# 10,000 metres race walk

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.

## History

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

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)

* h = hand timing

### Men

* Correct as of June 2024.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 37:25.21 | Eiki Takahashi | Japan | 14 November 2020 | Inzai |
| 2 | 37:25.90 | Koki Ikeda | Japan | 14 November 2020 | Inzai |
| 3 | 37:35.00 | Yuta Koga | Japan | 14 November 2020 | Inzai |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 10 | 38:06.28 | Miguel Ángel López | Spain | 24 July 2016 | Gijón |
| 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 |
| 16 | 38:16.08 | Sergey Kozhevnikov | Russia | 16 June 2024 | Kazan |
| 17 | 38:18.0 h | Valdas Kazlauskas | Soviet Union Lithuania | 18 September 1983 | Moscow |
| 18 | 38:20.0 h | Moacir Zimmermann | Brazil | 7 June 2008 | Blumenau |
| 19 | 38:23.73 | Wang Zhen | China | 8 February 2015 | Genova |
| 20 | 38:23.95 | Ryo Hamanishi | Japan | 14 November 2020 | Inzai |
| 21 | 38:24.0 h | Bernardo Segura | Mexico | 7 May 1994 | Bergen |
| 22 | 38:24.31 | Hatem Ghoula | Tunisia | 30 May 1998 | Tunis |
| 23 | 38:25.42 | Evan Dunfee | Canada | 28 January 2024 | Canberra |
| 24 | 38:26.4 h | Daniel García | Mexico | 17 May 1997 | Sdr Omme |
| 25 | 38:26.53 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland | 31 May 2002 | Riga |

#### Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:23.50:
* Perseus Karlström also walked 38:03.95 (2019).
* Paquillo Fernández also walked 38:07.65 (2007).
* Daisuke Matsunaga also walked 38:16.76 (2016).
* Eiki Takahashi also walked 38:01.49 (2015), 38:18.51 (2014), 38:21.88 (2016).
* David Smith also walked 38:20.9 (1985).
* Ivano Brugnetti also walked 38:23.5 (2004).

### Women

* Correct as of August 2022.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 41:37.9 h | Gao Hongmiao | China | 7 April 1994 | Beijing |
| 2 | 41:42.5 h | Lyudmyla Olyanovska | Ukraine | 1 November 2014 | Mukachevo |
| 3 | 41:45:84 | 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 |
| 7 | 42:02.99 | Sandra Arenas | Colombia | 25 August 2018 | Trujillo |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 16 | 42:35.69 | Beatriz Pascual | Spain | 23 July 2016 | Gijón |
| 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 |
| 22 | 42:46.7 h | 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

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)
### Men

* Correct as of 2 September 2018.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 38:23.73 | 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 |
| 20 | 39:32.0 (ht) | 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

| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
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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 |
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| 25 | 49:36.3 | Ivana Renić | Croatia | 18 April 2021 | Zagreb |
* Yelena Ginko also walked 44:07.43 (2006)

## Medalists
### European Athletics Championships

| 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) |