10,000 metres race walk

Summary

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 edit

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 edit

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) edit

  • h = hand timing

Men edit

  • Correct as of January 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 38:18.0 h Valdas Kazlauskas   Soviet Union   Lithuania 18 September 1983 Moscow
17 38:20.0 h Moacir Zimmermann   Brazil 7 June 2008 Blumenau
18 38:23.73 [a] Wang Zhen   China 8 February 2015 Genova [9]
19 38:23.95 Ryo Hamanishi   Japan 14 November 2020 Inzai [3]
20 38:24.0 h Bernardo Segura   Mexico 7 May 1994 Bergen
21 38:24.31 Hatem Ghoula   Tunisia 30 May 1998 Tunis
22 38:25.42 Evan Dunfee   Canada 28 January 2024 Canberra [10]
23 38:26.4 h Daniel García   Mexico 17 May 1997 Sdr Omme
24 38:26.53 Robert Korzeniowski   Poland 31 May 2002 Riga
25 38:27.57 Robert Heffernan   Ireland 20 July 2008 Dublin

Notes edit

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

Women edit

  • Correct as of August 2022.[11]
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 [12]
7 42:02.99 Sandra Arenas   Colombia 25 August 2018 Trujillo [13]
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 [14]
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 [15]
16 42:35.69 Beatriz Pascual   Spain 23 July 2016 Gijón [14]
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 edit

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) edit

Men edit

  • Correct as of 2 September 2018.[16]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 38:23.73 [17] 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 edit

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 [18]
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25 49:36.3 Ivana Renić   Croatia 18 April 2021 Zagreb [19]

Medalists edit

European Athletics Championships edit

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

Notes edit

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

References edit

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  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.
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  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. ^ "Marcia, Wang 38:23.73 al Frigerio" (in Italian). FIDAL. February 9, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  10. ^ "Dunfee shatters Canadian record, Montag opens her Olympic campaign in style at Supernova". Athletics Australia. January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "All-time women's best 10000m track race-walk". alltime-athletics.com. September 19, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Eduardo Biscayart (August 27, 2018). "Arenas threatens world record at Ibero-American Championships". IAAF. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "10000m Race Walk Results" (PDF). Microplus Informatica. August 6, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  16. ^ "All-time men's best 10000m track walk". alltime-athletics.com. September 2, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  17. ^ probably outdoor performance
  18. ^ "Mogilev (Belarus), 16-18.2.2018 -National Championships-". trackinsun.blogspot.de. February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  19. ^ "Zagreb (CRO): Bruno Erent and Ivana Renic win the Croatian Track Championships". marciadalmondo.com. April 19, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.