 Sdr Omme
25 38:26.53 Robert Korzeniowski   Poland 31 May 2002 Riga

Notes

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Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:23.50:

Women

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  • Correct as of August 2022.[12]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 41:37.9 h [b] Gao Hongmiao   China 7 April 1994 Beijing
2 41:42.5 h [b] Lyudmyla Olyanovska   Ukraine 1 November 2014 Mukachevo
3 41:45:84 [b] Elvira Khasanova   Russia 3 August 2019 Cheboksary
4 41:56.23 Nadezhda Ryashkina   Soviet Union 24 July 1990 Seattle
5 41:57.22 Kerry Saxby-Junna   Australia 24 July 1990 Seattle
6 41:57.29 Antonella Palmisano   Italy 23 April 2017 Orvieto [13]
7 42:02.99 Sandra Arenas   Colombia 25 August 2018 Trujillo [14]
8 42:11.5 h Beate Gummelt   Germany 5 May 1992 Fana
9 42:13.7 h Madelein Svensson   Sweden 5 May 1992 Fana
10 42:14.12 Raquel González   Spain 23 July 2016 Gijón [15]
11 42:19.2 h Gu Yan   China 7 April 1994 Beijing
12 42:23.37 Julia Takács   Spain 27 July 2014 Alcobendas
13 42:23.7 h Ileana Salvador   Italy 8 May 1993 Fana
14 42:30.31 Olimpiada Ivanova   Russia 26 July 1994 Sankt Petersburg
15 42:34.30 Jemima Montag   Australia 6 August 2022 Birmingham [16]
16 42:35.69 Beatriz Pascual   Spain 23 July 2016 Gijón [15]
17 42:37.0 h Sari Essayah   Finland 8 May 1993 Fana
18 42:38.24 Liu Hongyu   China 24 October 1995 Nanjing
19 42:40.37 Feng Haixia   China 24 October 1995 Nanjing
20 42:43.23 Yelena Sayko   Russia 26 July 1994 Sankt Peterburg
21 42:45.0 h Elisabetta Perrone   Italy 30 May 1999 Catania
22 42:46.7 h Cui Yingzi   China 15 March 1992 Jinan
Chen Yueling   China 15 March 1992 Jinan
24 42:47.25 Anezka Drahotová   Czech Republic 23 July 2014 Eugene
25 42:47.4 h Katarzyna Radtke   Poland 8 May 1993 Fana

Notes

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Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 42:30.13:

  • Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked hand-timed 42:22.6 (1993), 42:23.9 (1992), 42:25.2 (1990), automatic-timed 42:26.29 (1993), and hand-timed 42:27.5 (1995).
  • Beate Gummelt also walked hand-timed 42:29.4 (1990), 38:21.88 (2016).
  • Gao Hongmiao also walked 42:30.13 (1995).

All-time top 25 (indoor)

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  • Correct as of 2 September 2018.[17]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 38:23.73 [18] Wang Zhen   China 8 February 2015 Genoa
2 38:31.4 (ht) Werner Heyer   East Germany 12 January 1980 Berlin
3 38:35.5 (ht) Ronald Weigel   Germany 12 January 1980 Berlin
4 38:46.0 (ht) Reima Salonen   Finland 9 March 1988 Turku
5 38:54.4 (ht) Frants Kostyukevich   Belarus 3 February 1996 Minsk
6 39:06.06 Igor Glavan   Ukraine 24 December 2014 Sumy
7 39:10.6 (ht) Mikhail Khmelnitskiy   Belarus 4 February 1995 Minsk
8 39:13.15 Hartwig Gauder   Germany 26 February 1988 Senftenberg
9 39:14.0 (ht) Pyotr Pochenchuk   Belarus 6 February 1983 Moskva
10 39:15.91 Cai Zelin   China 8 February 2015 Genova
11 39:20.52 Nazar Kovalenko   Ukraine 20 February 2010 Sumy
12 39:20.8 Viktor Semyonov   Russia 17 February 1980 Moskva
13 39:21.0 (ht) Vladimir Andreyev   Russia 21 January 1997 Moskva
14 39:21.6 (ht) Nikolay Matveyev   Belarus 2 March 1981 Minsk
15 39:22.0 (ht) Aleksey Voyevodin   Russia 28 December 2001 Penza
16 39:26.79 Ivan Trotskiy   Belarus 22 February 2008 Mogilyov
17 39:26.90 Ruslan Dmytrenko   Ukraine 16 February 2012 Sumy
18 39:27.5 (ht) Artur Meleshkevich   Belarus 3 February 1996 Minsk
19 39:30.5 (ht) Mikhail Orlov   Russia 24 January 1995 Moskva
20 39:32.0 (ht) Igor Plotnikov   Russia 4 March 1988 Minsk
Aleksey Kronin   Russia 21 January 1997 Moskva
22 39:34.0 (ht) Roland Wieser   East Germany 11 January 1984 Potsdam
23 39:34.6 (ht) Aivars Rumbenieks   Lithuania 17 February 1980 Moskva
24 39:38.6 (ht) Valdas Kazlauskas   Lithuania 17 February 1980 Moskva
25 39:39.0 (ht) Ralf Kowalsky   East Germany 11 January 1984 Potsdam

