# 5000 metres race walk

The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athletics Championships, and is a World record event.
Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 5000 meters is 3.11 miles.
There is also an imperial analogue of the event, the 5 miles race walk, which has been held at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

## World records

IAAF just ratified world records for men's indoor marks. On February 22, 2025, Francesco Fortunato of Italy set the 5,000 m race walk world indoor record in Ancona in a time of 17:55.65. The all-time men's best outdoor mark is held by Hatem Ghoula of Tunisia, at 18:05.49. The all-time women's best 5,000 m race-walk mark was set outdoor and is held by Eleonora Giorgi of Italy, at 20:01.80.

## All-time top 25 (outdoor)

* + = en route to 10,000m performance
* h = hand timing

### Men

* Correct as of May 2024.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 18:05.49 | Hatem Ghoula | Tunisia | 1 May 1997 | Tunis |
| 2 | 18:12.52 | Declan Tingay | Australia | 3 March 2023 | Melbourne |
| 3 | 18:16.97 | Ryo Hamanishi | Japan | 18 May 2024 | Kumagaya |
| 4 | 18:17.22 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland | 3 July 1992 | Reims |
| 5 | 18:18.01 | Yohann Diniz | France | 27 June 2008 | Villeneuve d'Ascq |
| 6 | 18:20.14 | Koki Ikeda | Japan | 25 October 2020 | Inzai |
| 7 | 18:26.70 | Yuta Koga | Japan | 25 October 2020 | Inzai |
| 8 | 18:27.34 | Francisco Javier Fernández | Spain | 8 June 2007 | Villeneuve d'Ascq |
| 9 | 18:28.26 | Masatora Kawano | Japan | 25 October 2020 | Inzai |
| 10 | 18:28.80 | Roman Mrázek | Slovakia | 14 June 1989 | Bratislava |
| 11 | 18:30.43 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy | 11 June 1992 | Caserta |
| 12 | 18:31.76 | Frants Kostyukevich | Belarus | 7 February 1993 | Villeneuve d'Ascq |
| 13 | 18:32.46 | Erik Tysse | Norway | 10 August 2007 | Askim |
| 14 | 18:32.56 | Perseus Karlström | Sweden | 8 March 2019 | Melbourne |
| 15 | 18:33.16 | João Vieira | Portugal | 10 May 2000 | Rio Maior |
| 16 | 18:34.88 | Toshikazu Yamanishi | Japan | 19 September 2020 | Kumagaya |
| 17 | 18:35.36 | Eder Sánchez | Mexico | 2 July 2014 | Katowice |
| 18 | 18:37.22 | Yusuke Suzuki | Japan | 12 July 2015 | Kitami |
| 19 | 18:37.60 | Eiki Takahashi | Japan | 12 July 2015 | Kitami |
| 20 | 18:37.84 | Daisuke Matsunaga | Japan | 4 July 2018 | Abashiri |
| 21 | 18:38.45 | Ivano Brugnetti | Italy | 25 June 2009 | Milano |
| 22 | 18:38.97 | Dane Bird-Smith | Australia | 5 March 2016 | Melbourne |
| 23 | 18:39.08 | Evan Dunfee | Canada | 18 June 2021 | Burnaby |
| 24 | 18:39.10 | Gabriel Bordier | France | 22 May 2022 | Segre |
| 25 | 18:39.28 | Ever Palma | Mexico | 2 July 2014 | Katowice |

#### Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 18:39.28:
* Declan Tingay also walked 18:24.50 (2022).

