# 2001 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 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 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## 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 2001 season in track and field :
| World Record | Julio René Martínez (GUA) | 1:17:46 | May 8, 1999 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany |
| World Record | Roman Rasskazov (RUS) | 1:17:46 | May 19, 2000 | Moscow, Russia |

### 2001 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 1:18:05 | Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
| 2 | 1:18:06 | Viktor Burayev (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
| 3 | 1:18:14 | Nathan Deakes (AUS) | Dublin, Ireland | 16/06/2001 |
| 4 | 1:18:20 | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
| 5 | 1:19:14 | Vladimir Stankin (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
| 6 | 1:19:32 | Andreas Erm (GER) | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 09/06/2001 |
| 7 | 1:19:36 | Ilya Markov (RUS) | Calella, Spain | 22/04/2001 |
| 8 | 1:19:45 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 9 | 1:19:47 | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | Calella, Spain | 22/04/2001 |
| 10 | 1:19:53 | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | Calella, Spain | 22/04/2001 |
| 12 | 1:20:14 | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 13 | 1:20:21 | Jiří Malysa (CZE) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 14 | 1:20:31 | Roman Rasskazov (RUS) | Edmonton, Canada | 04/08/2001 |
| 14 | 1:20:31 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | Rumia, Poland | 07/10/2001 |
| 16 | 1:20:45 | Aleksey Kronin (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 16 06 2001 |
| 17 | 1:20:49 | Alejandro López (MEX) | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 09/06/2001 |
| 17 | 1:20:49 | Li Zewen (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 19 | 1:20:58 | Pei Chuang (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 20 | 1:21:04 | Yu Chaohong (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 21 | 1:21:09 | David Márquez (ESP) | Edmonton, Canada | 04/08/2001 |
| 22 | 1:21:11 | Robert Heffernan (IRL) | Royal Leamington, Great Britain | 21/04/2001 |
| 23 | 1:21:15 | He Xiaodong (CHN) | Dandong, PR China | 13/04/2001 |
| 24 | 1:21:20 | Satoshi Yanagisawa (JPN) | Kobe, Japan | 28/01/2001 |
| 24 | 1:21:20 | Cristian Berdeja (MEX) | Turku, Finland | 03/06/2001 |

## Men's 50 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field :
| World Record | Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) | 3:37:26 | May 21, 2000 | Moscow, Russia |

### 2001 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 3:42:08 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
| 2 | 3:43:07 | Jesús Angel García (ESP) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
| 3 | 3:43:43 | Nathan Deakes (AUS) | Naumburg, Germany | 08/04/2001 |
| 4 | 3:44:28 | Wang Yinhang (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
| 5 | 3:44:32 | Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 17/06/2001 |
| 6 | 3:44:50 | Germán Sánchez (MEX) | Cheboksary, Russia | 17/06/2001 |
| 7 | 3:45:22 | Mikel Odriozola (ESP) | Mollet del Vallés, Spain | 18/03/2001 |
| 8 | 3:45:46 | Yu Guoping (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
| 9 | 3:45:48 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 10 | 3:46:12 | Vladimir Potemin (RUS) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 11 | 3:46:12 | Edgar Hernández (MEX) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
| 12 | 3:46:20 | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
| 13 | 3:46:52 | Santiago Pérez (ESP) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 14 | 3:47:04 | Yu Chaohong (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
| 15 | 3:47:34 | Yu Guohui (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
| 16 | 3:48:05 | Craig Barrett (NZL) | New Plymouth, New Zealand | 16/06/2001 |
| 17 | 3:48:06 | Denis Langlois (FRA) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 18 | 3:48:28 | Valentí Massana (ESP) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
| 19 | 3:48:41 | Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | Dudince, Slovakia | 24/03/2001 |
| 20 | 3:48:51 | Tomasz Lipiec (POL) | Naumburg, Germany | 08/04/2001 |
| 21 | 3:50:24 | Ma Hongye (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
| 22 | 3:50:28 | Viktor Ginko (BLR) | Naumburg, Germany | 08/04/2001 |
| 23 | 3:50:29 | Mario Avellaneda (ESP) | Mollet del Vallés, Spain | 18/03/2001 |
| 24 | 3:50:32 | Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 17/06/2001 |
| 25 | 3:50:46 | Curt Clausen (USA) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |

## Women's 20 km
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field :
| World Record | Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) | 1:25:18 | May 19, 2000 | Adler, Russia |

### 2001 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 1:24:50 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
| 2 | 1:26:22 | Wang Yan (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 3 | 1:26:23 | Wang Liping (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 4 | 1:26:35 | Liu Hongyu (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 5 | 1:26:50 | Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 6 | 1:27:09 | Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 7 | 1:27:29 | Erica Alfridi (ITA) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 8 | 1:27:33 | Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
| 9 | 1:27:55 | Susana Feitor (POR) | Rio Maior, Portugal | 07/04/2001 |
| 10 | 1:28:11 | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 16/06/2001 |
| 11 | 1:28:45 | Gao Hongmiao (CHN) | Dandong, PR China | 13/04/2001 |
| 12 | 1:28:49 | Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) | Edmonton, Canada | 09/08/2001 |
| 13 | 1:28:56 | Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
| 14 | 1:29:08 | Olga Lukyanchuk (UKR) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
| 15 | 1:29:25 | Norica Câmpean (ROM) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
| 16 | 1:29:31 | Jian Xingli (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 17 | 1:29:36 | Maya Sazonova (KAZ) | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 31/03/2001 |
| 18 | 1:29:39 | Gao Kelian (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 19 | 1:29:43 | Li Hong (CHN) | Dandong, PR China | 13/04/2001 |
| 20 | 1:29:44 | Wang Qinqin (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 21 | 1:29:47 | Pan Hailian (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
| 22 | 1:29:54 | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 15/07/2001 |
| 23 | 1:29:55 | Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 09/06/2001 |
| 24 | 1:29:57 | Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) | Douglas, Ireland | 17/02/2001 |
| 25 | 1:30:00 | Xu Aihui (CHN) | Dandong, PR China | 13/04/2001 |