# 2005 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2005 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20km and 50km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

## 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 2005 season in track and field :
| World Record | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:17:21 | 23 August 2003 | Paris, France |

### 2005 World Year ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 1:17:33 | Nathan Deakes (AUS) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 2 | 1:17:41 | Zhu Hongjun (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 3 | 1:17:52 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | A Coruña, Spain | 4 June 2005 |
| 4 | 1:17:53 | Cui Zhide (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 5 | 1:18:06 | Vladimir Parvatkin (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 12 March 2005 |
| 6 | 1:18:07 | Li Gaobo (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 7 | 1:18:17 | Ilya Markov (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 12 March 2005 |
| 8 | 1:18:22 | Li Gaobo (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 19 October 2005 |
| 9 | 1:18:27 | Xing Shucai (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 10 | 1:18:30 | Yu Chaohong (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 11 | 1:18:31 | Han Yucheng (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 12 | 1:18:33 | Liu Yunfeng (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 13 | 1:18:35 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | Helsinki, Finland | 6 August 2005 |
| 14 | 1:18:39 | Lu Ronghua (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 15 | 1:18:45 | Stepan Yudin (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 12 March 2005 |
| 16 | 1:18:48 | Viktor Burayev (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 12 March 2005 |
| 17 | 1:18:51 | Noé Hernández (MEX) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 18 | 1:19:02 | Eder Sánchez (MEX) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 19 | 1:19:08 | Fang Pengfei (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 20 | 1:19:19 | Luke Adams (AUS) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 21 | 1:19:21 | Pei Chuang (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 25 February 2005 |
| 21 | 1:19:21 | Rolando Saquipay (ECU) | Lima, Peru | 7 May 2005 |
| 23 | 1:19:22 | Cristian Berdeja (MEX) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 24 | 1:19:29 | Bai Xuejin (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 25 | 1:19:34 | Li Jianbo (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |

## Men's 50 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field :
| World Record | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | 3:35:29 | 13 June 2004 | Cheboksary, Russia |

### 2005 World Year ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 3:36:06 | Yu Chaohong (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 22 October 2005 |
| 2 | 3:36:13 | Zhao Chengliang (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 22 October 2005 |
| 3 | 3:36:20 | Han Yucheng (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 27 February 2005 |
| 4 | 3:37:58 | Xing Shucai (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 27 February 2005 |
| 5 | 3:39:17 | Dong Jimin (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 27 February 2005 |
| 6 | 3:40:23 | Alatan Gadasu (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 22 October 2005 |
| 7 | 3:40:40 | Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) | Saransk, Russia | 12 June 2005 |
| 8 | 3:41:03 | Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) | Miskolc, Hungary | 21 May 2005 |
| 9 | 3:41:30 | Ni Liang (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 22 October 2005 |
| 10 | 3:41:47 | Mikel Odriozola (ESP) | El Prat de Llobregat, Spain | 27 February 2005 |
| 11 | 3:41:54 | Alex Schwazer (ITA) | Helsinki, Finland | 12 August 2005 |
| 12 | 3:42:34 | Yuriy Andronov (RUS) | Miskolc, Hungary | 21 May 2005 |
| 13 | 3:42:55 | Si Tianfeng (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 22 October 2005 |
| 14 | 3:44:04 | Trond Nymark (NOR) | Helsinki, Finland | 12 August 2005 |
| 15 | 3:44:20 | Cui Zhide (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 27 February 2005 |
| 16 | 3:45:05 | Lu Ronghua (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 27 February 2005 |
| 17 | 3:45:13 | Li Jianbo (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 27 February 2005 |
| 18 | 3:45:17 | Yohann Diniz (FRA) | Miskolc, Hungary | 21 May 2005 |
| 19 | 3:45:23 | Wang Zhiping (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 27 February 2005 |
| 20 | 3:46:44 | Yang Yongjian (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 27 February 2005 |
| 21 | 3:47:02 | Zhao Jianguo (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 22 October 2005 |
| 22 | 3:47:19 | Chang Chunhu (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 27 February 2005 |
| 23 | 3:47:31 | Denis Langlois (FRA) | Miskolc, Hungary | 21 May 2005 |
| 24 | 3:47:51 | Nathan Deakes (AUS) | Melbourne, Australia | 1 May 2005 |
| 25 | 3:48:15 | Santiago Pérez (ESP) | El Prat de Llobregat, Spain | 27 February 2005 |