Women

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Rank Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 43:54.63 Yelena Ginko   Belarus 22 February 2008 Mogilev
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7 44:38.8 (ht) Olimpiada Ivanova   Russia 21 January 2001 Moscow
8 44:39.55 Viktoriya Rashchupkina   Belarus 16 February 2018 Mogilev [19]
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25 49:36.3 Ivana Renić   Croatia 18 April 2021 Zagreb [20]

Medalists

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European Athletics Championships

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1946 Oslo
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  John Mikaelsson (SWE)   Fritz Schwab (SUI)   Émile Maggi (FRA)
1950 Brussels
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  Fritz Schwab (SUI)   Émile Maggi (FRA)   John Mikaelsson (SWE)
1954 Berne
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  Josef Doležal (TCH)   Anatoliy Yegorov (URS)   Sergey Lobastov (URS)

Notes

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  1. ^ different sources listed time both as indoor and outdoor mark, probably outdoor
  2. ^ a b c not ratified by IAAF

References

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  1. ^ "Kilometers to Miles Conversion Calculator and Table – Convert Kilometers (km) to Miles". Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "All-time men's best 10000m track walk". alltime-athletics.com. September 2, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Takahashi smashes world best for 10,000m race walk". World Athletics. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "08/07/2018 Kitami (JPN): Re-written the world season list of 10.000m track walk men". marciadalmondo.com. July 8, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  5. ^ Len Johnson (February 2, 2023). "Tingay breaks Oceanian 10,000m race walk record in Canberra". World Athletics. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "10000m Race Walk Results". World Athletics. February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  7. ^ "Flash-News des Tages" (in German). DLV. July 24, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "At the Russian Championships, they broke the 22-year-old record in walking 10 km". newswep.com. August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  9. ^ "10000m Race Walk Result" (PDF). June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "Marcia, Wang 38:23.73 al Frigerio" (in Italian). FIDAL. February 9, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  11. ^ "Dunfee shatters Canadian record, Montag opens her Olympic campaign in style at Supernova". Athletics Australia. January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  12. ^ "All-time women's best 10000m track race-walk". alltime-athletics.com. September 19, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  13. ^ Filippo Francesco Idone (April 23, 2017). "Atletica, 10.000 metri su pista: Antonella Palmisano realizza il record italiano". sportfair.it (in Italian). Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  14. ^ Eduardo Biscayart (August 27, 2018). "Arenas threatens world record at Ibero-American Championships". IAAF. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Raquel González, campeona de 10.000 marcha con nuevo récord de España" (in Spanish). efe.com. July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  16. ^ "10000m Race Walk Results" (PDF). Microplus Informatica. August 6, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  17. ^ "All-time men's best 10000m track walk". alltime-athletics.com. September 2, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  18. ^ probably outdoor performance
  19. ^ "Mogilev (Belarus), 16-18.2.2018 -National Championships-". trackinsun.blogspot.de. February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  20. ^ "Zagreb (CRO): Bruno Erent and Ivana Renic win the Croatian Track Championships". marciadalmondo.com. April 19, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.