50 kilometres race walk


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 racewalkers

Men

RankTimeAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
13:32:33Yohann DinizFrance15 August 2014Zürich
23:34:14Denis NizhegorodovRussia11 May 2008Cheboksary
33:34:38Matej TóthSlovakia21 March 2015Dudince
43:35:47Nathan DeakesAustralia2 December 2006Geelong
53:36:03Robert KorzeniowskiPoland27 August 2003Saint-Denis
63:36:04Alex SchwazerItaly11 February 2007Rosignano Solvay
73:36:06Yu ChaohongChina22 October 2005Nanjing
83:36:13Zhao ChengliangChina22 October 2005Nanjing
93:36:20Han YuchengChina27 February 2005Nanning
103:36:42German SkuryginRussia27 August 2003Saint-Denis
113:36:45Masatora KawanoJapan27 October 2019Takahata
123:36:53Jared TallentAustralia11 August 2012London
133:37:16Si TianfengChina11 August 2012London
143:37:26Valeriy SpitsynRussia21 May 2000Moskva
153:37:39Satoshi MaruoJapan27 October 2019Takahata
163:37:41Andrey PerlovSoviet Union5 August 1989Leningrad
163:37:41Ivan NoskovRussia15 August 2014Zürich
183:37:46Andreas ErmGermany27 August 2003Saint-Denis
193:37:54Robert HeffernanIreland11 August 2012London
203:37:58Xing ShucaiChina27 February 2005Nanning
213:38:01Aleksey VoyevodinRussia27 August 2003Saint-Denis
223:38:02Wang QinChina9 March 2019Huangshan
233:38:08Sergey KirdyapkinRussia12 August 2005Helsinki
233:38:08Igor YerokhinRussia8 June 2008Saransk
253:38:17Ronald WeigelEast Germany25 May 1986Potsdam

Women

RankTimeAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
13:59:15Liu HongChina9 March 2019Huangshan
24:03:51Li MaocuoChina9 March 2019Huangshan
34:04:36Liang RuiChina5 May 2018Taicang
44:04:50Eleonora GiorgiItaly19 May 2019Alytus
54:05:46Júlia TakácsSpain19 May 2019Alytus
64:05:56Inês Henriques13 August 2017London
74:07:30Ma FayingChina9 March 2019Huangshan
84:08:58Yin HangChina13 August 2017London
94:09:33Claire TallentAustralia5 May 2018Taicang
104:10:59Monica SvenssonSweden21 October 2007Scanzorosciate
114:11:01Raquel GonzálezSpain10 February 2019El Vendrell
124:11:12Johana OrdóñezEcuador11 August 2019Lima
134:12:16Yelena GinkoBelarus17 October 2004Scanzorosciate
144:12:44Alina TsviliyUkraine7 August 2018Berlin
154:12:56Paola PérezEcuador5 May 2018Taicang
164:13:56Mirna OrtízGuatemala24 February 2019Guatemala City
174:14:25Mária CzakováSlovakia24 March 2018Dudince
184:14:31Jiang PengqinChina9 March 2019Huangshan
194:14:46Klavdiya AfanasyevaRussia9 June 2018Cheboksary
204:14:49Bai TiantianChina9 March 2019Huangshan
214:15:33Wang YingliuChina9 March 2019Huangshan
224:15:42Mayra HerreraGuatemala9 September 2017Owego
234:15:46Mar JuárezSpain16 February 2020Torrevieja
244:15:50Valentyna MyronchukUkraine19 May 2019Alytus
254:16:27Jolanta DukureLatvia9 September 2006Paralepa

Olympic medalists

Men’s

World Championships medalists

Men’s

Women’s