## Women's 10 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | 41:04 | 20 April 1996 | Sochi, Russia |

### 2005 World Year ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 42:27 | Ryta Turava (BLR) | Kraków, Poland | 17 September 2005 |
| 2 | 42:53 | Elena Ginko (BLR) | Kraków, Poland | 17 September 2005 |
| 3 | 43:17 | Sabine Krantz (GER) | Naumburg, Germany | 11 June 2005 |
| 4 | 43:26 | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | Lloret de Mar, Spain | 10 April 2005 |
| 5 | 43:42 | Lyudmila Yefimkina (RUS) | Kraków, Poland | 17 September 2005 |
| 6 | 43:51 | Rossella Giordano (ITA) | Lloret de Mar, Spain | 10 April 2005 |
| 7 | 43:59 | María Vasco (ESP) | Lloret de Mar, Spain | 10 April 2005 |
| 8 | 44:09 | Vera Sokolova (RUS) | Miskolc, Hungary | 21 May 2005 |
| 9 | 44:19 | Ana Maria Groza (ROM) | Alba Iulia, Romania | 4 September 2005 |
| 10 | 44:29 | Veronica Budileanu (ROM) | Alba Iulia, Romania | 4 September 2005 |
| 11 | 44:31 | Melanie Seeger (GER) | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
| 12 | 44:36 | Tatyana Kalmykova (RUS) | Sochi, Russia | 13 March 2005 |
| 13 | 44:41 | Zuzana Malíková (SVK) | Kraków, Poland | 17 September 2005 |
| 14 | 44:49 | Jolanta Dukure (LAT) | Valmiera, Latvia | 2 July 2005 |
| 15 | 44:52 | Song Hongjuan (CHN) | Rio Maior, Portugal | 2 April 2005 |
| 16 | 44:58 | Irina Pudovkina (RUS) | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 6 September 2005 |
| 17 | 44:59 | Jane Saville (AUS) | Lloret de Mar, Spain | 10 April 2005 |
| 18 | 45:01 | Elena Ladanova (RUS) | Saransk, Russia | 11 June 2005 |
| 19 | 45:02 | Norica Câmpean (ROM) | Alba Iulia, Romania | 4 September 2005 |
| 20 | 45:07 | Mayumi Kawasaki (JPN) | Kobe, Japan | 30 January 2005 |
| 21 | 45:17 | Mária Gáliková (SVK) | Borský Mikuláš, Slovakia | 11 June 2005 |
| 21 | 45:17 | Larisa Emelyanova (RUS) | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 6 September 2005 |
| 23 | 45:19 | Rocío Florido (ESP) | Almería, Spain | 13 February 2005 |
| 23 | 45:19 | Beatriz Pascual (ESP) | Santa Eularia, Spain | 19 March 2005 |
| 25 | 45:20 | Ekaterina Ezhova (RUS) | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 6 September 2005 |

## Women's 20 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field :
| World Record | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:24:50 | 4 March 2001 | Adler, Russia |

### 2005 World Year ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 1:25:41 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
| 2 | 1:26:28 | Irina Pudovkina (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 12 March 2005 |
| 3 | 1:27:05 | Ryta Turava (BLR) | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
| 4 | 1:27:19 | Jiang Jing (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 25 February 2005 |
| 5 | 1:27:24 | Wang Liping (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 25 February 2005 |
| 6 | 1:27:37 | Bai Yanmin (CHN) | Nanjing, PR China | 20 October 2005 |
| 7 | 1:27:56 | Irina Stankina (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 12 March 2005 |
| 8 | 1:27:58 | Yang Yawei (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 9 | 1:28:01 | Jiang Qiuyan (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 10 | 1:28:07 | Tang Yinghua (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 11 | 1:28:11 | Elena Ginko (BLR) | Adler, Russia | 12 March 2005 |
| 12 | 1:28:22 | Shi Na (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 13 | 1:28:26 | Song Hongjuan (CHN) | Nanning, PR China | 25 February 2005 |
| 14 | 1:28:35 | He Dan (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 15 | 1:28:44 | Susana Feitor (POR) | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
| 16 | 1:28:51 | Gao Kelian (CHN) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |
| 17 | 1:28:51 | María Vasco (ESP) | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
| 18 | 1:28:52 | Lyudmila Arkhipova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 12 March 2005 |
| 19 | 1:29:02 | Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) | Saransk, Russia | 11 June 2005 |
| 20 | 1:29:05 | Barbora Dibelková (CZE) | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
| 21 | 1:29:07 | Sabine Krantz (GER) | Dresden, Germany | 24 April 2005 |
| 22 | 1:29:21 | Athina Papayianni (GRE) | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
| 23 | 1:29:25 | Olga Kaniskina (RUS) | Saransk, Russia | 11 June 2005 |
| 24 | 1:29:26 | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | Miskolc, Hungary | 21 May 2005 |
| 25 | 1:29:33 | Jane Saville (AUS) | Cixi, PR China | 23 April 2005 |