### Women

* Correct as of April 2022.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 20:01.80 | Eleonora Giorgi | Italy | 18 May 2014 | Misterbianco |
| 2 | 20:02.60 | Gillian O'Sullivan | Ireland | 14 July 2002 | Dublin |
| 3 | 20:03.04 | Kerry Saxby-Junna | Australia | 11 February 1996 | Sydney |
| 4 | 20:07.52 | Beate Gummelt | Germany | 26 June 1990 | Rostock |
| 6 | 20:11.45 | Sabine Krantz | Germany | 2 July 2005 | Wattenscheid |
| 7 | 20:12.41 | Elisabetta Perrone | Italy | 2 August 2003 | Rieti |
| 9 | 20:15.71 | Lyudmyla Olyanovska | Germany | 4 June 2014 | Kyiv |
| 10 | 20:17.35 | Jemima Montag | Australia | 26 February 2022 | Melbourne |
| 11 | 20:18.87 | Melanie Seeger | Germany | 10 July 2004 | Braunschweig |
| 12 | 20:21.69 | Annarita Sidoti | Italy | 1 July 1995 | Cesenatico |
| 13 | 20:27.59 | Ileana Salvador | Italy | 3 June 1989 | Trento |
| 14 | 20:28.05 | Tatyana Kalmykova | Russia | 12 July 2007 | Ostrava |
| 15 | 20:28.17 | María Pérez | Spain | 30 April 2022 | Andújar |
| 16 | 20:28.62 | Sari Essayah | Finland | 9 July 1994 | Tuusula |
| 17 | 20:29.63 | Claudia Stef | Romania | 19 June 1999 | Istanbul |
| 18 | 20:31.4 | Irina Stankina | Russia | 10 February 1996 | Adler |
| 19 | 20:36.2 | Irina Petrova | Russia | 19 June 2005 | Saransk |
| 20 | 20:37.7 | Jin Bingjie | China | 3 March 1990 | Hefei |
| 21 | 20:37.83 | Kjersti Plätzer | Norway | 7 July 2001 | Drammen |
| 22 | 20:38.0 | Chen Yueling | China | 3 March 1990 | Hefei |
| 23 | 20:38.2 | Olga Kaniskina | Russia | 19 June 2005 | Saransk |
| 24 | 20:40.24 | Susana Feitor | Portugal | 9 May 2001 | Rio Maior |
| 25 | 20:40.3 | Tatyana Korotkova | Russia | 19 June 2005 | Saransk |

#### Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 20:38.16:
* Gillian O'Sullivan also walked 20:13.13 (2003).
* Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked 20:13.29 (1996), 20:17.19 (1990), 20:22.75 (1996).
* Sabine Krantz also walked 20:27.47 (2004).
* María Pérez also walked 20:38.16 (2018).

## All-time top 25 (indoor)

* + = en route to 10,000m performance
* h = hand timing

### Men

* Correct as of February 2025.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 17:55.65 | Francesco Fortunato | Italy | 22 February 2025 | Ancona |
| 2 | 18:03.83 | Sergey Shirobokov | Russia | 10 March 2022 | Yaroslavl |
| 3 | 18:04.76 | Vasiliy Mizinov | Russia | 10 March 2022 | Yaroslavl |
| 4 | 18:07.08 | Mikhail Shchennikov | Russia | 14 February 1995 | Moscow |
| 5 | 18:08.86 | Ivano Brugnetti | Italy | 17 February 2007 | Ancona |
| 6 | 18:11.41 | Ronald Weigel | Germany | 13 February 1988 | Wien |
| 7 | 18:15.25 | Grigoriy Kornev | Russia | 7 February 1992 | Moskva |
| 8 | 18:15.54 | Andrey Ruzavin | Russia | 30 January 2014 | Samara |
| 9 | 18:16.76 | Yohann Diniz | France | 7 December 201 | Reims |
| 10 | 18:19.65 | Gabriel Bordier | France | 8 February 2025 | Lyon |
| 11 | 18:19.97 | Giovanni De Benedictis | Italy | 28 February 1992 | Genova |
| 12 | 18:20.97 | Tom Bosworth | Great Britain | 23 February 2020 | Glasgow |
| 13 | 18:21.76 | Ruslan Dmytrenko | Ukraine | 30 January 2014 | Samara |
| 14 | 18:22.25 | Andreas Erm | Germany | 25 February 2001 | Dortmund |
| 15 | 18:23.38 | Rishat Shafikov | Russia | 1 March 1997 | Samara |
| 16 | 18:23.88 | Frants Kostyukevich | Belarus | 9 February 1991 | Volgograd |
| 17 | 18:24.13 | Francisco Javier Fernández | Spain | 17 February 2007 | Belfast |
| 18 | 18:27.15 | Alessandro Gandellini | Italy | 12 February 2000 | Genova |
| 19 | 18:27.80 | Jozef Pribilinec | Slovakia | 7 March 1987 | Indianapolis |
| 20 | 18:27.95 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | 28 February 1992 | Genova |
| 21 | 18:28.90 | Roman Mrázek | Slovakia | 5 March 1989 | Budapest |
| 22 | 18:30.91 | Aleksandr Yargunkin | Russia | 7 January 2007 | Yekaterinburg |
| 23 | 18:31.63 | Vladimir Andreyev | Russia | 7 February 1992 | Moscow |
| 24 | 18:32.09 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland | 21 February 1993 | Spala |
| 25 | 18:32.32 | Mikhail Orlov | Russia | 2 February 1992 | Moscow |

#### Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 18:32.32:
* Mikhail Shchennikov also walked 18:15.91 (1989), 18:23.55 (1991).
* Grigoriy Kornev also walked 18:23.10 (1992).
* Ivano Brugnetti also walked 18:23.47 (2009).
* Giovanni De Benedictis also walked 18:23.60 (1991).
* Tom Bosworth also walked 18:28.70 (2018).

