# 1989 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1989 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 1989 season in track and field :
| World Record | Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) | 1:19:08 | July 30, 1988 | Kiev, Soviet Union |
| Broken records during the 1989 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) | 1:18:54 | February 19, 1989 | Sochi, Soviet Union |

### 1989 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 1:18:54 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) | Sochi, Soviet Union | 19/02/1989 | WR |
| 2 | 1:19:29 | Valdas Kazlauskas (URS) | | | |
| 3 | 1:20:08 | Vladimir Andreyev (URS) | | | |
| 4 | 1:20:11 | Grigoriy Kornev (URS) | | | |
| 5 | 1:20:16 | Ernesto Canto (MEX) | | | |
| 6 | 1:20:21 | Frants Kostyukevich (URS) | | | |
| 7 | 1:20:22 | Yevgeniy Zaykin (URS) | | | |
| 8 | 1:20:28 | Vyacheslav Cherepanov (URS) | | | |
| 9 | 1:20:34 | Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) | | | |
| 10 | 1:20:56 | Roman Mrázek (TCH) | | | |
| 11 | 1:21:02 | Viktor Mostovik (URS) | | | |
| 12 | 1:21:20 | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | | | |
| 13 | 1:21:27 | Vladimir Druchik (URS) | | | |
| 14 | 1:21:29 | Andrey Perlov (URS) | | | |
| 15 | 1:21:34 | Oleg Troshin (URS) | | | |
| 16 | 1:21:36 | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | | | |
| 17 | 1:21:37 | Igor Plotnikov (URS) | | | |
| 18 | 1:21:42 | Oleg Plastun (URS) | | | |
| 19 | 1:21:45 | Walter Arena (ITA) | | | |
| 20 | 1:21:49 | Sergey Prochishin (URS) | | | |

## Men's 50 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1989 season in track and field :
| World Record | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | 3:38:17 | May 25, 1986 | Potsdam, East Germany |
| Broken records during the 1989 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Andrey Perlov (URS) | 3:37:41 | August 5, 1989 | Leningrad, Soviet Union |

### 1989 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 3:37:41 | Andrey Perlov (URS) | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 05/08/1989 | WR |
| 2 | 3:43:13 | Simon Baker (AUS) | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain | 28/05/1989 | AR |
| 3 | 3:43:57 | Vitaliy Matsko (URS) | | | |
| 4 | 3:43:57 | Vitaliy Popovich (URS) | | | NR |
| 5 | 3:44:12 | Anatoliy Grigoryev (URS) | | | |
| 6 | 3:44:50 | Stanislav Vechel (URS) | | | |
| 7 | 3:46:08 | Vyacheslav Smirnov (URS) | | | |
| 8 | 3:46:14 | Andrey Plotnikov (URS) | | | |
| 9 | 3:46:37 | Martín Bermúdez (MEX) | | | |
| 10 | 3:47:34 | Godfried De Jonckheere (BEL) | Arras, France | 10/09/1989 | NR |
| 11 | 3:48:02 | Aleksandr Potashov (URS) | | | |
| 12 | 3:48:38 | Valeriy Spitsyn (URS) | | | |
| 13 | 3:49:33 | Valeriy Suntsov (URS) | | | |
| 14 | 3:50:25 | German Skurygin (URS) | | | |
| 15 | 3:50:28 | René Piller (FRA) | | | |
| 16 | 3:50:30 | Sergey Titov (URS) | | | |
| 17 | 3:51:17 | Bo Gustafsson (SWE) | | | |
| 18 | 3:51:46 | Artur Shumak (URS) | | | |
| 19 | 3:52:06 | Alain Lemercier (FRA) | | | |
| 20 | 3:52:14 | Aleksey Volgin (URS) | | | |

## Women's 10 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1989 season in track and field :
| World Record | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | 41:30 | August 27, 1988 | Canberra, Australia |

### 1989 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Note |
| 1 | 42:16 | Alina Ivanova (URS) | AR |
| 2 | 42:47 | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | |
| 3 | 43:04 | Vera Makolova (URS) | |
| 4 | 43:08 | Beate Anders (GDR) | NR |
| 5 | 43:14 | Tamara Kovalenko (URS) | |
| 6 | 43:24 | Ileana Salvador (ITA) | NR |
| 7 | 43:27 | Graciela Mendoza (MEX) | AR |
| 8 | 43:38 | Nadashda Ryashkina (URS) | |
| 9 | 43:43 | Irina Strachova (URS) | |
| 10 | 43:45 | Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) | |
| 11 | 43:46 | Natalya Serbinenko (URS) | |
| 12 | 44:06 | Olga Krishtop (URS) | |
| 13 | 44:12 | Natalya Spiridonova (URS) | |
| 14 | 44:23 | Valentina Shmer (URS) | |
| 15 | 44:24 | Chen Yueling (CHN) | |
| 16 | 44:26 | Tamara Torshina (URS) | |
| 17 | 44:29 | Yan Xiong (CHN) | |
| 18 | 44:34 | Erica Alfridi (ITA) | |
| 19 | 44:36 | Leonarda Yuchnevich (URS) | |
| 19 | 44:39 | Tamara Sirovzeva (URS) | |
| 21 | 44:39 | Yelena Panfilova (URS) | |