10 kilometres race walk

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 6.2 miles.

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]
World records
Men	Roman Rasskazov 37:11 (2000)
Women	Yelena Nikolayeva 41:04 (1996)

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.^[2] It is no longer an Olympic event, having been changed to 20 km after 1952 for men and in 1999 for women, though it is still run in some international competitions.^[2][3]

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.^[4] The all-time women's 10-km race-walk record is held by Yelena Nikolayeva of Russia, at 41:04.^[5]

All-time top 25

Men

• Correct as of February 2024.^[6]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	37:11	Roman Rasskazov	Russia	28 May 2000	Saransk	[4]
2	37:33	Erik Tysse	Norway	27 August 2006	Hildesheim
3	37:44	Wang Zhen	China	18 September 2010	Beijing	[7]
4	37:50	Andreas Erm	Germany	27 May 2000	Berlin
5	37:52	Francisco Javier Fernández	Spain	8 June 2002	Kraków
6	37:57	Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	8 June 2002	Kraków
		Zhu Yafei	China	18 September 2010	Beijing
8	38:00	Giorgio Rubino	Italy	18 September 2010	Beijing
		Wang Hao	China	18 September 2010	Beijing
		Vasiliy Mizinov	Russia	23 August 2020	Voronovo
11	38:01	Pyotr Trofimov	Russia	13 September 2014	Bui
12	38:03	Eiki Takahashi	Japan	16 April 2016	Wajima	[8]
13	38:04.7	Artur Meleshkevich	Bulgaria	9 June 2001	Kraków
14	38:09.7	Nathan Deakes	Australia	9 June 2001	Kraków
15	38:10	Luis Fernando López	Colombia	18 September 2010	Beijing
16	38:11	Valeriy Borchin	Russia	30 May 2009	Kraków
17	38:13	Kim Hyun-sub	South Korea	18 September 2010	Beijing
18	38:16+	Koki Ikeda	Japan	18 February 2024	Kobe	[9]
19	38:17	Andrey Rudnitskiy	Russia	19 September 2009	Saransk
20	38:19	Ivano Brugnetti	Italy	9 September 2007	Fiumicino
21	38:21	Ilya Markov	Russia	27 August 2006	Hildesheim
22	38:23	Chen Ding	China	18 September 2010	Beijing
23	38:24	Jefferson Pérez	Ecuador	8 June 2002	Kraków	[10]
24	38:26+	Masatora Kawano	Japan	18 February 2024	Kobe	[9]
25	38:26.4	Daniel García	Mexico	17 May 1997	Sønder Omme

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:27:

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

Women

• Correct as of October 2020.^[11]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	41:04	Yelena Nikolayeva	Russia	20 April 1996	Sochi	[5]
2	41:16	Wang Yan	China	8 May 1999	Eisenhüttenstadt
		Kjersti Plätzer	Norway	11 May 2002	Os
4	41:17	Irina Stankina	Russia	9 February 1997	Adler
5	41:24	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	9 February 1997	Adler
6	41:28	Antonella Palmisano	Italy	18 October 2020	Modena	[12]
7	41:29	Larisa Khmelnitskaya	Belarus	4 June 1995	Izhevsk
8	41:29.7	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	27 August 1988	Canberra
9	41:30 [a]	Ileana Salvador	Italy	10 July 1993	Livorno
10	41:31	Yelena Gruzinova	Russia	20 April 1996	Sochi
11	41:38	Rossella Giordano	Italy	25 May 1997	Naumburg
12	41:42	Olga Kaniskina	Russia	30 May 2009	Kraków
13	41:45	Liu Hongyu	China	8 May 1999	Eisenhüttenstadt
14	41:46	Annarita Sidoti	Italy	12 June 1994	Livorno
15	41:48	Li Chunxiu	China	8 September 1993	Beijing
16	41:50	Yelena Arshintseva	Russia	11 February 1995	Adler
17	41:51	Beate Gummelt	Germany	11 May 1996	Eisenhüttenstadt
18	41:52	Tatyana Mineyeva	Russia	5 September 2009	Penza
		Tatyana Korotkova	Russia	19 September 2010	Buy
20	41:53	Tatyana Sibileva	Russia	18 September 2010	Beijing
21	41:56	Elisabetta Perrone	Italy	10 July 1993	Livorno
		Yelena Sayko	Russia	11 February 1996	Adler
23	41:57	Gao Hongmiao	China	8 September 1993	Beijing
24	41:59	Marina Pandakova	Russia	9 May 2016	Podolsk	[13]
25	42:01	Tamara Kovalenko	Russia	11 February 1995	Adler
		Olga Panfyorova	Russia	16 May 1998	Izhevsk

Notes

1. not recognised by national federation because of doubtful distance

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 42:01:

• Olimpiada Ivanova also walked 41:30 (1995), 41:46 (1996) and 41:59 (1997).
• Yelena Nikolayeva also walked 41:41 (1997) and 41:49 (1996).
• Kjersti Plätzer also walked 41:41 (2009), 41:54 (1999) and 41:56 (2002).
• Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked 41:47 (1996).
• Larisa Khmelnitskaya also walked 41:49 (1996) and 41:56 (1997).
• Irina Stankina also walked 41:52 (1997), 41:55 (1995) and 42:01 (1996).
• Yelena Gruzinova also walked 41:58 (1995).

Medalists

Men's Olympic medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1912 Stockholm details	George Goulding  Canada	Ernest Webb  Great Britain	Fernando Altimani  Italy
1920 Antwerp details	Ugo Frigerio  Italy	Joseph Pearman  United States	Charles Gunn  Great Britain
1924 Paris details	Ugo Frigerio  Italy	Gordon Goodwin  Great Britain	Cecil McMaster  South Africa
1928–1936	not included in the Olympic program
1948 London details	John Mikaelsson  Sweden	Ingemar Johansson  Sweden	Fritz Schwab  Switzerland
1952 Helsinki details	John Mikaelsson  Sweden	Fritz Schwab  Switzerland	Bruno Junk  Soviet Union

Women's Olympic medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona details	Chen Yueling  China	Yelena Nikolayeva  Unified Team	Li Chunxiu  China
1996 Atlanta details	Yelena Nikolayeva  Russia	Elisabetta Perrone  Italy	Wang Yan  China

Women's World Championships medalists

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

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