### Women

* Correct as of January 2023.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 20:15.6 h | Yelena Lashmanova | Russia | 30 December 2016 | Saransk |
| 2 | 20:23.2 | Yakaterina Ryzhova | Russia | 30 December 2016 | Saransk |
| 3 | 20:37.77 | Margarita Turova | Belarus | 13 December 2005 | Minsk |
| 4 | 20:42.33 | Yelena Gruzinova | Russia | 1 March 1997 | Samara |
| 5 | 20:44.45 | Anna Lukyanova | Russia | 23 February 2010 | Volgograd |
| 6 | 20:48.00 | Sabine Krantz | Germany | 19 December 2006 | Halle |
| 7 | 20:48.9 | Sofiya Brodatskaya | Russia | 30 December 2016 | Saransk |
| 8 | 20:50.6 | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | 21 January 1997 | Moskva |
| 9 | 20:53.56 | Kseniya Trifonova | Russia | 23 February 2010 | Volgograd |
| 10 | 21:00.0 | Tamara Kovalenko | Russia | 23 January 2010 | Moskva |
| 11 | 21:00.97 | Ayşe Tekdal | Turkey | 17 January 2021 | Istanbul |
| 12 | 21:02.69 | Lyudmyla Olyanovska | Ukraine | 28 January 2023 | Kyiv |
| 13 | 21:02.78 | Olga Mikhaylova | Russia | 23 February 2010 | Volgograd |
| 14 | 21:03.76 | Olena Sobchuk | Ukraine | 28 January 2023 | Kyiv |
| 15 | 21:05.56 | Meryem Bekmez | Turkey | 17 January 2021 | Istanbul |
| 16 | 21:05.83 | Daryia Paluektava | Belarus | 22 February 2020 | Mogilyov |
| 17 | 21:06.0 | Natalya Shiviryova | Russia | 23 December 2006 | Cheboksary |
| 18 | 21:06.92 | Viktoryia Rashchupkina | Belarus | 22 February 2020 | Mogilyov |
| 19 | 21:08.2 | Rimma Makarova | Russia | 21 January 1997 | Moskva |
| 20 | 21:09.7 | Natalya Trofimova | Russia | 24 January 1995 | Moskva |
| 21 | 21:11.04 | Valentina Tsybulskaya | Belarus | 26 February 1999 | Minsk |
| 22 | 21:11.9 | Tatyana Korotkova | Russia | 6 January 2008 | Chelyabinsk |
| 23 | 21:13.5 | Marina Smyslova | Russia | 29 January 2003 | Novosibirsk |
| 24 | 21:17.7 | Yekaterina Koneva | Russia | 8 February 2009 | Shchelkovo |
| 25 | 21:19.67 | Olga Panfyorova | Russia | 1 March 1997 | Samara |

#### Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 21:19.67:

## International medallists
### African Championships

| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1988 Annaba details | Sabiha Mansouri (ALG) | Dalila Frihi (ALG) | Kheïra Sadat (ALG) |
| 1989 Lagos details | Agnetha Chelimo (KEN) | Mercy Nyambura (KEN) | Only two finishers |
| 1990 Cairo details | Agnetha Chelimo (KEN) | Méryem Kouch (MAR) | Amani Mohamed Adel (EGY) |
| 1992 Belle-Vue details | Dounia Kara (ALG) | Maryse Pyndiah (MRI) | Susan Bingham (RSA) |
| 1993 Durban details | Dounia Kara (ALG) | Amsale Yakobe (ETH) | Felicita Falconer (RSA) |
| 1996 Yaoundé details | Dounia Kara (ALG) | Nagwa Ibrahim Ali (EGY) | Monica Akoth (KEN) |
| 1998 Dakar details | Nagwa Ibrahim Ali (EGY) | Dounia Kara (ALG) | Anne-Hortense Ebéna (CMR) |