2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
Records
Columns: World record | Denis Nizhegorodov ( RUS ) | 3:34:14 | Cheboksary , Russia | 11 May 2008
Championship record | Robert Korzeniowski ( POL ) | 3:36:03 | Paris , France | 27 August 2003 | World leading | Yohann Diniz ( FRA ) | 3:38:45 | Dudince , Slovakia | 28 March 2009 | African record | Hatem Ghoula ( TUN ) | 3:58:44 | Santa Eulària des Riu , Spain | 4 March 2007 | Asian record | Yu Chaohong ( CHN ) | 3:36:06 | Nanjing , China | 22 October 2005 | North American record | Raúl González ( MEX ) | 3:41:20 | Poděbrady , Czechoslovakia | 11 June 1978 | South American record | Xavier Moreno ( ECU ) | 3:52:07 | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | 28 July 2007 | European record | Denis Nizhegorodov ( RUS ) | 3:34:14 | Cheboksary, Russia | 11 May 2008