# 20,000 metres race walk

The 20,000 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. 20,000 metres is 12.4274 miles.

## History

This distance is not commonly raced at high level international competitions but part of South American Championships in Athletics and individual national championships (f.e. Russia, India, Colombia, Venezuela). Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 20 km road distance.

## World records

On May 7, 1994, Bernardo Segura of Mexico set a new 20,000 m race walk world record in Fana in a time of 1:17:25.6. The all-time women's 20,000 m race-walk record is held by Olimpiada Ivanova of Russia, at 1:26:53.2.

## All-time top 25 (outdoor)
### Men

* Correct as of July 2024.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 1:17:25.6 | Bernardo Segura | Mexico | 7 May 1994 | Fana |
| 2 | 1:18:35.2 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | 15 May 1992 | Fana |
| 3 | 1:18.40.0 | Ernesto Canto | Mexico | 5 May 1994 | Fana |
| 4 | 1:19:18.3 | Ronald Weigel | Germany | 26 May 1990 | Fana |
| 5 | 1:19:22.5 | Aleksey Pershin | Russia | 7 May 1988 | Fana |
| 6 | 1:19:24.1 | Walter Arena | Italy | 26 May 1990 | Fana |
| 7 | 1:19:42.0 | Yohann Diniz | France | 25 May 2014 | Bogny-sur-Meuse |
| 8 | 1:19:48.1 | Nathan Deakes | Australia | 4 September 2001 | Brisbane |
| 9 | 1:19:52.0 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland | 4 September 2001 | Brisbane |
| 10 | 1:19:52.1 h | Caio Bonfim | Brazil | 27 June 2024 | Bragança Paulista |
| 11 | 1:19:54.0 | Pavol Blazek | Slovakia | 26 May 1990 | Fana |
| 12 | 1:20:06.8 | Daniel Bautista | Mexico | 17 October 1979 | Montréal |
| 13 | 1:20:11.72 | Li Gaobo | China | 2 November 2007 | Wuhan |
| 14 | 1:20:12.3 | Nick A'Hern | Australia | 8 May 1993 | Fana |
| 15 | 1:20:22.52 | Gurmeet Singh | India | 3 February 2012 | Bhubaneswar |
| 16 | 1:20:23.8 | Andrés Chocho | Ecuador | 5 June 2011 | Buenos Aires |
| 17 | 1:20:24.0 h | Max Goncalves dos Santos | Brazil | 27 June 2024 | Bragança Paulista |
| 18 | 1:20:24.4 | Li Mingcai | China | 15 March 1992 | Jinan |
| 19 | 1:20:24.6 | Li Zewen | China | 24 October 1995 | Nanjing |
| 20 | 1:20:31.5 | Chen Shaoguo | China | 15 March 1992 | Jinan |
| 21 | 1:20:35.4 | Mao Xinyuan | China | 15 March 1992 | Jinan |
| 22 | 1:20:36.6 | Gustavo Restrepo | Colombia | 5 June 2011 | Buenos Aires |
| 23 | 1:20:36.7 | Erling Andersen | Norway | 5 May 1984 | Fana |
| 23 | 1:20:36.7 | Ernesto Canto | Mexico | 26 May 1990 | Fana |
| 25 | 1:20:37.8 | Valdas Kazlauskas | Lithuania | 16 September 1983 | Moskva |

#### Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:20:37.8:
* Caio Bonfim also walked 1:20:13.68 (2021).
* Nick A'Hern also walked 1:20:18.5 (1990).

### Women

* Correct as of June 2021.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place |
| 1 | 1:26:53.2 | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | 6 September 2001 | Brisbane |
| 2 | 1:27:49.3 | Yelena Nikolayeva | Russia | 6 September 2001 | Brisbane |
| 3 | 1:29:24.61 | Glenda Morejón | Ecuador | 29 May 2021 | Guayaquil |
| 4 | 1:29:32.4 | Song Hongjuan | China | 24 October 2003 | Changsha |
| 5 | 1:29:36.4 | Susana Feitor | Portugal | 21 July 2001 | Lisboa |
| 6 | 1:30:48.3 | Rossella Giordano | Italy | 4 August 2000 | Almada |
| 7 | 1:30:51.97 | Erica de Sena | Brazil | 29 May 2021 | Guayaquil |
| 8 | 1:30:52.0 | Karla Jaramillo | Ecuador | 25 May 2019 | Lima |
| 9 | 1:31:02.25 | Sandra Arenas | Colombia | 13 June 2015 | Lima |
| 10 | 1:31:06.6 | Jiang Jing | China | 24 October 2003 | Changsha |
| 11 | 1:31:16.18 | Liu Hong | China | 1 November 2007 | Wuhan |
| 12 | 1:31:18.79 | Song Xiaoling | China | 1 November 2007 | Wuhan |
| 13 | 1:31:19.2 | Maribel Goncalves | Portugal | 31 July 2004 | Lisboa |
| 14 | 1:31:23.7 | Inês Henriques | Portugal | 31 July 2004 | Lisboa |
| 15 | 1:31:43.5 | Marina Smyslova | Russia | 25 September 2004 | Izhevsk |
| 16 | 1:31:47.95 | Bo Yanmin | China | 1 November 2007 | Wuhan |
| 17 | 1:31:49.5 | Alena Zenkova | Russia | 25 September 2004 | Izhevsk |
| 18 | 1:31:52.30 | Wang Shanshan | China | 1 November 2007 | Wuhan |
| 19 | 1:31:53.8 | Mirna Ortíz | Guatemala | 8 August 2014 | Ciudad de Guatemala |
| 20 | 1:31:58.9 | Lyudmila Arkhipova | Russia | 25 September 2004 | Izhevsk |
| 21 | 1:32:09.4 | Ingrid Hernández | Colombia | 5 June 2011 | Buenos Aires |
| 22 | 1:32:15.1 | Tatyana Sibileva | Russia | 25 September 2004 | Izhevsk |
| 23 | 1:32:17.6 | Milángela Rosales | Venezuela | 5 June 2011 | Buenos Aires |
| 24 | 1:32:19.71 | Hie Jingjing | China | 1 November 2007 | Wuhan |
| 25 | 1:32:21.59 | Maria Michta-Coffey | United States | 22 June 2018 | Des Moines |

#### Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:32:21.59:
* Sandra Arenas also walked 1:31:46.9 (2014).
* Marina Smyslova also walked 1:32:16.5 (2003).

## All-time top performance (indoor)
### Men

| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
| 1 | 1:20:40.0 OT | Ronald Weigel | East Germany | 27 January 1980 | Senftenberg | |