# 1990 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1990 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10km, 20km and 50km (outdoor).

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| CR | event record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |

## Men's 20 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field :
| World record | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) | 1:18:54 | February 19, 1989 | Sochi, Soviet Union |
| Broken records during the 1990 season in track and field |||||
| World record | Andrey Perlov (URS) | 1:18:20 | May 26, 1990 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| World record | Pavol Blažek (TCH) | 1:18:13 | September 16, 1990 | Hildesheim, West Germany |

### 1990 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 1:18:13 | Pavol Blažek (TCH) | Hildesheim, West Germany | 16 September 1990 | WR |
| 2 | 1:18:20 | Andrey Perlov (URS) | Moscow, Soviet Union | 16 September 1990 | NR |
| 3 | 1:18:37 | Aleksandr Pershin (URS) | Moscow, Soviet Union | 26 May 1990 | |
| 4 | 1:18:51 | Frants Kostyukevich (URS) | Moscow, Soviet Union | 26 May 1990 | |
| 5 | 1:18:56 | Grigoriy Kornev (URS) | | | |
| 6 | 1:19:07 | Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) | | | |
| 7 | 1:19:21 | Vladimir Andreyev (URS) | | | |
| 8 | 1:19:32 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | | | NR |
| 9 | 1:19:33 | Nicholas A'Hern (AUS) | Melbourne, Australia | 15 December 1990 | |
| 10 | 1:19:39 | Aleksey Pershin (URS) | Moscow, Soviet Union | 26 May 1990 | |
| 11 | 1:19:50 | Carlos Mercenario (MEX) | | | |
| 12 | 1:19:58 | Oleg Troshin (URS) | | | |
| 13 | 1:20:07 | Michail Orlov (URS) | | | |
| 14 | 1:20:15 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) | | | |
| 15 | 1:20:21 | Roman Mrázek (TCH) | | | |
| 16 | 1:20:28 | Robert Ihly (FRG) | | | |
| 17 | 1:20:37 | Igor Kollár (TCH) | | | |
| 18 | 1:20:43 | Andrew Jachno (AUS) | | | |
| 19 | 1:20:45 | Igor Plotnikov (URS) | | | |
| 20 | 1:20:50 | Anatoliy Grigoryev (URS) | | | |

## Men's 50 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field :
| World record | Andrey Perlov (URS) | 3:37:41 | August 5, 1989 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |

### 1990 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Note |
| 1 | 3:40:02 | Aleksandr Potashov (URS) | |
| 2 | 3:40:07 | Andrey Plotnikov (URS) | |
| 3 | 3:42:00 | Stanislav Veshel (URS) | |
| 4 | 3:44:45 | Aleksey Volgin (URS) | |
| 5 | 3:44:50 | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | |
| 6 | 3:46:43 | Bernd Gummelt (GDR) | |
| 7 | 3:46:51 | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | |
| 8 | 3:47:08 | Hartwig Gauder (GDR) | |
| 9 | 3:47:12 | Vityliy Popovich (URS) | |
| 10 | 3:48:27 | Modris Liepiņš (URS) | |
| 11 | 3:50:05 | Jorge Llopart (ESP) | |
| 12 | 3:50:10 | Carlos Mercenario (MEX) | |
| 13 | 3:50:26 | Zhai Wanbo (CHN) | NR |
| 14 | 3:51:04 | German Skurygin (URS) | |
| 15 | 3:51:06 | László Sator (HUN) | NR |
| 16 | 3:51:30 | Martín Bermúdez (MEX) | |
| 17 | 3:51:37 | Chris Maddocks (GBR) | NR |
| 18 | 3:51:44 | Jaroslav Makovec (TCH) | |
| 19 | 3:51:47 | Grzegorz Ledzion (POL) | |
| 20 | 3:51:48 | Andrey Perlov (URS) | |

## Women's 5 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field :
| World record | Kerry Saxby (AUS) | 20:34 | September 24, 1987 | Hildesheim, West Germany |

### 1990 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Note |
| 1 | 21:22 | Pier Carola Pagani (ITA) | |
| 2 | 21:25 | Mária Urbanik (HUN) | NR |
| 3 | 21:37 | Sari Essayah (FIN) | NR |
| 4 | 21:38 | Victoria Oprea (ROM) | NR |
| 5 | 21:40 | Vera Mokolova (URS) | |
| 6 | 21:49 | Monica Gunnarsson (SWE) | |
| 7 | 21:50 | Elisabeth Sworowski (GBR) | NR |
| 8 | 21:50 | Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP) | |
| 9 | 21:53 | María Colín (MEX) | NR |
| 10 | 21:56 | Andrea Brückmann (FRG) | |
| 11 | 21:57 | Yelena Panfilova (URS) | |
| 12 | 21:59 | Franziska Martínez (MEX) | |
| 13 | 22:15 | Olga Sánchez (ESP) | |
| 14 | 22:17 | Dana Vavřačová (TCH) | NR |

## Women's 10 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field :
| World record | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | 41:30 | August 27, 1988 | Canberra, Australia |

### 1990 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Note |
| 1 | 41:58 | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | |
| 2 | 42:30 | Beate Anders (GDR) | |
| 3 | 42:46 | Tamara Kovalenko (URS) | |
| 4 | 43:08 | Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) | |
| 5 | 43:11 | Olga Krishtop (URS) | |
| 6 | 43:13 | Natalya Spiridonova (URS) | |
| 7 | 43:40 | Tamara Surovzeva (URS) | |
| 8 | 43:47 | Sari Essayah (FIN) | NR |
| 9 | 43:52 | Irina Tolstik (URS) | |
| 10 | 44:00 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | |
| 11 | 44:02 | Lidiya Fessenko (URS) | |
| 12 | 44:04 | Yelena Sayko (URS) | |
| 13 | 44:13 | Tatyana Ragosina (URS) | |
| 14 | 44:16 | Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP) | NR |
| 15 | 44:34 | Marina Smyslova (URS) | |
| 16 | 44:37 | Alina Ivanova (URS) | |
| 17 | 44:38 | Ileana Salvador (ITA) | |
| 18 | 44:38 | Nina Alyushenko (URS) | |
| 19 | 44:39 | Natalya Misyuliya (URS) | |
| 20 | 44:47 | Chen Yueling (CHN) | |